[PDF] Critical Approaches to the Films of Robert Rodriguez by From University of Texas Press in Arts-Photography

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Two is an exquisite collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Edited and introduced by Pinneys friend; New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett; the volume is filled with memorable images that encase rich stories: two children at play; a pair of aging friends; parent and child; couples in love. But deeper meanings can lurk in the margins of the frame; in the expressions in the eyes; in the disconnect of the connection. Photographs without human subjects bear their own mysteries: two nesting tea cups; an indoor pool; two chairs in autumn.Pinney; whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums; including the Metropolitan; MoMA; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Getty; aims her lens at pairsmdash;mostly; but not always humanmdash;that display or imply elusive connections of mind; of spirit; or of simply the act of being.Patchett; whose enthusiasm for Pinneys vision helped bring this project to fruition; has paired the photographs with remarkable essays about the nature of two; commissioned from some of the best writers at work today: Edwidge Danticat; Barbara Kingsolver; Richard Russo; Elizabeth Gilbert; Susan Orlean; Alan Gurganus; Maile Meloy; Elizabeth McCracken; Jane Hamilton; and Billy Collins (who provides a beautiful poem celebrating "two creatures bound by wonderment.")"Ive always been interested in watching people together. I wonder what their story is; who they are to each other;" Pinney writes in the preface. "No matter how uninspired I feel; how dull I think a place is; when I look at the world through a camera a new beginning takes place."Filled with startling; sensitive images and nuanced prose; Two is an illuminating keepsake of human experience; at once universal and unique.