Composition & context : 50 years of photography

John N. Crossley
Oakleigh, Vic. : John N. Crossley, 2006

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Book description
This book from the eponymous exhibition is about the timelessness of the art of composition. Underlying structures unify Crossley's technical work and his photographs. Does it prove that mathematics and photography are the same thing? Perhaps they are both the art of creating structures. The exhibition presents more than seventy photographs. Crossley combines science and art, printing half the photographs himself. Magic and religion have their place too. St Paul's Cathedral leads to the Islamic Alhambra of Granada and the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, then back to the Australian bush and (very) human beings. The photographs are intimate and insightful portraits and portrayals. The fifty years blend seamlessly, vintage prints adjoin this year's. Yet life and it's passing are constantly preset. Fifty years of photography : this is an exhibition of a lifetime.

About the author
A professor of logic at Monash University, John Crossley is an accomplished photographer who consistently explores timeless themes. And he writes with engaging directness.

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