Contributor
A.D. Coleman
A.D. Coleman served as photography critic for the New York Observer from 1988 to 1997. He is the author of several books, including “Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community”, published by Nazraeli Press, and “Tarnished Silver: After the Photo Boom”, published by Midmarch Arts Press. He lives in New York City. www.adcoleman.com
Recent Writing
Sea Changes: Traveling the Staten Island Ferry
We’re all drawn by nature to the source. Rock me on the water, sings one of our voices, got to get back to the sea somehow. No cause for surprise, then, in the discovery by a photographer and a writer that they had in common not only residence in New York City but the sharing of a particular Atlantic voyage.Issue 09
Hypothetical History of an Actual Photograph
Sometime during the period 1950-1973—there is reason, though without assurance, to assume that it happened circa late 1973—a young man, possibly North American by birth but clearly of African descent, entered a photo booth, perhaps located in theTimes Square district of New York City, with the intent of making a series of self-portraits.Issue 05
