CV131 - A Focusing Appliance – Kenneth Hayes

Ciel variable 131 - Collecting (Winter 2026) 
Readings (Individual article, digital version)

A Focusing Appliance
David Hlynsky
— Kenneth Hayes

For this book alternating images, reflections, and anecdotes, David Hlynsky drew on his lived experience as a photographer, teacher, and father. Neither annals nor a theoretical essay, “the book reads as notes on a life-long captivation by photography . . . [The images] feature much careful observation and a quick visual wit” writes Kenneth Hayes. He invokes a wide range of authors, from Marshall McLuhan to Jonathan Crary, including Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag, to explain Hlynsky’s “postmodern, quirky, and highly self-conscious” work.

Details

Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 480 ko

Bibliographical Notice

Kenneth Hayes, “David Hlynsky, A Focusing Appliance” in Ciel variable, No. 131, “Collecting”, Montreal, 2026, p. 95-96.

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