Alise Tifentale, “The Long Road Up Against the Stream” (Tālais ceļš augšup pret straumi). [Book review of: Katrīna Teivāne. Roberts Johansons. Zeitgeist and Photography (Roberts Johansons. Laikmets un fotogrāfija) Riga: Neputns, 2022.]
Book review published in: Art History and Theory (Mākslas vēsture un teorija) 27 (2023): 87-89.
Download the book review PDF here (Latvian only)!
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review the latest book by my dear friend Katrīna Teivāne, titled Roberts Johansons. Zeitgeist and Photography (Roberts Johansons. Laikmets un fotogrāfija) (Riga: Neputns, 2022). It is an extremely well-researched and elegantly written monograph about one of the most important photographers in Latvia, Roberts Johansons (1877-1959).
The book is available at the publisher’s website, https://www.neputns.lv/products/laikmets-un-fotografija-roberts-johansons, as well as in the ISSP online store https://shop.issp.lv/products/roberts-johansons-age-and-photography
The review was commissioned by the main art history journal in Latvia, Mākslas Vēsture un Teorija, and is published in its vol. 27 (2023).
Find out more about the journal Mākslas Vēsture un Teorija, vol. 27 (2023).
Photos from the book opening at the National Library of Latvia in Riga, May 2022.
Katrīna Teivāne (on the right) and myself at the opening of the book in May 2022.
The following two images are from the Facebook album of the book publisher Neputns (more photos here).
The author of the book, Katrīna Teivāne (left) and myself (right).
I had the honor to congratulate Katrīna and say a few words about the book as well as some of the difficulties that pose a challenge to photo historians.