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Berger's work is profoundly valuable. Ways of Seeing, the book, was my first encounter with him, and I looked at art and persuasion differently from then on. I
by beebmam 4y ago
Berger's work is profoundly valuable. Ways of Seeing, the book, was my first encounter with him, and I looked at art and persuasion differently from then on.
I learned later that book was based on a TV show from the early 70's, which is on YouTube and is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoHighly recommended watching for anyone who hasn’t seen it!
- briandoll 4y agoHere's a great talk relating Ways of Seeing to Ways of Selling as it pertains to software and communities from Deconstruct Conf in 2017: https://www.deconstructconf.com/2017/michael-bernstein-ways-of-selling https://www.deconstructconf.com/2017/michael-bernstein-ways-...
- flarg 4y agoI second this comment. Ways of Seeing fundamentally changed the way we look at art and by extension the world.
- nanna 4y agoBerger actually made a few more documentaries with the sane producer as he made Ways of Sleeing with, Mike Dibb, and they're all worth seeing. http://mikedibb.co.uk/films.php?filter=Berger http://mikedibb.co.uk/films.php?filter=Berger
- nanna 4y agoThat'll teach me to posts things on HN before I've found my glasses.
- thundergolfer 4y agoI started reading it yesterday. It’s fantastic, and probably takes only a few hours to get through. Essential reading.