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This book takes the artist's journal to new heights. Filled with Eldon's extraordinary photographs, which juxtapose war imagery with photographs of friends (think of the way a poem surprises with its juxtaposition of imagery). But Eldon doesn't stop there, he uses the photographs as the basis for collage that also employes objects, newspaper clippings, and paint, manipulating the images for startling and often beautiful effects. It's an intimate portrait of an incredibly gifted artist. I return to this book again and again to enjoy Eldon's unique eye and to gain inspiration. The full color and black and white photos of the collages he created in his journals are unlike anything I've seen elsewhere. It's worth more than a look. It belongs on your shelf...as a reminder of the cost of war, the transcendence of art...the value of the artist.
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The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon by Dan Eldon
Hauschultz, August 30, 2008
This book takes the artist's journal to new heights. Filled with Eldon's extraordinary photographs, which juxtapose war imagery with photographs of friends (think of the way a poem surprises with its juxtaposition of imagery). But Eldon doesn't stop there, he uses the photographs as the basis for collage that also employes objects, newspaper clippings, and paint, manipulating the images for startling and often beautiful effects. It's an intimate portrait of an incredibly gifted artist. I return to this book again and again to enjoy Eldon's unique eye and to gain inspiration. The full color and black and white photos of the collages he created in his journals are unlike anything I've seen elsewhere. It's worth more than a look. It belongs on your shelf...as a reminder of the cost of war, the transcendence of art...the value of the artist.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)