October 2022 MBR The Photography Shelf

[Midwest Book Review]

The Photography Shelf

Tones of Grace
Dave Brosha, photographer
Rocky Mountain Books
https://rmbooks.com
9781771605861, $50.00, HC, 224pp

https://www.amazon.com/Tones-Grace-Dave-Brosha/dp/1771605863

Synopsis: In a world of staggering color, it's a bold choice in the modern age to strip color out of the equation and present visuals of the planet in time-honored black and white photography.

In "Tones of Grace", Canadian photographer, author, speaker, and educator Dave Brosha presents 100 meticulously crafted black and white images of the world around us, including landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, and the majesty of wildlife. Rather than simply a collection of monochrome photos, however, Brosha presents us with his masterful visual introspections, each a moment that combines experience, passion, dedication, craft, and experience to enable the viewer to look upon "the world out there" from a different perspective, with the goal of inspiring us all to consider our surroundings more carefully.

With images spanning Canada and the planet, Brosha is a storyteller at heart, and he constructs in this remarkable collection a visual narrative that will bring the viewer to lands near and far, and make you think about light, shadow, shape, and subject in ways you might have never considered. With subjects as diverse as Antarctic penguins, soaring mountain tops, desert sands, apartment buildings, crows, wild horses, and highways, each page is a journey (a viewpoint of the world at large) that will make you look a little more closely at your own personal environment.

Critique: Photographs are visuals to be consumed, but they also reflect the lived experience and the insights of their makers. With the publication of "Tones of Grace", readers will experience Dave Brosha's 20 years as a visual storyteller and prepare to be immersed in a world of compelling beauty. A coffee-table style (8.6 x 1 x 11.1 inches, 2.78 pounds) volume, "Tones of Grace" is highly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Contemporary Photography collections -- and will have a very special appeal to readers with an interest in what black/white photography can accomplish.

Editorial Note: Dave Brosha (https://davebrosha.com) has had exhibitions of his work in Canada as well as in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Germany. His images have appeared in Photo Life, Practical Photography, Canadian Geographic, Maclean's, The Independent (UK), The Globe and Mail, The Sunday Telegraph, China News, The Guardian, Tehran Times, Montreal Gazette, Outdoor Photographer and many more.

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