A review by cally_mac
Blind Spot by Teju Cole

4.0

Teju Cole might be one of the coolest dudes in the world. Art historian, novelist, photographer, globetrotter. These photos are not awesome natural landscapes or vibrant, stunning portraits that you'd want to put on your wall. They're mostly of the fairly mundane and banal, or of wonderful places, framed in obscuring ways. Perhaps if they were devoid of text, I wouldn't enjoy them as much, as I'm not very good at thinking deeply about visual art. But the prose is a helping hand that takes you through the book, points things out or simply suggests them; makes you think critically about the photos, as well as about religion, politics, philosophy. It feels very in-keeping with the themes of Known and Strange Things. Maybe now it's time for me to read his novels.