In the Face of Forgiveness; Steven Katzman’s Epiphanies by A.D. Coleman, July/August 2010

“Writing about the Face of Forgiveness, Steven Katzman’s act of bearing witness, necessarily involves addressing not just the human spirit but acts of faith, the evidence of things not seen, even the possibility that God might exist – whether as the all-powerful, omniscient Being that the conventional wisdom assumes or else in Joan Osborne’s words, as one of us… This project tells us what Katzman believes, while implicitly asking us what we believe, proposing that we put those cards on the table.”

Noted photo critic A. D. Coleman shares his insight into the creation of Steven Katzman’s portfolio and book, The Face of Forgiveness. He discusses both the work and the photographer’s personal involvement in this life-changing documentary project.

A. D. Coleman has published eight books and more than 2000 essays on photography and related subjects. Formerly a columnist for the Village Voice, the New York Times, and the New York Observer, Coleman has contributed to ARTnews, Art On Paper, Technology Review, Juliet Art Magazine (Italy), European Photography (Germany), La Fotografia (Spain), and Art Today (China). His
work has been translated into 21 languages and published in 31 countries. Coleman’s widely read blog, “Photocritic International,” appears at photocritic.com. Since 2005, exhibitions that he has curated have opened at museums and galleries in Canada, China, Finland, Italy, Rumania, Slovakia and the U.S.