Tuscany Teaser. Copyright.
Just a few words to wrap up the section on John Szarkowski.
Szarkowski is a former Director of Photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
Apart from being a celebrated manager at MOMA he also was a keen photographer and scholar. He has written two books on photography: The Photographer’s Eye and Looking at Pictures. I happen to own a copy of each.
You get to look at pictures. One at the time. You get to better understand the visual language of photography. You get to read Szarkowski’s eye opening comments to many of the pictures.
I can only say this: Both books are great reads. Their content goes beyond photography, and Szarkowski’s keen sense of images and text makes them pure joy. They are books about communication.
You may start here:
Good luck with Szarkowski.
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