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The only difference is that masters will never know that they don’t know. Beginners will.

I have the French edition, don’t ask me why. Hard cover no photo in it.

Another Szarkowsky book is Looking at photographs

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He is a fascinating figure. I think it is notable that most of the masters he features went through many phases of technical expertise to find their aesthetic eg Stieglitz Weston etc

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Not very keen about his figure, just knowing he had a great influence in the development of American photography, and its extension to the rest of the world

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Ha, that’s all I know about him also, maybe would be interesting to learn more the life https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jul/20/john-szarkowski-photography-moma

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Thanks Nail, I’ll have a look

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Very interesting. I haven’t read the book but your post suggests to me that it’s required reading.

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It’s fascinating to imagine yourself in a time before photography was considered a fine art. I think that is the main achievement of Szarkowski.

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