Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most art historians are not artists. Szarkowski was. I had a professor in art school who is a painter who makes more selling her paintings than she does as a full professor at Indiana University, and she has a PhD in art history in addition to her BFA, MFA, and an MA in history. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 6/2/11 3:18 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > One thing about Szarkowski was in the end of his long life most people > found > out he could walk the walk as well talk the talk and he came out with photo > books of his own photos and they were quite good. > > My indispensable book I have by him which I've read over and over my whose > life is > Looking at Photographs (1974, 1999) > I assume 1999 was the upgraded version. > > A real good bathroom book. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > 2,000 zero zero party over, oops! Out of time! (No, no) > So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999! > > > >> From: Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 20:32:03 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] John Szarkowski >> >> While we were having the Eggleston discussion here, I got a tweet from >> americansuburbx with a link to an article from Artforum about Szarkowski. >> I >> though it was really worth a read so here's the link: >> http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/05/theory-master-of-medium-maria-morris.h>> t >> ml >> >> Americansururbx is a great art photography blog if you don't already know >> about it. >> >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information