Stephen.s1 Posted July 9, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) John was the curator of photography at MOMA. Fine art photographers everywhere owe him a debt of gratitude. Obit in today's (7/9) NYT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Hi Stephen.s1, Take a look here John Szarkowski, RIP. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
john_j Posted July 10, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2007 Stephen- Thanks, I'll check it out tonight. Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrogers Posted July 10, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 10, 2007 I was sorry to read this on a plane in the Times today. I saw his show at the MOMA a year or so ago. Szarkowski shot some beautiful photos in Minnesota (where I live). His more recent photos on his apple orchard were both spare and lush as well. His ability to see something special in unknown photographers was almost uncanny, and a true talent in its own right. Condolences to his family. --clyde Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted July 10, 2007 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2007 John Szarkowski's " Looking at Photographs" is well worth the read, there is another one put out about 64/65........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucek Posted July 10, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2007 John Szarkowski's " Looking at Photographs" is well worth the read, there is another one put out about 64/65........ Could you be thinking of "The Photographer's Eye"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Flatline Posted July 10, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 10, 2007 Awww shit, this is a real loss to me. I hadn't heard, this is the first. This really saddens me a lot. He was a true gentleman, and embodied the best of everything about photography - I didn't know the man personally, so it is entirely based on perception. To me, he represented (and helped define) everything that we've come to take for granted - the beauty that can be incorporated into incidental candid photography, and what developed beyond that over the last 30 years. A real loss to the genre, probably bigger than some of the big-name photographers we've lost over time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted July 11, 2007 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) John was the curator of photography at MOMA. Fine art photographers everywhere owe him a debt of gratitude. Obit in today's (7/9) NYT. Charlie Rose interviewed John at least once, and will likely at least mention his death, and more likely run all or part of the interview. Well worth seeing. He was a man of grace and intellegence. And taste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen.s1 Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted July 11, 2007 Y'day's NYT devoted some space in the Editorial Column. That rarely happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 11, 2007 Share #9 Posted July 11, 2007 Obit. here... Obituary: John Szarkowski | Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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