John Szarkowski : photographs / John Szarkowski ; essay by Sandra S. Phillips.

Main entry:

Szarkowski, John, photographer.

Title & Author:

John Szarkowski : photographs / John Szarkowski ; essay by Sandra S. Phillips.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Bulfinch Press, [2005]
©2005

Description:

155 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 5 February - 15 May 2005; Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 11 June - 5 September 2005; Milwaukee Art Museum, 30 September 2005-1 January 2006; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1 February - 30 April 2006; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18 June - 10 September 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153).

Summary:

"In 1962 John Szarkowski accepted the position of director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Before that time he had received two Guggenheim Fellowships for his own photography, had been given exhibitions by the Walker Art Center, the George Eastman House, and the Art Institute of Chicago, and had published two books of his photographs - The Idea of Louis Sullivan and The Face of Minnesota - to critical and popular acclaim. From 1962 until retiring from the museum in 1991, he made no effort to exhibit or publish his work. Now his work from his first twenty years as a photographer and that since resuming his life as a photographer is published in this volume. Published in conjunction with a major touring retrospective exhibition originated by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the book is confirmation that Szarkowski is first and foremost a photographer." "Accompanying the photographs are excerpts from a lifetime's correspondence, giving a glimpse of Szarkowski's perspective on life and photography. Curator Sandra S. Phillips contributes a critical essay."-- Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0821261983
9780821261989

Subject:

Szarkowski, John Exhibitions.
Szarkowski, John Correspondence.
Szarkowski, John
Szarkowski, John, (1925-2007) Catalogues d'exposition.
Szarkowski, John, 1925-
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
Photographie artistique Catalogues d'exposition.
Photographie artistique.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
photobooks.
Photobooks
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Phillips, Sandra S., 1945- writer of supplementary textual content.
Morgan, Tom (Designer), book designer.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, host institution.
University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography, host institution.
Milwaukee Art Museum, host institution.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237553
Call No.: BIB 167366
Status: Available

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