Looking at photographs: 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art |
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User Review - VioletBramble - LibraryThingSzarkowski discusses the various photography equipment, film developing processes, image framing, photo altering techniques and occasionally, subject selection that were used by the photographers of ... Read full review
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User Review - j-b-colson - LibraryThingThis is a basic text for anyone serious about photography. A brilliant writer, Szarkowski can be argued with, found lacking, but not ignored. One Hundred images from MOMA's collection are well selected and presented, one page each for reproduction opposite a one page essay response. Read full review
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| Title | Looking at photographs: 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art |
| Authors | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), John Szarkowski |
| Editor | John Szarkowski |
| Compiled by | John Szarkowski |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1973 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0870705148, 9780870705144 |
| Length | 215 pages |
| Subjects | › Photograph collections Photography / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions Photography / General Photography / Individual Photographer Photography, Artistic |
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