114. Books That Matter: John Szarcowski and ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ — The Thing Itself, The Detail, The Frame, Time, and Vantage Point
From Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe by Richard Bernabe
April 16, 2026 · 50 min
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Richard revisits John Szarkowski's classic 'The Photographer's Eye' in this episode focused on its significance for photographers.
Books That Matter for Photographers: John Szarcowski and ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ — The Thing Itself, The Detail, The Frame, Time, and Vantage Point In this episode of Beyond the Lens, Richard revisits John Szarkowski's 1966 classic The Photographer's Eye for the latest episode in the Books That Matter series. Szarkowski spent nearly thirty years as Director of Photography at MoMA, studying thousands of images across every era and genre. What he discovered was a quiet internal logic that the ...
People in this episode
Host: Richard Bernabe
Topics covered
- photography
- art critique
- visual perception
- photographic theory
- books about photography
Keywords
- John Szarkowski
- The Photographer's Eye
- photography
- art
- visual theory
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Photographer's Eye
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