Leonard Marcus | Picture Books

About this episode

Leonard Marcus discusses his exhibition on photographers who create picture books at The Eric Carle Museum.

Leonard Marcus joins us to talk about his show Click! Photographers Make Picture Books at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Visionary photographer-illustrators from Edward Steichen and William Wegman to Dare Wright, Mo Willems, Tana Hoban, Charles R. Smith Jr, and Walter Wick have long trained their camera eye with young people in mind. Their work reveals the hidden beauty of our everyday surroundings, makes the fantastic seem real in artfully choreographed collages and staged photos, and documents the amazing diversity of life on our planet. Eighty archival photo prints and a selection of rare children’s books from the 1890s onward put this vibrant, under-explored strand of children’s book art into eye-opening sharp focus. Curated by Leonard S. Marcus. https://leonardmarcus.com https://carlemuseum.org This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com Leonard’s pathfinding writings and exhibitions have earned him acclaim as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on children’s books and the people who create them. He is the author of more than 25 award-winning biographies, histories…

People in this episode

Guest: Leonard Marcus

Topics covered

• photography
• children's literature
• art
• exhibitions
• visual storytelling

Keywords

• Click! Photographers Make Picture Books
• Eric Carle Museum
• photographer-illustrators
• children's book art
• archival photo prints
• collages
• staged photos
• diversity of life
• Leonard S. Marcus

Sponsors

Charcoal Book Club

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Click, Photographers Make Picture Books, Good Morning America, All Things Considered, The ABC of It, an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Chen Bochui Foundation

Places: Singapore, UAE, China, Shanghai, US

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