Szarkowski, John. Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski. First edition hardcover. Aperture Magazine The Tension Between Art and

The Tension Between Art and Reality: Malcolm examines the fundamental paradox of photography—whether its primary value lies in its literal transcription of the world (the snapshot) or in its capacity for deliberate artistic artifice

capturing a city that was simultaneously a bustling port and a misty

and doorways opening out into empty sky or deep woods

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Szarkowski, John. Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski. First edition hardcover. Aperture Magazine The Tension Between Art andMuseum of Modern Art, 1973. Hardcover with protected dust jacket. 1st edition (not stated, later printings were indicated). A fine selection of photos with Szarkowski's insightful comments. Photographers: Berenice Abbott; Ansel Adams; Robert Adamson; Manuel Alvarez Bravo; Richard Avedon; Diane Arbus; Eugene Atget; George N. Barnard; E. J. Bellocq; H. H. Bennett; Edouard Boubat; Margaret Bourke White; Bill Brandt; Brassai; Harry Callahan; Julia