Lawrence Schwartzwald: The Art of Reading [PDF Scan]

Lawrence Schwartzwald: The Art of Reading
by Lawrence Schwartzwald (Photographer)

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File Format: PDF Scan
File Size: 6.5 MB
Publication Date: August 2018

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The Art of Reading presents New York photographer Lawrence Schwartzwald's (born 1953) candid images of readers, made between 2001 and 2017. Partly inspired by André Kertész's On Reading (1971), Schwartzwald's subjects are mostly average New Yorkers―sunbathers, a bus driver, shoeshine men, subway passengers, denizens of bookshops and cafes―but also artists (most notably Amy Winehouse at Manhattan's now-closed all-night diner Florent).

In 2001 Schwartzwald's affectionate photo of a New York bookseller reading at his makeshift sidewalk stand on Columbus Avenue (and inadvertently exposing his generous buttock cleavage) caused a minor sensation: first published in the New York Post, it inspired a reporter for the New York Observer to interview the "portly peddler" in a humorous column titled "Wisecracking on Columbus Avenue" of 2001. Since then Schwartzwald has sought out his readers of books on paper―mostly solitary and often incongruous, desperate or vulnerable―who fly in the face of the closure of traditional bookshops and the surge in e-books, dedicating themselves to what Schwartzwald sees as a vanishing art: the art of reading.

Not a great scan buy anyone's assessment - but worth snagging if only for the back-story behind the "artist" and publisher; apparently the publishing house originally felt the submitted portfolio wasn't worth the effort and then they "lost" the photos - so the author sued and won the suit for monetary recompense (or perhaps they opted to publish after all - not sure). But just snagged a copy for $15 (US) merely for the beauty of the final product - not particularly for it's contents . . . wish my photos could be rejected with such an outcome . . .

But - Respect to Steidl . . .

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