About the Book: Understanding a Photograph
Contains essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and
catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri
Cartier-Bresson and W Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with
fierce engagement, intensity and tenderness.
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the
twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and
previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which
Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W.
Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with fierce engagement,
intensity and tenderness. The