Photo books recommended by visionaries
“Aperture 223: Vision & Justice should be required reading in classrooms across the country. Addressing the role of photography in the African-American experience, this issue of Aperture draws on the past and considers the future to create something incredibly timely and relevant in our present complicated time.”
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- Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
“Turning the pages of Wonderland always makes me feel like Alice dropping down the rabbit hole. I am astounded by Eskenazi's ability to arrange the world in a way that is somehow both surreal and strange while still familiar and personal. I’ve returned to Wonderland over and over through the years and love it more each time.”
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- Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
“This book is poetry. Looking at Stanley’s photos, it is easy to see his background as a painter, his justified anger as an activist, and his passion as a concerned human. Most apparent is his huge heart, which tinted all his photos, whether black and white or color.”
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- Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
“I was blindsided by Taryn Simon’s “American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar.” It is such a conceptually complex project that depends upon the seeming simplicity of the images. It is difficult to comprehend the persistence and passion needed to peel back the layers of access that were required of this project. This is the work of someone who sees endless possibility in the impossible.”
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- Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
