John Szarkowski
- Introduction
- Thaddeus John Szarkowski (December 18, 1925 – July 7, 2007) was an American photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the director of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
- Wikidata
- Q1381389
- Introduction
- Szarkowski studied art history at the University of Wisconsin. He was in the US Army 1945-1946, and later worked as staff photographer at the Walker Art Center, then taught art history and photography at the Albright Art School in Buffalo, New York. He succeeded Alfred Steichen as the Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 1962-1991. He curated influential exhibitions of photographs featuring the work of Lee Friedlander, Gary Winogrand, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston. He is credited with elevating photography's status as fine art through these exhibitions, writing, and lectures. In 1974 he authored "Looking at Photographs." After retiring from the Museum of Modern Art he returned to making his own photographs, which focus on the American landscape.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Curator, Teacher, Museum Director, Writer, Art Historian, Musician, Lecturer, Photographer
- Names
- John Szarkowski, Thaddeus John Szarkowski
- Ulan
- 500125639
Exhibitions
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Photography Collection: Rotation 6
Aug 7, 2009–Mar 22, 2010
MoMA
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Edward Steichen Photography Collection Galleries: Rotation 5
Aug 8, 2007–Mar 3, 2008
MoMA
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John Szarkowski: Photographs
Feb 1–May 15, 2006
MoMA
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Apr 3–May 15, 1962
MoMA
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Nov 26, 1958–Jan 18, 1959
MoMA
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John Szarkowski Grain Elevators II 1949
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John Szarkowski Screen Door, Hudson, Wisconsin 1950
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John Szarkowski Prudential (Guaranty) Building, Capital 1951-52
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John Szarkowski Guaranty (Prudential) Building, Buffalo, Corner Column 1951-52
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John Szarkowski Mathew Brady in the Backyard I 1952
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John Szarkowski Guaranty (Prudential) Building, Buffalo, Profile 1952-53
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John Szarkowski Jan in Ashland 1953
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John Szarkowski Mathew Brady in the Backyard II 1953
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John Szarkowski Chicago Auditorium, Masonry, Congress Street 1954
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John Szarkowski Old Stock Exchange Building, Chicago 1954
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John Szarkowski Wainwright Building, St. Louis 1954
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John Szarkowski Toward the Loop from North Michigan 1954
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John Szarkowski Carson Pirie Scott (Schlesinger-Meyer), Chicago 1954
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John Szarkowski Garrick (Schiller) Theater, Chicago 1954
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John Szarkowski General Garrard House, Lake Pepin 1954
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John Szarkowski Owatonna Bank, Banking Room 1954-55
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John Szarkowski Young Pine in Aspen 1955
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John Szarkowski Feast of St. Nickolas, St. Michael's, Minneapolis 1957
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John Szarkowski From Country Elevator, Red River Valley 1957
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John Szarkowski Prairie, Lincoln County, Minnesota 1957-58
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John Szarkowski Mathew Brady and Lake Superior 1959
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John Szarkowski Robinson Lake, Ontario 1961
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John Szarkowski Sarah Lake 1962
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 86 c. 1977
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 4 c. 1982
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 1 1991
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John Szarkowski The Barn c. 1991
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 28 c. 1990
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John Szarkowski Sonoran Landscape #5 1992
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 3 c. 1991
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 19 1993
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 49 1993
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 67 1994
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John Szarkowski Mr. Bristol's Barn 95 1994
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John Szarkowski Flag, Fourth of July 1997
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John Szarkowski Triptych, Around the Meadow 1996-98
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John Szarkowski Baldwin, Heavy Crop 2001
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John Szarkowski Folly, Easter Morning 2001
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John Szarkowski Folly with Trimmings 2001
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John Szarkowski Winesap, Heavy Crop 2001
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