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Fusion: The Synergy of Images and Words Part III

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 30, 2010 by stevemccurry

Herat, Afghanistan

For hundreds of years artists have tried to portray the relationship of a reader and his/her book.  We are familiar with words describing images, but not so familiar with images describing words and the impact that reading has on our lives.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Kham, Tibet

Shwedagon Pagoda, Burma

“Reading is a means of thinking with another person’s mind; it forces you to stretch your own.”  – Charles Scribner

Old Delhi, India

Everywhere I go in the world, I see young and old, rich and poor, reading books. Whether readers are engaged in the sacred or the secular, they are, for a time, transported to  another world.

Varanasi, India

Kham, Tibet

The world’s largest book fair will be held in Frankfurt starting on October 6. Publishers, booksellers, agents, film producers,  authors, and journalists from all over the world will attend.  It is a privilege that my series of reading pictures will be projected during the opening press conference and featured in the daily publication, Publishing Perspectives.

Saõ Paolo, Brazil

Angkor Thom,  Angkor, Cambodia

Susan Sontag said, ”The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality…” The same can be said for reading books.

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Yangon, Burma

Tokyo, Japan

Shanghai, China

“We read to know we’re not alone.”   – C.S. Lewis

Yemen

Fusion: The Synergy of Images and Words

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2010 by stevemccurry

YEMEN-10071Yemen

Ever since Gutenberg invented the printing press which enabled everyone to read books, artists have tried to portray the relationship of a reader and his/her book.

THAILAND-10033Thailand

Garrett Stewart’s book, The Look of Reading: Book, Painting, Text, explores the relationship of reading and art.

CHINA-10055China

We are familiar with words describing images, but not so familiar with images describing words and the impact reading has on our lives.

FRANCE-10049France

AFGHN-10118Afghanistan

Artists from Rembrandt to Picasso have explored the interaction of people with their books.

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Everywhere I go in the world, I see young and old, rich and poor, reading books.   Whether readers are engaged in the sacred or the secular, they are, for a time, transported to  another world.

INDIA-10435NFIndia

Reading a good book is a universal activity, and people read while they do just about everything else.

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PAKISTAN-10081Pakistan

INDIA-10295IndiaITALY-10029Italy

INDIA-10629India

Susan Sontag said, “The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality…” The same can be said for reading books

.CHINA-10054China

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”   — Erasmus

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