UNDERSTANDING A PHOTOGRAPH (PB)

How do we see the world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision for ever. John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection, made and introduced by award-winning author Geoff Dyer, contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues. 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.