Lecture | Photographers Make Picture Books

Children's book expert (and Grolier Club member) Leonard Marcus will lecture on the under-appreciated genre of photographically illustrated children's books, subject of an exhibition that he curated at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, Click! Photographers Make Picture Books (through June 7). Although 19th-century publishers began illustrating children's books with photos soon after the camera was invented, much remains to be learned about this beguiling subset of the art published in books for young readers. The contributors have included boldface names like Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine, William Wegman, Sarah Moon, and Abelardo Morell as well as lesser-known figures drawn from the realms of filmmaking, photojournalism, portraiture, and commercial art.

Leonard Marcus is a leading authority on children's books and the people who create them and the author of numerous books and essays about the field. Based in Brooklyn, NY, he speaks about his work across the world.

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