Idea of Louis Sullivan

Book Description
In the early 1950's, John Szarkowski photographed the major buildings of turn-of-the-century Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Now, in presenting his photographs with excerpts from Sullivan's writings and contemporary sources, he captures the mind, the spirit, and the time of this great architect.

About the Author
John Szarkowski is Director Emeritus of the Department of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, and the author of Looking at Photographs.


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In the early 1950s, having just received a Guggenheim Fellowship, John Szarkowski set out to photograph the major buildings of Louis Sullivan. The photographs - declared by Frank Lloyd Wright, a protege of Sullivan's, as "the best photographs of a Sullivan building that I have ever seen" - are augmented by a profile of Sullivan and excerpts from Sullivan's writings and contemporary sources in an attempt to capture the mind and spirit of the man, and the time and place.


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