American Photojournalist Steve McCurry has posted a series of photographs of people reading around the world on his blog. He also connects them with quotations on books and reading.
McCurry is the photographer of the famous photograph Afghan Girl on National Geographic's cover a few years back.
Earlier posts on Metafilter on McCurry include this and this
And here is some music to listen to while thinking about books.
posted by Isadorady
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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Swann Galleries is Photographs, Posters, Prints & Drawings, Books, Maps, Autographs, and African-American Fine Art. Served daily. Also. [more inside]
posted by netbros
on Jul 15, 2012 -
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Pictures of writers in a thread on I Love Music. Lots and lots of pictures of lots of writers. Another thread from the same board with more pictures (some duplicates). Author photos are most often seen on dust jackets or in the back of books, a practice Frances Wilson wishes to see abolished. One famous connoisseur of pictures of writers is JavierMarías who wrote a whole book on the subject, Written Lives. Here are a few excerpts from the book: William Faulkner, Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen) and an edited extract covering a whole lot of authors. [more inside]
posted by Kattullus
on Dec 24, 2007 -
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