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John Szarkowski
Early Life and Academic Training John Szarkowski was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1925, though his formative years were shaped by the landscape of the American north. He grew up in Ashland, a small city in northern Wisconsin, where he first discovered an interest in photography at the age of eleven. This early curiosity remained a quiet constant as he navigated the challenges of adulthood. During World War II, he served in the U.S. A
rmy, an experience that preceded his return to academic life and his deepening connection to the visual world. His intellectual path was marked by a rigorous pursuit of history and literature. In 1947, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a degree in art history. This foundation provided the structural understanding that would later inform his perspective on the photographic medium. He did not stop at his undergr…