★ Indicates required readings and resources
MoMA publications: books
Beaumont Newhall. “Documentary Photography.” In History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present. The Museum of Modern Art, 1937/1982, 234-246.
★John Szarkowski. Introduction to The Photographer’s Eye. The Museum of Modern Art, 1966, 9-41.
★Peter Galassi. “Two Stories.” In American Photography 1890–1965. The Museum of Modern Art, 1995, 10-41.
★Quentin Bajac. “Contemporary Photography at MoMA.” In Photography at MoMA: 1960–Now. The Museum of Modern Art, 2015, 10-15.
Richard Benson. “Modern Photography.” In The Printed Picture. The Museum of Modern Art, 2008, 144-173.
MoMA publications: articles and online resources
MoMA Learning: Photography
Additional reading: books
Marvin Heiferman. Photography Changes Everything. Aperture, 2012.
Additional reading: articles and online resources
The Printed Picture glossary
Marvin Heiferman. “Just Published! Photography Changes Everything.” The Bigger Picture: Exploring Archives and Smithsonian History.
Sarah Hermanson Meister. "On Close Inspection.” In The Photographer’s Playbook, Aperture, 2013, 224-225.
Ahorn Magazine
The New York Times Lens: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism
Fotomuseum Winterthur Still Searching
Additional reading: curator’s choice
Edward Steichen. The Family of Man. The Museum of Modern Art, 1955, 2-21.
John Szarkowski. Looking at Photographs. The Museum of Modern Art, 1973, 9-30.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/photography/supplement/rEb2p/1-4-readings-resources