Nina Crews, Illustration for The Neighborhood Mother Goose (Greenwillow Books). Courtesy of the artist. © 2004 Nina Crews.
Click! Photographers Make Picture Books
Visionary photographer-illustrators from Edward Steichen and William Wegman to Dare Wright, Mo Willems, Tana Hoban, Charles R. Smith Jr, and Walter Wick have long trained their camera eye with young people in mind. Their work reveals the hidden beauty of our everyday surroundings, makes the fantastic seem real in artfully choreographed collages and staged photos, and documents the amazing diversity of life on our planet. Eighty archival photo prints and a selection of rare children’s books from the 1890s onward put this vibrant, under-explored strand of children’s book art into eye-opening sharp focus.
Curated by Leonard S. Marcus.
William Wegman, Illustration for Cinderella (Hyperion). Courtesy of the artist. © 1993 William Wegman.
Ylla, Illustration for The Duck by Margaret Wise Brown, 1953. Courtesy of the Estate of Camilla 'Ylla' Koffler. © Pryor Dodge.
Saxton Freymann, Illustration for How Are You Peeling? by Joost Elfeers (Scholastic). Courtesy of the artist. © 1999 Play With Your Food, LLC.
Peng Yi, Illustration for Children of the Tsaatan Reindeer Herders / 驯鹿人的孩子 / xùn lù rén de hái zi (Jieli Publishing House). Collection of Peng Yi. © 2018 Peng Yi.
Peter Buckley, Illustration for Cesare of Italy: An Around the World Today Book, 1954. Peter Buckley Papers and Photography Collection, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Roger Mello, Illustration for Contradança (Companhia das Letrinhas). Collection of Roger Mello. © 2011 Roger Mello.
Walter Wick, Illustration for A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder (Scholastic). Courtesy of the artist. © 2019 Walter Wick.
Walter Wick, Illustration for I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo (Scholastic). Courtesy of the artist. © 1992 Walter Wick.