I love studying photographs and paintings of people reading. Given how many times I come across these things online, I am definitely not alone. Check out the images of famous authors reading famous books, over on Flavorwire. My favourites? Patti Smith and Anton Chekhov, with Faulkner coming in a pretty close third.
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They’re all so good … hard to choose a favorite, but I’m leaning on Ezra Pound. It looks like Joan Didion is sitting in the same chair?! I wonder if it is at a famous bookstore, like Strands in NY.
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It’s funny. I really like the Pound image, too, but I find him pretty distasteful as a person so I couldn’t bring myself to choose him. Also, you have eagle eyes. What a nice catch. I didn’t notice that at all until you pointed it out!
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Great find. I thought all the photos were interesting, but I especially liked the J.D. Salinger photo.
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Thanks! I love things like this, and I am really happy that others do, too.
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I like the Italo Calvino photo best. I honestly don’t even know who he is but that photo has a lot of personality.
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I like how we are all drawn to different photographs/writers. That always fascinates me! (Italo Calvino was an Italian writer of short stories and novels.)
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Amazing, they look normal 🙂
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They do, don’t they? I guess that almost anyone can look normal whilst engaged in normal activities. 🙂 Except for Dali.
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Actually, Stephen King appeared to be too normal that it almost creeded me out 🙂
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Well, he always looks creepy to me no matter what he is doing. 🙂
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Patti Smith looks like she’s REALLY into Wallace Stevens! Which, of course, is completely understandable.
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Ha, that is exactly what I thought. I think that photograph is totally frame-worthy, too!
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