Understanding a Photograph by John Berger #literature The leader of the pirates

The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook

She works in secret

in search of the soundtrack of the movement

the oppressive principal punishes her

haunted here by deaths of family and friends

Understanding a Photograph by John Berger #literature The leader of the piratesJohn Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier Bresson and W. Eugene Smith and the lives of those photographed with fierce engagement, intensity and tenderness. The selection is made and introduced by Geoff Dyer,