Interview: Robert Dawson, Author of ‘The Public Library’ : NPR
Robert Dawson has been photographing public libraries across the country for almost 20 years. And now, just in time for National Library Week, he has published his photos in a new book called The Public Library. It includes reflections on libraries from Dr. Seuss, Amy Tan, E.B. White and others, but the stars of the book are the photographs, from the New York Public Library — which is as splendid as any great European cathedral — to libraries that are housed in shacks and shopping malls.
The Public Library
A Photographic Essay
by Robert Dawson
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Dawson tells NPR’s Scott Simon about getting punched while photographing one library, and why he doesn’t feel he’s documenting a vanishing species.
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