CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 7/13/2016

Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs

"New York City, Subway" (1980)—originally published in Bruce Davidson's seminal photobook, Subway—is here reproduced from Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs, one of the most charming and intelligent children's books we've had on our list. Authored by noted New Color photographer Joel Meyerowitz, the book features a series of spot-on images alongside short texts that are both smart and revealing, written for ages eight through twelve. Triple die-cut front and back covers create the bonus effect of peeling back the layers of the eye. In Meyerowitz' words, "I chose the photographs in this book with the hope that the things you discover in them will encourage you to open your eyes and your mind so that you can see the world in a new way."