John Szarkowski, Curator of Photography, Dies at 81 - New York Times

John Szarkowski, Curator of Photography, Dies at 81 - New York Times: "John Szarkowski, a curator who almost single-handedly elevated photography’s status in the last half-century to that of a fine art, making his case in seminal writings and landmark exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, died in on Saturday in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 81."