Another Way of Telling by John Berger

Another Way of Telling by John Berger

Author:John Berger [Berger, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-79419-2
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-04-26T16:00:00+00:00


The photograph of the woman and the red hussar represents an idea. The idea was not Kertesz’s. It was being lived in front of his eyes and he was receptive to it.

What did he see?

Summer sunlight.

The contrast between her dress and the heavy greatcoats of the soldiers who will have to sleep out.

The men waiting with a certain heaviness.

Her concentration — she looks at him as if already into the distance which will claim him.

Her scowl, which will not give way to weeping.

His modesty — one reads it by his ear and the way he holds his head — because at this moment she is stronger than he.

Her acceptance, in the stance of her body.

The boy, surprised by the father’s uniform, aware of the unusual occasion.

Her hair arranged before coming out, her worn dress.

The limits of their wardrobe.



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