Collaborations

A Seventh Man

Book 1975

Books, Collaborations, Essays, Jean Mohr, Migrants, Photography

A Seventh Man, by John Berger (text) and Jean Mohr (photographs), first publication in 1975.
This seminal classic explores the fate of migrant workers.
First published in 1975, this finely wrought investigation remains as urgent as ever, presenting the life of those who have travelled to live and work in Europe. Art critic, novelist, and artist John Berger brings humanity and a voice to those silenced in the p…
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A Fortunate Man

Book 1967

Books, Collaborations, Doctor, Essays, Jean Mohr, Peasants, Photography, UK, Workers

A Fortunate Man : the story of a country doctor, first collaboration by John Berger (text) and Jean Mohr (photographs), first publication in 1967.
Berger’s exploration of what it means to heal. In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man – his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the lin…
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Another Way of Telling

Book 1982

Books, Collaborations, Essays, Jean Mohr, Peasants, Photography, Workers

Another Way of Telling, by John Berger (text) and Jean Mohr (photographs), first publication in 1982.
John Berger and Jean Mohr’s classic investigation into the nature of photography and what makes it so different from other art forms
The writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr set out to understand the fundamental nature of photography and how it makes its impact. Asking a range of questions – W…
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Swimming Pool

Book 2020

Art, Books, Collaborations, Drawing, John Christie, Painting

Swimming Pool, essay by John Berger edited by John Christie with Leon Kossoff’s works, first edition in 2020.
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At the Edge of the World

Book 1999

Books, Collaborations, Jean Mohr, Photography

At the Edge of the World, a Jean Mohr’s book (text and photos) in collaboration with John Berger, first publication in 1999.
Swiss photographer Jean Mohr has travelled the globe documenting the lives of the dispossessed, the marginalized and the overlooked for over forty years. In 1996, while convalescing from a serious operation in the mountains near Geneva known locally as ‘The Edge of the World’, Mohr realiz…
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A Question of Geography

Book 1987

Books, Collaborations, Economy, Nella Bielski, Politics, Russia, Theater

A Question of Geography, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in English in 1987.
The play centres on Daria Petrovna Petrova, who, having been condemned to ten years in the Gulag, now lives in Magadan in permanent exile. Daria has formed a relationship with a doctor who is also a prisoner, but who is allowed out of the prison camp during the day on account of his profession.
When the play opens…
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Goya’s last portrait

Book 1989

Art, Books, Collaborations, Nella Bielski, Spain, Theater

Goya’s last portrait, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1989.
At a time of chaos and upheaval, Francisco Goya made his living painting portraits of the royal family and aristocracy of Spain which were often devastating in their truth. He also painted a number of self-portraits. But he left another self-portrait – and a portrait of his times – in the form of drawings and etchings which …
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Isabelle: A Story in Shorts

Book 1998

Books, Collaborations, Colonialism, Feminism, Nella Bielski, Theater

Isabelle: A Story in Shorts, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1998.
John Berger and Nella Bielski’s powerful story in shots brilliantly recreates the life of Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904), a young European woman who travelled throughout North Africa disguised as a man.
In 1897, Isabelle, aged twenty, left Geneva for Kenadsa, at the Moroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness …
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Titian : Nymph and Shepherd

Book 1996

Art, Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting

Titian : Nymph and Shepherd, book of letters by Katya and John Berger, first edition in 1996.
This book is first a dialogue between a daughter and a father about life, physical sensation, mortality. Both seem to listen to the other with great attention. Secondly, it is the extraordinary vehicle for a series of insights into the everyday life and the art of the great Venetian master, following an uncanny incident …
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Mantegna : Lying Down to Sleep

Book 2010

Art, Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting

Mantegna : Lying Down to Sleep, book of letters by Katya and John Berger, first edition in 2010.
The clouds in the Oculus of the Bridal Chamber, painted by Andrea Mantegna at St George’s Castle in Mantua, are the starting point for an intimate dialogue between father and daughter John and Katya Berger, held as they observe the frescoes in the famous room. The conversation leads to a personal exploration of…
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Man on a Beach

Book 1998

Books, Collaborations, Drawing, Selçuk Demirel, Turkey

Man on a Beach by John Berger (text) and Selçuk Demirel (illustrations), first edition in 1998.
A man sitting at his desk dreams of the beach… He looks beyond the shore, the sea, the horizon: hand in hand with the stars, he draws on the sky. From his apartment filled with books, he tries to reach the world of dreams… Selçuk Demirel invites the reader into his imaginary world, floating like a poem. And …
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Cataract

Book 2012

Books, Collaborations, Drawing, Painting, Selçuk Demirel, Turkey

Cataract by John Berger (text) and Selçuk Demirel (illustrations), first edition in 2012.
What happens when an art critic loses some of his sight to cataracts? What wonders are glimpsed once vision is restored? In this impressionistic essay written in the spirit of Montaigne, John Berger records the effects of cataract removal operations on each of his eyes. With words by John Berger and beautiful illustrat…
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Smoke

Book 2016

Books, Collaborations, Drawing, Selçuk Demirel, Turkey

Smoke by John Berger (text) and Selçuk Demirel (illustrations), first edition in 2016.
John Berger, long-time smoker, joins forces again with Turkish writer and illustrator Selçuk Demirel in an unexpected pictorial essay.
Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.
This charming pictorial essay reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of bri…
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What Time Is It?

Book 2018

Books, Collaborations, Drawing, Maria Nadotti, Selçuk Demirel, Turkey

What Time Is It? edited by Maria Nadotti with John Berger’s texts and Selçuk Demirel’s illustrations, first edition in 2018.
This is a playful meditation on the illusory nature of time. Our perception of it assumes a uniform and ceaseless passing of hours, but Berger suggests that it is turbulent. It expands and contracts according to the intensity of the lived moment. In this beautiful essay in picture…
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I Send You This Cadmium Red

Book 2000

Art, Books, Collaborations, Drawing, John Christie, Letters, Painting, UK

I Send You This Cadmium Red, a correspondence between John Berger and John Christie, first edition in 2000.
« Could it be that red is the one colour that is continually asking for a body? »
A book of correspondence between two highly talented friends-writer/critic/artist John Berger and filmmaker/artist John Christie – I Send You This Cadmium Red began in concept in February 1997, when Christie mused to �…
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Four Horizons

Book 2015

Art, Books, Collaborations, John Christie, Letters

Four horizons, A visit to the Ronchamp chapel of Le Corbusier, John Berger, John Christie, sister Telchilde Hinckley, sister Lucia Kuppens, first edition in Spanish in 2015.
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Lapwing & Fox

Book 2016

Art, Books, Collaborations, Drawing, John Christie, Letters, Painting, UK

Lapwing & Fox, Conversations between John Berger and John Christie, first edition in 2016.
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My Beautiful

Book 2004

Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Essays, France, Marc Trivier, Photography, Sculpture, Workers, Yves Berger

My Beautiful by John Berger (text) and Marc Trivier (photographs), first publication in English and French in 2004.
The question of beauty is addressed here in the intertwining of photographic and writing approaches. Jean Marquis made portraits of Giacometti in his studio, Marc Trivier photographed Giacometti’s sculptures. John Berger, in the continuation of his reflection and in particular on his distance from…
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Books with Marisa Camino

Book 2005

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Letters, Painting, Spain

John Berger contributed to three Marisa Camino’s books :
Entries (2005)
Como crece una pluma (2005)
Cartas a Marisa Camino (2018)
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Books with Liane Birnberg

Book 2006

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Painting, Poetry

John Berger contributed to three Liane Birnberg’s books :
Word from a foreign language (2006)
Because wings are made to fly (2011)
Garden to my cheek (2016)
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Le Blaireau et le Roi

Book 2010

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger

Le Blaireau et le Roi , book by Yves and John Berger, edited by Emmanuel Favre, first edition in 2010, in link with the exhibition Dans leur travail at Chartreuse de Mélan (2006 Taninges, France).
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Flying Skirts

Book 2010

Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Poetry, Quincy, Tributes, Yves Berger

Flying Skirts book by Yves and John Berger as an elegy to Beverly Bancroft (1942-2014), first edition in 2015. Translated in French by Katya Berger Andreadakis for Éditions L’Olivier (2015).
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Over To You

Book 2019

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger

Over To You correspondence book of texts and images by Yves and John Berger, first edition in french in 2019, in english in 2024. Translated in French by Katya Berger Andreadakis for L’Atelier contemporain (2019).
Compelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art,…
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Railtracks

Book 2011

Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Countryside, Essays, Photography, UK

Railtracks, by Anne Michaels and John Berger (text), first publication in 2011. Some editions with Tereza Stehlikova photographs.
Railtracks is a unique collaboration between two writers of remarkable achievement. A profound meditation on railways, love and loss, at once intimate and committed, it moves from the industrial to the metaphysical, from the tectonic shifts of globalization to the interior pulses of m…
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John by Jean

Book 2016

About John Berger, Books, Collaborations, Countryside, Family, France, Jean Mohr, Peasants, Photography, Quincy, Tributes

John by Jean, Fifty Years of Friendship, edited by Jim Savage with Simone and Jean Mohr photographs, first publication in 2016.
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Seeing Through Drawing

Book 2017

About John Berger, Art, Books, Collaborations, Drawing, John Christie, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting, Tributes, UK, Yves Berger

Seeing Through Drawing, art catalogue, texts and correspondences with John Berger and others, edited by John Christie, first edition in 2017.
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Par La Fenêtre

Book 2009

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger

Par La Fenêtre, exhibition catalog by Yves and John Berger, edited by Emmanuel Favre in link with their exhibition at Galerie Josephski-Neukum (2009, Issing, Germany).
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Disparate De Fuendetodos

Book 2013

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Spain, Yves Berger

Disparate De Fuendetodos, exhibition catalog by Yves and John Berger, in link with their exhibition at Sala Zuloaga (2013, Fuendetodos, Spain).
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Desde el taller

Book 2015

Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger

Desde el taller , dialog between Yves and John Berger with Emmanuel Favre, drawings by Yves and John Berger, edited in 2015.
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Books about John Berger

Book 1999

About John Berger, Books, Collaborations, Essays, Maria Nadotti, Poetry, Tributes

Edited by Nikos Papastergiadis : What John Berger Saw (1999)Written and edited by Olivier Cohen : Pour saluer John Berger (2002, in french)Edited by Di Robson and Gareth Evans : John Berger – A Season in London (2005)Edited by Maria Nadotti : John Berger (2011, in Italian) ; Trasporti e traslochi, Raccontare John Berger (2014, in Italian)Edited by Yasmin Gunaratnam with Amarjit Chandan : A Jar of wild flowers, ess…
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Postdam conference

Jun 11 2025

John Berger: the poetics and politics of collaboration
2025, June 11-13 International conference, Postdam university.
Collaboration is a leitmotif that runs through the multi-faceted work of John Berger. In his art criticism he consistently interrogated the deep-seated notion of the artist as individual creator, and instead propagated the insight that “every authentic painting demonstrates a collaborati…
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Centenary events in preparation

Jun 29 2026

* Version française ci-dessous *
As you know, 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of John’s birth ! During this coming year, many events will take place to celebrate John Berger’s work and collaborations. Exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, theatre creations, publications and more are to be expected. From small alternative initiatives to bigger national institutions, the range of events will be l…
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Centenary publications in preparation

May 16 2026

*Version française ci-dessous*
Across the world, many publishers are preparing launchings for various titles, for John Berger’s centenary in 2026. We can already announce the following upcoming publications:
TO TELL A STORY, a transcription of dialogues between Susan Sontag and John Berger, edited by Benoît Bourreau. Published by Canongate in English, also in Turki…
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To Tell A Story

May 15 2026

To Tell A Story, essay by John Berger and Susan Sontag, edited by Benoît Bourreau, first published by Canongate Books in 2026.
Despite their status as intellectual giants of the twentieth century, John Berger and Susan Sontag’s artistic collaboration – and intense friendship – remains virtually unknown.
Published for the first time, To Tell a Story offers a glimpse into their shared history th…
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Fifty Years of Seeing with John Berger (SEAC)

Nov 01 2023

2022, October 20-21 annual SEAC conference, University of Lorraine (Metz, France).By Société d’Études Anglaises Contemporaines, Society of Contemporary British Studies
For SEAC, Sarah Gould and Diane Leblond coordinated an international conference : “Ways of Picturing, Thinking and Telling Our Time: Fifty Years of Seeing with John Berger”.
Most of these contributions have then been published in the pub…
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Mientras quede una rosa

Feb 12 2026

Mientras Quede Una Rosa – Miradas de John Berger has been written by Javier Morales who interviewed many Iberian artists connected to John such as Marisa Camino, Manuel Rivas, Joaquín Araújo, Leticia Ruifernández… published in Spanish by Cuatro Lunas in February 2026.
More info on the publisher website
Book launch with Javier Morales in Spain 2026 :Plasencia, La Puerta de Tannhäusser. Febru…
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Four Horizons

May 14 2026

Four Horizons, A Visit To Le Corbusier’s Chapel At Ronchamp is a new book by John Christie gathering four voices: John Berger, Sister Lucia Kuppens, Sister Telchilde Hinckley and John Christie. Published by Objectif Press in June 2026.
In 2009 John Berger visited Le Corbusier’s pilgrimage Chapel, Notre-Dame du Haut, at Ronchamp in eastern France. His companions on the trip were SisterLucia Kuppens and Sister …
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