Jean Mohr
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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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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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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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JOHN BERGER
Storyteller, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, painter and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. Solo or in collaboration with Jean Mohr for example, he published more than 30 titles, the Booker Prize winning novel G and the best-seller Ways of Seeing. He has also published articles in the most important newspapers around the world.
He used to work and live in Quincy, a small French peasant community, the setting for his trilogy Into their Labours.
Painters, cineasts, writers, dancers, curators have been and are still inspired by his work, this website is a window on these TODAY creations.