Monthly Archives: March 2025

Biblioteca Vasconcelos

I’ve always photographed in libraries, perhaps because I feel so comfortable in them. This time I attracted attention, and a woman in uniform came up to me and told me in Spanish that photography wasn’t permitted. There was a loophole though. I could apply for a pass and then it would be allowed.

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How Many Roads? is a book of photographs by Jonathan Sa'adah, available for order, offering an unglossy but deeply human view of the period from 1968 to 1975 in richly detailed, observant images that have poignant resonance with the present. Ninety-one sepia photographs reproduced with an introduction by Teju Cole, essays by Beth Adams, Hoyt Alverson, and Steven Tozer, and a preface by the photographer.
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