Curriculum

n the introduction to his latest book, (2021), Geoff Dyer reflects that writing on pictures has been a “pleasurable sideline for the past couple of decades.” He admits that he hasn’t really ever had a main line, only a “multitude of sidelines.” Dyer’s extensive, and eclectic, bibliography suggests as much: he has penned titles on everything from D. H. Lawrence to Andrei Tarkovsky to life aboard an aircraft carrier. His writing on photography is associative, humorous, and sometimes idiosyncratic, while remaining indebted to a background in literature and figures like John Berger. This realm of study can be seen in Dyer’s