In the picture

After reading this, I will pay more attention to the illustrations that accompany New Yorker short stories. (Lined & Unlined)

Throughout, one feels the work of what must be a small army of researchers and photo editors digging through portfolios and photo banks to pick, pair, crop, commission, and collaborate with authors and editors to strike the right tone, make the right match, marry their chosen images to others’ chosen text to create—at least before I turn the page—a perfect relationship.