Judith Dupré

Who is Judith Dupré?

Judith Dupré is a writer and public speaker. She is the author of several works of narrative nonfiction that explore the intersection of art, photography, and architecture. She has been described as “a scholar with a novelist’s eye for detail and a journalist’s easy style.”

The unusual shapes and bindings of her books echo their subject matter, and suggest the tradition and material presence of the illuminated book. Skyscrapers is 18” high. Bridges is a yard wide when open, to accommodate panoramic photos of the longest structures. The cover of Churches is split down the center so that it opens like the doors of a cathedral. The cover of Monuments: America’s History in Art and Memory is a replica, in raised relief, of ancient stones; its deeply incised title lettering was drawn for the book by Nicholas Benson.

Each page design includes deep-captioned photographs, floating quotations, and sidebar explorations. The page layouts suggest a kinetic reading experience beyond the turning of successive pages, and have been designed to create individualized reading experiences, where the reader chooses how to engage the array of photographs, essays and marginal commentaries.