“James G. Morris describes himself as a journalist, yet not a writer or a photographer. He has spent a lifetime organizing photographers. For more than 50 years, he has commissioned, cajoled and cared about that unusual breed—the photojournalist. Get the Picture is his richly illustrated personal account of a life that leads us from the heady days at Life (first as Hollywood correspondent, then, through the turbulent years of the second world war, as London picture editor) via the executive editorship of the legendary Magnum Photos, and positions as picture editor at The Ladies Home Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times. A glance at the index gives some indication of the extraordinary world Morris lived through.”

David Wason | Times Higher Education Supplement

“His best stories from the field are not tagging along with Capa and Hemingway . . . or having drinks at the Ritz in Paris with Marlene Dietrich; they are his less flashy but moving descriptions of the Japanese internment camps in California.”

Leslie Cockburn | Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Going through Morris’s book of memories, I felt I was sitting in front of a magic lantern.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Morris has a clear-eyed, detached perspective on his former role as one of the key arbiters of taste for such publications as Life, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. . . . He was one of a handful of top picture editors with the power to shape Americans’ collective memory of world events, from the London air raids for WWII to school desegregation.”

Kirkus Reviews

“Morris was feisty and controversial . . . and he tells his story engagingly and excitingly. . . . A fascinating read.”

Booklist

“[Morris] weaves photographers, anecdotes, players, history and a credo or two into an engaging and informative tale.”

Rosemary Ranck | New York Times Book Review