John Szarkowski was born on December 18, 1925 in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA as Thaddeus John Szarkowski. He is known for his work on Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007), Going Where I've Never Been: The Photography of Diane Arbus (1972) and American Experience (1988). He was married to Jill Anson.