Lawlor drew the aftermath of September 11 on the streets of Manhattan, and this is the volume about drawing as journalism — going to the event and reporting it in line. Courtrooms, protests, disaster zones, political conventions, ordinary meetings. She covers working fast, getting the essential gesture in a few seconds, note-taking alongside the drawing, ethics and access, and how a drawn record does something a photograph can’t, especially where cameras are banned. Includes work from other reportage artists and a short history of the tradition going back to the war artists. (Yes, I have the whole series.)
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary