Unusual stereo photograph depicting the celebrated Argentine writer seated indoors, during his lecture appearance in Austin, TX in 1982. The paired black-and-white prints are mounted in stereoscopic format and identified in pencil on the reverse by the photographer as having been taken February 3, 1982 in Austin, Texas with credit/signature of the photographer. S[teven] Schwartzman. 7 x 3.5 inches; 18 x 9 cm. Very fine. 

Borges was a literary figure best known for short stories and essays exploring themes of infinity, memory, and metaphysical paradox. By the early 1980s he was internationally celebrated and nearly blind, frequently appearing at lectures and readings in the United States. A visiting professor position in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Texas brought Borges to Austin in late middle age. He was in residence for an entire fall semester, from September 1961 to January 1962. He taught two courses on the poetry of Argentina, giving an open lecture, too, on one of his own personal obsessions, Walt Whitman. Besides the residency in Austin, Borges returned for short visits to lecture in 1969, 1976, and 1982, speaking to overflowing audiences.