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50 photographers you should know / Peter Stepan.

By: Material type: TextTextMunich ;;New York : Prestel, [2008];copyright 2008Description: 171 pages : illustrations (some color) 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783791340180
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TR 139 .St43 2008
Contents:
Félix Nadar -- Mathew Brady -- Julia Margaret Cameron -- Eadweard Muybridge -- Felice Beato -- Eugène Atget -- Edward Sheriff Curtis -- Alfred Stieglitz -- Edward Steichen -- Lewis W. Hine -- August Sander -- Alexander Rodchenko -- Edward Weston -- Paul Strand -- Man Ray -- Josef Sudek -- Jacques-Henri Lartigue -- André Kertész -- Albert Renger-Patzsch -- Dorothea Lange -- Walker Evans -- Andreas Feininger -- Brassaï -- Robert Doisneau -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Robert Capa -- Willy Ronis -- Diane Arbus -- Robert Häusser -- Seydou Keïta -- Richard Avedon -- Helmut Newton -- Garry Winogrand -- William Klein -- Ara Güler -- Bruce Davidson -- René Burri -- Malick Sidibé -- Bernd and Hilla Bechler -- Lee Friedlander -- Josef Koudelka -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- Sebastião Salgado -- Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Nan Goldin -- Kaveh Golestan -- Martin Parr -- Andreas Gursky -- Wolfgang Tillmans.
Summary: This dynamic introduction to the world's greatest photographers from the inception of photography to today bears proof of the magic of the camera. From Felix Nadar to Nan Goldin, each of the photographers featured here represents an important aspect of photography's evolution. The artists are presented in double-page spreads that include reproductions of their most important works, concise biographies, informative sidebars, and a timeline that extends throughout the volume. The result is a fascinating overview of the way photographers continue to push the limits of their genre, offering their audiences new ways of seeing and understanding our world.
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference TR 139 .St43 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA2014008877

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Félix Nadar -- Mathew Brady -- Julia Margaret Cameron -- Eadweard Muybridge -- Felice Beato -- Eugène Atget -- Edward Sheriff Curtis -- Alfred Stieglitz -- Edward Steichen -- Lewis W. Hine -- August Sander -- Alexander Rodchenko -- Edward Weston -- Paul Strand -- Man Ray -- Josef Sudek -- Jacques-Henri Lartigue -- André Kertész -- Albert Renger-Patzsch -- Dorothea Lange -- Walker Evans -- Andreas Feininger -- Brassaï -- Robert Doisneau -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Robert Capa -- Willy Ronis -- Diane Arbus -- Robert Häusser -- Seydou Keïta -- Richard Avedon -- Helmut Newton -- Garry Winogrand -- William Klein -- Ara Güler -- Bruce Davidson -- René Burri -- Malick Sidibé -- Bernd and Hilla Bechler -- Lee Friedlander -- Josef Koudelka -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- Sebastião Salgado -- Hiroshi Sugimoto -- Nan Goldin -- Kaveh Golestan -- Martin Parr -- Andreas Gursky -- Wolfgang Tillmans.

This dynamic introduction to the world's greatest photographers from the inception of photography to today bears proof of the magic of the camera. From Felix Nadar to Nan Goldin, each of the photographers featured here represents an important aspect of photography's evolution. The artists are presented in double-page spreads that include reproductions of their most important works, concise biographies, informative sidebars, and a timeline that extends throughout the volume. The result is a fascinating overview of the way photographers continue to push the limits of their genre, offering their audiences new ways of seeing and understanding our world.

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