Background information
From the invention of the camera obscura to the birth of digital photography, this history of photography’s greatest advances by the author Florian Heine focuses on individual artists, works, and moments that decisively shaped the evolution of a genre.
Content
"Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed the course of photography. Presented in beautiful spreads and with informative text, the book opens with photography's genesis in the form of the camera obscura. Centuries later, DAGUERRE, NIEPCE, and TALBOT invented their own means of capturing light on paper. The book covers groundbreaking genres such as still life, landscape, portraiture, and nudes. Sections on the role of photography in journalism illustrate how the camera s presence on battlefields, on city streets, and in factories helped inform and reform the modern world. Fashion, animals, Surrealism, and staged portraits are also explored. Perfect for perusing or reading from cover to cover, this book illustrates how photography developed from a concept to a world-changing force one that attempted to shed light on truth yet can also obscure and alter reality in dazzling ways." (© Prestel Verlag, 2012)
Photographers included with their works (a selection)
- Eve ARNOLD, Eugene ATGET, Richard AVEDON, Roger BALLEN, Bernd & Hilla BECHER, BISSON brothers, Nick BRANDT, BRASSAI, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON, Robert DOISNEAU, Walker EVANS, Roger FENTON, Robert FRANK, Keld HELMER-PETERSEN, Michael KENNA, Josef KOUDELKA, Robert MAPPLETHORPE, Arnold NEWMAN, Martin PARR, Irving PENN, Gilles PERESS, Man RAY, Albert RENGER-PATZSCH, Bettina RHEIMS, Gerhard RICHTER, Sebastiao SALGADO, August SANDER, Cindy SHERMAN, Stephen SHORE, Eugene SMITH, Edward STEICHEN, Alfred STIEGLITZ, Wolfgang TILLMANS, Jeff WALL, Edward WESTON, Garry WINOGRAND, Joel-Peter WITKIN, and many more
The photo volumes by included photographers (a selection)
- ARNOLD, Eve
ATGET, Eugene
AVEDON, Richard
BALLEN, Roger
BECHER, Bernd & Hilla
BISSON brothers
BRANDT, Nick
BRASSAI
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
DOISNEAU, Robert
EVANS, Walker
FENTON, Roger
FRANK, Robert
HELMER-PETERSEN, Keld
KENNA, Michael
KOUDELKA, Josef
MAPPLETHORPE, Robert
NEWMAN, Arnold
PARR, Martin
PENN, Irving
PERESS, Gilles
RAY, Man
RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert
RHEIMS, Bettina
RICHTER, Gerhard
SALGADO, Sebastiao
SANDER, August
SHERMAN, Cindy
SHORE, Stephen
SMITH, Eugene
STEICHEN, Edward
STIEGLITZ, Alfred
TILLMANS, Wolfgang
WALL, Jeff
WESTON, Edward
WINOGRAND, Garry
WITKIN, Joel-Peter
- Format
- SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm., 191 pp., highly color & b/w illustrated, English