Background information
"Masterpieces of Photographic Art. The greatest photographers of the 20th century from A-Z. The compendium 'Photographers A-Z' by Hans Michael Koetzle (ed.) is primarily about the culture of the photographic image. However, it also presents photographers whose work goes beyond the merely illustrative and is collected as art by major museums.
Content
ADAMS, ARAKI, AVEDON - this encyclopedia brings together the most famous names and most important books on photography from the past century. Arranged alphabetically, all the greats of the field can be found, from the first representatives of classical modernism to the present.
The 400 entries are richly illustrated with facsimiles from books and magazines. Represented are all photographers who have distinguished themselves with important publications or exhibitions and have made a significant contribution to the culture of the photographic image. Most are from North America and Europe, but pioneers from Japan, China, Latin America, and Africa are also duly acknowledged." (Publisher's text, © Taschen Verlag, 2011)
Additional information
The first edition of 'Photographers A-Z' by Hans-Michael Koetzle was published already in 2011, but only as a German-language edition. In 2015 and 2017, reissues followed - first in English and then in German - but greatly reduced in size, in the so-called Biblioteca Universalis (BU) series.
Featured photographers
- Ansel ADAMS, Manuel ÁLVAREZ-BRAVO, Nobuyoshi ARAKI, Diane ARBUS, Richard AVEDON, David BAILEY, Elmer BATTERS, Peter BEARD, Cecil BEATON, Werner BISCHOF, Guy BOURDIN, Bill BRANDT, Robert CAPA, William CLAXTON, Anton CORBIJN, John DEAKIN, Robert DOISNEAU, William EGGLESTON, Masahisa FUKASE, Nan GOLDIN, Jean-Paul GOUDE, John HEARTFIELD, Eikoh HOSOE, George HOYNINGEN-HUENE, Seydou KEITA, William KLEIN, Nick KNIGHT, Neil LEIFER, Peter LINDBERGH, MAN RAY, Robert MAPPLETHORPE, Inez van LAMSWEERDE & Vinoodh MATADIN, Jean-Baptiste MONDINO, Helmut NEWTON, Martin PARR, Irving PENN, PIERRE et GILLES, Bettina RHEIMS, Leni RIEFENSTAHL, Sebastião SALGADO, Andres SERRANO, Cindy SHERMAN, Kishin SHINOYAMA, Jeanloup SIEFF, Lord SNOWDON, Bert STERN, Larry SULTAN, Mario TESTINO, Wolfgang TILLMANS, Ellen von UNWERTH, Andy WARHOL, Bruce WEBER, WEEGEE, Gary WINOGRAND and many others.
Photo books of the included photographers
- ADAMS, Ansel
ÁLVAREZ-BRAVO, Manuel
ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
ARBUS, Diane
AVEDON, Richard
BAILEY, David
BATTERS, Elmer
BEARD, Peter
BEATON, Cecil
BISCHOF, Werner
BOURDIN, Guy
BRANDT, Bill
CAPA, Robert
CLAXTON, William
CORBIJN, Anton
DEAKIN, John
DOISNEAU, Robert
EGGLESTON, William
FUKASE, Masahisa
GOLDIN, Nan
GOUDE, Jean-Paul
HEARTFIELD, John
HOSOE, Eikoh
HOYNINGEN-HUENE, Goerge
KEITA, Seydou
KLEIN, William
KNIGHT, Nick
LEIFER, Neil
LINDBERGH, Peter
MAN RAY
MAPPLETHORPE, Robert
LAMSWEERDE, Inez van & Vinoodh MATADIN
MONDINO, Jean-Baptiste
NEWTON, Helmut
PARR, Martin
PENN, Irving
PIERRE et GILLES
RHEIMS, Bettina
RIEFENSTAHL, Leni
SALGADO, Sebastião
SERRANO, Andres
SHERMAN, Cindy
SHINOYAMA, Kishin
SIEFF, Jeanloup
SNOWDOWN, Lord
STERN, Bert
SULTAN, Larry
TESTINO, Mario
TILLMANS, Wolfgang
UNWERTH, Ellen von
WARHOL, Andy
WEBER, Bruce
WEEGEE
WINOGRAND, Gary
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Hans-Michael Koetzle
- Format
- Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 26 x 32,5 x 6 cm., 444 pp., reichlich farbig und SW-illustriert, Deutsch-sprachig (GERMAN TEXT ONLY)