Photography Now. Fifty Pioneers Defining for the Twenty-First Century

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"In the last century, photography was always novel. Now, it feels like our world is over-saturated with images. In the 21st century, what can photography do that is new?

Content

This extensively illustrated survey answers that question, presenting fifty photographers from around the world who are defining photography today. Their styles, formats, and interpretations of the medium vary widely, but in each case, the work featured in this book represents photography doing what it has always done best: finding new ways to tell stories, and new stories to tell.

Artists featured include

• Laia ABRIL, Hoda AFSHAR, Antoine D'AGATA, Poulomi BASU, Mohamed BOUROUISSA, Sheila Pree BRIGHT, Jo Ann CALLIS, Joana CHOUMALI, Gregory CREWDSON, Rineke DIJKSTRA, Paz ERRÁZURIZ, Samuel FOSSO, Rahima GAMBO, Sunil GUPTA, Nan GOLDIN, Eric GYAMFI, Wolfgang TILLMANS, Hassan HAJJAJ, Andreas GURSKY, Juno CALYPSO, Felicity HAMMOND, Nadine IJEWERE, Graciela ITURBIDE, Mari KATAYAMA, KEYEZUA, Elad LASSRI, Deana LAWSON, Amak MAHMOODIAN, Alix MARIE, Ryan McGINLEY, Susan MEISELAS, Zanele MUHOLI, Shirin NESHAT, Catherine OPIE, Martin PARR, Farah AL QASIMI, Thomas RUFF, Paul Mpagi SEPUYA, Cindy SHERMAN, Ming SMITH, Mikhael SUBOTZKY, Hiroshi SUGIMOTO, Leonard SURYAJAYA, Juergen TELLER, Wolfgang TILLMANS, Lorenzo VITTURI, Jeff WALL, Harley WEIR, Carmen WINANT, Luo YANG as well as Daisuke YOKOTA

Photo books by as well as with works by featured artists

• ABRIL, Laia
  

  AFSHAR, Hoda
  AL QASIMI, Farah
  BASU, Poulomi 
  BOUROUISSA, Mohamed
  BRIGHT, Sheila Pree
  CALLIS, Jo Ann
  CALYPSO, Juno
  CHOUMALI, Joana
  CREWDSON, Gregory
  D'AGATA, Antoine
  DIJKSTRA, Rineke
  ERRÁZURIZ, Paz
  FOSSO, Samue
  GAMBO, Rahima
  GOLDIN, Nan
  GUPTA, Sunil
  GURSKY, Andreas
  GYAMFI, Eric
  HAJJAJ, Hassan
  HAMMOND, Felicity
  IJEWERE, Nadine
  ITURBIDE, Graciela
  KATAYAMA, Mari
  KEYEZUA
  LASSRI, Elad
  LAWSON, Deana
  MAHMOODIAN, Amak
  MARIE, Alix
  McGINLEY, Ryan
  MEISELAS, Susan
  MUHOLI, Zanele
  NESHAT, Shirin
  OPIE, Catherine
  PARR, Martin
  RUFF, Thomas
  SEPUYA, Paul Mpagi
  SHERMAN, Cindy
  SMITH, Ming
  SUBOTZKY, Mikhael
  SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi
  SURYAJAYA, Leonard
  TELLER, Juergen
  TILLMANS, Wolfgang
  VITTURI, Lorenzo
  WALL, Jeff
  WEIR, Harley
  WINANT, Carmen
  YANG, Luo
  YOKOTA, Daisuke