Background informations
"They were adventurers, eccentrics, provocateurs, lonely people. The biographies of some outstanding photographers are no less exciting than the pictures they left behind. While their photos have been indelibly burned into the cultural consciousness, little is often known about personal ones , social or political living conditions of the artists.
Content
Juliet Hacking portrays 38 of the most important figures in the history of photography in an entertaining and knowledgeable way. By working out backgrounds and relationships, she manages to bring us closer to the people behind the camera and to shed new light on her artistic work. The individual portraits add up to an entertaining overview of the great innovations, trends and developments in photography." (free translated publishers text, © Sieveking Verlag, 2015)
About the portrayed photographers
- Ansel ADAMS, Manuel ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, Diane ARBUS, Eugène ATGET, Richard AVEDON, Margaret BOURKE-WHITE, Bill BRANDT, BRASSAI, Claude CAHUN, Julia Margaret CAMERON, Robert CAPA, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON, Roy DeCARAVA, Charles Lutwidge DODGSON, Robert DOISNEAU, Peter Henry EMERSON, Walker EVANS, Roger FENTON, Lady Clementine HOWARDEN, Hannah HÖCH, André KERTÉSZ, Gustave LE GRAY, MAN RAY, Robert MAPPLETHORPE, László MOHOLY-NAGY, Eadweard MUYBRIDGE, NADAR, Norman PARKINSON, Irving PENN, Albert RENGER-PATZSCH, Alexander RODTSCHENKO, August SANDER, Edward STEICHEN, Alfred STIEGLITZ, Paul STRAND, Shomei TOMATSU, Edward WESTON, Madame YEVONDE
Photo books by and about the portrayed photographers
- ADAMS, Ansel
ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, Manuel
ARBUS, Diane
ATGET, Eugène
AVEDON, Richard
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret
BRANDT, Bill
BRASSAI
CAHUN, Claude
CAMERON, Julia Margaret CAMERON
CAPA, Robert
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
DeCARAVA, Roy
DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge
DOISNEAU, Robert
EMERSON, Peter Henry
EVANS, Walker
FENTON, Roger
HOWARDEN, Lady Clementine
HÖCH, Hannah
KERTÉSZ, André
LE GRAY, Gustave
MAN RAY
MAPPLETHORPE, Robert
MOHOLY-NAGY, László
MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard
NADAR
PARKINSON, Norman
PENN, Irving
RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert
RODTSCHENKO, Alexander
SANDER, August
STEICHEN, Edward
STIEGLITZ, Alfred
STRAND, Paul
TOMATSU, Shomei
WESTON, Edward
YEVONDE, Madame
- Format
- Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 20 x 25,5 x 3 cm., 304 S., S/W- & Farb-Aufnahmen, deutsch-sprachiger Text, 1.300 gr., - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!