Art Photography NowIn the previous century, photography helped shape art; in the current one, it has begun to dominate it. Not only are major international museums and galleries mounting blockbuster exhibitions, but art photographers are also being celebrated as contemporary masters and their work commands unprecedented prices. This indispensable survey presents the work of 76 of the most important and best-known art photographers in the world: Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, Sophie Calle, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Martin Parr, Allan Sekula, Boris Mikhailov, Inez van Lamsweerde, Stephen Meisel, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Sam Taylor-Wood, and many more are featured in its pages. Susan Bright, former Curator of Photographs at London's National Portrait Gallery, has organized the book into seven sections--City, Portrait, Document, Object, Landscape, Fashion, and Narrative--and provides an introductory essay for each. Along with each photographer's works, presented in sequence within those divisions, Bright's commentaries provide context and depth, and quotations from the artists themselves offer valuable insights into the motivation, inspiration, and intentions behind the work. Following in the tradition of "Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at 50" and the "Photography Speaks" series, this volume will become an essential resource for curators, collectors, scholars, practitioners, and anyone who wants comprehensive, up-to-date exposure to the state of the medium today. |
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... street photography . The city is the perfect subject matter for the deadpan , seem- ingly objective large - plate camera photography that has been apparent in all the chapters of this book . Viewed from above or beyond , cities take on ...
... street photography . The city is the perfect subject matter for the deadpan , seem- ingly objective large - plate camera photography that has been apparent in all the chapters of this book . Viewed from above or beyond , cities take on ...
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... photographers had in common was post - war disillusionment and a lack of sentimentality . There was no papering over the cracks of the disheart- ened , dysfunctional and desperate Nixon - era America . These street photographers created ...
... photographers had in common was post - war disillusionment and a lack of sentimentality . There was no papering over the cracks of the disheart- ened , dysfunctional and desperate Nixon - era America . These street photographers created ...
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... street pictures . They act like a play within a play , using classic street photography language , intensely " inner city " , closer , more claustrophobic , and full of drama . ' ABOVE PAUL GRAHAM , AMERICAN NIGHT # 63 , CLARKSDALE ...
... street pictures . They act like a play within a play , using classic street photography language , intensely " inner city " , closer , more claustrophobic , and full of drama . ' ABOVE PAUL GRAHAM , AMERICAN NIGHT # 63 , CLARKSDALE ...
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