Understanding Photography: Interpreting and Enjoying the Great Photographers - Hardcover

Jeffrey, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9493039447 ISBN 13: 9789493039445

Publisher: Ludion, 2020

Synopsis

Understanding photographs has never been easy. Many photographs - including some of the best known - were not taken with a clear idea in mind. And even if they were, the idea was soon overlooked or forgotten. In this profusely illustrated book, Ian Jeffrey hands us the tools to decode key photographs. By giving the reader the necessary biographical and historical information, the author helps us to fully understand photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, Cindy Sherman, Rinko Kawauchi, Nan Goldin, Thomas Ruff, Dorothea Lange, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Strand, Diane Arbus, and L.szl. Moholy-Nagy, among others. At the same time, readers explore an overview of the history of photography by looking at one image at a time. Each entry includes a concise biography along with an illuminating discussion of the works and relevant contextual information.

About this title

About the Author

Ian Jeffrey is an English writer and art historian. He has written several books about photography, most notably the photography volume for Thames & Hudson's World of Art series and Phaidon's The Photography Book. Max Kozloff is former editor of Artforum, a leading photography critic, and the author of numerous books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ludion
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9493039447
• ISBN 13: 9789493039445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440