Lives of the Great Photographers - Hardcover

Hacking, Juliet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500544441 ISBN 13: 9780500544440

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2015

Synopsis

An important contribution to the history of photography that approaches the biographies and creations of thirty-eight great photographers from a new angle

In the history of photography, the lives of the major personalities behind the lens are often as captivating as the images they have left behind. Yet, while certain photographs have become world famous, indelibly printed on the cultural consciousness, the stories of the photographers have been all too often distorted, obfuscated, or overlooked, and their social and political environments misunderstood or forgotten.

Lives of the Great Photographers brings together the engaging and entertaining biographies of thirty-eight pioneers in the field, selected, carefully researched, and narrated by respected photography expert Juliet Hacking. The entries evoke the lives and backgrounds of these landmark figures, bringing new light to their work and forging a better understanding of how they pioneered new techniques and approaches. The text is accompanied by a beautifully curated sampling of images, including many rarely seen portraits and self-portraits.

With entries on Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward Steichen, and many others, Lives of the Great Photographers captures from a new angle the contributions of some of the most masterful image-makers in history. 101 illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Juliet Hacking is the program director of the MA in Photography (Contemporary and Historical) at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, and was previously Head of the Photographs Department at Sotheby’s, London. She was the general editor of Photography: The Whole Story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0500544441
• ISBN 13: 9780500544440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304