Photography Visionaries is an inspiring guide to 75 of the most influential photographers from c.1900 to the present. Entertainingly written by an expert on photography, it provides fascinating insight into the lives and careers of men and women working in a medium which perhaps more than any other in the visual arts has been deeply affected by technological change. The entries are arranged chronologically, instilling in the reader an understanding of what marks each photographer as a visionary. Each entry is less about providing a full biography of the person and more about creating a sense of excitement regarding their work and the lasting impact that it has had on photography. With the aid of an arresting selection of photographs, some well-known and others less so, this book offers a unique and engaging perspective on the development of photography through some of its most inventive practitioners.
Includes bibliographical references (page 308) and index.
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Eugène Atget -- Alfred Stieglitz -- Frances Benjamin Johnston -- Lewis Hine -- August Sander -- Edward Steichen -- Imogen Cunnningham -- Edward Weston -- Raoul Hausmann -- Hannah Höch -- Man Ray -- Paul Strand -- John Heartfield -- Alexander Rodchenko -- André Kertész -- Claude Cahun -- Dorothea Lange -- Laszlo Móhóly-Nagy -- Germaine Krull -- Berenice Abbott -- Weegee -- Brassaï -- George Hoyningen-Huene -- Lisette Model -- Ansel Adams -- Manuel Álvarez Bravo -- Bill Brandt -- Margaret Bourke-White -- Lee Miller -- Minor White -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Gordon Parks -- Helen Levitt -- Robert Capa -- Sunil Janah -- W. Eugene Smith -- Dickey Chapelle -- Roy DeCarava -- Nacho López -- Richard Avedon -- Robert Frank -- Mario Giacomelli -- Garry Winogrand -- Shōmei Tōmatsu -- Bernhard and Hilla Becher -- Peter Magubane -- Eikoh Hosoe -- Lee Friedlander -- Pedor Meyer -- Don McCullin -- Robert Adams -- Ed Ruscha -- Josef Koudelka -- Daidō Moriyama -- William Eggleston -- Ernest Cole -- Mary Ellen Mark -- Nobuyoshi Araki -- Graciela Iturbide -- Raghubir Singh -- Martha Rosler -- Sebastião Salgado -- Lewis Baltz -- Jeff Wall -- Stephen Shore -- Deborah Willis -- Annie Leibovitz -- Roger Ballen -- Carrie Mae Weems -- Nan Goldin -- Cindy Sherman -- Andreas Gursky -- Santu Mofoking -- Lui Zheng.
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