Icons of Photography: The 20th Century (Prestel's Icons)

Ninety of this century's best photographers are presented in this richly illustrated volume, which reflects the multiplicity of the 20th-century's artistic movements. https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/paperback/Icons-of-Photography/Prestel-com/e315829.rhd Ninety seminal images by the world's greatest photographers provide a stunning tour of the twentieth-century's greatest camera work. From the first image, Heinrich Zille's Nine Boys Practicing Handstands, to the final, Nan Goldin's backstage portrait of transvestite performers, this generously illustrated volume explores photography's impact on the way we experience the world. Every major photographer is represented in double-page spreads, which feature one full-page image, a brief essay on the artist, and additional images of note. Presented chronologically, photographs testify to the evolution of an art form that is continually reinventing itself. From portraiture, photojournalism, and abstraction, to landscape, fashion, and works that transcend genre labels, the selection of masterworks presented here demonstrates the beauty of photography in all its variety. Century's Best Photographers. Berenice Abbott -- Ansel Adams -- Robert Adams -- Diane Arbus -- Eugéne Atget -- Ellen Auerbach -- Richard Avedon -- Herbert Bayer -- Cecil Beaton -- Bernd And Hilla Becher -- Ilse Bing -- Werner Bischof -- Karl Blossfeldt -- Edouard Boubat -- Margaret Bourke-white -- Bill Brandt -- Brassaï -- Manuel Alvarez Bravo -- René Burri -- Robert Capa -- Henri Cartier-bresson -- Martín Chambi -- Chargesheimer -- Imogen Cunningham -- John Deakin -- Robert Doisneau -- William Eggleston -- Alfred Eisenstaedt -- Ed Van Der Elsken -- Touhami Ennadre -- Hugo Erfurth -- Walker Evans -- Andreas Feininger -- Giséle Freund -- Lee Friedlander -- Mario Giacomelli -- Ralph Gibson -- Nan Goldin -- Ernst Haas -- Robert Häusser -- Heinz Hajek-halke -- Lewis W. Hine -- David Hockney -- Horst P. Horst -- Lotte Jacobi -- Yousuf Karsh -- André Kertész -- William Klein -- Alberto Korda -- Josef Koudelka -- Dorthea Lange -- Jacques-henri Lartigue -- Helen Levitt -- Sally Mann -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- Will Mcbride -- Joel Meyerowitz -- Lisette Model -- Tina Modotti -- László Moholy-nagy -- Stefan Moses -- Martin Munkácsi -- Arnold Newman -- Helmut Newton -- Paul Outerbridge, Jr. -- Gordon Parks -- Irving Penn -- Walter Peterhans -- Eliot Porter -- Man Ray -- Albert Renger-patzsch -- Alexander Rodchenko -- Thomas Ruff -- Sebastião Salgado -- Erich Salomon -- August Sander -- David Seymour -- Cindy Sherman -- Malick Sidibé -- W. Eugene Smith -- Edward Steichen -- Otto Steinert -- Alfred Stieglitz -- Paul Strand -- Josef Sudek -- Yevgeny A. Tschaldey -- Umbo -- Jeff Wall -- Weegee -- Edward Weston -- Garry Winogrand -- Wols -- Heinrich Zille. Edited By Peter Stepan ; With Contributions By Erika Billeter ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. More than ninety of the century's best photographers are presented in this richly illustrated volume with some 160 icons of the genre. This selection focuses not only on universally famous and artistically stunning images by renowned photographers, but also on the discovery of lesser known pictures of exquisite quality. The range of subject material, from the portrait to political or social reportage, from genre images to abstract or subjective photography, is matched only by the stylistic variety of the selected works. These reflect the multiplicity of this century's artistic movements and lend them new expression through their clarity and focus. More than any other artistic medium, photography has changed the way we view our world at the close of the twentieth century, a fact that is clearly reflected in this volume. Ninety seminal images by the world's greatest artists provide a tour of the twentieth-century's greatest photographs. This book explores photography's impact on the way we experience the world. Every major photographer is represented in double-page spreads, featuring one full-page image, a brief essay on the artist, and additional images of note.