История фотографии

From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart. The Museum Ludwig's handbook of photography in the 20th century The history of photography began nearly 200 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognised as a medium in its own right. Colo...

In the beginning, there was light. The George Eastman House Collection: photography throughout the ages From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman’s career developed in a particularly ...

A leading representative of the Russian avant-garde, Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956) revolutionized the world of graphic art, design and photography. The over 250 illustrations featured in this volume allow the reader to grasp the full force...

Pioneers in photography as an art form. Highlights from Stieglitz's legendary photo journal (1903–1917) Photographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was a visionary far ahead of his time. Around the tur...

What is dance? It is motion. What is Motion? The expression of a sensation. What is Sensation? The reaction in the human body produced by an impression or idea perceived by the mind. Loïe Fuller was one of the leading and most influential ...

An exploration of Jacques Henri Lartigue’s early photography and a vivid portrayal of Belle Epoque France As a little boy of seven or eight, Jacques Henri Lartigue was given his first camera, and soon was developing his own photographs. Born...

Another country: Introducing America to Americans Amid the ravages of the Great Depression, the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) was first founded in 1935 to address the country s rural poverty. Its efforts focused on improving the...

The Shot. The stories behind history’s most extraordinary photographs From Nicéphore Niépce’s 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut’s “napalm girl,” the 50 photographs in thi...

The fifth edition of this indispensable survey of photography spans the history of the medium, from its early development to the latest advances in technology and social media platforms. Mary Warner Marien discusses photography from around the world ...

From high-society balls and fashion shoots to portraits of artists and scenes from urban life in France, this handsome volume — which features an open spine binding so that it lays flat to show off the photographs to their best advantage &mdash...

For the past 50 years, the covers of Rolling Stone have depicted the icons of popular culture — from John Lennon, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, and Steve Martin to Rihanna, Louis C.K., Adele, Radiohead, and Barack Obama — cement...

This is the first publication on American artist Curtis Moffat who is known for his dynamic abstract photographs, innovative color still lifes and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early twentieth century. Moffat was also a pivotal ...

Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer when, in 1923, he was offered one of the most prestigious and most lucrative positions in photography – that of chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vogue and Vanity Fair...

The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course of a nearly seventy-year career, he mastered a ...

A detailed insight into the lives and careers of the great photographers In the history of photography, the lives of the major practitioners are as captivating and richly layered as the images they have left behind, many of which have become part ...