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Masters and monographs. An encyclopedia of 20th-century photographers and their finest publications

A comprehensive overview of the most influential photographers of the last century and their finest monographs: Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopedia features every major photographer of the 20th century, from the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day.

Richly illustrated with facsimiles from books and magazines, this book includes all the major photographers of the last one hundred years - especially those who have distinguished themselves with important publications or exhibitions, or who have made a significant contribution to the culture of the photographic image. The 400 entries include photographers from North America and Europe as well as from Japan, Latin America, Africa, and China.

Photographers A-Z focuses on photographic images and culture, but also features photographers working in "applied" areas, whose work goes beyond the merely illustrative, and is regarded as photographic art and is conserved by major museums, such as Julius Shulman, Terry Richardson, Cindy Sherman, and David LaChapelle, et al.

Featured photographers include:

Ansel Adams, Manuel Álvarez-Bravo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Elmer Batters, Peter Beard, Cecil Beaton, Werner Bischof, Guy Bourdin, Bill Brandt, Robert Capa, William Claxton, Anton Corbijn, Robert Doisneau, William Eggleston, Masahisa Fukase, Nan Goldin, Jean-Paul Goude, John Heartfield, Eikoh Hosoe, George Hoyningen-Huene, Seydou Keïta, William Klein, Nick Knight, Neil Leifer, Peter Lindbergh, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Irving Penn, Pierre et Gilles, Bettina Rheims, Leni Riefenstahl, Sebastião Salgado, Steve Schapiro, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Kishin Shinoyama, Jeanloup Sieff, Lord Snowdon, Bert Stern, Larry Sultan, Mario Testino, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ellen von Unwerth, Andy Warhol, Bruce Weber, Weegee, Gary Winogrand and many more.

Hans-Michael Koetzle is a Munich-based freelance author and journalist, focusing mainly on history and the aesthetics of photography. He has published numerous books on photography, including Die Zeitschrift twen (1995), Photo Icons (2001), Das Lexikon der Fotografen (2002), and René Burri (2004).

As part of the "Inspiration Books" series, this work examines contemporary photography.

"We are what we see and think in the face of a fleeting moment – Thus, the way we act, in  the consequence of our own bearing, eternally." 

Following George Lucas's maxim of “Give me a few frames and I'll make a film out of it”, this book project combines various forms of expressions such as image (photographic material) and text (statements) through certain cinematic means (story/plot) to produce an exciting and emotional photographic book.

With the first Centerfold, who just happened to be the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy's Playmate of the Month. Now, for the first time ever, Playboy has gathered together every Centerfold from every issue into one luxurious collector's edition. That's over 600 beauties. We've reproduced these Centerfolds exactly as they appeared in the magazine to create a full-size, deluxe volume. Paging through this colossal, chronological collection provides a breathtaking view of our evolving appreciation of the female form: from the fifties fantasy of voluptuous blondes to the tawny beach girls of the seventies to the groomed and toned women of today. Housed in a handsome leather briefcase lined with velvet, this impressive tome is the ultimate indulgence for every passionate collector.

The beautiful woman celebrated on the following pages are the stuff dreams are made of - decades and decades of dreams. Even more remarkable, in the simple yet affirmative act of posing nude, they also became standard-bearers for a social revolution that began more than 50 years ago and continues-albeit in fits and starts - to the present day. The world has come a long way from the repression of the 1950s, but Americans still struggle at times with their sexual impulses. (Perhaps, more property, Americans still struggle at times with their neighbors' sexual impulses.) the lesson to be learned from these Centerfolds remains the same now at is was back in 1954: Good girls like sex, and there's nothing wrong with that. Thanks in no small part to its Playmates, "Playboy" continues to reflect the dreams of American men. These women are what makes the magazine special, which makes them truly special to me.

Mit dem ersten Playboy-Centerfold im Jahr 1953 - zufällig, oder auch nicht, war es der aufstrebende Weltstar Marilyn Monroe - hatte Hugh Hefner, Erfinder, Herausgeber und Verleger des Playboy, im"playmate of the month"einen Kultplatz für weibliche Aktphotographie geschaffen, um den sich in der Folge die schönsten Frauen der Welt reißen sollten und der dem Playboy als erotisches Magazin seine unverwechselbare monatliche Attraktion gab. Nun hat sich Playboy entschlossen, erstmals alle"playmate of the month"-Akte in einem einzigen Buch zusammenzustellen und, Seite für Seite, vor den Augen des Publikums aufzuschlagen: 625 farbige Aktphotos mit ebenso vielen entblößten Schönheiten, so wie sie im Playboy zu sehen waren, werden in zwei Buchvarianten vorgestellt: Das Luxusformat kommt im schwarzen Lederkoffer als limitierte Ausgabe im Originalformat des aufgeschlagenen Centerfold. Die Sammlung bleibt eine kolossale, fast in erotisches Delirium führende Feier des weiblichen Körpers und seiner Formen. Sie illustriert die kollektiven erotischen Phantasien, die Playboy-Leser - Männer wie Frauen - in den sechs Dekaden heimgesucht haben, und ihren Wandel. Zu jedem Jahrzehnt hat ein Schriftsteller oder eine Schriftstellerin von Rang einen einführenden Text geschrieben. So treffen Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Stella Stevens, Jenny McCarthy, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Anderson und alle anderen Schönen auf die Poetenaugen von Robert Coover, Paul Theroux, Robert Stone, Jay McInerney, Daphne Merkin und Maureen Gibbon. Das alles macht Playboy Centerfolds in seinen zwei Ausgaben zu einem kulturgeschichtlichen Dokument von besonderem Rang. Jung und Alt, Mann und Frau - alle werden begeistert sein. Auch der Sammler von Welt wird seinen schwarzen Erotik-Koffer gerne nach Hause tragen, andere wird bereits die kleine Ausgabe als Nirvana weiblicher Schönheit überwältigen.

Defining moments

In existence for over 50 years, the Polaroid Corporation’s photography collection is the greatest collection of Polaroid images in the world. Begun by Polaroid founder Edwin Land and photographer Ansel Adams, the collection now includes images by hundreds of photographers throughout the world and contains important pieces by artists such as David Hockney, Helmut Newton, Jeanloup Sieff, and Robert Rauschenberg. The Polaroid Book, a survey of this remarkable collection, pays tribute to a medium that defies the digital age and remains a favorite among artists for its quirky look and instantly gratifying, one-of-a-kind images.
 
• over 400 works from the Polaroid Collections
• essay by Polaroid’s Barbara Hitchcock illuminating the beginnings and history of the collection
• technical reference section featuring the various types of Polaroid cameras

Beginning in the 14th century and working its way through the ages up to the current day, this book examines the portrait via the most beloved and important examples in history.

Featured artists include:
Simone Martini, Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Parmigianino, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Francisco de Goya, Jaques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh, Oskar Kokoschka, Ferdinand Hodler, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and Chuck Close.

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Genre Series features:

* a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period
* a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations

361 illustrations in colour

Reuters is the world’s largest international news agency.
Its award-winning photographers submit some 1,500 photos a day from locations across the globe, creating an annual archive of over half a million images.

This stylish book is a compilation of 380 of the finest Reuters photographs of 2007.

Drawing upon this unparalleled resource, Our World Now documents a year in the life of our vibrant, troubled, beautiful planet. Sometimes funny, sometimes devastating, always enthralling, these photographs encompass the fantastic diversity of trends, moods and stories that have defined 2007.

• 2007 in 380 powerful photos.
• Covers the full range of news reporting – politics, commerce, conflict, the environment, accidents and disasters, faith and festivities, entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle.
• Pithy captions summarize the story behind each picture.
• Features all the year’s top stories and some surprises too.

 Reuters photojournalists submit some 1,500 photos every day, creating an annual archive of over half a million images, bearing witness to events as they happen across the globe.

Our World Now 3 draws upon this unparalleled resource to document a year in the life of our vibrant, troubled, beautiful planet.

This award-winning work pushes the boundaries of what news photography is and can be: it ranks among the finest photojournalism of our times. Sometimes funny, sometimes devastating, always compelling, the images in this book encompass the fantastic diversity of trends, moods and stories that defined 2009.

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This highly successful series (over 100,000 copies sold worldwide) has become an indispensable visual record of our times.

This fifth volume captures 2011 in over 350 powerful photos covering the full range of news reporting – politics, commerce, conflict, accidents and disasters, the environment, faith and festivities, entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle. Succinct captions summarize the story behind each image.

‘Witness’ features in each chapter present powerful, in-depth photo-essays from around the world. An introduction explains in the photographers’ own words the events and approaches that lead to spectacular photojournalism.

Like the previous Our World Now volumes, this is a book that consistently packs an emotional punch: spectacular, moving, hard-hitting, at times even funny.

• This year that is certain to be remembered as hugely significant for the astounding events that unfolded in 2011.
• The Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami, the England riots and beyond: here is a fresh take on the most memorable worldwide events, trends and stories of the year.
• Compact format, fantastic price for content.
• Packed with unforgettable images by award-winning Reuters photojournalists.

766 Illustrations in colour

Reuters photographers are there to record it all, creating many of the finest sporting images of our times. Defining moments of virtuosity, beauty, comedy, triumph and despair are captured here in over
750 brilliant photographs of the new sporting century … the dramas, the personalities and the stories behind every picture, covering over
120 sports in almost 60 countries.

An illustrated timeline summarizes the sporting highlights of each year of the 21st century.

Here too are the big themes in sport:
• What are the values of sport today?
• What does success mean in an age of commercial sponsorship and celebrity?
• With advances in technology and performance-enhancing drugs, what is fair play?

Reuters is the world’s largest international news agency.
Its sports correspondents have been reporting since 1860 and submit over 250 sports pictures every day – up to 1,000 during major events. Reuters Sport in the 21st Century features images by 250 photographers of almost 60 nationalities. Reuters is not aligned or affiliated with any country, culture or movement.

Reuters photojournalists submit some 1,500 photos a day, creating an annual archive of over half a million images. OurWorld Now 2 draws upon this unparalleled resource to document a year in the life of our vibrant, troubled, beautiful planet. Sometimes funny, sometimes devastating, always compelling, the images in this book encompass the fantastic diversity of trends, moods and stories that defined 2008.

Captures 2008 in over 350 powerful photos covering the full range of news reporting – politics, commerce, conflict, the environment, accidents and disasters, faith and festivities, entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle.

Shoot gathers over 20 photographers whose work focuses on capturing a moment rather than elaborate lighting setups or controlled, manufactured scenarios.

Employing the most basic photographic tools - a single-lens reflex camera and natural light - they must rely on their instincts and their ability to interact with a situation to create a dynamic image. This freewheeling approach reflects an era in which we are increasingly bombarded by images, and the emotional resonance of images has become an important part of our visual vocabulary.

The book documents the influence of an older generation of art photographers, such as the legendary Nan Goldin and Wolfgang Tillmans, and expands on a younger generation of photographers, including Tim Barber and J. H. Engström, to show how this style has gained traction and influence.

Chapters include:

Safe+Sound – inspirational stories of people who have come through difficult times in a positive way.

For ten years, Prix Pictet has been inviting artists to tackle multi-faceted themes on the topic of sustainability. 

During its first decade, some 4,200 photographers have presented over 28,000 images to the jury, and the public has enjoyed 92 exhibitions in 40 cities across the world. 

Each of the seven cycles has unearthed powerful images that speak to today's vast environmental, societal, and cultural challenges. Featuring work from all of the winning photographers to date-Benoit Aquin, Nadav Kander, Mitch Epstein, Luc Delahaye, Michael Schmidt, Valerie Belin, and Richard Mosse-and many of the shortlisted artists, ten is a celebration of the outstanding photography that has been showcased by the Prix Pictet over the past decade. Readers embark on a poignant visual journey through a carefully curated selection of compelling images, venturing into a world defined by our complex relationship with our environment. 

The photographs, some of which have not previously been published or exhibited by the Prix Pictet, have been grouped into twelve themes. Photojournalistic or conceptual in nature, the images are fantastically diverse and tell a powerful story of some of the most critical problems facing modern society.

A photographic tribute to one of mankind's worst habits: drinking. This is an inspiring, funny and intriguing book containing enticing photographs, original works of art, beautiful old advertisements and meaningful quotes from an array of influential people and lifestyle icons from the past two centuries.