50 Photographers You Should Know

by Peter Stepan

Overview

Now available in a new edition, this book gives a lively overview of the world’s greatest photographers. This dynamic introduction to the most important photographers from the inception of photography to today bears witness to the magic of the camera. From Félix Nadar’s awe-inspiring aerial photos and Eugene Atget’s images of fin de siècle France to Walker Evans’ stirring photos and Nan Goldin’s poetic scenarios, each of the photographers featured here represents a vital aspect of photography’s evolution. The artists are presented in double-page spreads that include reproductions of their most important works, concise biographies, and informative sidebars. The result is a fascinating overview of the way photographers continue to push the limits of their genre, offering their audiences new ways of seeing and understanding our world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783791383590
Publisher:	Prestel Publishing
Publication date:	12/12/2017
Series:	50 You Should Know
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	419,092
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Stepan is an art historian and curator whose many books include Icons of Photography: The 20th Century and Photos That Changed the World (both by Prestel).

Table of Contents

01 Julia Margaret Cameron 8

02 Félix Nadar 12

03 Mathew Brady 16

04 Eadweard James Muybridge 20

05 Felice Beato 24

06 Eugène Atget 28

07 Alfred Stieglitz 32

08 Edward Sheriff Curtis 34

09 Lewis W. Hine 38

10 August Sander 40

11 Edward Steichen 42

12 Edward Weston 46

13 Man Ray 48

14 Paul Strand 52

15 Alexander Rodchenko 54

16 André Kertész 56

17 Jacques-Henri Lartigue 60

18 Dorothea Lange 62

19 Josef Sudek 66

20 Albert Renger-Patzsch 68

21 Brassaï 72

22 Walker Evans 76

23 Andreas Feininger 80

24 Henri Cartier-Bresson 84

25 Willy Ronis 88

26 Robert Doisneau 90

27 Robert Capa 92

28 Helmut Newton 94

29 Diane Arbus 96

30 Richard Avedon 98

31 Seydou Keïta 102

32 Robert Häusser 104

33 Ara Güler 106

34 Garry Winogrand 110

35 William Klein 112

36 David Goldblatt 116

37 Bernd and Hilla Becher 120

38 Bruce Davidson 122

39 René Burri 124

40 Lee Friedlander 126

41 Malick Sidibé 128

42 Josef Koudelka 130

43 Sebastião Salgado 132

44 Robert Mapplethorpe 136

45 Hiroshi Sugimoto 138

46 Kaveh Golestan 142

47 Martin Parr 144

48 Nan Goldin 148

49 Andreas Gursky 152

50 Wolfgang Tillmans 154

Photo Credits 156/157