Photographers of Genius at the Getty

by Weston Naef

Overview

Celebrating 20 years of collecting photographs at the Getty Museum, IPhotographers of Genius at the Getty$ spotlights the genius of 38 seminal photographers selected from the hundreds of artists represented in the collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892367498
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	04/15/2004
Series:	Photographs Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Weston Naef, curator of photographs at the Getty Museum, joined the Getty in 1984, the year the Department of Photographs was formed. He is the author of numerous publications, including The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz: Fifty Pioneers in Modern Photography and The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Photographs Collection.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	7
	Introduction	9
	Acknowledgments	13
	Hippolyte Bayard	16
	Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey	20
	Anna Atkins	24
	Hill and Adamson	28
	Gustave Le Gray	32
	Nadar	36
	Camille Silvy	40
	Roger Fenton	44
	Julia Margaret Cameron	48
	Langenheim Brothers	52
	Carleton Watkins	56
	Timothy H. O'Sullivan	60
	Henry P. Bosse	64
	Eadweard J. Muybridge	68
	Thomas Eakins	72
	Gertrude Kasebier	76
	Eugene Atget	80
	Lewis Hine	84
	Paul Strand	88
	Alfred Stieglitz	92
	August Sander	96
	Doris Ulmann	100
	Andre Kertesz	104
	Charles Sheeler	108
	Man Ray	112
	Alexander Rodchenko	116
	Laszlo Moholy-Nagy	120
	Edward Weston	124
	Albert Renger-Patzsch	128
	Brassai	132
	Henri Cartier-Bresson	136
	Manuel Alvarez Bravo	140
	Walker Evans	144
	Dorothea Lange	148
	Weegee	152
	Josef Sudek	156
	Frederick Sommer	160
	Diane Arbus	164
	Selected Getty Publications on Photographs	169
	Selected List of Photographers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection	171
	Index of Names and Places	174

Editorial Reviews

After collecting photographs for two decades, the J. Paul Getty Museum has assembled one of the finest collections in the world. Living up to its title, this catalog of a recent exhibition at the museum presents the work of 38 seminal photographers and beautifully reproduces images from its collection. Each of the selected artists was a pioneer in the field, and the photos and text both show the significant role he or she played in the medium's evolution. Naef, curator of photographs at the Getty Museum, has chosen to include many well-known artists, among them Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugene Atget, Alfred Stieglitz, August Sander, Andre Kertesz, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, but hasn't overlooked lesser-known figures like Anna Atkins and Camille Silvy. In addition to the numerous illustrations (60 color and 54 duotone), the book also features short historical essays that accompany three related images by each artist; this format gives it a cohesion not typically seen in an art-historical survey. Recommended for all collections.-Shauna Frischkorn, Millersville Univ., PA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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