The Photography Book

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ian、The Editors of Phaidon Press 编
• 出版社 Phaidon Press
• 出版时间 2000-04
• ISBN 9780714839370
• 定价 228.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 520页

【内容简介】

WhenThePhotographyBookwasfirstpublishedin1997itwaswidelyacclaimedasthemostimportantreferencebookeveronitssubject.Thisnewminieditionhasallthevisualenergyandcompellinginsightsoftheoriginal,butinalightandtrulyportableformat,makingitidealbothfordippingintoandforusingasaserioussourcebook.Its500superbimagesrepresenttheworld'sbestphotographersandencompasseverysortofphotography,frompicturesoffamousevents,suchastheRoyalWeddingandthefirstlandingonthemoon,tofamiliarshotsbymastersofphotographysuchasBillBrandtandHenriCartier-Bresson.Fashion,sport,naturalhistory,reportageandsocietyportraitureareallrepresented,aswellassocialdocumentaryandart,andthehostoftalentednames,rangingfromWilliamHenryFoxTalbottoDavidBaileyandDianeArbus,spansthewholehistoryofphotography.Arrangedalphabeticallybyphotographer,eachfull-pageimageisaccompaniedbyanilluminatingtextwhichgivesausefulinsightintotheworkanditscreator,aswellasextensivecross-referencestoothersworkinginthesamefieldorthesamestyle.Glossariesoftechnicaltermsandmovementsandadirectoryofmuseumsandgalleriesareincludedinthebackofthebooktoprovideafullycomprehensiveandself-containedvolume.

【作者简介】

IanJeffreylecturedandwastheheadofarthistoryattheUniversityofLondonGoldsmiths'Collegebetween1970and1987.HisotherbooksincludeTheConciseHistoryofPhotography(1981)andTheBritishLandscape1920-1950(1984).Hehasorganizedvariousphotographicexhibitions,amongstthem'TheRealThing'attheHaywardGalleryin1974and'LandscapeinBritain1850-1950',whichwasheldattheHaywardin1983.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.