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Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Description
"Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past. Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, and technical experimentation. This sumptuous book shows how photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron sought to elevate the status of their work by referencing Old Masters. Similarly, contemporary practitioners...
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm
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"Surveys the life and career of Los Angeles-based artist Christina Fernandez (born 1965). Contains more than one hundred fifty illustrations, six original essays, an extensive artist interview, plus exhibition history and bibliography"--
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
376 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
Description
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is one of the most influential and beloved figures in the history of photography. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this is the first major publication to make full use of the extensive holdings of the Fondation Cartier-Bresson--including thousands of prints and a vast resource of documents relating to the photographer's life and work. The heart of the book surveys Cartier-Bresson's...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
173 p. : ill. ; 22 x 24 cm.
Description
"In response to the tragic events of September 11, photographer Nathan Lyons, known for his honest and often questioning depictions of American culture, has created a poignant new body of images. Photographing in small towns and large cities, Lyons has keenly observed the extreme and often confusing variety of responses - from deep reverence to blatant commercialization - manifested by ordinary Americans." "This provocative sequence of images, loaded...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Description
"The book reproduces two hundred full-page duotones of Diane Arbus photographs spanning her entire career, many of them never before seen. It also includes an essay, "The Question of Belief," by Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and "In the Darkroom," a discussion of Arbus's printing techniques by Neil Selkirk, the only person authorized to print her photographs since her death. A 104-page...
13) Diane Arbus
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
15 p., [80] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
From the Publisher: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph. Twentyfifth anniversary edition. New technology has made possible this lustrous new printing from all new film, which gives these landmark images a depth of clarity and impact not achievable in earlier editions. 80 blackandwhite duotone photographs. "Diane Arbus is one of our legends-her monograph Diane Arbus, of 1972, a pivotal classic that changed the direction of photography in America...
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