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The Photography Book by Ian Jeffrey
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The Photography Book

by Ian Jeffrey

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A great collection of the master practitioners of the art since its inception. Phiadon has done a great job of using both the famous/'iconic' shots of some photographers, and lesser known photos of others. As is usual with Phiadon books the design and detail of this edition is superb. ( )
  ForrestFamily | Sep 21, 2009 |
This is a fun reference book. It is good for anyone interested in photography who wants to get ideas or look up some work about which they had heard. ( )
  janepriceestrada | Jul 20, 2008 |
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The concept for this book is simple: 500 photographers, 500 pages. Arranged alphabetically, each of the photographers--from contemporary Dutch cameraman Hans Aarsman to mid-century New York shutterbug James Van Der Zee--gets a full, oversized page. On it is a large, expertly reproduced image and a concise caption packed with information about the photographer and his or her work. The coincidental alignment of photos of different eras and aesthetic sensibilities provides unusual and exciting contrasts that add an extra dimension to readers' perception of the work. Rineke Dijkstra's color-saturated shot of a bikini-clad beachgoer in South Carolina faces a Mike Disfarmer portrait of a rural Arkansas couple in 1943. Imogen Cunningham's inimitable Nude is here, along with a more surprising image--My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, a color-photo collage by painter David Hockney. With iconic photographs like Alfred Eisenstaedt's shot of a sailor and a nurse kissing in Times Square on V-J Day, historic ones like Larry Burrows's shot of wounded U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, and pop images like David LaChapelle's picture of a bodybuilder posing amid a cluster of little boys aping his stance, the scope of this visual encyclopedia is truly epic. And with its incredibly low price tag, there's no better value out there for fans of photography.

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