50 photographers you should know /
Peter Stepan.
- 1st ed.
- New York, NY : Prestel Pub., 2008.
- 171 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Felice Beato, Bernd and Ulla Becher, Mathew Brady, Brassai, Rene Burri, Julia Margaret Cameron, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Bruce Davidson, Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Andreas Feininger, Lee Friedlander, David Goldblatt, Nan Goldin, Kaveh Golestan, Ara Guler, Andreas Gursky, Robert Hausser, Lewis W. Hinge, Andre Kertesz, Seydou Keita, William Klein, Josef Koudelka, Dorothea Lange, Jacques-Henri Lartique, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eadweard James Muybridge, Felix Nadar, Helmut Newton, Martin Paar, Man Ray, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Alexander Rodchenko, Willy Ronis, Sebastiao Salgado, August Sander, Malick Sidibe, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Wolfgang Tillmans, Edward Weston, Garry Winograd.
This dynamic introduction to the world's greatest photographers from the inception of photography to today bears proof of the magic of the camera. From Felix Nadar to Nan Goldin, each of the photographers featured here represents an important aspect of photography s evolution. The artists are presented in double-page spreads that include reproductions of their most important works, concise biographies, informative sidebars, and a timeline that extends throughout the volume. 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. -- Publisher description.