Sophie Howarth, Stephen McLaren

Street Photography Now

with 301 photograhs in color and black-and-white

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents 46 contemporary image-makers noted for their candid depictions of everyday life. This title includes essays and a global conversation between some of the leading street photographers that explore the controversial issues in the genre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 273mm x 239mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1314g
• ISBN-13: 9780500289075
• ISBN-10: 0500289077
• Artikelnr.: 33339575

Autorenporträt

Sophie Howarth is the co-founder of The School of Life, founder of Department Store for the Mind, and former Curator of Public Programmes at Tate Modern. She has coauthored several books about photography, including Street Photography Now and Family Photography Now, both published by Thames & Hudson. Today she teaches creative leadership and supports social and environmental activists in London. Training as a spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition, she is supported by spiritual practices that emphasize insight, presence, and compassion.

Inhaltsangabe

Essay 1 'Stare, Pry, Listen, Eavesdrop' - 12 photographer portfolios/biographies (Agou-Gilden) - Essay 2 'No Ideas But in Things' - 12 photographer portfolios/biographies (Girard-Marlow) - Essay 3 'Half of the World's Population Now Lives in Cities' - 12 photographer portfolios biographies (Mermelstein-Savelev) - Essay 4 'Some Truths Cannot Be Told Except as Fiction - 10 photographer portfolios/biographies (Snoek-Zuborn) - Street Photography Now: A Global Conversation

Rezensionen

'Brings what many thought a tired genre bang up to date. Truly international,it will become the new defining guide to street photography' - Martin Parr