The second volume in the Skira Photography series serving as a major reference in the field. The 50 years of artistic and mass photography taken into consideration in this volume are unquestionably the most important in the twentieth century. The acceleration of [...]
Accompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photography.
Die Filmikone Marilyn porträtiert von weltbekannten Fotografen. Marilyn Monroe war nicht nur ein großer Filmstar, sie wusste auch genau, was es bedeutet, vor der Kamera eines Meisterfotografen zu stehen. In diesem neuen Fotoband zum 50. Todestag (5. August 1962) werden [...]
Gathers essays from nearly three decades of photography criticism, including evaluations of the works of photographers from Eugene Atget and Dorothea Lange to the present and consideration of photobooks and the influence of Photoshop.
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 21.06.2010 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
¿Se puede "creer" en lo que muestra una fotografía? ¿Por qué una fotografía es algo más que el conjunto de su temática? ¿Cómo abordan la historia los fotógrafos? ¿Por qué es la fotografía un arte melancólico? Una obra de referencia para cualquiera que desee saber más acerca [...]
Spanish; Hardback
Released: 2010 / Delivery time: at least 4 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
Provides a perspective on the story of photography through the history of the photobook. This volume covers company photobooks, artists' photobooks, photobooks that have been compiled by editors, as well as photobooks, which chronicle contemporary life. This study provides [...]
Atemberaubende Ansichten unberührter Landschaft eines entlegenen Teils unserer Erde, im Licht der Nacht fotografiert, ohne Schatten: Olaf Otto Becker ( 1959 in Travemünde) bringt von abenteuerlichen Fahrten im Schlauchboot über die Eismeere Grönlands Bilder überwältigender [...]
Features over 200 photobooks dating from the 19th century to the radical Japanese photobooks of the 1960s and 70s. This title includes the publications such as Walker Evans' "American Photographs" (1938), and Kikuji Kawada's "The Map" (1965). It offers an approach to [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 15.04.2012 / Delivery time: 1-3 weeks (not available at short notice)
The book is divided into a series of thematic and broadly chronological chapters, each featuring a general introductory text providing background information and highlighting the dominant political and artistic influences on the photobook in the period, followed by more [...]
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Chris Killip - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 2001 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
English, German; Hardback
Released: 2001



As an introduction to this complex subject, this combination of essays and listings sections discusses things collectors should know about how and where to buy and invest. It explains the different types of photographs available and lists the top 250 collectable photographers.
English; Hardback
Released: 15.05.2003


