Lives of the Great Photographers

Informationen zum Autor Juliet Hacking has been Programme Director of the MA in Photography(contemporary and historical) at Sotheby's Institute of Art since 2006.Before that she was for three years Head of the Photographs Departmentof Sotheby's in London. Juliet has worked as a visiting lecturer at theUniversities of Derby and Reading and at the Courtauld Institute, andcurated the exhibition 'Princes of Victorian Bohemia: Photographs byDavid Wilkie Wynfield' for the National Portrait Gallery, London. Klappentext A detailed insight into the lives and careers of the great photographers, and an authoritative history of photography. 120 illustrations Zusammenfassung While certain photographs have become world-famous images indelibly printed on the cultural consciousness, the stories on the other side of the lens have been all too often distorted, obfuscated or overlooked. This book focuses on the lives and backgrounds of nearly forty great photographers, and also sheds light on their work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction ¿ Thirty-eight entries ¿ Notes, credits, index

Product details

• Authors: Juliet Hacking
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9780500544440
• ISBN: 978-0-500-54444-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 194 mm x 253 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Biographien (div.), Fotograf, Fotografin