Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals--as only a few great artists have done consistently--the variety and richness of human experience in the twentieth century. This second volume of Aperture's Masters of Photography series confirms the genius of the photographer who--with the new, smaller, hand-held cameras and faster films--defined the idea of "the ...
The Mexican book series Rio de Luz was a courageous and energetic presentation of Latin American photography. To honor the accomplishments of the series and the artists, an issue of Aperture is devoted to the Rio de Luz collection. Separate chapters address the outstanding themes concerning the editors of the Rio de Luz series -- revolution, the ...
This issue of Aperture presents cutting-edge contemporary Spanish photography-focusing on significant developments of the past two decades. Works by Joan Fontcuberta, Pablo Genoves, Ana Teresa Ortega, Javier Vallhonrat, and many others offer provocative reinterpretations of the classical still-life genre. These dreamlike works reflect the ...
A towering figure in twentieth-century photography, Edward Weston sought to lead viewers to "see through their eyes, not with them." His restless quest for beauty and the mystical presence behind it created a body of work unrivaled in the medium. This book offers Weston masterpieces spanning more than four decades. Included are his early ...
Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mitch Epstein, Kanu Gandhi, Raghu Rai, Sebastiao Salgado, and more Essay by Victor Anant Celebrating India's independence, this unprecedented publication brings together the work of more than a score of photographers-- both Indian native and foreign-born-- revealing not only the face of India, but visions of ...
Paul Strand was more than a great artist: he discovered that photography had the potential to be the most dynamic medium of the twentieth century. Purity, elegance, and passion are the hallmarks of Strand's imagery. This inaugural volume of Aperture's Masters of Photography series presents forty-one of Strand's greatest photographs, drawn from a ...
In Strong Hearts, popular visions of American Indians are challenged by artists and writers for whom self-representation is often as much a political as an artistic statement. For example: the darkly emotional scenes staged by Carm Little Turtle; Larry McNeil's metaphorical images of eagle feathers; Zig Jackson's satirical pictures of tourists ...
A new generation of Czech and Slovak photographers--heirs to the legacy of such modern masters as Josef Sudek and Frantisek Driktol--will be the subject of the August 1998 issue of Aperture, featuring images never before published in the West. In the Aperture tradition of investigating the contemporary photography of individual nations, Crossing ...
Since its founding in 1952, Aperture has grown from a small periodical to a cultural phenomenon that reaches the largest and most diverse audience for significant photography worldwide. By examining it's own history, "Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at 50" explores the currents in photography that have brought the medium to its present status ...
Manuel Alvarez Bravo began photographing in 1924, during Mexico's thriving post-revolutionary artistic renaissance. His influences, from indigenous cultures to contemporary European trends, combined through his artistry to form a unique, transcendent vision rooted in the iconography of his country. While his early work embraced Mexico's urban ...
Aperture 139 Strong Hearts Spring 1995 Photographers: Nancy Ackerman, Walter Bigbee, Ken Blackbird, Ron Carraher, Pamela Shields Carroll, Joseph Concha, Jesse Cooday, Patricia Deadman, Monica Godoy, John C. H. Grabill, Jeremy Huesers, Zig Jackson, April Jiron, Rose Jones, Ronald Jr. Lewis, George Longfish, James Luna, Lee Marmon, Larry McNeil, ...
Aperture 149 Dark Days: Mystery, Murder, Mayhem Fall 1997 Photographers: Michael Ackerman, Kenneth Anger, Marc Asnin, Jerry Berndt, Christian Boltanski, Ken Botto, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Stephen Frailey, Jean Genet, Jim Goldberg, William N. Jennings, Anselm Kiefer, Andrew Lichtenstein, Ken Light, Richard Misrach, ...
"Weegee the famous," as he liked to be called, was a major influence in the field of newspaper photography. Persistent and aggressive behind the camera, he always made sure that he was at the forefront of breaking news. As a photographer he went to the heart of ugly situations to illustrate the often gruesome realities of life in the city. Weegee ...
Aperture 148 Delirium Summer 1997 Guest edited by W. M. Hunt, this issue of Aperture features work by photographers and scientists in their efforts to capture delirium on paper. Images ranging from contemporary through nineteenth-century show how delirium, clinical or colloquial, has been documented, analyzed, codified, worked over, and wondered ...
Communalistic living--the concept of living together to foster the common good--claims a long tradition in America and continues to be a vital reality today. Shared Lives photographically explores five communities in the U.S. and one in Mexico. Photo essays include Eugene Richards' intimate portrayal of a communie in Oregon and Margaret Morton's ...
"Metamorphoses: Photography in the Electronic Age" presents a compelling selection of the finest images produced through the integration of computers and photography, art and technology. The emerging field of digital imaging is already changing the world we live in and the way we look at pictures. In its examination of how some of today's leading ...
A gathering of photographs by many diverse artists in a humorous, elegant and unusual gastronomic odyssey. Includes quotes by such food philosophers and chefs as Marcella Hazan, Henry Miller, Calvin Trillin, and David Mamet.
Berenice Abbott first established herself in commercial portraiture in Paris and later in New York. Besides creating masterful bodies of work on the changing face of New York, scientific phenomena, Route 1 and Maine, Abbott was an inventor of photographic equipment, a pioneer in the teaching of photographic techniques and the first person to ...
A book of photographs devoted to recent photographic trends in France, running a gamut of images: impressionistic, abstract, social reportage, and fashion. Includes a narrative by Annie Ernaux, an essay by Jean Baudrillard, and interview with Robert Delpire.
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