Description
Generously illustrated with photographs from early twentieth century reformers to contemporary artists, this collection of essays re-examines the genre of social documentary photography through the shifting lens of photographic objectivity, modes of dissemination, and the passions animating documentary projects.
While the public's acceptance of photographs as visual evidence made documentary photography possible, canny interventions employed by image makers and their editors alternately exploit and dismantle assumptions of the medium's transparency, testing our wish to see pictures inspire social change.
Among the photographers included in the exhibition and book are Berenice Abbott, Max Alpert, William Castellana, Walker Evans, Larry Fink, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lewis Hine, Boris Ignatovich, Dorothea Lange, Igor Moukhin, Gordon Parks, Alexander Rodchenko, Arthur Rothstein, Sebastiao Salgado, Arkady Shaikhet, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, Weegee et al.
Socio - documentary photography is one of the most emotional of all photographic genres. The clear pictorial language shows the passion of the photographer to bring about political and social change. This volume assembles iconic works by photographers from the early 20th century to contemporary artists in large - format reproductions. Socio - documentary photography established itself in the 20th century and focuses on the lives of socially disadvantaged people. Pioneers like Berenice Abbott, Max Alpert, Walker Evans, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Gordon Parks, Alexander Rodchenko, Sebastiao Salgado and Weegee - to name but a few of the photographers featured in the book - used their powerful photos on behalf of those people whom society largely ignores. The volume demonstrates impressively how the genre developed, how it spread in the United States, the Soviet Union and in other political systems, and the influence of today's social media.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777429533
Author D. Gutstafson
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Weight(grams) 1700g
While the public's acceptance of photographs as visual evidence made documentary photography possible, canny interventions employed by image makers and their editors alternately exploit and dismantle assumptions of the medium's transparency, testing our wish to see pictures inspire social change.
Among the photographers included in the exhibition and book are Berenice Abbott, Max Alpert, William Castellana, Walker Evans, Larry Fink, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lewis Hine, Boris Ignatovich, Dorothea Lange, Igor Moukhin, Gordon Parks, Alexander Rodchenko, Arthur Rothstein, Sebastiao Salgado, Arkady Shaikhet, Aaron Siskind, W. Eugene Smith, Weegee et al.
Socio - documentary photography is one of the most emotional of all photographic genres. The clear pictorial language shows the passion of the photographer to bring about political and social change. This volume assembles iconic works by photographers from the early 20th century to contemporary artists in large - format reproductions. Socio - documentary photography established itself in the 20th century and focuses on the lives of socially disadvantaged people. Pioneers like Berenice Abbott, Max Alpert, Walker Evans, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Gordon Parks, Alexander Rodchenko, Sebastiao Salgado and Weegee - to name but a few of the photographers featured in the book - used their powerful photos on behalf of those people whom society largely ignores. The volume demonstrates impressively how the genre developed, how it spread in the United States, the Soviet Union and in other political systems, and the influence of today's social media.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777429533
Author D. Gutstafson
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Weight(grams) 1700g
