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Street Photography: From Brassai to Cartier-Bresson
Clive Scott
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Description for Street Photography: From Brassai to Cartier-Bresson
Paperback. Traces street photography's origins, asking what really what happened to photography when it first abandoned the studio, and brings to the fore questions about the way the street photographer captures or frames those subjects - traders, lovers, entertainers - so beloved of the genre. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 halftone. BIC Classification: AJB; AJG; AJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
Street photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet, what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that of documentary photography? Looking closely at the work of Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book, extensively illustrated with both well-known and neglected works, unpicks Parisian street photography's affinity with Impressionist art, as well as its complex relationship with ... Read more
Street photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet, what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that of documentary photography? Looking closely at the work of Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book, extensively illustrated with both well-known and neglected works, unpicks Parisian street photography's affinity with Impressionist art, as well as its complex relationship with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
546g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845112233
SKU
V9781845112233
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About Clive Scott
Clive Scott is Professor of European Literature, School of English and American Studies, University of East Anglia. His books include The Spoken Image: Photography and Language and Translating Baudelaire.
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