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The photobook : a history. Volume II
Edité par Phaidon ; [Sodis diff.] - cop. 2006
"This book features publications by many well-known photographers ranging from Man Ray, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol to Christian Boltanskyi, Stephen Shore and Sophie Calle by way of Bernd and Hilla Becher, Andreas Gursky and Lewis Baltz. Several innovative books by unknown photographers are also included, offering an opportunity to discover these overlooked works. Photographers have been making photobooks - bound collections of their works - ever since the birth of photography in the early nineteeth century. While for some photographers the single print is considered the ultimate expression of their work , for many others the photobook is the most important vehicle fir the widespread communication of their vision. This second volume includes over 200 publications carefully selected by the renowned contemporary photographer, Martin Parr, whose passion for the photobook has made him a world authority on the subject, and the critic and curator Gerry Badger. All the books are accompanied by extensive commentaries by Badger and are illustrated as three-dimensional objects, providing a true sense of them as art works in their own right. (extrait de la jaquette)