20th Century Photography：Museum Ludwig Cologne

Imagesofthecentury(TASCHEN's25thanniversaryspecialedition)Thehistoryofphotographybegansome150yearsago,butonlyrelativelyrecentlyhasitbeenfullyrecognisedasamediuminitsownright.Cologne'sMuseumLudwigwasthefirstmuseumofcontemporaryarttodevoteasubstantialsectiontointernationalphotography.TheL.FritzGrubercollection,fromwhichthisbookisdrawn,isoneofthemostimportantinGermanyandoneofthemostrepresentativeanywhereintheworld,constitutingthecoreofthemuseum'sholdings.Thisbookprovidesafascinatinginsightintothecollection'srichdiversity;fromconceptualarttoabstractiontoreportage,allofthemajormovementsandgenresarerepresentedviaavastselectionofthecentury'smostremarkablephotographs.FromAnselAdamstoPietZwart,over850worksarepresentedinalphabeticalorderbyphotographer,withdescriptivetextsandphotographers'biographicaldetails,providingacomprehensiveandindispensableoverviewof20thcenturyphotography.length:(cm)14width:(cm)19.5