Twentieth-CenturyAmericanPhotography:FlagsofAmerica[20世纪美国摄影]

TheprestigiousnewvolumebySkiradevotedtointernationalcontemporaryphotographyisfocusedonsomeofthegreatestAmericanmastersofthetwentieth-century.Thiswillbethefirstoftwobooks(withthesecondcomingin2014)thatseektoillustratetheoutstandingqualityandvarietyoftheworkswhichhavemarkedAmericanphotographyfromthemid-twentieth-centurytothepresentday.Thisfirstvolumepresentsadetailedandannotatedselectionofworksexecutedbetweenthe1940sand1970sbytwentyphotographersofundisputedimportance—fromEdwardWestonandRobertAdamstoMinorWhiteandGarryWinogrand,fromLeeFriedlanderdowntoStephenShore—whosepursuitsrepresentbenchmarksinthehistoryofcontemporaryphotography.Asinthecaseofothertitlesintheseries,thereproductionsofalltheworksareaccompaniedbyacriticalapparatuswithtextsdiscussingthearea,artists,andresearchexplored.