LivesOfTheGreatPhotographers

Animportantcontributiontothehistoryofphotographythatapproachesthebiographiesandcreationsofthirty-eightgreatphotographersfromanewangleInthehistoryofphotography,thelivesofthemajorpersonalitiesbehindthelensareoftenascaptivatingastheimagestheyhaveleftbehind.Yet,whilecertainphotographshavebecomeworldfamous,indeliblyprintedontheculturalconsciousness,thestoriesofthephotographershavebeenalltoooftendistorted,obfuscated,oroverlooked,andtheirsocialandpoliticalenvironmentsmisunderstoodorforgotten.LivesoftheGreatPhotographersbringstogethertheengagingandentertainingbiographiesofthirty-eightpioneersinthefield,selected,carefullyresearched,andnarratedbyrespectedphotographyexpertJulietHacking.Theentriesevokethelivesandbackgroundsoftheselandmarkfigures,bringingnewlighttotheirworkandforgingabetterunderstandingofhowtheypioneerednewtechniquesandapproaches.Thetextisaccompaniedbyabeautifullycuratedsamplingofimages,includingmanyrarelyseenportraitsandself-portraits.WithentriesonMargaretBourke-White,Brassai,RobertCapa,HenriCartier-Bresson,WalkerEvans,AndréKertész,EadweardMuybridge,EdwardSteichen,andmanyothers,LivesoftheGreatPhotographerscapturesfromanewanglethecontributionsofsomeofthemostmasterfulimage-makersinhistory.101illustrations