"This first volume in a major new series of illustrated biographies of Magnum photographers traces the life and achievements of Eve Arnold, who captured an incredible array of subjects with remarkable clarity and compassion. Eve Arnold (1912-2012) was born to a poor immigrant family in Philadelphia and became a photographer by chance. In 1950 Arnold was a 38-year-old Long Island housewife when she enrolled in a six-week photography cours ..."
Encounters With the Dani(1st Edition) द्वारा SusanMeiselas Hardcover, 176 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2003 द्वारा Steidl/International Center Of Photography ISBN-13: 978-3-88243-930-4, ISBN: 3-88243-930-0
"In her most recent body of work, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas pieces together verbal and visual traces of encounters with the Dani--an indigenous people of the West Papuan highlands--from the nearly six decades since their "discovery" by the West. In this subjective, fragmentary history, Meiselas draws from the experiences of missionaries, colonists, anthropologists and modern-day ecotourists, all of whom have come to the Dani' ..."
""Photographer Kent Klich has depicted life in Gaza since the early 2000s, using artistic strategies that offer insightful alternatives to the short-lived sensationalism of mass media.With a profound interest in personal stories and a strong ..."
"Die Fotoagentur Magnum ist bekannt für die herausragenden Bilder ihrer Mitglieder/innen im Bereich der Dokumentations- und Livefotografie. Nur fünf der fünfzig ständigen Mitglieder sind Frauen. Diese fünf Künstlerinnen -- Eve Arnold, Martine Franck, Susan Meiselas, Inge Morath und Marilyn Silverstone -- sind Thema dieses Buches. Fotojournalistinnen leben immer in einem großen moralischen Konflikt: Einerseits sollen sie dokumentieren, d ..."
"Since the 1970s, questions of ethics raised by documentary practice have been central to debates in photography. Perhaps no other photographer has so closely and consistently represented and participated in these debates than Susan Meiselas. An American photographer best known for her work covering the political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s and 80s--including the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador--Meiselas' process has evol ..."
"Ob man es nun wahrhaben will oder nicht: Der terroristische Anschlag auf das New Yorker World Trade Center, das US-amerikanische Statussymbol für Macht und Wohlstand, war vor allem auch ein Medienereignis. Wer rechtzeitig den Fernseher einschaltete, konnte am 11. September 2001 auf CNN live mit dabei sein, als das zweite Passagierflugzeug in die Türme raste. Anschließend musste man beobachten, wie die Flugzeuge -- immer neue Filmdokumen ..."
"Presenting the works of 50 contemporary artists and photographers from around the world, Strangers explores the different roles the camera now plays in negotiating the boundaries between public and private life, trust and fear, intimacy and isolation. Accompanying the first recurring exhibition of its kind devoted to photography and related media at the International Center of Photography in New York, Strangers investigates the social w ..."
"Street photography has a long and varied history, encompassing such artists as Walker Evans from the 1930s, Robert Frank from the 1950s, and Garry Winogrand from the 1970s, each of whom, along with other practitioners, siezed the medium as their own and extended it, creating something new. Open City brings together the work of 19 artists to examine the history of street photography over the course of the last half-century. It takes as i ..."
"From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing and interviewing women who performed striptease for small town carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. As she followed the girl shows from town to town, she portrayed the dancers on stage and off, photographing their public performances as well as their private lives. She also taped interviews with the dancers, their boyfriends, the show managers, and ..."