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Street Photography : From Brassai to Cartier-Bresson

By Scott , Clive

Book information

Publisher
Limited, Macmillan [distributor, I.B. Tauris & Company
Year
2007
ISBN
1845112237, 978-1-84511-223-3, 978-1-84511-268-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23296362 bytes)
Pages
256\247
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Street photography -- France -- Paris -- 19th cent

Description

Street photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that of documentary photography? Looking closely at the work Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book unpicks Parisian street photography's complex relationship with parallel literary trends -- from Baudelaire to Soupault -- as well as its more evident affinity with Impressionist art. Street Photography reveals the genre to be poetic, even ""picturesque,"" looking not to the type but to the individual, not to the reality of the street but to its ""romance.""

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