The big, bold, seductive, and surprising color photographs of German photographer Andreas Gursky (b. 1955) set forth a stunning image of our contemporary world of high-tech industry, international markets, big-time sports, fast-paced tourism, and slick commerce. This large-format volume—published in conjunction with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York—presents the first in-depth study in English of Gursky’s art. 
The most adventurous of the celebrated students of influential German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gursky has earned acclaim at the leading edge of contemporary art with a polished signature style that draws upon a great diversity of ideas, precedents, and techniques. Created in collaboration with the artist, this oversize book surveys the fullness of his work to date with gorgeous colorplates, generous two-page details, and a wealth of supporting illustrations.

Andreas Gursky: The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Arts & Photography

PETER GALASSI

Individual Artists

Museum of Modern Art

Aleksandr Rodchenko

Book by Peter Galassi, Magdalena Dabrowski, Leah Dickerman

Leah Dickerman

Magdalena Dabrowski

Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from the New York Times

Susan Kismaric

Photography & Video

Harry N. Abrams

Featuring 200 superb plates spanning half a century, this book is the first retrospective of the work of Roy DeCarava, a great American photographer known for his brilliant photographs of Harlem and of jazz musicians such as Billie Holliday and John Coltrane. Published to accompany a major exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in early 1996.

Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective

Roy DeCarava

Biographies & Memoirs

American photography from the turn of the century through the mid-1960s offers one of the richest and most coherent traditions in the history of the medium. This book explores that tradition in depth through superb reproductions of 183 photographs from the outstanding collection of The Museum of Modern Art.Toward the end of the nineteenth century photographs became radically easier to make and to reproduce. The result was a vast new range of audiences and applications for photography. From untutored snap-shooter to specialized professional, the swelling ranks of photographers produced a sprawling diversity of new pictures, which recorded and helped to create modern America. At the same time, there arose an elite movement that withdrew from the undisciplined bustle of the modern world and claimed for photography a position among the fine arts.The first part of the introductory essay concisely outlines the evolution and interplay of photography's high-art and vernacular traditions. The second part traces the growth of the pioneering photography program at The Museum of Modern Art in which Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, and other leading American photographers played decisive roles.Luc Sante's essay, "A Nation of Pictures," places photography at the center of a lively reconsideration of modern American culture, which touches on music, the movies, the magazines, and a great deal more.A splendid gallery of photographs follows the essays. American photography from Jacob Riis and Alfred Stieglitz to Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus is set forth through a carefully ordered sequence, in which groups of pictures conceived as works of fine art alternate with groups of pictures that served a myriad of worldly functions. Major figures, such as Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Harry Callahan, and Robert Frank, are each represented by six or more photographs. Dozens of other distinguished photographers are included as well, and many remarkable but unfamiliar pictures join the landmark works.

American Photography, 1890-1965

Luc Sante

MODERN ART

American Photography 1843 to 1993 from the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

A survey of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work made between 1932, when he acquired his first hand-held Leica, and 1934. The catalogue for an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, in 1987. 152 pages; 87 full-page duo-toned b&amp;w plates plus 4 color and 38 b&amp;w text illustrations; 10 x 9.75 inches.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., Apr. 11-June 28, 2010, the Art Institute of Chicago, July 24-Oct. 3, 2010, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 30, 2010-Jan. 30, 2011 and at the High Museum of Art, Alanta, Ga., Feb. 19-May 15, 2011

Henri Cartier-Bresson:: The Modern Century

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Die früchen Photographien

Schirmer/Mosel

Corot in Italia

Bollati Boringhieri

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