An inspiring guide to 75 of the most influential photographers from c.1900 to the present. Entertainingly written by an expert on photography, it provides fascinating insight into the lives and careers of men and women working in a medium which perhaps more than any other in the visual arts has been deeply affected by technological change. The entries are arranged chronological...(展开全部)

Featuring 75 of the world's most influential designers, this book presents the story of graphic design through the fascinating personal stories and significant works that have shaped the field. Arranged in chronological order, the book shows the development of design, from early innovators such as Edward McKnight Kauffer and Alexey Brodovitch to key figures of mid-century Swiss...(展开全部)

An inclusive introduction to photography that elucidates the multiple, dynamic roles and character of this art form, both historically and today. Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate pres...(展开全部)

吉姆·斯通(Jim Stone)，美国新圣西哥大学摄影专业教授，美国马萨诸塞艺术委员会及美国国家艺术基金会大奖获得者。作品曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国国家艺术馆、汉堡工艺美术馆等多家艺术机构收藏。著有A User’s Guide tothe VieW Camera，DarkPoom Dynamlcs A Short Course in Photography，Photography及三本个人摄影集 Stranger ThanFiction，Historiostomy，Why My Pictures are Good.

吉姆·斯通(Jim Stone)，美国新圣西哥大学摄影专业教授，美国马萨诸塞艺术委员会及美国国家艺术基金会大奖获得者。作品曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国国家艺术馆、汉堡工艺美术馆等多家艺术机构收藏。著有A User’s Guide tothe VieW Camera，DarkPoom Dynamlcs A Short Course in Photography，Photography及三本个人摄影集 Stranger ThanFiction，Historiostomy，Why My Pictures are Good.

拉兹洛·莫霍利-纳吉（1895—1946)，是20世纪杰出的前卫艺术家之一。曾任教于早期的包豪斯，奠定三大构成基础，强调理性、功能，他在学术上对表现、构成、未来、达达和抽象派兼收并蓄，以各种手段进行拍摄试验。最为突出的研究是以光、空间和运动为对象。他曾以透明塑料和反光金属为实验材料，创作“光调节器”雕塑。

拉兹洛·莫霍利-纳吉（1895—1946)，是20世纪杰出的前卫艺术家之一。曾任教于早期的包豪斯，奠定三大构成基础，强调理性、功能，他在学术上对表现、构成、未来、达达和抽象派兼收并蓄，以各种手段进行拍摄试验。最为突出的研究是以光、空间和运动为对象。他曾以透明塑料和反光金属为实验材料，创作“光调节器”雕塑。

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shoc...(展开全部)

Today, in the age of CCTV, drones, medical body scans, and satellite images, photography is increasingly decoupled from human agency and human vision. In Nonhuman Photography, Joanna Zylinska offers a new philosophy of photography, going beyond the human-centric view to consider imaging practices from which the human is absent. Zylinska argues further that even those images pro...(展开全部)