In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a legitimate medium, equal in status to painting and sculpture. This book provides an introduction to the extraordinary range of contemporary art photography, from portraits of intimate life to ...(展开全部)

The first accessible guide to the key artists and uses of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s. An ideal introduction to this popular subject in contemporary culture, this highly readable book surveys work by more than 150 artist-photographers: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Richard Billingham, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare...(展开全部)

本书作者夏洛特·科顿是策展人、作家。她曾担任美国洛杉矶州立博物馆瓦里斯·安嫩伯格摄影部主管，英国伦敦摄影家艺术馆的项目负责人，英国国立媒体博物馆创意总监，伦敦维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆摄影策展人。她策划了许多当代摄影展，出版了《缺憾之美》《万物归于平静》《盖伊·伯尔丁》等书。她也是wordswithoutpictures.org和EitherAnd.org这两个网站的创始人。

（修訂版增修40頁，包含〈序言〉及第8章〈物質與材質〉） 244幅代表性影像、227位最重要的當代攝影家 一次大戰後，匈牙利藝術家納吉（Laszlo Moholy-Nagy）曾預言：「不了解攝影的人，未來將成為文盲。」但他那時卻無法預見，幾十年後數位相機將如何席捲全球，更無法預見，80年代之後的攝影創作，將掀起何等翻天覆地的變化。 影像的語言不斷推新，攝影的疆界不斷拓寬，攝影家集體推動的當代攝影像一具越滾越大的巨輪，悍然挖掘我們的集體意識、個人心靈。冷冰冰的肖像、亦真亦假的場景、直率到難以直視的裸照、如同業餘攝影的拙劣照片、吃剩的食物、吵架的家人……這些影像都堂堂出現在攝影集、美術館中，引起熱烈討論。我們或懾服於攝影家無懈可擊的美學手法，但也常對著某些影像大惑不解，懷疑這些照片的價值。當攝影變得越來越難定義時，我們如何看待這些似乎沒有規則可循的當代攝...(展开全部)

一张时光快照隐藏着等待被揭晓的秘密。发生在二战期间，一个关于友情、希望、挣扎求存、和背叛的引人入胜的故事。

一张时光快照隐藏着等待被揭晓的秘密。发生在二战期间，一个关于友情、希望、挣扎求存、和背叛的引人入胜的故事。

Ian Jeffrey is a superb guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the appreciation of photography as an art form. Novices and experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photographers and their work, as Jeffrey decodes key images and provides essential biographical and historical background. Profiles of more than 100 major photographers, including Alfred S...(展开全部)

きっ和、それらはぜんぶここにあるべきも的たち。完璧なバランス、そしてすぐにこわされるも的。

“The world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created – a world of infinite kindness, wisdom, mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic)

A book for all ages, a book for all time. Adapted into a short animated film, coming this Christmas. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online. They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They...(展开全部)