This work presents signature images of 20 of the century's greatest photographs alongside excerpts from their interviews with the author and his portraits of each. Photographers include: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Jeanloup Sieff, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Edouard Boubat, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Sebastiao Salgado, Elliott Erwitt, Helmut Newton, Mary Ellen Mark, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, William Klein, Andreas Feininger, Eve Arnold, Marc Riboud, Joe Rosenthal, Carl Mydans, Horace Bristol, Eikoh Hosoe, Raghubir Singh and Peter Lindbergh.
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An entertaining read as well as a visual delight. . . . Harris has done a fine job. -- Picture Mondo Mondino, October 1998
[A]n interesting book. . . . Faces of the Twentieth Century is a good starting point for thinking about photography in all its aspects: photojournalism, portraiture, fashion, historical record and expression. -- Columbus, OH Dispatch, 2/14/99
[A]n interesting book. . . . Faces of the Twentieth Century is a good starting point for thinking about photography in all its aspects: photojournalism, portraiture, fashion, historical record and expression. -- Columbus, OH Dispatch, 2/14/99
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Mark Edward Harris has traveled and photographed in 80 countries. His awards include a CLIO Award and an Aurora Gold Award for his photographic work and an ACE Award for television directing. His books include Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work which won the prestigious New York Book Show Photography Book of the Year and Best of Show awards; The Way of the Japanese Bath, winner of a Premier Print Award; Wanderlust which led to him being named Photographer of the Year at the 2004 Black and White Spider Awards and the book itself being named the people/photography book of the year at the International Photography Awards and the Prix del la Photographie Paris; in 2007 Chronicle Books published Inside North Korea and in 2008 Inside Iran; in 2009 an expanded 2nd edition of The Way of the Japanese Bath was released.
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Photographic and verbal portraits of 20 master photographers,
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This review is from: Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work (Hardcover)
Photographic and verbal portraits of 20 master photographerswith rich reproductions of works of their own choice. Thephotographer-author's interviews offer penetrating insights into how such artists as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Manual Alvarez Bravo, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Sebastiao Salgado and Andreas Feininger think and work. A fascinating read and a valuable resource.
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Twentieth Century Portrait,
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This review is from: Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work (Hardcover)
This book presents a portrait of the Twentieth Century as seen through the images of twenty of its great photographers.Each photographer is given his or her own chapter and is introduced by Mark Harris' portrait, followed by five photographs and excerpts from the author's interview. Featured photographers include Eve Arnold, Edouard Boubat, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Horace Bristol, Jean-Phillippe Charbonnier, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Eikoh Hosoe, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Mary Ellen Mark, Carl Mydans, Helmut Newton, Gordon Parks, Marc Riboud, Herb Ritts, Joe Rosenthal, Sebastiao Salgado and Jeanloup Sieff. The result is a unique collection of images and words portraying the photographers and the century in which they labored.
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