For over 30 years, The New York Times Magazine has been synonymous with the myriad possibilities and applications of photography. The New York Times Magazine: Photographs reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this pivotal moment in their history and evolution. Edited by Kathy Ryan, longtime photo editor of the Magazine, and with a preface by former editorial director Gerald Marzorati, this volume presents some of the finest commissioned photographs worldwide in four sections: reportage, portraiture, style and conceptual photography, including photo illustration. Diverse in content and sensibility, and consistent in virtuosity, the photographs are accompanied by reproduced tear sheets to allow for the examination of sequencing and the interplay between text and image, simultaneously presenting the work while illuminating its distillation to magazine form. This process is explored further through texts offering behind-the-scenes perspective and anecdotes by the many photographers, writers, editors and other collaborators whose voices have been a part of the magazine over the years. Issues of documentary photography are addressed in relation to more conceptual photography; the efficacy of storytelling; and what makes an image evidentiary, objective, subjective, truthful or a tool for advocacy; as well as thoughts on whether these matters are currently moot, or more critical than ever. As such, The New York Times Magazine: Photographs serves as a springboard for a rigorous, necessary and revitalized examination of photography as presented within a modern journalistic context.
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Compiled in an impeccably designed and gorgeously reproduced coffee table book, the photographs commissioned by The New York Times Magazine are a revelation - arguably, the most wide-ranging and accomplished photojournalistic body of work of the past many decades. (Kathy Ryan NPR Books 20111206)
Easily one of the most impressive photography books of the year (Rebecca Horne The Wall Street Journal 20111205)
Covering three decades, this volume showcases The New York Times Magazine's reliable blend of ambitious photojournalism and inventive illustrative work. (Jack Crager American Photo 20111201)
Covering three decades, this volume showcases The New York Times Magazine's reliable blend of ambitous photojournalism and inventive illustrative work. (Jack Crager 20111101)
Every photograph stops time. This is the most banal, technical fact about the medium and also the source of its uncanny and remarkably durable power. The relentless momentum of mundane existence is stilled by the shutter, and some of the mysteries implicit in everyday life open up. A moment - of high artifice or raw candor, of posed elegance or composed chaos - is captured and then, later, delivered to our contemplative gaze...Thousands of photographs have appeared in the magazine. More than 250 of them - revealing portraits of the famous; documents of atrocity and heroism; sensitive studies of everyday life; unclassifiable works of art - have been collected into a book, "The New York Times Magazine Photographs," edited by the magazine's director of photography, Kathy Ryan... (A.O. Scott The New York Times Magazine 20110823)
Easily one of the most impressive photography books of the year (Rebecca Horne The Wall Street Journal 20111205)
Covering three decades, this volume showcases The New York Times Magazine's reliable blend of ambitious photojournalism and inventive illustrative work. (Jack Crager American Photo 20111201)
Covering three decades, this volume showcases The New York Times Magazine's reliable blend of ambitous photojournalism and inventive illustrative work. (Jack Crager 20111101)
Every photograph stops time. This is the most banal, technical fact about the medium and also the source of its uncanny and remarkably durable power. The relentless momentum of mundane existence is stilled by the shutter, and some of the mysteries implicit in everyday life open up. A moment - of high artifice or raw candor, of posed elegance or composed chaos - is captured and then, later, delivered to our contemplative gaze...Thousands of photographs have appeared in the magazine. More than 250 of them - revealing portraits of the famous; documents of atrocity and heroism; sensitive studies of everyday life; unclassifiable works of art - have been collected into a book, "The New York Times Magazine Photographs," edited by the magazine's director of photography, Kathy Ryan... (A.O. Scott The New York Times Magazine 20110823)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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i strongly recommend this book for photographers, because you get to understand how and why those images were made.
its much more than a sophisticated photo book, its like a conversation between photographers.
i think that the price on this book is a real bargain.
its much more than a sophisticated photo book, its like a conversation between photographers.
i think that the price on this book is a real bargain.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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An amazing book highlighting the best of editorial photography from the last 30 years. For those studying photography, this would make a great text book. Every great editorial photographer is represented, as well as many fine art or commercial photographers who were hired to do editorial shoots. The stories behind the shoots are very interesting to read as well. Great job Kathy Ryan and the rest of her team.
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I see how happy it makes the person I gifted it to. Now I can't wait for him to stop devoring it to bits before I can get my hands on it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Capturing moments of time
One of the small pleasures I have every week is to read the New York Times Sunday edition and peak inside the magazine to see the photographs and the compelling stories. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr. Wilson Trivino
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great photo book
My dentist waiting room contains The New York Times Photographs book. Waiting for my dentist treatment, browsing the book, I admired the contents. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Petra Adema
4.0 out of 5 stars
great coffee table book
Love the back stories to the pix.
Great to sit and look through-keep on your coffee table or in a guests room when they visit!
Great to sit and look through-keep on your coffee table or in a guests room when they visit!
Published 2 months ago by Sherrie Riedl
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great deal
From landscapes to protraits, a very well done book where you can find the best photographs from one of the best newspaper.
Published 3 months ago by carlos
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fatally flawed!
What a shame. This is an extremely interesting collection of photographs, well printed on quality stock. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vinnie Silvagio
5.0 out of 5 stars
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I read this book for about an hour in a book store, it's a wonderful book that offers insights into the technical and creative process of professional journalistic photography. Read more
Published 10 months ago by jrodshibuya
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome book, great for the inspiring artist in the family
I originally got this for a family member as a graduation gift and they loved it. The shipping and service was fast I literally ordered it on Friday and the recipient had it by... Read more
Published 11 months ago by N. Vazquez
5.0 out of 5 stars
The new york time magazine photographs
The book was a good insight into the photography of the new york times magazines, the photos were amazing and the whole book was great.........
Published 11 months ago by robert marcs
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I was expecting
It all depends on your taste in photography, but this just was not what I was expecting. This is more commercial images than journalism or art. Mostly celebrity close-up portraits. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Warner
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