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Clement Cheroux
Essays on a range of photographic topics by the recently appointed Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography at MoMA
Since 1839… offers a selection of essays by the…
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From his early encounters with the Surrealists, his film work and his experiences in the Second World War, to the development of his own personal aesthetic, the concept of the…
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The coronation of George VI on 12 May 1937 was one of the biggest media events of the interwar period. While other photographers focused on the new King, his family…
Henri Cartier-Bresson
A new edition of one of the most important and genre-defining photobooks of the twentieth century.
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Clement Cheroux, Cynthia Young, Isabelle Bonnet, David Campany
Offering a new perspective on Weegee's oeuvre, Weegee: The Society of the Spectacle presents the photographer's iconic images beside lesser-known works.
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Consisting of photographs, scrapbook pages, excerpts from her diary of her bike trip, maps and various documents, this book returns to this extraordinary adventure of Ruth Orkin, one of the…
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A retrospective of the work of Belgian photographer and documentary filmmaker Martine Franck, shedding light on her immense contribution to photography.
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Taken across Europe and Africa, Akinbiyi's images of everyday city life muse on the sociopolitical labyrinths of urban society
Whether in Bamako, Berlin, London, Lagos or Durban, British photographer Akinbode…
Over nearly eight decades, Louis Stettner (1922-2016) defined a singular poetic vision in photography, honing a style influenced by both American street photography and French humanism. Stettner began working in…
The perfect primer on acclaimed French artist Sophie Calle, this book reproduces images from her most important works.
Social media isn’t just changing the way we interact with each other; it’s influencing our culture and redefining what art is. Here, published to accompany an exhibition, the San Francisco…
Alain Sebain
All aspects of the paparazzi’s craft are examined in this volume that unveils the complex love-hate relationship between photographer and celebrity, and the role of the oft-disparaged profession in contemporary…
Clara Bouveresse,Clara Bouveresse
The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos’ 70th anniversary with a fresh and insightful view of Magnum’s history and archive, accompanying a landmark exhibition showing in New York at the International…
Henri Cartier-Bresson,Clement Cheroux
Part of the Aperture Masters of Photography Series, this edition includes image-by-image commentary and a chronology of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s life.
Encompassing photography, installation, print media, video and more, this publication is the most comprehensive account of Tillmans’ wide-ranging career to date
A visionary creator and intrepid polymath, Wolfgang Tillmans unites…
Aleida Assmann,Clement Cheroux,Fred Ritchin
Media images of terrorist acts ingrain themselves in the collective memory with a pungency against which we seem almost powerless. This volume looks at artists who have manipulated the manipulators…
A dazzling theme that explores the relationships between myth and identity
Peter Miller immerses himself in the world of illusion by employing the technological universe of film and photography. He experiments with the camera, the negative, the screen, and the projector…
The extraordinary story of the Chicago bellhop who attempted to transfer mental images to Polaroid film
Our thoughts are known to us, and us alone. But for a brief period…
Surveying the humorous, bold interventions of the acclaimed Net-art duo
Net art innovators Eva and Franco Mattes (both born 1976) have investigated the internet’s effects on our lives since the…
Mikhael Subotzky,Patrick Waterhouse
Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse worked at Ponte City, the iconic Johannesburg apartment building and Africa’s tallest residential skyscraper, for more than six years. There they photographed its residents and…
