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Bystander : a history of street photography
In this book, the authors explore and discuss the development of one of the most interesting and dynamic of photographic genres. Hailed as a landmark work when it was first published in 1994, Bystander is widely regarded by street photographers as the 'bible' of street photography. It covers an incredible array of talent, from the unknowns of the late 19th century to the acknowledged masters of the 20th, such as Atget, Stieglitz, Strand, Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Kertesz, Frank, Arbus, Winogrand and Levitt to name just a few. In this new and fully revised edition, the story of street photography is brought up to date with a re-evaluation of some historical material, the inclusion of more contemporary photographers and a discussion of the ongoing rise of digital photography.
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Câezanne's objects : Joel Meyerowitz
Some years ago, while working on a book commission about Provence, Joel Meyerowitz visited Câezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence. While there, he experienced a flash of understanding about Câezanne's art. Câezanne had painted the studio walls a dark gray, mixing the color himself. Consequently, every object in the studio seemed to be absorbed into the gray of the background. There were no tell-tale reflections around the edges of the objects, so there was nothing that could separate them from the background itself. Meyerowitz suddenly saw how Câezanne, making his small, patch-like brush marks, moved from the object to the background, and back again to the objects, without the illusion of perspective. After all, Câezanne was the original voice of 'flatness.' Meyerowitz decided to take each of the objects in Câezanne's studio and view them against the gray wall (managing to obtain permission from the Director of the Atelier no-one had touched these objects in ages). His impulse was to place each one in the exact same spot on his marble-topped table and just make a 'dumb' record of it. He then decided to arrange them in rows, almost as if they were back on his shelf above the table, and made a grid of five rows with five objects on each row, with Câezanne's hat as the centerpiece.
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