Five Great Innovators of Photography

Download or read book Five Great Innovators of Photography written by PHAIDON PRESS and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of books on five of the most innovative photographers. Eadweard Muybridge by Paul Hill, Daido Moriyama by Kazuo Nishi, Eugne Atget by Gerry Badger, Gustave Le Gray by Sylvie Aubenas, Lszl Moholy-Nagy by Jeannine Fiedler * *A new collection of pocket-sized photography books representing fabulous value *Including: Eadweard Muybridge, the most significant contributor to the early study of human and animal locomotion; Daido Moriyama, contemporary Japanese photographer who has made a radical impact on the photographic world in both Japan and the West; Eugne Atget, whose images of Paris are perhaps the most vivid record of a city ever made; Gustave Le Gray, among the first to claim that photographs should be thought of as artworks; and Gabriele Basilico, whose work blurs the boundaries between photography and contemporary art. *A unique selection of books on five of the greatest innovative photographers of all time