Unfamiliar Streets ebook reader

And Philip Lorca diCorciaI like the fact that the book exposed four different photographers Each has its own approach to the so called street photography The book does not focus on the photos but history and context of the photos. Unfamiliar Streets ebook reader I am drawn to street photography I think they part of the urban life I like the book because of the combination of narrative and photos to the urban and street life Hardcover I really didn t get the point of this book It is a collection of clips from magazines A lot nonsense text around the clips and no real substance to the matter I think I lost my time Hardcover

Unfamiliar streetstrider vs

City scenes have been chronicled in photographs since the early 1800s but street photography as traditionally defined has captured a relatively narrow field of these images Revolutionizing the history of street photography Unfamiliar Streets explores the work of Richard Avedon 1923 2004 Charles Moore 1931 2010 Martha Rosler b 1943 and Philip Lorca diCorcia b 1951 four American photographers whose careers in fashion photojournalism conceptual art and contemporary art are not usually associated with the genre Bussard s lively and engaging text a timely response to a growing interest in urban photography challenges the traditional understanding of street photography and makes original and important connections among urban culture social history and the visual arts constructing a new historical model for understanding street photography Illustrated with than one hundred images this book provides an interpretation of a compelling genre that is as fresh as its consideration of the city streets themselves sites of commerce dispossession desire demonstration power and spectacle Unfamiliar Streets The Photographs of Richard Avedon Charles Moore Martha Rosler.