The newest addition to Prestel's highly successful 50...You Should Know
series offers the perfect introduction to the best contemporary
photographers and their most iconic works. This globetrotting collection
of contemporary photographers and their work is a great way to become
familiar with the wide variety of techniques and styles embraced by the
medium. Organized chronologically by year of birth, each photographer is
introduced in double-page spreads that feature reproductions of their
work and a perceptive and concise appreciation of their life and career.
From Japanese photographer Daidõ Moriyama, famous for his images of
post-war Japan, to Richard Mosse, an Irish conceptual documentarian who
uses infrared film to document war in the Eastern Congo from a bold new
perspective, this book offers an exciting array of familiar and
not-so-familiar works. Among the photographers included are Nan Goldin,
William Eggleston, Sebastião Salgado, Sally Mann, Nobuyoshi Araki,
Dayanita Singh, Juergen Teller, and Alec Soth. By reaching across the
globe and including artists whose work is experimental, groundbreaking,
thought-provoking, or beautiful, this book presents a panoply of today's
most remarkable photographers.