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Nueva edición ampliada y actualizada del clásico de 1999. Incluye 70 nuevas fotografías que convierten a este libro en el más amplio estudio de los retratos de McCurry • Incluye el mundialmente famo

Anthony BannonPrimera monografía del fotógrafo estadounidense de Magnum Steve McCurry (n.1950), que aborda todas las facetas de su obra.Las fotografías de McCurry captan el género humano en la mejor tradicional documental y trascienden los limites del idioma y la cultura; tambien ha cubierto zonas asoladas por conflictos internacionales, desde la guerra de ran-Iraq hasta la del Golfo, pasando por BeirutLas memorables imagenes de McCurry, que goza de prestigio internacional por sus evocadoras fotografias en color, se conocen sobre todo a traves de su colaboracion con la revista Natoinal GeographicIlustra la evolucion de la fotografia de McCurry a traves de 55 fotografias presentadas cronologicamenteLa intoduccion y los comentarios de las fotografias a cargo de Anthony Bannon contextualizan la vida y la obra de McCurry en la historia de la fotografia

Awarding-winning photographer Tim Flach has built an exceptional reputation for creating compelling images of animals that captivate and enthrall photography buffs and animal lovers alike. His commissions include such world-renowned publications as National Geographic and The Sunday Times. He combines artistic originality with an intuitive genius for capturing every creature's distinctive quirks and traits. As he puts it himself, his work explores "how we shape nature and how it shapes us." In doing so, we see how our perception affects the reality all around us-highlighting the deep bond we share with other members of the animal kingdom

In 1975, the young Parisian photographer Brigitte Lacombe met Donald Sutherland and Dustin Hoffman at the Cannes Film Festival; these new acquaintances would go on to open doors for her. That same year she was hired as a photographer for the filming of Fellini's Casanova. Since then, Lacombe's famous images have reflected a who's who of Hollywood cinema. This collection spans a masterfully choreographed array of photographs Lacombe took-all the way from the sets of 1970s cinema classics to film milestones of the new millennium, including Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Conveying a certain intimacy without unmasking any mystery, Lacombe's images capture classical beauty in a way that is fresh and exciting.

Robert Lebeck excels at capturing complex stories in deceptively simple compositions. Internationally recognized for his photojournalism and portraits of figures in the arts and culture, he is a master of interacting with his subjects in a playful manner that encourages them to open uprevealing both the public figure and the hidden private emotions. While being candid, he never sought to shock or make his subjects uncomfortablein doing so, he earned their lasting trust. They in turn granted him images that are iconic and highly personal like his portraits of personalities such as Willy Brandt, Alfred Hitchcock, or Maria Callas. It might be said that it is hard to define Lebecks style. Hes not known for stylistic shortcuts or repetitive gimmicks. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment is the unique and careful approach he brings to all of his work.A worthy tribute to a masterful photographic storytellerA key figure in post-war European photography

Born in France, the son of renowned artist Lyonel Feininger, Andreas Feininger was educated as an architect in Germany before he became a photographer. After working in Sweden, he came to the United States at the age of 33 and in 1943, became a staff photographer at LIFE magazine, where he spent the next twenty years. He is best known for iconographic images of his adopted land, with a focus on powerful city- scapes, which are imbued with the strict sense of form and proportion developed during his architectural studies. Indeed, the city was to be the focus of much of his work: aI see the city as a living organism, dynamic, sometimes violent.a The scale and dynamism of Feiningeras work captured the vast scope and raw majesty of an energetic and evolving land. His precise and unorthodox vision magnified the grandeur in the everyday and the mundane. An accomplished technician and acclaimed writer, Feininger is also widely respected for his photographic textbooks.

This portfolio showcases the legendary Herb Ritts, probably the greatest master of celebrity and beauty photography. Until his death in 2002, the Californian genius created and developed an iconic brand of glamour across the worlds of both editorial and advertising. His trademark groundbreaking approach is still the standard to which others aspire. Indeed, it is his images of world stars and models that best captured style at the end of the 20th century. With an understanding for the architectural quality of true beauty, Ritts conveys its structure, its texture--and its explosive impact. The Stern Fotografie volume features the best--some unpublished--portraits of those whom Herb Ritts immortalized.

A wide-ranging collection of images by renowned photographer Robert Polidori is showcased to great effect in this Stern Portfolio. Haunting cityscapes of Shanghai and Brasilia are included, along with photographs that reveal the social life beneath the patina of Havana's old quarter and imbue the city with its distinctive identity. Also included are Polidori's disturbing yet stunning pictures from the abandoned region around Chernobyl 15 years after the nuclear plant was destroyed there. By contrast, the chapter on Versailles highlights the restoration of faded aristocratic elegance.On the surface, this Canadian-born, New York-based photographer's subjects are buildings but his real interest is habitat. He focuses his camera on the remnants and traces of the living he finds left in backrooms, in solitary corridors, and worn on naked facades to set up surprising contrasts and unique perspectives. In doing so, he succeeds in capturing the true essence of a place and, in his masterful compositions the inner lives of people and their memories spring to life and unfold before our eyes.

This collection pays tribute to top fashion and celebrity photographer, Mario Sorrenti. Born in Italy, he moved to New York when he was ten. His unique style blends Euro glamour and NYC chic. Sorrenti shot to stellar fame in the early 90s due to a daring

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) made some of the most iconic photography of his age. His wry portrait of Winston Churchill lingers in the minds eye like few others. Though prolific, for him there could be no shortcuts. His probing images reveal deeper truths, a

Alison Jackson''s staged realism toys with our voyeuristic and fame-fueled fantasies. Her mockumentary approach uses look-alikes to create elaborate imaginary scenes of famous people. Cheeky and often shocking, her fabulously fake scenarios question the levels of reality present in our media-saturated existences. Along the way, she challenges us to question how much of what we know (or think we know) about well-known fi gures can actually be true: Could it all really be a deluded projection of our own mundane lives? Is loneliness and disconnection at the heart of wanting to come close to our famous "friends?" Why are we so curious about people we''ll probably never meet--whose whole existence might just be a carefully constructed performance?

Nadav Kander''s work is a varied interplay of influences. His restrained and articulate compositions have a clarity and calm that draw the viewer into zen-like states. The London-based photographer''s exceptional talent has been rewarded with major success, and his work is featured in the Sunday Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Esquire among other publications. His unique skill is especially manifest in his spare and muted landscapes and his straight portraits. The Yangtze, The Long River work was awarded the second Prix Pictet. His Obama''s People feature--which he created for The New York Times Magazine in 2009-- have a haunting complexity few contemporary photographers could equal.

"Erwin Blumenfeld began his career in the Dadaist circles of Berlin and Paris in the 1930s. Later, he garnered success as a famed fashion photographer for such US magazines as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and as a pioneer of modern advertising in his commercials for cosmetics. Blumenfeld had a disdain for mainstream conformity and without compromise, his images were infused with an experimental energy. With daring in-camera optical effects and a precise control of lighting and processing, he was a technical genius never leaving any detail to chance. Working mainly in color, his innovative style continues to shape contemporary photography."

A documentary artist in the tradition of street photographers such as William Klein, Bruce Gilden has a sharp eye for idiosyncracy. His distinctive use of flash showcases each subject, just as theater lighting draws us nearer to the actors on a stage. This intimate mood is rare for images largely set in public spaces. Before launching his photographic career, Gilden studied sociology and is keenly aware of how environments can define people. An expressive realist, the Magnum photographer conveys the nuances of each milieu with great integrity. His locations range from Coney Island to Haiti, as well as the closed worlds of Irish horse trading and the Japanese underworld.