Faces of the Twentieth Century: Unauthorized Investigations Into Veronica Mars

by Mark Edward Harris and Vicki Goldberg

Book Overview

This work presents signature images of 20 of the century's greatest photographs alongside excerpts from their interviews with the author and his portraits of each. Photographers include: Manuel... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789203340
• ISBN13: 9780789203342
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

Twentieth Century Portrait

This book presents a portrait of the Twentieth Century as seen through the images of twenty of its great photographers.Each photographer is given his or her own chapter and is introduced by Mark Harris' portrait, followed by five photographs and excerpts from the author's interview. Featured photographers include Eve Arnold, Edouard Boubat, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Horace Bristol, Jean-Phillippe Charbonnier, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Eikoh Hosoe, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Mary Ellen Mark, Carl Mydans, Helmut Newton, Gordon Parks, Marc Riboud, Herb Ritts, Joe Rosenthal, Sebastiao Salgado and Jeanloup Sieff.The result is a unique collection of images and words portraying the photographers and the century in which they labored.

Photographic and verbal portraits of 20 master photographers

Photographic and verbal portraits of 20 master photographerswith rich reproductions of works of their own choice. Thephotographer-author's interviews offer penetrating insights into how such artists as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Manual Alvarez Bravo, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Sebastiao Salgado and Andreas Feininger think and work. A fascinating read and a valuable resource.