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Look At This If You Love Great Photography

A critical curation of 100 essential photos β€’ Packed with links to further reading, listening and viewing to take your enjoyment to the next level
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Look At This If You Love Great Photography is a compelling guide featuring 100 of the finest photographs ever taken. Gemma Padley, a respected photography writer, provides concise and insightful commentary on each image, explaining what makes them iconic and influential. The book spans legendary photographers like Ansel Adams and Martin Parr, alongside contemporary innovators, exploring how their work has shaped the art and challenged perception. It offers a fresh, expert perspective on powerful photojournalism, groundbreaking artistic techniques, and images that have altered cultural understanding.
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Look At This If You Love Great Photography is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the power of the image. Featuring 100 of the best photographs ever captured on film, Gemma Padley offers concise, insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so special. Having written for some of the most important publications on modern photography, Gemma draws on her expert knowledge to reveal the fascinating stories behind these incredible pictures, focusing in on why each image chosen represents such a high point in photographic history.

Uniquely curated to offer a fresh perspective on the medium, expect to see pictures from legends of the art form, including Ansel Adams and Martin Parr, alongside cutting-edge examples from the studios of the most creative photographers operating today. Whether it's gut-punching photojournalism that changed public opinion and made us question who we are, or images that rewrite the rules of photography and blur the lines between other art forms, this is a penetrating rundown of the pictures that really matter and you need to see them.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711256040

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ivy Press

Illustration: 100 colour photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Gemma Padley is a writer and editor on photography. Her clients, past and present, include: British Journal of Photography, Elephant magazine, AnOther Magazine, the BBC, Magnum Photos, Hoxton Mini Press, The Telegraph, Time LightBox and the RPS Journal.

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