- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Rotovision (1 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 2940378053
- ISBN-13: 978-2940378050
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 25.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 421,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Professional Photographer
"...these images combine with an insight into the
photojournalists' world to make this an absorbing book."
photojournalists' world to make this an absorbing book."
X-Ray Mag, Issue 14, 2006
"This awe-inspiring book showcases the very best photographs of
images that define our era from around the world."
images that define our era from around the world."
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is thought-provoking, powerful, and sensitive. Some images are simply beautiful. This is a must for all people intersted in imagery, journalism, culture, or beautiful things.
The best in the industry are profiled here- and the photos really show just how good they are.
The best in the industry are profiled here- and the photos really show just how good they are.
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This book covers the lives and works of 30 of the world's best photojournalists. Each journalist is covered with a main text about their lives and career, much if it in their own words. Around this a number of their photographs are inserted with accompanying captions. The book contains a superb collection of images, but it isn't just the images that make it so special. The journalists are not just fantastic photographers, but skilled word-smiths too and the accompanying text is as interesting as the images themselves.
There's something for everyone, from Martin Parr's photo of a jar of lemon curd, Ami Vitale's lovely image of children playing, to Ron Haviv's shocking images of violence and war. It also includes Don McCullin's famous shot of the soldier with the thousand yard stare. A truly moving image. This is a book that will make you think, it'll shock you and make you smile. Most of all though it will make you glad there are people out there skilled and brave enough to capture such seminal images.
There's something for everyone, from Martin Parr's photo of a jar of lemon curd, Ami Vitale's lovely image of children playing, to Ron Haviv's shocking images of violence and war. It also includes Don McCullin's famous shot of the soldier with the thousand yard stare. A truly moving image. This is a book that will make you think, it'll shock you and make you smile. Most of all though it will make you glad there are people out there skilled and brave enough to capture such seminal images.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Interesting but
17 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
In some ways, this book is interesting-interviews and biographies of some top photo journalists. However, it is full of stereotyped photograghs. Endless war pictures, gritty images of disasters or third world people struggling. Photojournalism is about all of life, both the gritty and the joyful. There isn't much joyful but there are plenty of cliches. I would get this book from the library, study it and return it. But not buy it.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent
30 April 2007
Format:Hardcover
This is a great, highly recommended book of photos with captions of some of the best photojournalists of the past twenty years. The bios have great descriptions of how each photographer got into the business, and also what type of gear they use. A great glimpse into this powerful art form.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Good, but not the World's Top Photojournalism
21 Dec 2008
Format:Hardcover
I really wanted to love this book, but it failed to deliver. It is plagued by the same shortcomings as many other books of this genre - the editor is so determined to say something, that the impact of each photographer's work is drowned out by that voice. Although it contains work from some fine photographers, any "Top" book that doesn't include the work of the world's best photojournalist- James Nachtwey - loses a lot of authority.
The reproduction is marginal; the photo selected for the cover shows an attempt at dodging, the rest of the photos are inconsistent.
If you are a photographer seeking inspiration, look at "Cuba" by David Alan Harvey Cuba (National Geographic) (Spanish Edition), or "Inferno" by James Nachtwey.Inferno
The reproduction is marginal; the photo selected for the cover shows an attempt at dodging, the rest of the photos are inconsistent.
If you are a photographer seeking inspiration, look at "Cuba" by David Alan Harvey Cuba (National Geographic) (Spanish Edition), or "Inferno" by James Nachtwey.Inferno
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