The World Atlas of Street Photography

Jackie Higgins author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd

Published:1st Sep '14

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A jam-packed kaleidoscopic adventure across the world’s continents, city by city, in search of the best urban photographic art

A kaleidoscopic adventure across the world’s continents, city by city, in search of the best urban photographic art.The World Atlas of Street Photography focuses on the abundance of photography that has been created on street corners around the globe; it includes classic documentary street photography, as well as images of urban landscapes, staged performances, and sculptures. In so doing, this compelling reference book locates the meeting point between street photography and atlas, between artists and their personal understanding of our environment, not via a cartographic bird’s-eye view but through a more intimate, human- centred perspective. From New York to New Delhi, Beijing to Brighton, Havana to Hamburg, and Sydney to Seoul, this magnificently illustrated book presents an international cast of more than one hundred established and emerging contemporary photographers.

'This book is as useful as it is beautiful, featuring as it does the work of 100 photographers working in 50 different cities around the world and - most importantly - describing their approach' - Advanced Photographer
'A wonderful reference for anyone interested in capturing the street and its people in an imaginative way' - Black & White Photography
'This dizzying global tour is a beautiful revelation, one that reveals street photography to be a global language … a fantastic examination of a genre that can too often be dismissed as a snapshot pastime … the most definitive guide to street photography we’ve seen so far' - Amateur Photographer

ISBN: 9780500544365

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1700g

400 pages