Questions without answers ; the world in pictures by the photographers of VII

• Date de parution : 07/05/2012
• Editeur : Phaidon Press
• EAN : 9780714848402
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 368
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Anglais
• Thème : Art en langue anglaise
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

- A powerful visual history of the world from the end of the Cold War to the present - day, by the photographers at groundbreaking photo agency VII.
- Features a startlingly wide variety of work; from coverage of the war in Iraq - - and the events of 9/11 to an exploration of Hurricane... Voir plus

- A powerful visual history of the world from the end of the Cold War to the present - day, by the photographers at groundbreaking photo agency VII.
- Features a startlingly wide variety of work; from coverage of the war in Iraq - - and the events of 9/11 to an exploration of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, from portraits of our most significant cultural figures to dispatches from the current economic crisis.
- The VII photographers are leaders in their field and include eminent figures such - as Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer and Alexandra Boulat, alongside exciting emerging photojournalists such as Joachim Ladefoged and Marcus Bleasdale.
- A moving and compelling record of conflict - environmental, social and political, - - both violent and non-violent - through photo-stories from around the world.
- An introduction by David Friend, former director of photography at - Life - magazine, provides a context for the work and a commentary on world events in the 21st century.

VII derives its name from the number of founding photo-journalists who, in September 2001, formed this collectively owned photo agency. Responsible for creating and relaying to the world many of the images that define the turbulent opening years of the 21st century, VII documents the changes and development of society and culture worldwide. David Friend is Vanity Fair's editor of Creative Development and served as Life magazine's director of photography during the 1990s. An Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer, he is the author of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11 (2006).