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In the mid-nineteenth century, it was quite novel to own a camera. However, by the 1890's it became more common to be a camera owner as photography began to be democratized. There's something wonderful about the promise of the future that we see in the faces of the people captured by the camera shutters whose prints grace these pages. We loved seeing one of our favorites Robert Doisneau, included in this fantastic work. The use of mirrors is brilliant right down to the distortion effects shown in the fun house. Perspective is key especially at the height of the Michigan suspension bridge; we are happy to see the view in the book and glad we didn't have to go up there ourselves...! We were also elated to see The Kissing Sailor included and we even reviewed a whole book on that photo last summer. Who knew about the Eagle Head Gargoyle at the Top of the Chrysler Building? We walk by it so many times with such little knowledge of what is actually perched up there...by page 60 we see a woman photographer finally made it in these pages! We love the photos Billy Joel/Christie Brinkley & The Supremes being participants in the great art and sport of photography. On page 140-141 Marilyn Monroe at the Savoy in London is a winner. We adored seeing Queen Elizabeth using her camera at the Windsor Horse Show. Bravo to the actress who attacks paparazzi with ice cream in Rome! 1959's Portobello Market looks intriguing as we'd expect from the later incarnations we've experienced. Our favorite photograph in the whole book is the underwater camera on page 94! Which one is your favorite? You'll find many.
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Photographers
Michael Pritchard and Tony Nourmand
An extravagant photographic history of photographers and their cameras.
Photographers celebrates the truly innovative men and women behind the camera;
trailblazers in their field, who captured and immortalised our world.
This definitive edition, published by Reel Art Press, shows rarely seen photographs of some of
twentieth-century photography’s greatest names. From Henri Cartier-Bresson and Weegee,
to David Bailey and Richard Avedon by way of the men and women of Life and Picture Post
magazines as well as anonymous pressmen, they are all shown at work with their camera.
Photographers shows photographers with their celebrity subjects, who range from the bestknown Hollywood stars to players of sport, musicians and politicians. It also shows some of
those same celebrities turning the camera back on to the photographer.
Photographers shows off the classic cameras used by the press, photojournalists and fashion
photographers. The Leica, the Nikon, the Pentax, the Rolleiflex and Speed Graphic are
among the cameras shown in use. A section on wartime photographs shows aerial cameras in
action.
Amongst the photographers shown are: Antony Armstrong-Jones, Richard Avedon, David
Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Terence
Donovan, Philippe Halsman, Bert Hardy, Annie Leibovitz, Tony Ray-Jones and Weegee.
Stars include Sean Connery, Sammy Davis Jr, David Hemmings, Audrey Hepburn, Jayne M
ansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Peter Sellers, Terence Stamp, James Stewart, Robert Vaughn
and John Wayne; and subjects such as the Beatles, Christine Keeler, Bobby and John F.
Kennedy, and shots on film setsAn introductory essay by one of the world’s leading photographic specialists, Michael
Pritchard, sets the photographers and their cameras within a wider context of the rapid
growth in demand for photographs of celebrities from the 1890s and the development of
celebrity culture associated with the rise of the movies from the 1920s.
Produced in association with Getty Images, one of the world’s leading collections of
photography, the book reproduces each of the images to the highest standards supported by detailed captions.
Michael Pritchard is Director-General of The Royal Photographic Society and a widely
respected authority on the history of photography and the camera. He holds a PhD in the history of p
hotography and was a Director and photographic specialist for Christie’s, London, for twenty years.
He has contributed to numerous publications and lectures and broadcasts internationally on p
hotography.
Tony Nourmand is co-founder of Reel Art Press and editor of all R|A|P publications. He is also
the author of a further sixteen best-selling books on entertainment-related imagery, including James B
ond Movie Posters and Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years.
About Reel Art Press: Reel Art Press specialises in exclusive publications with a focus on e
ntertainment art. Their deluxe editions unveil largely unseen photography and celebrate the people
responsible for capturing some of the most seminal moments in entertainment history. The company
made headlines around the world with their first four editions: The Rat Pack, Bill Gold: PosterWorks,
Weddings and Movie Stars and Hollywood and the Ivy Look. 2012 releases to date have included Hurrell: The
Kobal Collection and The Kennedys: Photographs by Mark Shaw. For more information visit
