The last photographic heroes : American photographers of the sixties and seventies /
Mora, Gilles, 1945-
The last photographic heroes : American photographers of the sixties and seventies / Gilles Mora. - English language edition. - 191 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm
"Translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott ... published simultaneously in French under the title La photographie Amé́ricanie de 1958 à 1981: the last photographic heroes by Editions du Seuil, Paris, 2007"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).
"The photography that Americans invented in the 1960s and ?70s was as fresh and vital as their music. Photographers of those years believed in their medium?s unlimited capacities of expression. Between the publication of Robert Frank?s The Americans (1958) and the coming of post-modernism, the photographers featured in this book embarked on their own personal quests. Whether they roamed the world, like Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand, or sought out its dark corners, like Larry Clark and Nan Goldin, they shared a fierce devotion to their medium and its unique qualities. The generation that created this work knew it was remarkable. Today, with Gilles Mora as a guide, we can look back on it with even greater appreciation, since we know that these were indeed the last photographic heroes. Also includes work by Joel Meyerowitz, William Eggleston, and many others."--Publisher description.
0810993740 9780810993747
2007020052
Photographers--United States--Biography
TR139 / .M57 2007
770.922
The last photographic heroes : American photographers of the sixties and seventies / Gilles Mora. - English language edition. - 191 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm
"Translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott ... published simultaneously in French under the title La photographie Amé́ricanie de 1958 à 1981: the last photographic heroes by Editions du Seuil, Paris, 2007"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).
"The photography that Americans invented in the 1960s and ?70s was as fresh and vital as their music. Photographers of those years believed in their medium?s unlimited capacities of expression. Between the publication of Robert Frank?s The Americans (1958) and the coming of post-modernism, the photographers featured in this book embarked on their own personal quests. Whether they roamed the world, like Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand, or sought out its dark corners, like Larry Clark and Nan Goldin, they shared a fierce devotion to their medium and its unique qualities. The generation that created this work knew it was remarkable. Today, with Gilles Mora as a guide, we can look back on it with even greater appreciation, since we know that these were indeed the last photographic heroes. Also includes work by Joel Meyerowitz, William Eggleston, and many others."--Publisher description.
0810993740 9780810993747
2007020052
Photographers--United States--Biography
TR139 / .M57 2007
770.922