1990s: Images from the 20th Century

Images of the 20th Century

by Nick Yapp

his series depicts worldwide events of the twentieth century in a novel way. Fascinating black-and-white photographs from the Getty Images collection put images of the power of an event or the zaniness of new trends right before the viewers eyes. The force of wars and political conflicts is just as important a theme in these comprehensive volumes as world-shaking innovations in science and technology. These are accompanied by portraits of great personalities in art, politics, and society. The lives of everyday people with their (at the time) common and not-so-common curiosities also comprise an extensive part of each sailing on roller skates in 1929, painted-on nylon stockings in 1947, or a dry cleaners where the charge for miniskirts varies according to their length.

Genres: History, Photography, Nonfiction, Art, Journalism

400 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 2001

About the author

Nicholas Yapp 1938-

Reviews

[Petra went to a party uninvited & ate cake]

This series of small, thick bricks of books is entirely photographic. You get the flavour of the times without the waffle!

[Madame Jane]

The least interesting of the series.

[Bistra Ivanova]

love this series but the it turns out the 90s are not the most interesting times