London: Portrait of a City

by Taschen

London calling: A photographic history of an ever-shifting metropolis Samuel Johnson famously said that: When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. Through its complex past and ever evolving present, from the hills of Highgate to the pop-ups of Peckham, from the curry houses of the East End to the leafy banks of the Thames, London is renowned for itshumor, character, and bulldog spirit.

Now in a popular Reader s Edition, this photographic tribute salutes the city s history, architecture, and style. It reaches fromVictorian London to the Swinging 60s, from the Battle of Britain to the2012 Olympics; calling in on the Chelsea girlsand theHoxton hipsters, theRoyal Weddingsand theunderground raves. In addition to a wealth of images London s history is told through hundreds ofquotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records.

Featured photographers include: Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Roger Fenton, Bert Hardy, Evelyn Hofer, Frank Horvat, Nadav Kander, Roger Mayne, Linda McCartney, Don McCullin, Norman Parkinson, Martin Parr, Rankin, Lord Snowdon, William Henry Fox Talbot, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Wolfgang Tillmans. About the Series:
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Genres: Photography

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

'Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection. Taschen has been a noteworthy force in making lesser-seen art available to mainstream bookstores, including some fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine). Taschen has helped bring this art into broader public view, by publishing these potentially controversial volumes alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, advertising history, film, and architecture.' - Wikipedia