Fotografie: 80 Meisterwerke verstehen

by Val Williams, Daniela Schmid (Translator)

Fotografien wirken auf unterschiedlichste Art auf uns und manche sind so viel wirkungsvoller als andere - aber warum? In diesem Titel werden 80 der bedeutendsten Fotografien aller Zeiten, von richtungsweisenden Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien bis zu modernen Meisterwerken von Fotografen wie Alfred Stieglitz, Ernst Haas, Nan Goldin, Rineke Dijkstra und Martin Paar, im Detail besprochen.
Val Williams gelingt es auf anschauliche Weise, herauszuarbeiten, was diese Fotografien einzigartig macht: Komposition, Farbgebung, Struktur und die Fähigkeit des Fotografen, das Wesen eines Motives oder Modells zu erfassen. Die aufschlussreichen Analysen erklären die wichtigsten Charakteristika der verschiedenen Stilrichtungen und Epochen der Fotografie - von Porträt- und Landschaftsfotografie über Fotojournalismus bis hin zu sozialkritischer Dokumentarfotografie.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Annelies · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a beautiful and interesting little book with a collection of photographs of divers photographers of the 20th century. There are some very moving and touching pictures in it. Other photos are very abstract and objective. It shows us a image of how many applications photography has. Each photo is accompanied by a text about the composition of the photo, the colour scheme and the characteristics of the photographer. It's a good introduction in the history of photography.

[Sotiris Makrygiannis · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book layout is very good, divided in 4 boxes each on containing info about the photo and style. Was not that impressed with the pictures , only those before 40 could consider them as good ones. Rest are ok but not that inspiring. The picture of the old lonely man from Sweden touched me as the funny hats Finn's made me laugh

[Quentin Zero · Rating 5 out of 5]

extremely good place to start when you want to get in to fotography. this book provides a both visual and contentwise analysis of a diverse range of famous fotographs!

[Barbara · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you want to learn the names of many great photographers, then this book is for you. If you, like me, want to understand a bit about what made certain photos very special and famous, then this is not for you. So I give it a low rating, but that is because it didn't fulfill my expectations. It may be a great little book for someone else.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wouldn't call most of these photos great. There are a few nice ones, but most is pretty far from masterpiece.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gentle introduction to some of the most well-known photographs and what makes them significant. Read in one sitting.

[Wim Otte · Rating 2 out of 5]

Veel name dropping, weinig verklaring over 'what makes great photography'

[Angé150703 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super livre très intéressant 😊
J’aurai aimé qu’il creuse plus sur la symbolique des photos mais j’ai bien aimé ce qu’ils proposent

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great introduction to some famous photographs with the potential to steer you towards further reading. The book is well divided into themes, then by sub-themes. On each double page spread you get the photo on the left hand page with the right hand page divided into sections: a paragraph about the photograph, a paragraph about the photographer, a quote either by or about the photographer with a banner along the bottom of the page providing technical information about the photo along with suggested other works by different photographers. at the back of the book there is further blurbs on each photographer in alphabetical order, followed by a timeline so you can see the trends in the different themes. Although I've also read the similarly themed book '50 Photographs you should know' I still felt this had plenty of photographers and photos I hadn't seen before. Would be good for a student or someone wanting to learn more about photography. Although as mentioned in other reviews this book is very portrait/people focused, I don't think a book of this size (approx A5) would do justice to a lot of landscape photography.

[Pushkar Joglekar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect book, in the world of ever expanding number of tutorials on YouTube by famous photographers for understanding the technical aspects about photography. This book teaches you through carefully chosen photos from different genres, countries, cultures, eras, while cleverly adopting the principle of "Learn by Example", which has always worked for me in learning anything new. If you are like me, you will photograph differently(albeit better) after going through this book.

This books ends up helping you develop and introspect for a photographer's elusive X-factor that is so important for a success of a photograph, meticulously created with all the technical details done right.

[Stuart Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The selection is biased towards photojournalism and there is little in the way of abstraction or landscape photography. The book nevertheless contains a fairly varied selection of material including some of the most famous names in photography such as Brassai and Ansel Adams as well as more contemporary work.

Excellent quality of reproduction and useful potted biographies of each photographer make this a worthwhile effort.

[Olea · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book enlarges your knowledge about photography masters. A strong point is giving references to alternate masterpieces on each theme/sub-theme, to be found on internet!

[Fabian Williges · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eine gute Auswahl wichtiger Fotografen. Bei den Bildern hätte ich mir manchmal ein anderes gewünscht.

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some fantastic photos in this book with interesting text. The only criticism is the title is a little bit misleading. There is really no text explaining what makes a great photograph. however, I did enjoy the book and hope to read more on the subject.