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Mary Ellen Mark (Phaidon 55s) 7 reviews Charles Hagen
Phaidon Press, 2001
A Glimpse at the Soul
+ POWERFUL IMAGES + Splendid Introduction to Mary Ellen Mark's work + A good introduction to an amazing photographic eye + Respecting the Humanity of All
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Lisette Model (Phaidon 55s) Elizabeth Sussman
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Joel Meyerowitz (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Colin Westerbeck
Phaidon Press, 2001
Not the greatest
Evidently Joel's main claim to fame is his relationship with Garry Winogrand. Certainly the photographs in this book don't put him in the same class as Winogrand or Winogrand's other contemporaries. Unfortunately, Joel has added self-congratulatory comments to the pictures in this book. The ...
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Nan Goldin (Phaidon 55s) 3 reviews Guido Costa
Phaidon Press, 2001
long live the queen!
+ Great collection! + wonderfully raw and REAL photography
nan goldin is, no room for a doubt, the greatest photographer of our decade. no one like her can capture the way modern life can be odd and beautiful at the same time. this book contains some of her brilliant artwork, the quality of the photos is really great, and besides, its less expensive than ...
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Joel-Peter Witkin (Phaidon 55s) 5 reviews Eugenia Parry
Phaidon Press, 2001
Phaidon Press 55 Series
+ Freaky Book + a small but expansive introduction to his work. great buy. + An inexpensive introduction to Joel-Peter Whitkin.
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David Goldblatt (Phaidon 55s) Leslie Lawson
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Mathew Brady (Phaidon 55s) Mary Panzer
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Julia Margaret Cameron (Phaidon 55s) Joanne Lukitsh
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Boris Mikhailov (Phaidon 55S) Gilda Williams
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Jeannine Fiedler
Phaidon Press, 2001
A good quick introduction to a leader of the avant-garde
Moholy is best represented by his posthumously published masterpiece Vision in Motion (1947), which is currently out of print. However, many of his artistic ideas (machine aesthetics, democratization of art, ties between high art and popular culture) and styles are represented in the 55 ...
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Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Ian Jeffrey
Phaidon Press, 2001
Good series of books for the price!
The Phaidon 55 series of photobooks is a good series of books for the price. They all offer a good overview of the photographers work in the form of 55 representative images each. The text, written by a different author in each book, varies book to book from abysmally and overly high brow arty, to ...
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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Jeannine Fiedler
Phaidon Press, 2001
A good quick introduction to a leader of the avant-garde
Moholy is best represented by his posthumously published masterpiece Vision in Motion (1947), which is currently out of print. However, many of his artistic ideas (machine aesthetics, democratization of art, ties between high art and popular culture) and styles are represented in the 55 ...
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Julia Margaret Cameron (Phaidon 55s) Joanne Lukitsh
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Nan Goldin (Phaidon 55s) 3 reviews Guido Costa
Phaidon Press, 2001
long live the queen!
+ Great collection! + wonderfully raw and REAL photography
nan goldin is, no room for a doubt, the greatest photographer of our decade. no one like her can capture the way modern life can be odd and beautiful at the same time. this book contains some of her brilliant artwork, the quality of the photos is really great, and besides, its less expensive than ...
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Lisette Model (Phaidon 55s) Elizabeth Sussman
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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David Goldblatt (Phaidon 55s) Leslie Lawson
Phaidon Press, 2001
The 55 Series This is one of the most unique monograph series in the history of photography! The 55 Series represents the work of many of photography s most important figures. Each book contains 55 of the photographer s key works, presented chronologically and through them tells the photographer s own story. These books are small, but surprisingly rich in content and reproduction quality. They ...
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Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Ian Jeffrey
Phaidon Press, 2001
Good series of books for the price!
The Phaidon 55 series of photobooks is a good series of books for the price. They all offer a good overview of the photographers work in the form of 55 representative images each. The text, written by a different author in each book, varies book to book from abysmally and overly high brow arty, to ...
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Mary Ellen Mark (Phaidon 55s) 7 reviews Charles Hagen
Phaidon Press, 2001
A Glimpse at the Soul
+ POWERFUL IMAGES + Splendid Introduction to Mary Ellen Mark's work + A good introduction to an amazing photographic eye + Respecting the Humanity of All
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Joel Meyerowitz (Phaidon 55s) 1 review Colin Westerbeck
Phaidon Press, 2001
Not the greatest
Evidently Joel's main claim to fame is his relationship with Garry Winogrand. Certainly the photographs in this book don't put him in the same class as Winogrand or Winogrand's other contemporaries. Unfortunately, Joel has added self-congratulatory comments to the pictures in this book. The ...
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Joel-Peter Witkin (Phaidon 55s) 5 reviews Eugenia Parry
Phaidon Press, 2001
Phaidon Press 55 Series
+ Freaky Book + a small but expansive introduction to his work. great buy. + An inexpensive introduction to Joel-Peter Whitkin.
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