Julia Hasting Livres

Stunning contemporary photography from Magnum photographers captures the political and social climate of the world on the brink of the millennium. Marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic agency, this album showcases remarkable global photography. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the world has witnessed the rise of American capitalism alongside the resurgence of ancient conflicts. This major work highlights individual human experiences across the globe, with photographers addressing historical moments in varying degrees. Some tackle dramatic events directly, while others present more personal subjects and aesthetic viewpoints. The book features a sequence of photo essays and texts curated by photographers from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Magnum's newest talent, with many images appearing for the first time. Introduced by historian and commentator Michael Ignatieff, this volume is both intellectually stimulating and visually captivating. It serves as a striking tour de force, celebrating Magnum's legacy through an intensive retrospective of recent world history.

"100 of the most creative designers to have emerged on the international scene over the past five years, chosen by 10 of the most respected figures in the field"--Publisher

The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition, is the last act in the human drama of Christ's mission on earth, in which Joseph of Arimathea obtains Pontius Pilate's permission to take Christ's body down from the Cross and bury it. The pathos of the scene has captured the imagination of artists from every age, and this book presents a chronological sequence of over 100 versions of the event selected from masterpieces of all periods by the greatest artists.Like its companion volumes, Descent presents an extended meditation on a single theme that has many the universal human tragedy of loss, grief and the shattering of all hope; the promise, as yet unknown to the participants, of renewed hope and eternal life. This complex web of emotions has inspired a rich heritage of interpretation, and the images presented here form a deeply moving and ever-changing study of grief and resignation, of human and divine drama, of individual physiognomy and character, of ultimate hope and salvation.The concentration on a single theme opens up an intense and deepened awareness of the richness of human emotion and the expressive resources of the artist. Each image reveals a new insight, and the profoundest mysteries of religion, human experience and artistic creation are explored here in a concentrated form.

An unparalleled survey of the world's most innovative contemporary architects.