Max Kozloff Livres

Il est de ces photographes qui ne cherchent pas la notoriété, ni le succès commercial malgré une certaine aptitude à l'image appliquée. Né à Pittsburgh, il délaisse vite ses études pour rejoindre New York au tournant des années 1940-1950. Dans ce lieu de création intense où se croisent et s'expérimentent des recherches venues des horizons européens et américains, il rencontre Rothko et les expressionnistes abstraits, Faurer et Smith. Il découvre la Street photography et le travail d'Henri Cartier-Bresson. Mais ses images de rue sont d'une extrême originalité et ne témoignent d'aucune influence directe. Il impose sa maîtrise de la couleur dans des vues citadines non conventionnelles dans lesquelles les reflets, les transparences, la complexité des cadrages, les effets de miroir se marient à une technique très particulière des émulsions pour écrire une forme unique de pastorale urbaine.

Focusing on the theme of urban observation, this photo essay captures the intriguing presence of commercial effigies, statues, and mannequins in everyday life. Max Kozloff, a renowned photographer, reveals how these expressive figures often go unnoticed, existing in a space that straddles the line between the ordinary and the uncanny. His late-career work presents these "mimics" with an eerie beauty, showcasing their hidden significance within the urban landscape and highlighting Kozloff's artistic vision and critical insight.

'The World Atlas of Street Photography' focuses on the abundance of photography that has been created on street corners around the globe; it includes classic documentary street photography, as well as images of urban landscapes, staged performances, and sculptures. In so doing, this compelling reference book locates the meeting point between street photography and atlas, between artists and their personal understanding of our environment, not via a cartographic birds-eye view but through a more intimate, human- centred perspective. From New York to New Delhi, Beijing to Brighton, Havana to Hamburg, and Sydney to Seoul, this book presents an international cast of more than 100 established and emerging contemporary photographers.

Ian Jeffrey is a superb guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the apprecation of photography as an art form. Novices and experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photographers and their work, as Jeffrey decodes key images and provides essential biographical and historical background. Profiles of more than 100 major photographers, including Alfred Stieglitz, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Paul Strand and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, highlight particular examples of styles and movements throughout the history of the medium. Each entry includes a concise biography along with an illuminating discussion of key works and nuggets of contextual information, making this book the ideal gallery companion for photography aficionados everywhere.

Tracing artists' increasing use of their bodies as subject and actual material of their artworks, this title charts the rise of new forms of expression such as Body Art, Happenings, Performance and Live Art.