Photography`s Last Century - The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection

Significant and iconic photographs created over the last 100 years provide an essential history and new interpretation of the medium

Beginning with Paul Strand’s landmark From the Viaduct in 1916 and continuing through the present day, Photography’s Last Century examines defining moments in the history of the medium. Featuring nearly 100 masterworks, it includes both rare and iconic examples of works by photography’s most renowned and influential artists, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, and Cindy Sherman, as well as a diverse group of lesser-known practitioners who helped define photography in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Jeff Rosenheim’s detailed and perceptive text addresses the avant-garde artists of the early decades of the 20th century, the changing role of the camera after the Second World War, the rise of the international market for fine photographic prints in the 1960s, the photography boom in the late 1970s, and the implications of calling this period the “last” century of photography. Exquisitely designed and produced, this book offers new insight on the development and significance of photography as an art form over the course of the past 100 years.

Fotografiile semnificative si iconice create in ultimii 100 de ani ofera o istorie esentiala si o noua interpretare a mediului Incepand cu reperul lui Paul Strand De la viaductul din 1916 si continuand pana in prezent, Photography's Last Century examineaza momente definitorii din istoria mediului. Cu aproape 100 de capodopere, include atat exemple rare, cat si iconice, de lucrari ale celor mai renumiti si influenti artisti ai fotografiei, inclusiv Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, László Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray si Cindy Sherman, precum si un grup divers a practicienilor mai putin cunoscuti care au ajutat la definirea fotografiei in secolele XX si inceputul secolului XXI.