Engaged observers : documentary photography since the sixties / Brett Abbott

Author: Abbott, Brett, 1978-
Published: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: viii, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators: J. Paul Getty Museum

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Contents

Introduction : engaged observers in context -- The photographers -- Leonard Freed -- Philip Jones Griffiths -- W. Eugene and Aileen M. Smith -- Susan Meiselas -- Mary Ellen Mark -- Lauren Greenfield -- Larry Towell -- Sebastiao Salgado -- James Nachtwey -- Checklist.

Summary

"In the decades following World War II, an independently minded and critically engaged form of photography began to gather momentum. Situated between journalism and art, its practitioners created extended photographic essays to delve deeply into humanistic topics and present distinct personal visions of the world." "Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties looks in depth at projects by a selection of the most vital photographers who have contributed to the development of this documentary approach. Passionately committed to their subjects, these photographers have captured both meditative and searing images, from the Deep South in the Civil Rights era to the war in Iraq in 2006. Their powerful visual reports, often published extensively as books, explore aspects of life that are sometimes difficult and troubling but are worthy of---even demand---our attention." "Engaged Observers presents more than 150 photographs by these distinguished artists, with an introduction and biographical essays by Brett Abbott, Associate Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject(s)

Documentary photography—Exhibitions

ISBN

9781606060223 (hardcover)
1606060228 (hardcover)

Note

"This volume is published on the occasion of the exhibition Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, June 29-November 14, 2010"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.

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