Cruel and tender : the real in the twentieth-century photograph / edited by Emma Dexter and Thomas Weski, with contributions by David Campany and Susanne Lange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dexter, Emma.

Weski, Thomas

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Photography.

Photography--Exhibitions.

History.

Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Tate Pub. ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, 2003.

Summary:

A critic once described the work of American photographer Walker Evans as "tender cruelty." That tension between engagement and estrangement lies at the heart of many of the photographs featured in this provocative new book, from August Sander's remarkable study of German people at the beginning of the century to Philip-Lorca diCorcia's revealing city street scenes. Among the other photographers whose work is featured are Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Rineka Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Andreas Gursky, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Garry Winogrand. Published to accompany the first major photography exhibition to be held at Tate Modern, London, this stunning book reproduces more than 200 photographs by the century's most important realist photographers, together with insightful essays and biographies of the photographers featured.

Notes:

"Published to accompany the exhibition at Tate Modern, London, 5 June-7 September 2003, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 29 November 2003-18 February 2004"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

1854374540

1854375164

OCLC:

53062708