City Expression: Urban Imagery of the 20th Century

Author: Gu Zheng
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book introduces the urban photography practices of over thirty photographers from various countries, spanning from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. Among them are photographers like André Kertész, who dedicated themselves to capturing every detail of the urban environment with pure documentation. There are also those like Lee Friedlander, who used the city as an emotional outlet, shaping their unique style through their confrontation with urban life. And there are artists like Daido Moriyama, who have consistently viewed the city as a mechanism of desire, perpetually engaging with it through photography. By exploring these photographers with diverse concepts, techniques, and styles, readers can discover that photography is a highly expressive visual medium. This understanding encourages them to frequently connect photography with various practices of human society.