Like you and me, breathing (A century of photographic legend)

Author: Gu Zheng
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Like You and Me Breathe—A Century of Photographic Legends is the new work collection by the renowned photographic critic and scholar, Professor Gu Zheng. The book presents us with a bewitching and unique abundance of beauty in the history of photography over a century, using photography as a starting point to delve into the process of human civilization and social changes over the past hundred years. The twenty photographers selected for the book are distinctive or captivating, even including poets Allen Ginsberg and philosophy master Jean Baudrillard. Their unconventional and even shocking individuality endows their works with stunning visual styles and a complete philosophical attitude, allowing them to radiate an undiminished personal charm and human brilliance over an entire century, truly deserving of the title of legends.