Photographers of Genius at the Getty

by Weston Naef

• ISBN13: 9780892367498
• ISBN10: 0892367490
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

Featuring thirty-eight of the most inventive photographers in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection, this richly illustrated publication marks twenty years of collecting photographs at the Museum. From Hippolyte Bayard's first forays into the new medium to Gustave Le Gray's arresting seascapes to Edward Weston's carefully composed nudes to Diane Arbus's portraits, the 114 photographs presented here demonstrate the influence of the art over 125 years from 1842 to 1967. This valuable survey not only brings together works by the best-known photographers of this time period but also contributes to the history of the medium by introducing several noteworthy nineteenth-century practitioners who have received very little attention to date. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Weaton Naef is curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Hippolyte Bayard	p. 16
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey	p. 20
Anna Atkins	p. 24
Hill and Adamson	p. 28
Gustave Le Gray	p. 32
Nadar	p. 36
Camille Silvy	p. 40
Roger Fenton	p. 44
Julia Margaret Cameron	p. 48
Langenheim Brothers	p. 52
Carleton Watkins	p. 56
Timothy H. O'Sullivan	p. 60
Henry P. Bosse	p. 64
Eadweard J. Muybridge	p. 68
Thomas Eakins	p. 72
Gertrude Kasebier	p. 76
Eugene Atget	p. 80
Lewis Hine	p. 84
Paul Strand	p. 88
Alfred Stieglitz	p. 92
August Sander	p. 96
Doris Ulmann	p. 100
Andre Kertesz	p. 104
Charles Sheeler	p. 108
Man Ray	p. 112
Alexander Rodchenko	p. 116
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy	p. 120
Edward Weston	p. 124
Albert Renger-Patzsch	p. 128
Brassai	p. 132
Henri Cartier-Bresson	p. 136
Manuel Alvarez Bravo	p. 140
Walker Evans	p. 144
Dorothea Lange	p. 148
Weegee	p. 152
Josef Sudek	p. 156
Frederick Sommer	p. 160
Diane Arbus	p. 164
Selected Getty Publications on Photographs	p. 169
Selected List of Photographers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection	p. 171
Index of Names and Places	p. 174
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