50 Contemporary Photographers You Should Know

This latest installment of Prestel's acclaimed "50...You Should Know" series provides an ideal overview of the foremost contemporary photographers and their most celebrated works. Spanning continents, the collection showcases a wide array of techniques and styles employed by current practitioners. Each artist is presented via double-page spreads, featuring reproductions and a succinct synopsis of their life and work, in chronological order of birth. From Japan's Daido Moriyama, renowned for his post-war imagery, to Richard Mosse, an Irish artist who captures war in the Congo through infrared film, this book presents celebrated and lesser-known photographs.