Title Street photography : from Atget to Cartier-Bresson / Clive Scott

Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : In the United States distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages) : illustrations Contents Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Out of the studio into the street -- 2. The street-photographic and the documentary -- 3. Street arts and street métiers -- 4. Street photography : the appropriateness of language and an appropriate language -- 5. Streets, buildings and the gendered city -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary Street photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet, what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that of documentary photography? Looking closely at the work of Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book, extensively illustrated with both well-known and neglected works, unpicks Parisian street photography's affinity with Impressionist art, as well as its complex relationship with parallel literary trends and authors from Baudelaire to Philippe Soupault. Clive Scott traces street photography's origins, asking what really what happened to photography when it first abandoned the studio, and brings to the fore fascinating questions about the way the street photographer captures or frames those subjects - traders, lovers, entertainers - so beloved of the genre. In doing so, Scott reveals street photography to be a poetic, even 'picturesque' form, looking not to the individual, but to the type; not to the 'reality' of the street but to its 'romance' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index Subject Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927. Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004. SUBJECT Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927 fast Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004 fast Subject Street photography -- France -- Paris -- 19th century Street photography -- France -- Paris -- 20th century Street photography -- History Special kinds of photography. PHOTOGRAPHY -- Subjects & Themes -- Architectural & Industrial. Street photography Stadtleben Fotografie France -- Paris Frankreich Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781441638489 1441638482 9780857717085 0857717081 9780857735508 0857735500 9781282618800 1282618806

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