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Summary:
"Everything in the world must be shown and people around the world must have an idea of what's happening to the other people around the world. I believe this is a function of the vector that the documentary photographer must have, to show one person's existence to another."—Sebastião Salgado
Illustrated with a compelling image from each photographer, Witness in Our Time traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-two of the genre's best photographers, editors, and curators, showing that the profession remains vital, innovative, and committed to social change. Featuring interviews with Hansel Mieth, Walter Rosenblum, Michelle Vignes, Wayne Miller, Peter Magubane, Matt Herron, Jill Freedman, Mary Ellen Mark, Earl Dotter, Eugene Richards, Susan Meiselas, Sebastião Salgado, Graciela Iturbide, Antonin Kratochvil, Donna Ferrato, Joseph Rodriguez, Dayanita Singh, Fazal Sheikh, Gifford Hampshire, Peter Howe, Colin Jacobson, and Ann Wilkes Tucker
Customer Reviews:
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Great book
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This was a book that was required for a photojournalism course. It's a great book that has a lot of great recommendations and information. The book is great for all photographers. It gives you a different way to look at your work and the way your creating it. I definitely recommend this book for photographers. Who knew, a required book for a class that's actually a good read!
Should be required Photography reading!
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This book introduced me to many documentary photographers that were ignored by my art school. I am glad to have discovered it and have shared it with friends. The author, Ken Light, is also a photographer and has completed many excellent documentary projects, most notably Texas Death Row. Very inspiring!
Brief
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Covers many famous photojournalists but each coverage is very light and the details are not interesting enough.
I need a new copy
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This will be the second time I'm buying this book. I've lent it out to one of my staff and somewhere down the line it's disappeared. I think that's says a lot about this book. It's nice to have around to read through on a Saturday morning with a mug of coffee or flip through for inspiration.
It has definitely helped not only the way I see the world, but with my own photography.
Exploring the views/mindsets of prominent photojournalists
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This is a great book. If you are at all interested in documentary photography/photojournalism, then you will not be able to put this book down!
It is jam-packed with a collection of personal essays by the worlds most prominent documentary photographers. They speak about why and how they do what they do, their path in life and their experiences seeing the world up close and personal.
The book has at least one black and white image example per photographer, but it's not a coffee table photography book. It's a relatively small size and can be carried with you in a bag quite easily.
I'm going to go back and read this book again. It is full of reasonings and inspirations and as a published photographer, it makes me want to grab my Leica and hit the streets with some black and white film...
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