Harmony and Collision —— A Brief Introduction to the Creative Path of Hundreds of Famous Photographers in the World

This book selects 100 world-famous photographers, tells their growth stories according to their main characteristics, reveals the mystery of their creation, comments on the reasons for the success of their works, and reveals the historical and practical value of photography one by one. There are 50 incisive comments on four photographic themes, and 100 masters enjoy 300 classic works.

The book is divided into four categories: documentary, landscape, fashion and ego.

Documentary is the most basic feature of photography. Broadly speaking, the release of lens shutter is a visual image recording process. However, the documentary here is mainly limited to the category of social documentary, which refers to the photographer's pure record of social real life, so as to reveal the direction of social development and preserve the visual archives of human existence. From the photographers Ajie and Sander in the early 20th century to the outstanding journalists in magnum photos in the late 20th century, all traces of human existence are collected in the mirror, which is enough to form an image chronicle of the 20th century. Comparing the works of these photographers is actually a glimpse of past world events, which is often "thrilling".

From the moment photography was born, scenery has always been a photographer's favorite. Whether landscape photography is used as a tool for geographical exploration, such as early American western photography, or the scenery is fixed on the level of pure aesthetic light and shadow and visual aesthetics, the dialogue between nature and people has been extended in the photographer's lens, which not only cultivates temperament, but also leaves many natural photo texts. However, since ansel adams, a master photographer and American photographer, opened the temple of black-and-white landscape photography, it seems that it is difficult for future generations to surpass its classic examples, thus leaving many suspense for landscape photography. Here, the urban scenery with humanistic characteristics is also included, so as to expand the scope of landscape photography and give people more enlightenment.

Photography and fashion have always been inseparable. Compared with other artistic styles, perhaps only the development of high-tech photography technology can catch up with the speed of fashion change. On the one hand, photography records the pace of fashion progress with its unique sensitivity; On the other hand, photography has also promoted the progress of fashion from different angles. Numerous excellent photographers have played an important role in it, bringing colorful colors to the fashionable sky. These fashionable photographs not only describe the aesthetic style of human life at that time, but also predict the changing trend of human aesthetic mode, leaving many unforgettable memories for future generations … even after a hundred years of charm. It is indeed a pleasing thing to compare the fashion photography styles of different photographers.

Of course, the role of photography goes far beyond this, especially as an increasingly fast and convenient artistic tool. Many people prefer to use photography as a medium of self-proof, and leave an unpredictable private video chronicle by recording themselves or their family and friends. In such a visual chronicle, these excellent photographers either aim their cameras at themselves and release the original private pictures to the public with the selfie mode that the photography industry relishes, which makes people unprepared; Or aim the camera at the family and friends around you, so that the world around you becomes an empty question for the public to read, and the emotional process of human beings is put into instant light and shadow; Others show their inner thoughts on photographic paper through surreal images and interpret absurd legends. ...

Of course, the classification in the book is not absolute, especially because there are many cross-disciplinary photography comparisons, and it is difficult to strictly define which category. We just hope that through comparison, we can bring new thoughts, reveal the historical value and practical value of photography one by one, and complete a pleasing photographic journey through more than 300 classic works.