Joel Sternfeld First Pictures |
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Author:
| Sternfeld, Joel |
ISBN: | 978-3-86930-309-3 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | Steidl GmbH & Co. OHG
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $84.00 |
Book Description:
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Early color work from a prominent figure in contemporary photography
This is the first book of Joel Sternfeld's largely unseen early color photographs. In 1969 Sternfeld began working with a 35-mm camera and Kodachrome film, and First Pictures contains works from this time until 1980. Here Sternfeld develops traits that appear in his mature work: irony, a politicized view of America, concern for the social condition. But there are also pictures that bear little relation to his...
More DescriptionEarly color work from a prominent figure in contemporary photography
This is the first book of Joel Sternfeld's largely unseen early color photographs. In 1969 Sternfeld began working with a 35-mm camera and Kodachrome film, and First Pictures contains works from this time until 1980. Here Sternfeld develops traits that appear in his mature work: irony, a politicized view of America, concern for the social condition. But there are also pictures that bear little relation to his later work: color arrangements that parallel those of Eggleston, as well as street photography which Sternfeld ceased making in 1976. The photographs in
First Pictureswere made at a time when color photography was struggling to assert itself against the authoritative black-and-white tradition, making this book a revelation both in Sternfeld's oeuvre and in the history of contemporary photography.
A major figure in the photography world,
Joel Sternfeldwas born in New York City in 1944. He has received numerous awards including two Guggenheim fellowships, a Prix de Rome and the Citibank Photography Award. Sternfeld's books published by Steidl include
American Prospects(2003),
Sweet Earth(2006) and
Oxbow Archive(2008).