Another London

Hardback

Main Details

Title Another London
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Helen Delaney
Introduction by Simon Baker
Introduction by Simon Baker
Contributions by Ben Gidley
Contributions by Mick Gidley
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 255,Width 196
Category/GenreExhibition catalogues and specific collections
Photographs: collections
ISBN/Barcode 9781849760256
ClassificationsDewey:779.9942108207442132
Audience
General
Illustrations 100 color and black-and-white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Tate Publishing
Imprint Tate Publishing
Publication Date 22 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In the years between 1930 and 1980, some of the best-known photographers from around the world came to London and made the dynamic city their subject. These artists cast their foreigner's gaze on red buses, bowler hats, and pearly kings as well as street artists, beggars, and buskers. This collection of 180 classic 20th-century photographs highlights the city as a richly diverse metropolis, full of contrast. From portraits to reportage, from social realism to whimsy and humor, the variations in technique and attitude displayed in the responses London provoked from visitors chronicle the development of photography itself. Praise for Another London: "With their keen eyes and dramatic compositions, Capa, Brassa?, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkasci, and forty-five of their less-famous contemporaries put an indelible stamp on journalism, fashion, and war photography. Their rich black-and-white images are elegantly reproduced in this arresting book." -Minneapolis Star Tribune

Author Biography

Helen Delaney is assistant curator and Simon Baker is curator of photography and international art at Tate. Ben Gidley is senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society at Oxford University. Mick Gidley is emeritus professor of American literature & culture at the University of Leeds.