{"product_id":"photo-icons-50-landmark-photo-stories-9783836577748","title":"Photo Icons 50 Landmark Photo\/stories 9783836577748","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Nicéphore Niépce’s 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut’s “napalm girl,” \u003cstrong\u003ethe 50 photographs in this collection have defined eras\u003c\/strong\u003e, made history, or touched something so fundamentally human that they have become resonant icons around the world. \u003cstrong\u003eEach image goes under the microscope\u003c\/strong\u003e, revealing the history of the medium and its social, historical, and artistic impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row read-more-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world. The most successful images enter our \u003cstrong\u003ecollective consciousness, defining eras, making history,\u003c\/strong\u003e or simply touching something so fundamentally human and universal that they have become resonant icons all over the globe. To explore this unique influence, \u003cem\u003ePhoto Icons\u003c\/em\u003e puts some of the most \u003cstrong\u003eimportant photographic landmarks under the microscope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom some of the earliest photography, such as Nicéphore Niépce’s 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop picture and Louis Daguerre’s famous 1838 street scene, through to Martin Parr, this is as much a history of the medium as a case-by-case analysis of its social, historical, and artistic impact. We take in \u003cstrong\u003eexperimental Surrealist shots of the 1920s \u003c\/strong\u003eand the \u003cstrong\u003egritty photorealism of the 1930s\u003c\/strong\u003e, including Dorothea Lange’s \u003cem\u003eMigrant Mother.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe witness the \u003cstrong\u003epower-makers \u003c\/strong\u003e(Che Guevara) and the \u003cstrong\u003eheartbreakers\u003c\/strong\u003e (Marilyn Monroe) as well as the \u003cstrong\u003egreat gamut of human emotions and experiences \u003c\/strong\u003eto which photography bears such vivid witness: from the euphoric \u003cem\u003eKiss in Front of City Hall \u003c\/em\u003e(1950) by Doisneau to the horror of Nick Ut’s \u003cem\u003eNapalm Against Civilians \u003c\/em\u003eshowing nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phúc running naked toward the camera from South Vietnamese napalm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row read-more-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"serif\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHans-Michael Koetzle\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 1953, is a Munich-based freelance author and journalist, focusing mainly on history and the aesthetics of photography. He has published numerous books on photography, including \u003cem\u003eDie Zeitschrift twen\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003ePhoto Icons\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eDas Lexikon der Fotografen\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eRené Burri \u003c\/em\u003e(2004), \u003cem\u003ePhotographers A-Z\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and\u003cem\u003e Dr. Paul Wolff \u0026amp; Tritschler\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row bookdetails\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12 sans-serif small\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePhoto Icons. 50 Landmark Photographs and Their Stories\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_bookdetails_biographies\"\u003eHans-Michael Koetzle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_bookdetails_facts\"\u003eHardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.05 kg, 432 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/\"\u003eTaschen\u003c\/a\u003e publication\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSee our full collection of\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/elcol.com\/shop\/brand\/taschen\/\"\u003eTaschen books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e in stock\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55661588709701,"sku":"9783836577748","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/Untitled-design-73-3.png?v=1758014196","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/photo-icons-50-landmark-photo-stories-9783836577748","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}