Ian Jeffrey

These photographs form part of a project to document the area between Manchester and Oldham, England in 1984-1986.

A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce. What is it that persuades us to camp outside Apple stores to be the first to buy an iPhone? Why is it that a generation ago a typewriter might have lasted someone a lifetime, but now we write on computers that we upgrade every couple of years to shinier, faster, sleeker models? Why do the clicks of some car doors sound “expensive”? Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship—both innocent and knowing—with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk to the playfulness of an Alessi jam jar, he shows how we can be manipulated and seduced by our possessions. With scintillating wit he addresses these questions and more, exploring the reasons why every designer yearns to put a personal stamp on a chair or an adjustable lamp, and where design ends and art begins.

How pre-World War II American, German, and British artists used the city as inspiration.

176p. : 28 cm

In September 1939, thousands of German soldiers were turned loose on Poland. In 1940, they descended on Holland, Belgium and France. In 1941 they went to the Balkans, and then to the USSR. Armed with Leica and Rolleiflex cameras, some of these soldiers were officially commissioned as photographers, while others were asked by their commanders to snap records of events. Among them were trainees who knew about the Bauhaus, and other, older men who could remember Weimar. Some excelled at formal portraiture, others were storytellers, stylists or humanists who wept at what they saw. The style and content of their work changed along with the collective mood after 1942, a change that is discernible in the photographs themselves.00Celebrated author and art historian Ian Jeffrey ? author of How to Read a Photograph and The Photography Book ? has trawled through these albums, picking out the most compelling of these works to create an intimate record of anonymous lives experiencing the unprecedented.

Ian Jeffrey is an excellent guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the appreciation of photography as an art form. Novices & experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photographers & their work, as Jeffrey decodes key images & provides essential biographical & historical background.

British photographer Edward Woodman (born 1943) has portrayed pioneering artists and their work for more than four decades--from Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley and Cornelia Parker to Mona Hatoum, Rachel Whiteread and Damien Hirst. At a time when installation and performance were becoming central to British art, he was the artist's photographer of choice. In parallel with this work, Woodman has mapped the transformation of London itself, acting as a diarist of the city and charting its architectural and social evolution since the late 1960s. This book presents work from his entire career, including artists' portraits, studios, exhibitions, installations and performances, collaborations with artists, social documentation and more recent and personal works. It also features texts on Woodman's practice and a critical assessment of his work in the history of photography, as well as contributions from some of the artists with whom he worked most closely.