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Wolfgang Tillmans is celebrated for his innovative and ethically driven photographic art, which spans a vast array of genres, including social movements, still lifes, portraits, and abstract works. His continual experimentation invites viewers to engage deeply with his images. This richly illustrated volume accompanies a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and features essays from various writers, alongside a new piece by Tillmans that reveals his unique approach to presenting his photography, reflecting on four decades of his influential career.

Featuring a comprehensive collection of works, this retrospective highlights the impact of a pivotal photographer, showcasing nearly 50 images that are presented to the public for the first time. The book offers insights into the artist's unique vision and contributions to the field, making it an essential resource for both photography enthusiasts and scholars alike.

Martin Parr was born in Epsom in 1952. When he was a boy, his budding interest in the medium of photography was encouraged by his grandfather. Martin studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic, from 1970 to 1973 and since that time he has worked on numerous photographic projects. This book explores his work.

The Centre Pompidou in Paris houses the largest collection of Modern art in Europe and one of the greatest collections of twentieth-century photography in the world. This comprehensive catalogue of the photo collection features 350 images, reproduced in tritone and duotone, by nearly 300 of the most famous artists and photographers to engage with the medium--from Franti ek Drtikol, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Rodchenko and Berenice Abbott, via Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Man Ray and Edouard Boubat, to Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Vik Muniz, Gregory Crewdson and Thomas Demand. It is divided into six sections, each of which is prefaced by a brief essay. Contributing scholars include Herbert Molderings (on Modernist photography), Alain Sayag (on Dada and Surrealist photography), Clément Chéroux (on "Poetic Realism"), Christopher Phillips, and Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr and Quentin Bajac (on contemporary photography). This substantial and lavishly produced volume offers an authoritative perspective on twentieth-century photography as viewed through the contents of one of the greatest photographic archives in the world.