Bystander: A History of Street Photography
by Colin Westerbeck, Joel Meyerowitz · Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz
A narrative history of street photography from the nineteenth century onward, tracing Atget, Cartier-Bresson, Frank, Winogrand and their successors. Gives the lineage and critical arguments behind the genre, so contemporary work can be placed in context.
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