This is the first book of Sternfelds largely unseen early colour photographs. In 1969 Sternfeld began working with a 35 mm camera and Kodachrome film, and First Pictures contains works from this time until 1980. Here Sternfeld develops traits that appear in his mature work: irony, a politicised view of America, concern for the social condition. But there are also pictures that bear little relation to his later work: colour arrangements that parallel those of Eggleston, as well as street photography which Sternfeld ceased making in 1976. The photographs in First Pictures were made at a time when colour photography was struggling to assert itself against the authoritative black and white tradition, making this book a revelation both in Sternfelds oeuvre and in the history of contemporary photography.

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Autor	Joel Sternfeld
ISBN	978-[zasłonięte][zasłonięte]93030
Oprawa	Oprawa twarda
Ilość stron	326
Wydawnictwo	Steidl
Wymiary	24.9 x 30 x 3 cm
Język	Angielski
Rok wydania	2011