Civilization : The Way We Live Now Paperback / softback
by William A Ewing, Holly Roussell
Paperback / softback
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Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe. With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up ‘civilization’.
Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography. Featuring images by some 140 photographers – from Reiner Riedler’s families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda’s high schools, Wang Qingsong’s Work, Work, Work and Cindy Sherman’s Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield’s displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky’s oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz’s views on a sprawling contemporary megalopolis, Thomas Struth’s images of high technology, Xing Danwen’s electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon’s Contraband, Civilization draws together the threads of humankind’s ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe. Visually epic, Civilization is presented through eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes and concise statements by the artists themselves.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 485 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:05/10/2023
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- ISBN:9780500297513
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 485 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:05/10/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780500297513
