Felice Beato – A Photographer on the Easter Road
A Photographer on the Eastern Road
$158.56
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
21 December 2010
Summary
In recent years Felice Beato (1832–1909) has come to be recognized as one of the major photographers of the nineteenth century, yet until now there has been no general survey of his singular life and work. Born in Venice, Italy, Beato came of age in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. As a young apprentice in 1856, he photographed the sites of the Crimean War, thereby launching a long and remarkably adventurous career. Over the next half century he would follow in the wake of the Britis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781606060353 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 160606035X |
| Author: | .. Lacoste |
| Publisher: | Getty Trust Publications |
| Imprint: | Getty Publications |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 21 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 1.69kg |
| Dimensions: | 289mm x 276mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Getty Publications – |
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” Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road shows the breadth of [Beato’s] oeuvre to the highest standard.“– Royal Photographic Society Journal
“Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road shows the breadth of [Beato’s] oeuvre to the highest standard.”–Royal Photographic Society Journal
”[Beato’s] life is well-told in Anne Lacoste’s superb study … and the prints remain as revelatory today as they were to a 19th-century audience.“–The Wall Street Journal
“Anne Lacoste’s beautifully produced, often revelatory Felice Beato: A Photographer on the Eastern Road, which covers the broad range of his pioneering work in India, Japan, and China, includes a fascinating focus on his war photography by Fred Ritchin.”–Photograph
About The Author
.. Lacoste
Anne Lacoste, assistant curator in the Dept of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, is co-author of the acclaimed Irving Penn: Small Trades. Fred Richtin is former photo editor of the New York Times magazine and Professor of Photography at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts.
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