Abbeville Press Faces of the 20th Century

Signature works of 20 of this century's best-known photographers are presented alongside excerpts from extensive interviews with the author and his own portraits of each individual. Through this one-of-a-kind book we can come to know the mind and vision of great photographers such as Manual Alvarez Bravo, Jeanloup Sieff, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Sebastiao Salgado, Elliott Erwitt, Helmut Newton, Mary Ellen Mark, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, Eve Arnold, Carl Mydans, Eikoh Hosoe and many more. Five riveting portraits by each photographer come to life when discussed by the artist themselves. This combination of visual images and words is sure to broaden every reader's understanding of the personalities and work of these exceptional artists.