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From Follett
Includes bibliographical references.;An ode to humanity : the photographic vision of Louis Stettner / Sally Martin Katz -- To value the river / David Campany -- Listen to the river : glimpses of an unknown Louis Stettner / Karl Orend -- The politics of Louis Stettner : a personal perspective / James Iffland -- New York beginnings, 1936-1946, and postwar Paris, 1947-1952 : early New York, the subway series, postwar Paris : the empty city -- Land and sea : Spain, Europe, and the USA, 1949-1969 : Pepe & Tony, Spanish fisherman, beaches and country -- Postwar New York, 1952-1969 : Penn Station, city streets, Nancy, the beat generation -- The seventies : workers, demonstrations, the spirit of the city -- From the eighties to the new millennium : the bowery series, city reflections -- New York color : the 2000s -- Les Alpilles, France, 2013-2016 -- Camera 35 : an anthology of articles / by Louis Stettner ; edited by Sally Martin Katz.;Published to accompany the exhibition held at Sala Recoletos Fundacion MAPFRE, Madrid, from June 1 to August 27, 2023 and KBr Fundacion MAPFRE, Barcelona, from June 5 to September 15, 2024. "Brooklyn-born Louis Stettner (1922-2016) created thousands of images over the course of a career that spanned almost eighty years. Acquiring his first camera as a young teenager, he quickly made a name for himself at New York's famous Photo League, where he formed friendships with Sid Grossman and Weegee. He served as a combat photographer in World War II, and the experience of fighting fascism left him with a lasting belief in the fundamental humanity of the common man. After the war, Stettner arrived in Paris in 1947, where he stayed for five years. During this time, he forged a lasting relationship with Brassai, the city and its people. Stettner's work defies categorization, containing elements of both the New York street photography aesthetic and the lyrical humanism of the French tradition. A lifelong Marxist, Stettner celebrated the working class and was inspired by his reading of Walt Whitman and the inner humanity that constantly drew him to the lives of ordinary men and women. For all its diversity, however, Stettner's work is thematically consistent: he sought out beauty in common people and their everyday life. Accompanying the largest retrospective on Stettner's work to date, this substantial monograph at last gives his work the recognition it deserves. Essays by David Campany, James Iffland, Karl Orend and Sally Martin Katz chart Stettner's work chronologically from his early days in New York and Paris, through to his later use of colour photography, to his final meditations on the landscape of Les Alpilles. Showcasing more than 150 photographs spanning his entire career, the book also includes previously unpublished images and some of his hitherto almost unknown colour work, as well as a selection of Stettner's writings."--publisher's description, from https://thamesandhudson.com/louis-stettner-9780500028544, accessed 20241126.
From the Publisher
An authoritative, full-career retrospective of Louis Stettner, the great twentieth-century American photographer, reproducing his finest works in one stunning volume. This volume brings together the most important photographs from the long career of Louis Stettner. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1922, Stettner's life would span nearly a century, his work reflecting the unique vision of one of the twentieth-century's master photographers.
Organized chronologically, Louis Stettner presents approximately 190 photographs from Stettner's career, featuring his iconic images of New York and Paris; the architecture of urban wonders such as Penn Station, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the New York City subway; as well as candid and empathetic street photographs of the people who inhabit these metropolitan centers.
While celebrated for his black-and-white works, the book also includes Stettner's works in color, many previously unpublished and unknown. The authors investigate the influence of his experiences as a photographer in World War II on his life and work. They also explore his experience with the celebrated Photo League cooperative and his relationships with photographers such as Weegee, Sid Grossman, Ruth Orkin, and Berenice Abbott. The result is a definitive book on Stettner's photography--making the work of the great lensman available to generations of readers.