Bystander
Subtitle: a history of street photography
By: Colin Westerbeck & Joel Meyerowitz
Contributors: Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- author
Edition: [Revised edition].
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781786270665
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Public spaces; Street photography; Documentary photography; Streets; Pictorial works; History
Description: In this book, the authors explore and discuss the development of one of the most interesting and dynamic of photographic genres. Hailed as a landmark work when it was first published in 1994, Bystander is widely regarded by street photographers as the 'bible' of street photography. It covers an incredible array of talent, from the unknowns of the late 19th century to the acknowledged masters of the 20th, such as Atget, Stieglitz, Strand, Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, Kertesz, Frank, Arbus, Winogrand and Levitt to name just a few. In this new and fully revised edition, the story of street photography is brought up to date with a re-evaluation of some historical material, the inclusion of more contemporary photographers and a discussion of the ongoing rise of digital photography.
Notes: Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown and Co., c1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-391) and index.
Table of contents: title: Now and then: in defense of traditional street photography; title: Eugène Atget & the nineteenth century. Before photography ; Folio ; In the beginning ; The view from abroad ; Busmen's holidays ; Art for art's sake ; Documents for artists; title: Cartier-Bresson & Europe in the twentieth century. Folio ; Children of the century ; The decisive photographer ; Hungarian rhapsody ; Foreign correspondents ; The fourth estate; title: Walker Evans & America before the war. Folio ; Social uplift ; Collective vision ; American classic; title: Robert Frank & America since the war. Folio ; Displaced persons ; Naturalized citizens ; An American in Paris ; In the American grain ; The Chicago school; title: Conversations. Folio ; Still going ; The conversation continues.