Chroma: Celebrating Colour in Photography - Softcover

Michel Pastoureau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500543941 ISBN 13: 9780500543948

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2010

Synopsis

This striking volume celebrates colour in photography. Hundreds of images by some of the biggest names in photography are organized into colour-coded chapters, each introduced by an essay from the historian Michel Pastoureau. Among the featured photographers are Steve McCurry, Martin Parr, Susan Meiselas, Bruno Barbey, Raghu Rai, Peter Marlow and many others.

About this title

Review:

'The very essence of a high-concept book ... sensational ... each page of this weighty collection offers a striking pause for thought'
--The Independent on Sunday

'Mesmerising ... a thought-provoking book, and one to go to time and again to remind ourselves of the fascinating, colourful world in which we live'
--Amateur Photographer

'Absorbing and interesting ... food for thought and discussion ... an excellent addition to any personal or public library'
--Silvershotz

About the Author:

Michel Pastoureau is the Chair of History ofWestern Symbolism and is a director of studies at the Sorbonne's Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. Among his many other books are the critically acclaimed Blue:The History of a Colour and Black:The History of a Color.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0500543941
• ISBN 13: 9780500543948
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480