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50 Photographs is a photo book by American visual artist Jessica Lange, published by powerHouse Books on November 18, 2008. Featuring an introduction written by the National Book Award -winner [2] Patti Smith, [3] the art work distributed by Random House is the official debut of Lange as a photographer. [1] Background.
- The Terror Of War, 1972. The faces of collateral damage and friendly fire are generally not seen. This was not the case with 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc.
- The Burning Monk, 1963. Full story on this article. In June 1963, most Americans couldn’t find Vietnam on a map. But there was no forgetting that war-torn Southeast Asian nation after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne captured the image of Thich Quang Duc immolating himself on a Saigon street.
- Starving Child And Vulture, 1993. Full story on this article. Kevin Carter knew the stench of death. As a member of the Bang-Bang Club, a quartet of brave photographers who chronicled apartheid-era South Africa, he had seen more than his share of heartbreak.
- Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, 1932. It’s the most perilous yet playful lunch break ever captured: 11 men casually eating, chatting and sneaking a smoke as if they weren’t 840 feet above Manhattan with nothing but a thin beam keeping them aloft.
- Savannah Cox
- Family members pass Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at an Albania camp, March 1999.
- Crowds gather at the Berlin Wall, November 1989.
- Family members embrace in the wake of a devastating Alabama tornado, March 2012.
- Thích Quảng Đức lights himself on fire in protest of South Vietnam's Diem government, June 1963.
- The Terror Of War, Nick Ut, 1972. The faces of collateral damage and friendly fire are generally not seen. This was not the case with 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc.
- The Burning Monk, Malcolm Browne, 1963. In June 1963, most Americans couldn’t find Vietnam on a map. But there was no forgetting that war-torn Southeast Asian nation after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne captured the image of Thich Quang Duc immolating himself on a Saigon street.
- Starving Child And Vulture, Kevin Carter, 1993. Kevin Carter knew the stench of death. As a member of the Bang-Bang Club, a quartet of brave photographers who chronicled apartheid-era South Africa, he had seen more than his share of heartbreak.
- Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, 1932. It’s the most perilous yet playful lunch break ever captured: 11 men casually eating, chatting and sneaking a smoke as if they weren’t 840 feet above Manhattan with nothing but a thin beam keeping them aloft.
May 7, 2015 · We've created a compilation of 50 photographs that captured the joy, the pain, the beauty and the changes experienced throughout the world in the past decade. The following frozen moments don't begin to accurately summarize the infinite, complex stories that unfolded over the past 10 years.
Nov 18, 2008 · 50 Photographs Hardcover – November 18, 2008. by Jessica Lange (Author), Patti Smith (Introduction) 4.3 31 ratings. See all formats and editions. “I find photography a most mysterious process—capturing that moment in time and space, elusive and fleeting, and crystallizing it. You have made a photograph. It is its own thing now.
- Jessica Lange
Nov 18, 2008 · 50 Photographs. Jessica Lange, Patti Smith (Introduction) 4.20. 25 ratings3 reviews. “I find photography a most mysterious process—capturing that moment in time and space, elusive and fleeting, and crystallizing it. You have made a photograph. It is its own thing now. To me, that is thrilling.” —Jessica Lange.
