1001 PHOTOGRAPHS Paperback – 4 October 2018

A good book, but marred by a glaring omission. It does not have the famous “Tank man” photo symbolic of defiance in Tianmen square. Set me wondering,and sure enough the book has been printed in China! A strange case of the printers censoring the editors/publishers.

Really impressed by this book. It has one of those titles that begs comparison with audio collections like ‘Now that’s what I call Music’ but is, in fact, a true History book. At first I was just determined to turn every page and look at the pictures (the word ‘photograph’ is preferred to ‘image’) but found myself unfurling the twentieth century in my hands. Poverty. Wealth. War. Ignorance.Many photographs are unknown photographers but I also got a taste of names I’d seen but not experienced, Man Ray one example. The text by each photograph is far more than desultory. The photographs sometimes are documents of real events and sometimes made by the photographer, a deliberate construction like mine uploaded.Plenty to inspire me, yes, but as a narrative of these image-ridden times I would suggest 1001 Photographs You Must See Before You Die is a book second to none.I saw a copy on Waterstones bookshelf but it looked well-leafed. I got mine Amazon Warehouse ‘Like New’ for fifteen quid. Spot one if you can.

Pensaba que cada foto iria explicada con todos los pasos hasta la toma; no.Són fotos y algun comentario; de referència, pero no para aprender. És decir, las fotos las puedes ver por internet i el libro no me parece interesante. Mi opinión.

It's a bit of a tome. Very thick as you'd expect with 1,000 images in it. Great descriptions.

Very good book. But too heavy and photos too small! The overall opinio is very good any way!

If you love photos from all eras this is a book for you. Each one stands on its own merits (some you will love some you will not) as the book cateers for all tastes. Quality is very good all round