Civilization
The Way We Live Now
Published on 5. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-500-29751-3 (ISBN)
Description
Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe.
With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up 'civilization'. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography.
Featuring images by some 140 photographers - from Reiner Riedler's families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda's high schools, Wang Qingsong's Work, Work, Work and Cindy Sherman's Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield's displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky's oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz's views on a sprawling contemporary megalopolis, Thomas Struth's images of high technology, Xing Danwen's electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon's Contraband, Civilization draws together the threads of humankind's ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe.
Visually epic, Civilization is presented through eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes and concise statements by the artists themselves.
With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up 'civilization'. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography.
Featuring images by some 140 photographers - from Reiner Riedler's families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda's high schools, Wang Qingsong's Work, Work, Work and Cindy Sherman's Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield's displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky's oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz's views on a sprawling contemporary megalopolis, Thomas Struth's images of high technology, Xing Danwen's electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon's Contraband, Civilization draws together the threads of humankind's ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe.
Visually epic, Civilization is presented through eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes and concise statements by the artists themselves.
Reviews / Votes
'Through the work of top photographers, split into themed chapters (hive, flow, control), the editors have created a fascinating, amusing, disturbing picture of the world we have created' - A Photography Book of the Year, The Times 'Part a Who's Who handbook for the photographically astute, part documentary of everything ... The 352 pages zing with 500 photographs, many previously unpublished, from 140 leading photographers. A global family photo album, a memory book of personal stories that patchwork to form a rounded impression of humanity ' - Wallpaper* 'The most ambitious stock-taking of our world since Edward Steichen's 'Family of Man' in the 1950s' - World of Interiors 'An admirable and ambitious undertaking ... a compelling collection of photographs ' - Geographical MagazineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
485 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 294 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
2086 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-29751-3 (9780500297513)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
William A. Ewing has been an author, lecturer, curator of photography and museum director for more than forty years. His many publications on photography include The Body, Landmark and Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Content
Includes work by:
Max Aguilera-Hellweg * Andreia Alves de Oliveira * Evan Baden * Murray Ballard * Olivo Barbieri * Mandy Barker * Olaf Otto Becker * Valerie Belin * Daniel Berehulak * Peter Bialobrzeski * Florian Boehm * Michele Borzoni * Priscilla Briggs * Alexa Brunet * Markus Brunetti * Paul Bulteel * Edward Burtynsky * Alejandro Cartagena * Philippe Chancel * Che Onejoon * Olivier Christinat * Lynne Cohen * Lois Conner * Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger * Raphael Dallaporta * Gerco de Ruijter * Richard de Tscharner * Sergey Dolzhenko * Natan Dvir * Roger Eberhard * Mitch Epstein * Andrew Esiebo * Adam Ferguson * Vincent Fournier * Andy Freeberg * Lee Friedlander * Matthieu Gafsou * Gabriele Galimberti & Paolo Woods * Andreas Gefeller * George Georgiou * Christoph Gielen * Ashley Gilbertson * Katy Grannan * Samuel Gratacap * Lauren Greenfield * Han Sungpil * Nick Hannes * Sean Hemmerle * Mishka Henner * South Ho Siu Nam * Candida Hoefer * Dan Holdsworth * Hong Hao * Pieter Hugo * Jo Choonman * Chris Jordan * Yeondoo Jung * Nadav Kander * KDK * Mike Kelley * Kim Taedong * Alfred Ko * Irene Kung * Rosemary Laing * Benny Lam * An-My Le * Gjorgji Lichovski * Michael Light * Mauricio Lima * Pablo Lopez Luz * Christian Luenig * Vera Lutter * Alex MacLean * David Maisel * Ann Mandelbaum * Edgar Martins * Jeffrey Milstein * Mintio * Richard Misrach * Andrew Moore * David Moore * Richard Mosse * Michael Najjar * Walter Niedermayr * Jason Sangik Noh * Noh Suntag * Simon Norfolk * Hiroshi Okamoto * Trevor Paglen * Neil Pardington * Trent Parke * Cara Phillips * Robert Polidori * Sergey Ponomarev * Cyril Porchet * Mark Power * Giles Price * Reiner Riedler * Simon Roberts * Andrew Rowat * Victoria Sambunaris * Sato Shintaro * Dona Schwartz * Paul Shambroom * Sheng-Wen Lo * Cindy Sherman * Toshio Shibata * Taryn Simon * Alec Soth * Henrik Spohler * Will Steacy * Thomas Struth * Larry Sultan * Shigeru Takato * Eric Thayer * Danila Tkachenko * Eason Tsang Ka Wai * Andreas Tschersich * Amalia Ulman * Brian Ulrich * Penelope Umbrico * Carlo Valsecchi * Reginald Van de Velde * Cassio Vasconcellos * Massimo Vitali * Robert Walker * Dougie Wallace * Richard Wallbank * Wang Qingsong * Patrick Weidmann * Thomas Weinberger * Damon Winter * Michael Wolf * Raimond Wouda * Xing Danwen * Anne Zahalka * Ahmad Zamroni * Luca Zanier * Zhang Xiao * Robert Zhao Renhui * Francesco Zizola
Max Aguilera-Hellweg * Andreia Alves de Oliveira * Evan Baden * Murray Ballard * Olivo Barbieri * Mandy Barker * Olaf Otto Becker * Valerie Belin * Daniel Berehulak * Peter Bialobrzeski * Florian Boehm * Michele Borzoni * Priscilla Briggs * Alexa Brunet * Markus Brunetti * Paul Bulteel * Edward Burtynsky * Alejandro Cartagena * Philippe Chancel * Che Onejoon * Olivier Christinat * Lynne Cohen * Lois Conner * Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger * Raphael Dallaporta * Gerco de Ruijter * Richard de Tscharner * Sergey Dolzhenko * Natan Dvir * Roger Eberhard * Mitch Epstein * Andrew Esiebo * Adam Ferguson * Vincent Fournier * Andy Freeberg * Lee Friedlander * Matthieu Gafsou * Gabriele Galimberti & Paolo Woods * Andreas Gefeller * George Georgiou * Christoph Gielen * Ashley Gilbertson * Katy Grannan * Samuel Gratacap * Lauren Greenfield * Han Sungpil * Nick Hannes * Sean Hemmerle * Mishka Henner * South Ho Siu Nam * Candida Hoefer * Dan Holdsworth * Hong Hao * Pieter Hugo * Jo Choonman * Chris Jordan * Yeondoo Jung * Nadav Kander * KDK * Mike Kelley * Kim Taedong * Alfred Ko * Irene Kung * Rosemary Laing * Benny Lam * An-My Le * Gjorgji Lichovski * Michael Light * Mauricio Lima * Pablo Lopez Luz * Christian Luenig * Vera Lutter * Alex MacLean * David Maisel * Ann Mandelbaum * Edgar Martins * Jeffrey Milstein * Mintio * Richard Misrach * Andrew Moore * David Moore * Richard Mosse * Michael Najjar * Walter Niedermayr * Jason Sangik Noh * Noh Suntag * Simon Norfolk * Hiroshi Okamoto * Trevor Paglen * Neil Pardington * Trent Parke * Cara Phillips * Robert Polidori * Sergey Ponomarev * Cyril Porchet * Mark Power * Giles Price * Reiner Riedler * Simon Roberts * Andrew Rowat * Victoria Sambunaris * Sato Shintaro * Dona Schwartz * Paul Shambroom * Sheng-Wen Lo * Cindy Sherman * Toshio Shibata * Taryn Simon * Alec Soth * Henrik Spohler * Will Steacy * Thomas Struth * Larry Sultan * Shigeru Takato * Eric Thayer * Danila Tkachenko * Eason Tsang Ka Wai * Andreas Tschersich * Amalia Ulman * Brian Ulrich * Penelope Umbrico * Carlo Valsecchi * Reginald Van de Velde * Cassio Vasconcellos * Massimo Vitali * Robert Walker * Dougie Wallace * Richard Wallbank * Wang Qingsong * Patrick Weidmann * Thomas Weinberger * Damon Winter * Michael Wolf * Raimond Wouda * Xing Danwen * Anne Zahalka * Ahmad Zamroni * Luca Zanier * Zhang Xiao * Robert Zhao Renhui * Francesco Zizola