Eve Arnold's People

About this book

Eve Arnold (b. 1912 in Philadelphia) is one of the great photographers of the modern era. This new collection features her exceptional photographs of people both famous and unknown captured in formal and informal settings. In addition to Arnolds superb individual portraits of Monroe Dietrich Gable Crawford and more there are a number of Photo Stories: visual essays made on assignment including Malcolm X and the Black Muslims; her seminal work In China; and more. The work is organized into three key periods: 1948-60 her early career and becoming the first woman member of Magnum; 1961-70 when she moved to the UK and began working with color film; 1971-97 with assignments in the Middle East Afghanistan and beyond. 150 color illustrations