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Ed van der Elsken, “Cuba,” published in Avenue (The Netherlands), 1967. Photographs © Ed van der Elsken/Nederlands fotomuseum, courtesy Annet Gallery
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Things As They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955, by Mary Panzer, Christian Caujolle, and World Press Photo, marks fifty years of the Amsterdam-based World Press Photo organization's involvement with photojournalism, from the golden era of the medium in the 1950s to the modern, increasingly globalized era of desktop publishing and digital photography. Rather than displaying isolated images, the book presents these photographs in the context of the magazines and newspapers that originally published them, such as Esquire, Fortune, LIFE, and The New York Times. Things As They Are is thus a unique compendium in that it includes all aspects of photojournalism-images, text, editing, and design. It was published in Europe in 2005 by Chris Boot Ltd., and Aperture Foundation will publish an American edition this year.
The book features 120 pictorial stories, arranged chronologically and including iconic documentation of some of the most important people and events of the twentieth century: from My Lai to Abu Ghraib; the Paris riots to Tiananmen Square; Picasso to the Beatles. Photo-essays that defined historical milestones and shaped attitudes about a changing world are reproduced in their entirety. An introduction by co-author Mary Panzer and an afterword by co-author Christian Caujolle addressed the challenges faced by contemporary photojournalists and outline new approaches in a “borderless media world.”
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