Century (book)
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Originally published in 1999 by Phaidon Press
, Century is a coffee table book
that is equal parts photography and history. It was both conceived and edited by Bruce Bernard, a picture editor for The Sunday Times
Magazine. (Besides working for The Times, Bernard is also the co-author of a number of art books and his work has been featured at the Victoria and Albert Museum
.) In the words of the author, Century is "an attempt to outline the history of the twentieth century as the camera has seen it."
Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press is a British publisher of books on the visual arts, including art, architecture, photography, and design worldwide.As of 2009, Phaidon's headquarters are in London, UK, though they were in Oxford for many years, with offices in New York City, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Tokyo...
, Century is a coffee table book
Coffee table book
A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for...
that is equal parts photography and history. It was both conceived and edited by Bruce Bernard, a picture editor for The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
Magazine. (Besides working for The Times, Bernard is also the co-author of a number of art books and his work has been featured at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
.) In the words of the author, Century is "an attempt to outline the history of the twentieth century as the camera has seen it."