Founded in Paris in 1928, VU combined stunning photography with dynamic layouts and first-rate reporting, creating a revolution in journalism and paving the way for future photo magazines such as Life, Stern and Paris Match.
VU covered a wide range of eclectic subjects, including politics, world affairs, social issues, discoveries, exploration, the arts, sports and entertainment. It was intended to be an illustrated journal of the week's events - a television news show on paper - and published the work of some of the greatest photographers of the time: Robert Capa, André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Man Ray and others.
This book brings together some of the best work from over 600 issues of VU: covers, double-page spreads and full-length reports. It is both a record of the pre-war world of the 20s and 30s and an unprecedented history of photojournalism in the early 20th century. Over 200 black & white illustrations
Published by Thames & Hudson, 2009
320 pages
32 × 26.5 cm
ISBN: 978-0500543832
Founded in Paris in 1928, VU combined stunning photography with dynamic layouts and first-rate reporting, creating a revolution in journalism and paving the way for future photo magazines such as Life, Stern and Paris Match.
VU covered a wide range of eclectic subjects, including politics, world affairs, social issues, discoveries, exploration, the arts, sports and entertainment. It was intended to be an illustrated journal of the week's events - a television news show on paper - and published the work of some of the greatest photographers of the time: Robert Capa, André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Man Ray and others.
This book brings together some of the best work from over 600 issues of VU: covers, double-page spreads and full-length reports. It is both a record of the pre-war world of the 20s and 30s and an unprecedented history of photojournalism in the early 20th century. Over 200 black & white illustrations
Published by Thames & Hudson, 2009
320 pages
32 × 26.5 cm
ISBN: 978-0500543832
