Any examination of the history of the photographic portrait uncovers two very different traditions, shaped by the place where they were made - in the street or in the studio. Both are essentially urban. The street has been the place where small and easily concealed cameras allowed photographers to capture subjects unaware or at least in informal settings. In contrast, the studio offered both photographer and subjects the opportunity to present carefully composed images to the world, making use of all the elaborate staging and technical tricks at their disposal. Both these practices have since been subverted, with celebrities becoming used to posing in the street and the studio being used for informal and intimate shots. For the first time this book examines the contrasts and tensions between these two traditions, revealing much about the history of photography itself and providing fascinating insights into the changing face of societies across the globe.The book will include many of the greatest names in the history of photography. Among those who have famously photographed in the street, it will feature work by Atget, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Araki, Boris Mikhailov and Wolfgang Tillmans. Studio-based photographers include Carlo Ponti, Edward Steichen, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Annie Leibovitz, Jurgen Teller, and Rineke Dijkstra. Essays by leading critics examine the history of street and studio photography and how the images these photographers have produced has conditioned the way we see both the modern city and ourselves.

這本書的齣版是伴隨著在倫敦Tate現代博物館舉辦的一次展覽而産生，題為《Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography》展覽的照片都是拍攝於街頭或者是攝影師工作室內，迴歸攝影最初的本源。TATE和Flickr與Blurb閤作，免費用Flickr的網絡空間，並邀請Flickr社區的成員創建這本攝影畫冊，作為入選展覽的照片，每一張都是一副城市的肖像。 在Flickr裏收到來自全球各地數韆張照片參加街頭或者室內攝影的展覽。齣版這本書是選取其中的100張作品。幾個負責人：Juergen Teller，藝術傢，他的作品參加瞭這次的展覽。Ute Eskildsen：街頭或者室內攝影展的策展人。Heather Champ：攝影師兼Flickr團隊的成員。