Mary Panzer:

Mary Panzer is a curator and cultural historian who lives in New York. She has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, University of Kansas, New York University ang Hunter College, and was Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington DC from 1992 to 2000. Her books include Mathew Brandy and the Image of History(1997), Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective(1998) and Lewis Hine(2002). Panzer also writes on art and history for American Photo, Art in America, Chicago Tribune and Vanity Fair. She is currently at work on a history of Look magazine.

Christian Caujolle:

Christian Caujolle was born in France in 1953. From 1978, he worked as photography critic for Liberation before becoming ite director of photography in 1981. He is currently director of the influential Paris-based photo agency and gallery, Vu, which he created in 1986. Caujolle has worked as artistic director of international photography festivals, including Les Rencontres d'Arles in 1997, Potterdam's Foto Biennale in 2000 and Madrid's Photo Espana in 2001, and he has contributes as editor and writer to books of photographs by Michael Ackerman, Peter Beard, Willian Klein, Jacques Henri Lartigue, G isele Freund and Sebastiao Salgado, among many others.

This title offers a unique new history of contemporary photojournalism to mark the 50th anniversary of World Press Photo. "Things As They Are" tells the story of modern photojournalism, from "The Family of Man" and the heyday of "Life" magazine in 1955 to the era of the camera-phone in the present day. With 120 picture essays shown as they were first seen - on the pages of newspapers and magazines, "Things As They Are" reveals how the events of the world, the art of photographers, and the interests of the press have converged on the printed page. It traces how photojournalism has developed over time alongside changing technology, media, fashions in photography - and a changing world. It includes landmark photo essays by photographers such as Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, W Eugene Smith, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastiao Salgado and James Nachtwey, as shown on the pages of publications including "Life", "Paris Match", "National Geographic", "Stern", "i-D" and the "Sunday Times", wherein each is accompanied by an expert commentary. The book includes a introductory essay by Mary Panzer, a timeline of the last 50 years illustrated by the iconic winners of the annual World Press Photo awards, and an afterword essay by Christian Caujolle that looks to the future of photojournalism. It is the winner of the International Center of Photography's 'Infinity Award' for Best Photography Book of 2005.