The energetic, fluctuating pace of the metropolis has long lured photographers to capture—often candidly—the chaos, character, and incident of modern urban life ever since the genesis of photography in the 19th century. The World Atlas of Street Photography focuses on the abundance of photos created on street corners internationally, including classic documentary street photography as well as mediated images of urban landscapes, staged performances, and sculpture. Twelve specially commissioned artworks are featured, in addition to a wide selection of striking and well-known images of city life. Lively and informative, this handsome book compiles expressions of a vibrant genre and is the first of its kind to scour the globe—from New York to New Delhi, Beijing to Brighton, Havana to Hamburg, and Sydney to Seoul. Photographers include: Francis Alÿs, Nobuyoshi Araki, Narelle Autio, Uta Barth, Olivo Barbieri, Yto Barrada, Matthew Baum, Dawoud Bey, Peter Bialobrzeski, Birdhead, Julio Bittencourt, Mohamed Bourouissa, Polly Braden, Serge Bratkov, Adam Broomberg, Andrew Bush, Sophie Calle, Edson Chagas, Yasmine Chatila, Oliver Chanarin, Gregory Crewdson, Maciej Dakowicz, Zhang Dali, Luc Delahaye, Philip-Lorca Dicorcia, Hans Eijkelboom, JH Engström, Essop Twins, Weng Fen, Ana Carolina Fernandes, Peter Funch, Bruce Gilden, David Goldblatt, Oscar Fernando Gómez, Paul Graham, Katy Grannan, Sunil Gupta, Cristóbal Hara, Naoya Hatakeyama, Bill Henson, Edi Hirose, Pieter Hugo, Michael Itkoff, Claudia Jaguaribe, Nils Jorgensen, Ahn Jun, Osamu Kanemura, Johnnie Shand Kydd, Nikki S. Lee, Sze Tsung Leong, Vera Lutter, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Melanie Manchot, Jesse Marlow, Mirko Martin, Joel Meyerowitz, Boris Mikhailov, Sabelo Mlangeni, Luis Molina-Pantin, Mimi Mollica, Daido Moriyama, Sohei Nishino, Trent Parke, Martin Parr, Jiang Pengyi, Max Pinckers, Gus Powell, Raghu Rai, Jo Ratcliff, Alisa Resnik, Doug Rickard, Thomas Ruff, Txema Salvans, Viviane Sassen, Tokihiro Sato, Boris Savelev, Slinkachu, Otto Snoek, Trine Søndergaard, Hannah Starkey, Joel Sternfeld, Beat Streuli, Matt Stuart, Mikhael Subotzy, Ying Tang, Guy Tillim, Wolfgang Tillmans, Alexey Titarenko, Cássio Vasconcellos, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Massimo Vitali, Jeff Wall, Gillian Wearing, Alex Webb, Wim Wenders, Richard Wentworth, Graeme Williams, Sue Williamson, Michael Wolf, Shizuka Yokomizo, Yang Yong. "Street photography has an irresistible allure, bringing out the voyeur in the viewer. A new book, The World Atlas of Street Photography , has pictures by 100 established and emerging photographers, working in more than 50 cities on five continents. . . . Jackie Higgins, the author of the book, says for many people the term ‘street photography’ conjures up artists with a signature look from a particular era, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson or Garry Winogrand. But the genre is experiencing a renaissance, she says, grappling with issues like inequality in Africa and the growth of megacities in Asia."—Eben Shapiro, Wall Street Journal "A compendium of artists and perspectives from around the world, each fearlessly hunting the urban jungle, camera in hand."—Priscilla Frank, Huffington Post "More than 700 images from 100 contemporary photographers capture unexpected moments of daily street life around the globe, from Paris to Havana to Seoul."— Los Angeles Times "A Best Art Book of 2014."— Huffington Post "The long shared history of photography and urbanity arrives at an exciting contemporary (and international) moment through this vibrant volume . . . . The images are beautiful, produced with the same vibrant attention that the text directs toward each celebrated photographer. It is rare for collections like this to pull off such simultaneous breadth and depth, yet this resource of over 100 artists succeeds, edifying and captivating throughout."— Publishers Weekly "Postcard-perfect portraits of glittery skylines provide polished glimpses of urban life. But it’s gritty street photography that exposes a city’s throbbing heart—the ‘theater of the everyday’ that unfolds on every corner. Now, a massive tome called The World Atlas of Street Photography has collected 700 street-photography images from around the world. And even if you thought you knew cities like New York, Rio, or Mumbai, these pictures will open your eyes."—Michael Kaminer, Yahoo! Travel "A must-have ‘atlas’ for street-photography lovers . . . and a remarkable tour of urban life in more than 50 cities."—Mark Byrnes, Citylab This impressive compendium features over 700 stunning images, assembling the vibrant and varied expressions of street photography, both staged and improvised, from cities around the world. Jackie Higgins is a writer, journalist, and filmmaker specializing in photography. A writer and producer for over ten years, she currently focuses on issues of identity in contemporary Japanese photography. Other areas of her research include 19th-century photography and contempora