1940s: Decades of the 20th Century

Synopsis of 1940s: Decades of the 20th Century

«1940s: Decades of the 20th Century» is a photographic compilation by Nick Yapp published by Ullmann in paperback (393 pages, trilingual).

The work covers the 1940s through period photographs: first the world war, with its triumphs, tragedies, victories and victims; then peace, recovery and reconstruction, with new hopes and problems. The images come from the Hulton Getty collection and show 20th-century history through the camera lens.

Text in English, Spanish and Italian. Volume dedicated to the forties within the Images of the 20th Century series.

For fans of archival documentary photography and 20th-century history.