About the Author

Jacques Leenhardt is an art critic and director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Michel Frizot is a curator and scholar of the history and theory of photography. Samuel Titan is director of the Instituto Moreira Salles in Rio de Janeiro, a nonprofit organization with cultural centers and galleries throughout Brazil with the aim of promoting the development of Brazilian cultural projects, including photography, literature, music, and the visual arts.