Contact Press Images

Contact Press Images

Contact Press Images is an international photojournalism agency founded in 1976 in New York City by French-British journalist and editor Robert Pledge and American photojournalist David Burnett, and focused on independent production on photo journalism. Annie Leibovitz joined Contact Press in 1967.

In addition to producing monographs and exhibitions, some of Contact's photographers have been awarded prizes in photojournalism, including honors from the World Press Photo, National Press Photographers Association, and Overseas Press Club organizations.

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Books by Contact Press Images

  • "Kalachnikov: L'AK47 à la conquete du monde", by Contact Press Images, Stanislas De Haldat, Based on Photos by Contact Photojournalist J.B. Diederich, The first Westerner to visit Kalachnikov at home in Illevsk, Editions La Sirene (1993).
  • "Le cercle des intimes: François Mitterrand par ses proches", by Caroline Lang, Robert Pledge, Michel Baverey, Editions La Sirene (1995), ISBN 2840451336
  • "Eleven: Witnessing the World Trade Center, 1974 - 2001", by Contact Press Images, Robert Pledge (editor), Universe Publishing (September 2002), ISBN 0789308304
  • "Pope John Paul II: His Remarkable Journey", by Contact Press Images, Robert Pledge (editor), de.MO ( July 2005), ISBN 0974283630

Selected monographs by Contact Press Images Photographers

  • "Too Much Time: Women in Prison", by Jane Evelyn Atwood, Phaidon Press (March 2000), ISBN 0714839736
  • "Do or Die", by Martine Barrat, Viking Adult (October 1993), ISBN 0670843253
  • "The British", by Nick Danziger, Harper Collins UK (June 2002), ISBN 0002571609
  • "Fight", by Stephen Dupont, Edition Braus (December 2003), ISBN 3899040619
  • "Des Hommes", by Giorgia Fiorio, Marval (2003), ISBN 2862343412
  • "Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict", by Lori Grinker, de.MO (April 2005), ISBN 0970576870
  • "Tango: Never Before Midnight", by Adriana Groisman, Editions Lariviere (2004), ISBN 978-987-9395-20-2
  • "Just Another War", by Kenneth Jarecke, Exene Cervenka, Zezene Cervenka, Bedrock Press (September 1995), ISBN 0963478419
  • "A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005", by Annie Leibovitz, Random House (October 2003), ISBN 0375505091
  • "Red-Color News Soldier", by Li Zhensheng, Phaidon Press (October 2003), ISBN 0714843083
  • "Don McCullin in Africa", by Don McCullin, Random House UK (September 2005), ISBN 0224075144
  • "Sebastiao Salgado: Migrations", by Sebastiao Salgado, Aperture (June 2005), ISBN 0893818917
  • "Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis", by Alfred Wertheimer, Insight Editions (October 2006), ISBN 1933784016
  • "Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World", text and photos by Alexandra Avakian, National Geographic Books (October 2008)

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