Now on paperback, with an new afterword on street photography since the 1970s, this critically acclaimed volume - the first history of street photography - showcases many of the greatest photographers of the past 160 years. This landmark book chronicles the development of a genre of photography that is created out of the energy and chance juxtapositions found in the everyday life of the street. Street photography is a the heart of what makes photography unique, with its surprising immediacy and its penetrating, offbeat description of a moment in time.