Smithsonian Institution Press is pleased to join Motta Fotografia, one of Europe's foremost publishers of photography, in presenting a series showcasing the work of postwar masters. Each book includes more than forty duotone or color images and represents an original approach to a particular theme by one of the century's finest documentary or fine-art photographers.This extraordinary portrait of Europe's slow emergence from the rubble of World War ll documents in luminous images Werner Bischof's travels through Germany France, Hungary, Greece, and Italy during a time of profound transition in both countryside and city.