''Century'' is a 1999

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that is equal parts photography and history. In the words of the author, ''Century'' is "an attempt to outline the history of the twentieth century as the camera has seen it." The book was both conceived and edited by Bruce Bernard (1928–2000), a picture editor for ''

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'' and a number of books on art and photography, including ''Photodiscovery''. He curated ''100 Photographs'' at the

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. A book of which was published by Phaidon. An expanded edition was made after Bernard's death, showing pictures from 1999 to 2001

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