Snap!
Unlock your inner creativity and elevate your street photography skills with Snap! In this essential guide, accomplished street photographer Benke Carlsson takes you on an inspiring journey through the bustling cityscape, revealing innovative exercises designed to develop your perspective and capture the urban world in new and exciting ways. This book is for the beginner looking to explore the streets with fresh eyes as well as the experienced photographer seeking new inspiration. The 50 exercises will inspire, challenge, and transform your work, helping you capture the vibrant tapestry of life on the streets. From mastering composition and lighting to honing your storytelling skills, each challenge offers a unique opportunity to push your boundaries and experience situations through fresh angles, new perspectives and creative approaches. Street photography is a wonderful way to orient yourself in the city and see your surroundings with new eyes. A tool to discover new things and be creative in your everyday life. Try new ways of shooting with your camera or smart phone on your own, or challenge friends and family to get the most interesting photos. Snap! is your guide to compelling visual stories, capturing moments, telling stories, and creating art one click at a time.
Playgirl: The Official History of a Cult Magazine
A lively, unbelievably fun art book that celebrates Playgirl magazine's 50-year anniversary, including historic articles, spreads, commentary, photography, and extensive artwork from the '70s through today Playgirl is a movement. This groundbreaking magazine was never just a pale imitation of Playboy; it was a major player at the dawn of women's liberation, featuring stories on barrier-breaking women from across the globe, articles about reproductive health, and interviews with feminist icons. All this revolutionary material could be found nestled among the tasteful and erotic male nudes that the magazine was built on, leading Playgirl to resonate, too, with the significant gay male readership it maintains today. This wide-reaching Playgirl compendium includes not only some of the most important and engaging archival materials from across the past five decades, but also a number of new essays about the publication's origins, its role in the women's liberation movement, and its contributions to pop culture at large.
Karl Blossfeldt. the Complete Published Work. 40th Ed.
German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form.Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt's images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves. They are still lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their aesthetics and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers. Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective.
Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories
The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the D羹sseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer's unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncompromising collection that sheds an unexpected light on his colossal oeuvre. This book offers an extensive, firsthand look at the highly personal collection. Renowned the world over, Lindbergh's images have left an indelible mark on contemporary culture and photo history. Here, the photographer experiments with his own oeuvre and narrates new stories while staying true to his lexicon. In both emblematic and never-before-seen images, he challenges his own icons and presents intimate moments shared with personalities who had been close to him for years, including Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Robin Wright, Jessica Chastain, Naomi Campbell, Charlotte Rampling and many more.This volume presents more than 100 photographs--many of them unpublished or short-lived, often having been commissioned by monthly fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, or The Wall Street Journal. An extensive conversation between Lindbergh and Kunstpalast director Felix Kr瓣mer, as well as an homage by close friend Wim Wenders, offer fresh insights into the making of the collection. The result is an intimate personal statement by Lindbergh about his work.
Auto Touring America's National Parks
In 1919 there were just 6.7 million cars in America. There was no interstate system. The national park system was thirty-seven years young. In this fledgling environment for long-distance travel, H. A. Spallholz and family set out from Salem, New York, to see America's national parks. In his 1917 Haynes Roadster, Henry packed his family and a camera and headed west. From storied New England through Great Plains grasslands, up the Rocky Mountains and down the west coast, this book documents firsthand what America looked like from very early highways and byways. Collected here into a book for the first time, the Spallholz photographs are a fascinating picturesque time capsule of early twentieth century America. See its cities and monuments. See Yellowstone Park pristine and wild. See the dirt and muddy roads that connected our states and metropolises and the tremendous challenges that came with traversing them. See a young family energized and beleaguered by the length of the journey: 10,400 miles. These family photographs were lost for a generation before they were uncovered by Art Vaughan, a hobbyist photographer who was stationed in Portland, Maine, with the Coast Guard. He found the glass slides and original lantern slide projector in a Salvation Army shop. Years later, when he posted some of the photographs online, the Spallholz descendants recognized their grandfather's photographs and contacted Mr. Vaughan. This serendipitous story, some fifty years in the making, is documented herein. This book provides a unique view across generations of American travelers and belongs on the coffee table of anyone who loves photography, American history, and the great outdoors.
Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws
As an artist, Dan Fleuette has always identified with the marginal, the rebels, those at the margins of society. Traditionally, these characters have been artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers. Since the dawn of woke culture, where many of today's artists march in lockstep with the dominant, politically correct corporate news and political space, these marginal characters have taken a different look. Today's rebels would have been considered quite mainstream just a few years ago. Included in their ranks are the scorned, mocked, ridiculed and canceled--those who risk everything to dare to speak their mind and run counter to mainstream narratives. These are the people captured in Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom. This is not just a portrait book, it is also a WarRoom historical document showcasing the brave souls who are courageous enough to stand up against a ceaseless and powerful battering of politicians, woke social media tyrants, school boards, editorial pages, and polite society in general. This book is Fleuette's small attempt to honor these people, who show us, day in and day out, what real courage is.
Leonard Freed: Police Work
The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's acclaimed photographs of the New York police department during the turbulent 1970sMagnum photographer Leonard Freed worked alongside the New York police for several years, documenting the gritty reality of life on the beat at a notorious time of soaring crime and great social unrest, with the city near bankruptcy. Of his near-decade with the police department, Freed observed that "What I saw were average people doing a sometimes boring, sometimes corrupting, sometimes dangerous and ugly and unhealthy job." His nuanced essay has a poignancy and grace, capturing the camaraderie of officers alongside the people they are hired to protect. Freed accompanied the NYPD on murder investigations, drug raids, public demonstrations and community outreach initiatives, as well as documenting the ordinary daily grind of the job. This reedited and redesigned take on Freed's original 1980 book features several unseen photographs from the archive. It is a celebration of this complex and compassionate body of work, which has a social resonance and relevance in today's climate. Born in Brooklyn, New York, photojournalist Leonard Freed (1929-2006) rose to prominence for his portrayal of societal and racial injustices, particularly in relation to the black community during the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. He is also renowned for his numerous insightful photo essays on the Jewish community in Amsterdam and Germany, the Yom Kippur War, Asian immigration in England, North Sea oil development, Spain after Franco and his essays on the New York police department in the 1970s, among others.
Traces
Traces is a multidisciplinary project that evokes the joys and tragedies of life through a collage of original, historical, and animated imagery. The artist explores the way we construct internal narratives and create meaning from experience. Excerpts from intimate interviews are interwoven among vignettes of visual language; revealing the universality of values and the perpetual cycles of life.
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Mis[s]understood
Mis[s]Understood explores the pivotal role of women in the Irish Traveller community, highlighting their importance as the cornerstone of family life. In this close-knit, culturally rich community, these women not only uphold traditions but also navigate the challenges of preserving their way of life in a radically changing world. Through their stories, Michele Zousmer aims to shed light on their strength, resilience, and beauty.
A Safe Place to Breathe
A Safe Place to Breathe: Exploring the Depths of My Emotions is a calming and empowering journal designed to help you navigate your inner world. Through guided prompts and reflective exercises, it offers a peaceful space to explore, understand, and embrace your emotions. Whether you're seeking clarity, healing, or personal growth, this journal encourages deep self-discovery and emotional balance.
In My Feelings
In My Feelings: A Reflection Journal for Teens is a safe space for young people to explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Designed with teens in mind, this journal encourages self-reflection, emotional expression, and personal growth. With thought-provoking prompts and creative activities, it's the perfect tool for navigating the ups and downs of adolescence, building self-awareness, and fostering a healthy mindset.
Icons of Style
Behind nearly every item in the modern wardrobe is a 'first of its kind' - the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the booming vintage market). The T-shirt, for example, may now be an innocuous, everyday item, but was created by American company Hanes for US Navy personnel at the turn of the 20th century and was subsequently adopted by sportsmen and bikers. Other items have been designed for sport, farm work or protection, and made their way into everyday usage. Icons of Style examines, garment by garment, the most important and famous of these products - their provenance and history, the stories of their design, the brand/company that started it all and how the item shaped the way we all dress today. As traditional definitions of men's and women's clothes are fast changing, this book combines all key garments for everyone. Inspiring images of the best examples of the garment - from the 1930s to contemporary times, from Marlene Dietrich to Mick Jagger - show the timeless beauty of these garments that are the basics of the stylish.
The Enemy Within
On March 6th 1984 miners at Cortonwood Colliery in Yorkshire went on strike. Six days later, on March 12th, NUM President, Arthur Scargill, made the strike official across Britain. And so began the UK's biggest strike since the General Strike of 1928. It ran for almost a year until March 1985 - a year of bitter conflict between the miners and Margaret Thatcher and her government and marked the end of the mining era in Britain. 24 year-old Michael Kerstgens was studying photography in Germany at the time. But he had strong links with South Wales having been born in Llanelli and spending his early years there. His father had also spent twelve years working in South Wales for an engineering company involved with the mining industry. As a sixteen year old Gerstgens took a summer job at the company's Swansea office. He also experienced the underground life of the miners at Cynheidre Colliery. It's not surprising therefore that once Kerstgens heard about the strike he went to South Wales to find out what was going on and to start what would be his first major photography project. Kertsgens' friends and contacts enabled him access to much that was closed off to the press and when he later moved on to Yorkshire he lived with the family of a striking miner whose wife, Marsha Marshall, was one of the leading lights of Woman Against Pit Closures (WAPC). He even met Arthur Scargill. The resultant photographs offer a powerful insight into what was a brutal strike that tore a rift through British society, entire mining communities, and even individual families.
Pathways to Healing Journal
Writing The Prince Was Wrong: Leaving the Narcissist Behind became an integral part of my healing journey to survive the narcissistic abuse of husband #7. As I started speaking about the subject, I realized that this type of abuse is a widespread problem.Regardless of the exact details, you can navigate through it. You can find joy and peace in your life. You can break free of the chains binding you to the narcissist.I've found that journaling helps me in my journey to wholeness. It provides a safe space to record innermost thoughts, experiences, and feelings.I've included writing prompts to get you started if needed. You will also find a poster about the red flags of narcissistic abuse. Finally, you'll find tips to avoid and heal from toxic relationships. I hope this journal will become one of your tools for healing.Be well and happy.
Stories of the Street
When walking down the street, it is not uncommon to see lost items that have escaped their proper receptacles, but how often does one stop to read the messages left behind? David Lazar has stopped often, capturing the pieces of a "lost world on the streets" and thinking about the life of the discarder from the fragments left behind. Stories of the Street is a series of imaginative meditations--through prose poems, short-short essays, microfictions, and prose pieces without precise genre distinction--of what it means to encounter lost or discarded texts. Rather than simply deconstructing the lists, notes, receipts, or book pages he finds strewn in various cities, Lazar uses them as suggestive, capable of inspiring possible narratives that are at most latent in the text itself. The encounter, then, is an encounter with oneself and the mysteries of cities, where detritus frequently doubles as a sign saying, "Consider this." Lazar's narrative voice ranges in tone from the comically antic to the melancholy. By photographing what he describes as "messages that had escaped their bottles" on-location as found, Lazar has become a flaneur of paper debris, puzzling over the evidence of urban human life.
Cincinnati's Mt. Lookout Neighborhood
With its undulating hills and sweeping views of the river valleys, located less than eight miles from downtown Cincinnati, Mt. Lookout quickly grew from rural farms to a picturesque suburb that could have inspired Norman Rockwell to paint it. Originally a small village called Delta, Mt. Lookout was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1870 and was renamed after the new Cincinnati Observatory was built at the end of Observatory Place. Thanks to John and Charles Kilgour, brothers who invested in real estate and public transportation, Mt. Lookout became an upscale destination by the turn of the 20th century. This book showcases the people, buildings, landmarks, and events that have made Mt. Lookout such an idyllic place for its residents to call home. It is equally important to mention the cozy, bustling Mt. Lookout Square, the heart of the town; many businesses have been open and operating for over 50 years, while Geo. H. Rohde & Sons Funeral Home has already celebrated its centennial anniversary.Jason Fitzhugh is a teacher, historian, and collector. He has carefully selected over 150 images to create a nostalgic time line from Mt. Lookout's early beginnings to the thriving, established neighborhood it is today.
Above and Across Atlanta
Above and Across Atlanta captures the stunning beauty of Atlanta as seen from the sky. Showcasing the city's diverse architecture, bustling streets, notable landmarks, and natural scenery, the images capture Atlanta's vibrant character and historical significance. Photographer Luis Gaud shares his unique perspective to create a contemporary portrayal of the city, captured in all four seasons. Through a series of breathtaking images, readers are invited to explore the city's iconic landmarks, including Centennial Olympic Park, the Fox Theatre, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, and the Georgia State Capitol, as well as lesser-known corners of the city that are equally captivating. Above and Across Atlanta features stunning aerial shots that offer a bird's-eye view of the city, capturing its vast expanse and urban landscape in an entirely new light. With its striking visuals and thoughtful commentary, this photography book is a must-have for anyone who loves Atlanta or wants to experience its beauty from a new perspective.
Photo Against the Machine
Conversations with a chatbot on legends of contemporary photographyUsing works from the collection of the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Ann Massal (born 1977) engages an artificial intelligence chatbot in a dialogue on photography, asking it about the legacy of photography from the point of view of "the conscience of the world."
Greetings from Paradise
Greetings from Paradise pays homage to the Australian beach holiday through Kerry Mulgrew's evocative images of the Sunshine Coast. the book visually celebrates simple holiday pleasures, swimming in the ocean, long walks, good food, and the spectacular coastline from Noosa's main beach, the Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach, through to Coolum Beach and Yaroomba. From rugged hikes to crystal-clear oceans, and lazy days spent in the sun.To companion Kerry's rich images, six of Coolum Beach's long-time holidaymakers share their memories spanning the 1950s to the 2000s. This is what makes the book a true gift of spirit.'Greetings from Paradise' is for anyone who loves the Australian beach lifestyle and invites you to relive your summers spent by the sea.
Herv矇 Guibert: Suzanne and Louise
Guibert's photo novel exploring the reclusive lives of his great-aunts, published in English for the first timeThe protagonists of Suzanne and Louise, the second book by French writer and photographer Herv矇 Guibert, are his elderly great-aunts, who lived alone in a large townhouse in Paris' 15th arrondissement. The older sister controlled the finances while the younger, a former nun, did the housekeeping. During a series of weekly visits from their grandnephew, these reclusive women offered up their home and their bodies to his camera. The resulting images would grow into Guibert's first and only photo novel, a provocative exploration of fantasy, mortality and desire.Originally published in France in 1980, and highly sought after by fans of Guibert, Suzanne and Louise is reissued here for the first time in a full English translation by Christine Pichini, a new introduction by artist and writer Moyra Davey and an account of the book's origins by Thomas Simmonet--director of the Parisian publishing house Les ?ditions de Minuit--complete with testimonials, documentation, unpublished photographs and contact sheets.Herv矇 Guibert (1955-91) was the author of 25 books and published extensive texts and criticism on photography, primarily with the French newspaper Le Monde. His bestselling novel To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life (1990) was inspired by his close friend Michel Foucault and the two men's experiences living with AIDS, which tragically ended Guibert's life at the age of 36.
Helmut Newton. Berlin, Berlin
Born in Berlin in 1920, Helmut Newton trained as a teenager with legendary photographer Yva, following her lead into the enticing pastures of fashion, portraiture and nudes. Forced to flee the Nazis aged only 18, Newton never left Berlin behind. After his career exploded in Paris in the 1960s, he returned regularly to shoot for magazines like Constanze, Adam, Vogue, Cond矇 Nast's Traveler, ZEITmagazin, M瓣nner Vogue, Max and the S羹ddeutsche Zeitung Magazin as well as his own magazine Helmut Newton's Illustrated. In 1979, the newly relaunched German Vogue commissioned him to retrace the footsteps of his youth to capture the fashion moment. The resulting portfolio, Berlin, Berlin!, inspired the title of the exhibition which celebrates 20 years of the Helmut Newton Foundation. This collection includes Newton's most iconic Berlin images, as well as many unknown shots from the 1930s to the 2000s: nightcrawlers in uber-cool clubs and restaurants, nude portraits in the boarding houses he knew from his youth, and the Berlin film scene, featuring Hanna Schygulla and Wim Wenders at the Berlin Wall, John Malkovich and David Bowie. In October 2003, only months before his death, Newton moved large parts of his archive to his new foundation, housed in the Museum of Photography beside the Zoologischer Garten station--the very station from which he fled Berlin in the winter of 1938. This publication thus closes a circle in the story of his extraordinary life and work.
Yumna Al-Arashi: Aisha
A stirring love letter to the artist's great-grandmother, Aisha, and a visual and poetic homage to an elderly generation of women across the Middle East and Northern Africa-- the very matriarchies Al-Arashi descends fromThis is the first artist's book of Yemeni-Egyptian American photographer and filmmaker Yumna Al-Arashi (born 1988). Inspired by Al-Arashi's great-grandmother, Aisha, the book is a homage to the lineage of women from the many-layered landscapes of the MENA region. Searching for an understanding of the tattoos that graced her great-grandmother's body, Al-Arashi embraces the complexities of a symbolic matriarchal tradition. Unable to visit one of her places of origin, the war-stricken Yemen, Al-Arashi traveled through Northern Africa, where she met and photographed a diverse group of women belonging more or less to the same generation. By refusing the violence of selection and definition surrounding women's practices, Al-Arashi publishes every single photograph from her journey in this 392 page monograph, moving the work into an ethereal cinematic celebration.Aisha includes Al-Arashi's prose and poetry in which she reflects on memories of her great-grandmother. In her genre-stretching texts, Al-Arashi also speaks on colonial archives, intergenerational storytelling and the complexities of transnational female Arab identity in patriarchal, capitalist and imperialist societies.
Hidden Landmarks of New York
Discover dozens of underappreciated landmarks and the stories behind them in this unique history on New York City, written and photographed by Landmarks of NY creator, Tommy Silk. New York is a city of landmarks - more than 37,000 of them. Visitors and New Yorkers walk by hundreds of these landmarks daily, often never knowing the rich history behind each of these buildings. One of these New Yorkers, Tommy Silk, has been photographing and chronicling a landmarked building every day for the last five years on his Instagram account, Landmarks of NY. In Hidden Landmarks of New York, Silk uncovers 120 of the city's oldest, most unique, and often relatively unknown landmarks and the hidden history behind them. Whether it's an African Graveyard a stone's throw from City Hall; the Truman Capote house in Brooklyn Heights that he claimed to own (but actually just rented a room there for years); or 4 Gramercy Park West, the Greek Revival-style townhouse that is rumored to be the home of Stuart Little; each entry includes a picture of the landmark with a short, informative description of its history and its past (often well-known) inhabitants. With 120 photographs beautifully designed in a portable book, it's perfect for armchair perusal or to stash in your backpack while wandering around the city.
Gray Malin: Dogs
In Gray Malin: Dogs, the New York Times bestselling author and fine-art photographer captures the world's chicest canines in a delightfully playful series of photographs In this handsome coffee table book, Gray Malin captures the adorable, the pampered, the well-dressed, and the glamorous pooches from Beverly Hills to London to New York City to Paris. With poodles sunbathing in Palm Beach to Bernese mountain dogs perfectly perched on Aspen chairlifts, this book is filled with whimsical joy and the universal love of dogs Ready for gifting, displaying, and leafing through, this never-before-published collection includes stunning images from the following stylish locations: * Beverly Hills Hotel* New York City* Aspen* The Parker Hotel* Nantucket* Palm Beach* San Diego* Paris* London* Boston* Santa Barbara
Idaho: Discover the Gem State
With stunning photography by Mark Lisk on every page, this coffee-table treasure will transport you on a visual journey through the wonders of Idaho A graduate of Brooks Institute of Photographic Arts, Mark Lisk is a prolific photographer whose photos highlight the state's most beautiful spots and famous natural landmarks. Idaho: Discover the Gem State, reimagined in a slightly smaller package, is a must-own for everyone in love with Idaho.
Hong Kong Shifts
From sampan ladies and bamboo scaffolders to street cleaners, fishermen, security guards and market vendors - these workers form the backbone of the fast-paced metropolis of Hong Kong, yet they are often overlooked or taken for granted. Looking beyond the glamorous harborfront, neon-lit downtown and dramatic skyline, Hong Kong Shifts explores the back alleys to meet and learn from the individuals who work tirelessly to keep the city ticking. These are stories and portraits of resilience, wisdom, positivity and strength from the streets of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Shifts is a social impact storytelling platform with a mission to promote kindness, empathy and connection in our living and working environments. At the core of our project is the belief that storytelling is a powerful tool to engage, move and inspire - and, ultimately, to build bridges between diverse communities in the city that we call home.
Canadian Photographs
"Splendid. This monumentally intimate collection journeys into the diverse soul of the nation. Moments of wit and affection contrast with an austere and formal observation of the human desire to settle, celebrate, and survive. A joyous and inspired book full of moments that are oddly resonant and deeply moving."--Atom Egoyan A subversive look at the liminal locations and transitional moments that make up the Canadian unconscious and the Not-So-True North. In this unvarnished look at Canada, renowned photographer Geoffrey James directs his gaze to the in-between spaces and forgotten places that resist the idea of a cohesive national identity. With an equable eye, James documents the ephemeral and the monumental: a demolition derby in Quebec, how an inmate at Kingston Penitentiary has decorated his cell, the Dickensian side door of Massey Hall in Toronto. The photographs in this collection celebrate the everyday while meditating on the issues James's adopted home faces: the bifurcation of rural and urban, rapid growth and increasing inequality, and its journey toward truth and reconciliation. Linked by views taken from train windows from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, James's unofficial portrait of Canada brings into sharp relief the unfinished business of the nation as it lurches into the next century. Canadian Photographs includes a conversation between the photographer and Peter Galassi, former Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art.
Crossing
Sal Taylor Kydd's book of photographs and poetry, Crossing, takes us on a meditative journey, exploring the islands of the coast of Maine in Penobscot Bay. Through her delicate vignettes, she explores how the history of these islands lives on in the land and in the remnants of what we leave behind, noting how our sense of what has gone before, is intensified and palpable in these isolated settings.
Coastal Worlds
Coastal worlds are variable, rich spaces and places of cultural heritage, leisure and development. In this book we offer a glimpse into anthropological research on coastal and intangible cultural heritage in four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Lamu (Kenya) and Seychelles. The book shares the voices and images of people encountered between 2022-2024. Rosabelle Boswell composed the text and poetry in the book. For her, island and coastal places, offer a poetics and politics that recognizes transmaterial and decolonial relations with the sea. Cultural heritage finds expression in tattoos, boats, food and art. These complex layers of human relations with the sea are sensitively articulated by graphic artist and designer, Rebecca Hayter, fellow anthropologist, Jessica Thornton and photographers: Francois du Plessis and Laetitia Bosch.
Casinoland - Tired of Winning
A satirical look at the US American casino cultureCasinoland - Tired of Winning is the result of a thirty year long photography project in which Michael Rababy documents US American gambling culture. Rows of shrill slot machines, glowing billboards, and gaudy splendor appear alongside exhausted faces, tired looks, and lost games. Rababy's realistic camera view scrutinizes the glamorous appearance of the gleaming gambling halls and exposes their mendacious promises of wealth. The series focuses more on the casino as a capitalist institution as a whole than on the individual gamblers. Michael Rababy is a Lebanese-American documentary photographer, who deals frequently with US American culture and society in his work. He works as a freelance photographer and has photographed for numerous media companies. Casinoland - Tired of Winning is his fourth book project.
Dry Tortugas
Rare photographsthat capture the beauty of a unique ecological treasure Animmersive journey into the stunning beauty, rich biodiversity, and fragileecosystems of Dry Tortugas National Park, this book combines captivating photographswith insightful narratives to highlight a remote archipelago that has profoundecological significance. Accessible only by seaplane or boat, located70 miles west of Key West and part of UNESCO's World Networkof Biosphere Reserves, the park includes seven enchanting islands and--with 99percent of the park being underwater--a treasure trove of marine life. Throughthe lens of conservation photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro, readers will discoverlush seagrass beds, vibrant coral reefs, and mesmerizing turquoise waters thatare difficult for the public to visit. The book's nearly 200 color images areaccompanied by essays by Sarah Fangman, Cori Convertito, Curtis Hall, and NancyKlingener, individuals with intimate knowledge of the park who explore its history, culture, and environment. They elucidate the complex relationships betweennature and humanity that have long existed in the Dry Tortugas and emphasizethe importance of preserving both historic structures such as Fort Jefferson onGarden Key and the undisturbed habitats that allow countless wildlife speciesto flourish. Fromgraceful green sea turtles and magnificent frigatebirds to intricate coralformations and spectacular starry skies, the photographs in Dry Tortugasinspire awe and appreciation for an environmental sanctuary that serves as abaseline for Florida Keys ecology during a time of accelerating climate change forthe planet. Educational and emotionally resonant, this book is a powerfultestament to the park's allure and its incredibly special natural wonders. Funding for this publication wasprovided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily representthose of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Beyond Fear
A diagnosis of cancer may be one of the most difficult pieces of news anyone could hear. From one moment to the next, life-changing. The beginning of a long journey whose destination cannot be predicted. While the stages of treatment may be similar for many patients, each person's response will be different. Cancer infiltrates, not just bone and tissue, but the entire lives of patients and their families. Caroline Seymour's photographs bear witness to what had to be endured by their subjects. Challenging though some of them may be, the position of an onlooker is a privileged one. The intention is not to sensationalise, but to show the beauty in these primal wounds within this most human and desperate of situations, as well as the skill, dedication and compassion of the doctors attempting to heal them. The photographs are juxtaposed with details of paintings and sculpture from UK national collections which place the work within a broader context. The religious references are not incidental; they are significant in that they emphasise both the humanity of the patients and their suffering. These photographs celebrate the beauty of the human body, of the art of surgery, of the care given by the surgeons to cure a deadly disease. They are testament to the courage and integrity of all involved.
Webb's Universe
The definitive and most up-to-date book on the James Webb Space Telescope, including its stunning images, written by pioneering space expert Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock With mind-blowingly detailed images from the world's most powerful telescope, Webb's Universe reveals the depths of our cosmos in all its jaw-dropping beauty. The first stunningly clear images of the very depths of the universe using James Webb's groundbreaking infrared technology were released in July 2022, forever changing the way we see and understand the origins of our existence. From the never-before-seen bright stars surrounding the cosmic cliffs of the Carina Nebula to the intricate details of dying stars to the first detection of a crucial carbon molecule, which forms the foundations of life as we know it, Webb continues to amaze us and inform us in equal measure. Bringing her passion as well as her expert knowledge of space and Webb in particular, Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock demystifies these stunning images and breaks down the essential science behind each picture, explaining what we're seeing and learning from the world's most powerful space telescope.
Consuelo Kanaga
Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) was one of the pioneers of modern American photography. Beginning her career in 1915 as a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kanaga quickly became a highly skilled darkroom technician, developing a distinctly artistic aesthetic style inspired by the photography of Alfred Stieglitz. Over the next six decades, she produced beautifully composed images over a wide range of subjects, characterized by an abiding interest in the social conflicts of her time, including urban poverty, workers' rights, racial segregation, and prevailing inequality. She became especially known for her emotional and introspective portraits of African Americans, which combined modernist formal technique and radical documentary commentary.Featuring two hundred photographs from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, this substantial new appraisal of Consuelo Kanaga's work establishes her place as one of America's most vital twentieth-century photographers.Published to accompany a major touring exhibition from 2024-2026 at Fundaci籀n MAPFRE, Barcelona; Fundaci籀n MAPFRE, Madrid; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Anastasia Samoylova
Anastasia Samoylova is one of the most dynamic image makers of our time, using her mastery of color and formal dynamics to explore issues of climate change, consumerism, and the overdevelopment of twenty-first-century cities. Russian-born and now a resident of Florida, Samoylova moves between observational photography and studio practice, creating imagery that is absolutely "of the moment" but also drawing from influences including the Russian avant-garde, cubism, pop art, and the postmodern interest in the blurred lines between image and reality. Across the last decade, Samoylova has assembled a global vision at once sublimely beautiful and incisive in its assessment of the challenges we face.Samoylova's previous publications, including FloodZone, Floridas, and Image Cities, have each focused on a single project. Anastasia Samoylova, edited by longtime creative collaborator David Campany, presents her career to date across six project-centered chapters and an overview of her visual language that, with ever-present intelligent humor, both seduces and gently provokes the viewer in equal measure.Supported by texts by writer and critic Lucy Sante and Met curator Mia Fineman, this first career retrospective introduces a rising star in photography to a popular, global audience.
Faces of Punk
FACES OF PUNK is a photo-gallery, a collection of standouts from more than 15 years of interviewing and photographing radicalized youth on both sides of the Atlantic. If it is a "political statement," its politics are those of inclusion, of universality. Anthropologist and journalist Peter J. Nebergall, PhD, author of HARD CORE: MARGINALIZED BY CHOICE, VIOLENT SOCIETIES, SHEHARAZADE, THE COLOR OF HIS COAT, GUERRILLA ANTHROPOLOGY, LOST AND FOUND, FROM PICTOGRAPHIC TO COMPUGRAPHIC, and OUTERLOPER, has assembled an all- color collection of images that highlight Punk humanity. These are not radical fire-breathers. These are not dangerous subversives, or criminals, or pedophiles, and your grandchildren are quite safe. So is your wallet. Come have a look. What jumps out is not strangeness (what is "strangeness," in the days of Enron?) but humanity. That is something we all need to remember.
Pillar to Post
Pillar to Post focuses on the vibrant and resilient Traveller and Gypsy communities across the UK and Ireland. Wright was first drawn to photograph this community after hearing about a relative who was from Irish Traveller heritage but denounced her heritage and past when she married. Wright wanted to learn more and was shocked by the open prejudice towards this community, wanting to tell the real story of the people he met and counter the misrepresentative media portrayal.
To the Ends of the Earth
The photographs in To the Ends of The Earth span 12-years and depict the underrepresented and often unseen dynamics of the relationships between a lesbian, her straight mother, and her girlfriend. Jeanette Spicer initially began the project in 2012 when working towards her thesis and was interested in the boundaries and rules--particularly from a western perspective--of the interactions between children and their adult parents. She began to stage photographs and videos interacting with her mother in strange, intimate, disturbing and sometimes humoros ways. A few years later, it became clear to her that she was a lesbian, inspiring her to make the work from another perspective. Spicer felt that visual representations of lesbians interacting with straight parents were missing and she wanted to show what this relationship could look like.
Marilyn Monroe
- Featuring over 100 color and black-and-white photographs, including some newly discovered and restored- Includes a new introduction by Michael Arnold, Eve's grandson and one of the trustees of the Arnold estate and archive- Foreword by Anjelica Huston- Biography of Marilyn Monroe by Eve ArnoldWhen they met at a party in the early 1950s, Marilyn Monroe remarked to Eve Arnold that she'd seen the photographer's images of Marlene Dietrich. 'If you could do that well with Marlene, ' Monroe said, 'can you imagine what you could do with me?' A star in her day and one that continues to captivate the world, Monroe's multifaceted persona is brilliantly captured through Arnold's lens in this revised and redesigned edition of the 1987 publication, Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation. Including newly discovered and restored photographs in color and in black and white, alongside insightful commentary, Eve Arnold takes us on a photographic journey of Monroe's life. A detailed biography in Arnold's own words allows a rare glimpse into the stories behind the photographs and her unique relationship with Monroe. As these two female artists come together in the creation of this stunning photographic collection, an important historical testimonial has been actualized, showing women striving in a male-oriented world and succeeding in reaching the top of their game.
Beloved Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has brought about a newfound curiosity and interest in a country that is often misunderstood. Beloved Ukraine offers a glimpse into this country before the recent conflict, as captured through the lens of National Geographic Society photographer, Paul Chesley, over the course of several years. Beloved Ukraine is a tribute to this enigmatic country and its people.
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa and the Clothes She Wears is a celebration of the superstar's biggest fashion moments. Written by fashion journalist Scarlett Conlon, this latest addition to the bestselling series is a must-have for fans and fashionistas. Dua Lipa has enjoyed a sensational rise to the peak of pop stardom. Her infectious disco-influenced hits have scored billions of plays on Spotify - yes, billions! - and her sharp fashion choices have turned heads across the entertainment industry making her an international style icon. Born in London, Dua was tenacious in her pursuit of musical success, kickstarting her career by posting chart-topping covers to YouTube in her late-teens. By her early twenties, she had already won an armful of awards, including BRITs and Grammys. It wasn't long before the fashion industry took note. Now a regular on the covers of American Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle Magazine, and recently Time Magazine as one of its most influential people of 2024, she has collaborated with Donatella Versace on her own collection and was asked by Anna Wintour to be a co-host of the annual Met Gala in 2023. The same year, her soundtrack to Barbie, her acting debut in the film, and her subsequent red-carpet appearances won her a new legion of new followers around the world while her headlining Glastonbury set in 2024 sealed her place as one of the world's most celebrated hitmakers and style icons. "A true style icon is not just someone who dresses well, but someone who exudes personality, charisma, and authenticity with it," says author Scarlett Conlon. "Dua Lipa is a definitive example of this; she's a self-made superstar whose authentic approach to everything, from her music and philanthropic endeavors, shines - and that is no better reflected than in the clothes she wears. She has been a prolific presence in the music and fashion industry over the last few years, from working with top fashion houses to championing rising stars. Delving into her collaborations, style signatures, and standout looks for this celebration of her style revealed the true extent of her role-model status."
Graveyard Art & Symbolism
A fascinating look at the pre-twentieth century grave markers and the symbolism which adorn them. Fully illustrated.
Many Faces at the Rec.
Crammed packed with photos from the Princess May Recreation Ground a.k.a, the Rec., since 2020. The cover is an insight to what and how the pictures are included inside. I am surprised that it took me couple of years before I stepped into the Rec., but after I did, it was a go to place for walks and talks. Many visits and pass through, with n eye for documentation of changes, difference and beauty. My life's relationship with the Rec. started with dog walks, walking with Kes, and many of those we had. The book features Kes alot, because of her I took photos. So, looking at the photos it appeared that so much changes has taken place in the grounds. Thanks to Jean Andrews, lady luck touch came upon the Rec. The ground may have been named after the Princess, but it is "Queen Jean" who has added the beauty and splendour in the grounds, with those colourful and vibrant plants, and her silver hair. Both Mr Durrant and Jean have invested their heart, time and love for the Rec., and you will find them in the morning, doing their thing.
A Little Book of Contemplations
Our perspective on life can be a liberation or a prison. It can cause us anxiety, stress or depression in us, or it can support us in our wish to live a fulfilling and settled life. An exquisite jewel of a book, Living a Settled Life, takes us on an inner journey to a settled life. The beautiful book contains 40 short contemplations written by Marion Verweij from some of her own contemplations with the quality of peace. Together with meditative photos she has taken in nature, it gives a feeling of stillness. It helps us to slow down, take time and reflect on ourselves and life. Join others to use contemplations to help improve themselves and the world around them. Those who are searching to find the strength and calmness of peace within. Adopt this daily process of locating yourself in a still and settled place and find out how much better you can engage in the kaleidoscopic ups and downs living can present. Take a pause in your day to contemplate, reflect and open new perspectives to enrich your life.
Epicly Later'd
The best of the celebrated blog Epicly Later'd, Patrick O'Dell's intimate photo-diary dedicated to documenting the adventure and mayhem of the 2000s NYC skate/music/downtown scene.In 2004, well before the advent of social media as a global phenomenon, photographer Patrick O'Dell launched the celebrated blog Epicly Later'd. Dedicated to documenting the adventure and mayhem of the NYC skate/music/downtown scene, the site distinguished itself with its offhand wit, its irreverent cast of characters, and an intimate photo-diary format years ahead of its time. Nearly two decades later, the impact of O'Dell's work can be appreciated in full: its influence is now apparent across photo, art, and skate culture, and the original photographs still astonish. Compiled by O'Dell and editor Jesse Pearson, Epicly Later'd collects the best of the blog into a body of work that's evocative, funny, and wildly compelling."Wayward youth and joy and oblivion--here are all the moments I remember and many that I don't! Patrick's exacting eye for the fractured beauty in our shared chaos captured it all." - Chlo禱 Sevigny
Lost in France
A book of instragrams taken by John Armstrong-Millar on his travels around South West France
