Wild Land
Spanning seven continents, Wild Land: A Journey into the Earth's Last Wilds showcases a unique journey to document and protect the last untouched expanses of wilderness. In more than two hundred awe-inspiring images, renowned wildlife photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford portray the epic visual story of some of the most remote and pristine places on the planet, from Africa's savannahs to Tibet's highest peaks, Alaska's expansive system of rivers and lakes, to the Antarctic Ocean.This book about wild land and wildlife is also the fascinating tale of the Pickfords' own adventures once they chose to devote their lives to the search for untouched wilderness areas. And most of all, this unique book also expresses the timely and urgent message to protect wilderness areas for future generations and for the future of our planet.
The Collective
Step into the world of The Collective, a visually striking compilation of photographs by C. D. Autry. This beautifully designed 42-page, full-color photobook captures a diverse range of subjects-architectural details, expressive portraits, vibrant florals, and intimate personal moments-all carefully woven together to reflect the photographer's unique perspective.With its generous 11x8.5" landscape format, The Collective invites readers to slow down and immerse themselves in images that balance artistry with authenticity. Each page offers a glimpse into Autry's evolving creative journey, presenting familiar scenes with fresh eyes and elevating the everyday into the extraordinary.Whether admired as a coffee table centerpiece or savored as a personal keepsake, The Collective is more than a collection of photographs-it is a meditation on observation, memory, and the beauty found in both people and place.
The Waves Between
Introducing the eagerly awaited new edition of our beloved book, now presented in a bigger, bolder format.This enhanced release seamlessly blends the cherished content of the original edition with an array of compelling new works, creating a captivating literary experience. The larger format not only provides a visually striking presentation but also offers a more immersive reading experience for both long time enthusiasts and newcomers alike.Dive into the pages of this expanded edition, where familiar favorites intertwine with fresh perspectives, resulting in a dynamic collection that promises to captivate and inspire. James Midwinter's work isn't necessarily about the act of surfing, but the time and space around it. It seeks to suggest rather than dictate. Midwinter attempts to conjure a sense of place and evoke an individual response. The viewer is invited to submit to the scene and step away from the distractions of modern life - observe, breath in and imagine themselves in this space, enveloped by the sounds of the rolling sea or the cool stillness.Midwinter says "I think the aim of my photography is to not only show the world how I see it, but also invite the viewer to hopefully begin experiencing the world differently.. taking time to absorb small moments, the way the sand forms, the way it feels under their feet and the way the air moves around them when they're at the coast"Midwinter's work aims to show us that surfing is a way to intensely be at one with nature and the book is a reflection of this philosophy, a communion with nature, often free from other aspects of human life. Waiting for a wave is a meditation.
Body Copy
Body Copy is a photo-text series exploring the performance of queer masculinities in digital culture.From a data set of one thousand lines of found text collected from male same-sex hook-up sites, Moreno chose over forty adverts and attempted to create 'ideal' responses through self-portrait. Acting as stylist, set decorator, subject and photographer, each image was made on a shoe-string budget in a corner of the artist's flat. Moreno is in recovery from body dysmorphic and eating disorders, and the project began as a means of addressing the crisis of being photographed and of seeing themselves. Moving beyond the psychotherapeutic, the series explores how queer masculinities are unstable constructions, rooted in material and digital cultures and inextricably linked to the interests of neoliberalism.
Natural Wonders
Get an up-close look at the world's most arresting landscapes and natural phenomena in this monumental photography collection from celebrated photographer Nathan Myhrvold. This beautiful, gift-worthy collection celebrates the beauty of our world in incredible color and detail. These images capture extraordinary places and remarkable moments with panoramic views of desert landscapes, star trails, icy fjords, and rushing waterfalls, along with the intricate symmetry of a snowflake, the power of a lightning storm, and the patterns made by rolling wheat fields. Using custom-built cameras and the latest technology, this groundbreaking collection of photographs spans the globe, from vineyards in Italy and the cliff faces of the Grand Canyon to glaciers and black sand beaches in Iceland, revealing natural phenomena, including: The majestic volcanoes of IcelandThe crystalline patterns of snowflake just before it meltsThe brilliance of red sprites, an astronomical wonderThe intimidating skies before a tornadoThe fascinating colors of the Milky WayThe radiating splendor of an unobstructed sunsetNatural Wonders is the perfect gift for nature lovers, photography enthusiasts, coffee book collectors, and anyone who dreams of faraway places.
Aviary
Aviary presents the work of more than fifty internationally recognized photographers who explore our complex relationship with birds, questioning how we observe them and respond to their presence--and vice versa. Rather than being organized by field of study or species, Aviary surveys the symbiotic relationship between animals and humans through six thematic chapters imagined as "Acts" in a theatrical pageant.Photographs of birds feature rarely in the early decades of photography: birds were too fast to be captured in flight and could not be depicted in color, limitations that took many years to rectify. Today, however, with superb technical means at their disposal, photographers have taken to the subject with great enthusiasm, inspired by our everincreasing understanding and appreciation of avian complexity. Taking an eclectic curatorial approach, authors Dana矇 Panchaud and William A. Ewing weave together photography from the diverse fields of art, documentary, fashion, portraiture, ornithology, and wildlife photography into six "Acts" that propose intriguing new dialogues and visual theater between these different modes of photographic expression. Aviary features over two hundred photographs from leading image-makers including Leila Jeffreys, Sarah Moon, Roger Ballen, Vik Muniz, Tim Flach, Viviane Sassen, Robert Clark, and Nadav Kander, among many others.An essential, visual study of the relationship--beautiful, complex, and occasionally dark--between humans and birds.
Rodney Smith
Mixing 20th-century glamour with surrealist humor and a touch of whimsy, Smith's photographs are fantastical impulses come to lifeAmerican fashion and portrait photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016) creates a supreme, sublime balance between illusion and reality: women in couture dresses balancing on tightropes, dapper gentlemen seated with cardboard boxes over their heads and optical illusions make up his playfully contradictory oeuvre.
Meet Cutes NYC
"Excuse me, are you two a couple?" From the creators of @meetcutesnyc, this stunning new book--beautifully photographed and written--captures true stories of love and connection as told on the streets of NYC. Meet Cutes NYC is a breathtaking collection of 85 stories--a mix of new and fan favorites--alongside beautiful portraits of the couples, photographed exclusively for the book. Each interview opens the same way, "Excuse me, are you two a couple?" Followed by, "Can you tell us the story of how you met?" But the stories are each unique--like Chris and Clay, who met while auditioning for West Side Story (they both got it). And Joe and Liza, who met in a hardware store--while Liza was with her boyfriend at the time. There are stories of couples who met on public transportation, at a party, through friends, at work, at church--you truly never know where you might find love. There are also stories of second chances--like Mike and Karen--who met in college, broke up, and then bumped into each other again two years later; they fell into a kiss and have been married for 37 years. Beyond how they met, couples share their partner's favorite traits, what they love to do together, and how they make their relationships work. Meet Cutes NYC is a celebration of modern-day love connections--across all ages, genders, and backgrounds. The book is a refreshing dose of real love stories, from real people, in a gorgeous package.
Barcelona Dreaming
Step into the heart of Barcelona with photographer Peter Jonker in Barcelona Dreaming, a new collection of photographs of one of Spain's most vibrant cities.Through stunning images that evoke the warmth and effervescence of Barcelona, Jonker takes the reader beyond the surface and into the soul of the city. Readers are invited to explore the city's architectural masterpieces like the Barcelona Cathedral and Antoni Gaud穩's Sagrada Familia, the winding alleys of the Gothic Quarter, and the peaceful waterfront along the Mediterranean coast, as well as lesser-known corners of the city that are equally captivating.Featuring stunning shots that capture the magic of this iconic city, Barcelona Dreaming is a must-have for anyone who is drawn to this unforgettable city for its spirited passion, its bohemian vibe, or its architectural grandeur.
Bryan Adams: #Shotbyadams
Almost 200 new celebrity portraits by Bryan Adams in his decisive, direct and vital style, with famous sitters running the gamut from Rod Stewart to the Dalai LamaAward-winning British Canadian musician Bryan Adams (born 1959) has made an equally prolific name for himself in photography since the start of the new millennium. From his official portrait of Queen Elizabeth during her Golden Jubilee to his candid snap of Amy Winehouse later used for her posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, Adams' images of models, musicians, actors, politicians and even royalty reveal a sense of their true selves beyond their public personas. Following the release of Exposed, published by Steidl in 2012, #shotbyadams collects nearly 200 new portraits from the past decade, featuring instantly recognizable figures such as Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Naomi Campbell, Pamela Anderson and more. Forewords by Giorgio Armani and Boy George offer us insight into Adams' photographic approach and of the experience it is to be "shot by Adams."
America the Abandoned
Peer into the mysterious world of abandoned homes across the United States with this fascinating photography book--a visual exploration of what makes up a life, and what we leave in our wake. Photographer Bryan Sansivero has been uncovering abandoned homes for more than a decade, traveling across the country to capture them on film before they crumble completely, never sure of what he might find. Sansivero documents the inhabitants' everyday living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms just as he found them, showcasing their unique furniture, clothing, books, appliances, toys, artwork, and other personal items, which often appear as if the owners were just there a moment ago. The stories of the former tenants remain mostly unknown, but the images are haunting time capsules, and a reminder that everything we own is temporary, and eventually will be left behind or forgotten. There is an element of mystery and eeriness that this imagery evokes. In addition to those who are entranced by beautiful coffee table books, America the Abandoned will entice those who love horror films and books--from Stranger Things to The Shining.
100 Photos That Changed the World
One hundred photographs. One unforgettable journey through history. This remarkable book presents 100 of the most powerful images ever captured, tracing two centuries of global history through the lens of photography. From the opening of King Tut's tomb to the Wright brothers' first flight, from the devastation of Nagasaki to the first footsteps on the Moon, each photograph freezes a moment that shaped collective memory. Taken by legendary photographers or anonymous witnesses of their time, the images are presented in chronological order and accompanied by insightful commentary. A striking, emotional, and visually rich volume--this updated edition of a bestselling classic brings history into sharp focus for today's readers. A visual journey through modern history: 100 iconic photographs capturing world-changing moments across two centuries Emotionally powerful and deeply moving: Images that capture war, discovery, protest, hope, and human resilience In-depth commentary for every image: Detailed texts explain historical context, significance, and the photographer's intent Carefully curated selection: A balance of world-famous photographs and lesser-known but equally compelling images presented in chronological order A standout coffee-table volume: Visually striking, authoritative, and timeless -- perfect for history lovers, photography enthusiasts, and gift buyers alike
Helmut Newton: One-Off
A stunning reproduction of a unique album of Helmut Newton's iconic photographs, including many previously unseen images German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton is one of the world's most iconic fashion photographers. Inspired by Expressionist cinema, film noir, and surrealism, Newton was a prolific image-maker and visionary whose daring work helped shape modern photography and visual art.In 1999, along with friend and collector Gert Elfering, Newton compiled a 'One-off' photographic album of his boundary-pushing work. Helmut Newton: One-off reproduces this album in full, faithful the album's original size, as an exquisite reproduction, allowing readers to experience this remarkable object and to marvel at Newton's artistic process and ingenuity.The stunning album comprises more than 100 photographs - 8 unique Polaroids, 16 chromogenic prints, and 79 gelatin silver prints - each accompanied by Newton's handwritten pencil annotation. Along with the album itself, the book includes a foreword by Philippe Garner, photography specialist and Vice President of the Helmut Newton Foundation, as well as an insightful interview between Matthias Harder, Director of the Helmut Newton Foundation, and Gert Elfering, together offering an immersive glimpse into Newton's creative process.
Golf - The Ultimate Book
Golf is more than just a sport - it's a lifestyle. The revised edition of the successful illustrated book "Golf - The Ultimate Book" offers a unique insight into the fascinating world of golf. With spectacular photos and exciting stories, this book presents the most legendary players, most prestigious competitions and most impressive golf courses. The new edition, with eight additional pages, expands on the first volume from 2019 with even more exclusive resorts, prominent golfers and a special chapter on women in golf.An estimated 60 million people worldwide play golf, and the sport has long since shed its elitist reputation. More and more young people, regardless of gender and age, are spending their time on the golf course. It is the perfect combination of social interaction, sporting competition and an active life in beautiful natural surroundings - usually without the usual time pressure.Thanks in no small part to the discipline's return at the 2016 Olympic Games and the popularity of superstars such as Tiger Woods and celebrities like Justin Timberlake and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the sport has lost its outdated image. But even today, golf remains a symbol of style, elegance and sophistication."Golf - The Ultimate Book" not only presents historic golf clubs such as the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, but also breathtaking new golf destinations worldwide - from alpine golf courses to resorts on picturesque beaches. In addition to the best golf courses and resorts, the book also provides insights into the stories of prominent players, cheats and fascinating personalities from the world of golf.An absolute highlight of this edition is the chapter on women in golf, which recognizes the growing role of women in the sport and celebrates their extraordinary successes.Bestselling author Stefan Maiwald provides exciting stories and editor Peter Feierabend provides the atmospheric photographs that make this work a unique experience
Todd Webb: Paris: A Love Story
Remarkable images of postwar Paris from one of the major American photographic documentariansAfter working as a war photographer during World War II, American photographer Todd Webb (1905-2000) decided to make his career in the profession. After several years photographing New York City--socializing with Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Berenice Abbott and Minor White--he moved to Paris in the late 1940s and made his first negatives with an 8?10 camera. He quickly found himself having the time of his life--mingling with other artists such as Gordon Parks, Man Ray and Brassa簿. In his journal, Webb often worried about money and whether he could make it in Paris, but he persevered. This publication includes never-before-published excerpts from Webb's journals and showcases the pictures Webb shot from 1948 to 1952 as he, inspired in part by the work of Eug癡ne Atget, took to the streets to make a personal, beautiful and lasting record of postwar Paris.
Mark Cohen
This bold and vibrant volume celebrates the analog color work of one of America's greatest street photographers. Gritty and unflinching, the photographs of Mark Cohen depict raw, fragmented details of urban life in vivid color. One of the best photographers of his generation, Cohen started out in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in the mid-1960s. His work often focuses on details or isolated body parts rather than conventional portraits. This volume--brilliantly edited and captioned by photographic historian Phillip Prodger-- showcases fifty years of Cohen's work. Luminous full-page images, printed in gorgeous color and enhanced by a spot varnish, allow readers to appreciate how Cohen used powerful contrasts and rich hues to capture raw emotions and fleeting moments with striking clarity. With the renewed interest in early analog color photography, Mark Cohen's work stands out for its intrepid chromaticity, unconventional compositions, and gift for conveying the essence of his subjects and environments with intimacy and authenticity.
David Wojnarowicz: Arthur Rimbaud in New York
One of David Wojnarowicz's few incursions into photography is a testimony of urban, social and political change in New York in the late 1970sIn 1978 and 1979, David Wojnarowicz took a series of photographs of a man wearing a paper mask bearing the visage of Arthur Rimbaud, the French poet equally known for his fervid verse and dramatic life. Rimbaud was the instantiation, and perhaps the inventor, of the idea of the young gay hustler of genius.Presenting a selection of photographs by Wojnarowicz, this amply illustrated volume features an introductory essay by Antonio Sergio Bessa contextualizing the series within a foundation of other works across literature, photography and performance. Nicholas Martin explores Wojnarowicz's practice in the context of the rise of the punk movement in downtown Manhattan in the late 1970s. Craig Dworkin explores Rimbaud's years as a runaway youth in Paris during the Commune, and his acquaintances with the city's bohemia. Marguerite Van Cook contributes an essay about her experiences with the London and New York music and art scenes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Phillip Aarons offers a personal account of his engagement as a collector of Wojnarowicz's work. The book also features an interview with photographer Allen Frame, who produced several performances of Wojnarowicz's monologues in the early 1980s in New York's Lower East Side, Berlin and Brooklyn.Painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter and activist David Wojnarowicz was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1954 and died from AIDS-related illness in New York in 1992. He authored a few books, most famously Close to the Knives. Wojnarowicz attained national prominence as a writer and advocate for AIDS awareness and for his stance against censorship.
Roman Burda: Mions穩 Panoramatic
Across two volumes housed in an elegant slipcase, Burda captures the natural, untamed beauty of Czechia's Mions穩 forestFollowing in the footsteps of Josef Sudek, Czech photographer Roman Burda (born 1966) captures the unbridled splendor of the Mions穩 "primeval forest" in a series of majestic black-and-white photographs across two volumes--one vertical, one horizontal--in a slipcase.
Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection
Encounters with extraordinary photographs, from the very beginnings of the medium to the present dayHighlighting a selection of extraordinary photographs spanning more than a century of the medium's history, Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection presents images that transport viewers across space and time. Reflecting a multitude of styles, approaches, and processes, the works in Time Travelers date from photography's earliest years to our present moment. Alongside works by artists such as Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Julia Margaret Cameron, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Hiro, Robert Mapplethorpe, L獺szl籀 Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, Cindy Sherman and Edward Steichen, the publication also features vernacular photographs, including personal snapshots and press images.Time Travelers is published in celebration of a major gift made in memory of Gayle Greenhill, a longtime member of the Committee on Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Inviting readers into an extended contemplation of the images, the publication pairs each work with a text--including five scholarly essays and 10 one-page reflections--that illuminates the specific ideas, processes, and circumstances that shaped it. Time Travelers offers encounters with people, things and events from outside our own place and time, in the spirit of photographer Emmet Gowin's avowal: "For me, pictures provide a means of holding, intensely, a moment of communication between one human and another."
Prospect Park
Spanning 45 years of Jamel Shabazz's photography in Prospect Park, this gorgeous and meditative volume captures the heart and soul of Brooklyn through one of its most cherished spaces. Known for his iconic NYC street photography documenting the city's African American community, Jamel Shabazz first gained widespread acclaim with his books Back in the Days and A Time Before Crack, renowned for their vivid portrayal of 1980s style and culture. However, long before his fame as a photographer, Shabazz served in the military and as a corrections officer for twenty years. After long days at work, he often sought refuge in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, describing it as a place to find inner peace--and, since 1980, he has continued capturing its vibrant spirit. This collection features his signature portraits of locals, from Afro-Caribbean percussionists at Drummer's Grove to multicultural families enjoying moments of quiet reflection. Complementing these human-centered images are lesser-seen landscapes revealing the serene beauty of the park. Together, these photographs underscore its dual role as a bustling cultural hub and a tranquil refuge. Perfect for anyone who cherishes Brooklyn's cultural history, this volume reveals a new and deeply personal side of Shabazzʼs work, offering a compelling portrait of community, resilience, and connection within an urban sanctuary.
Then and Now
Embark on a visual journey through the picturesque landscapes of West Norfolk through the eyes of a key figure in its photographic past, William Edward (W. E.) Daw, an amateur photographer who later turned professional and played a key role in the growth of organised amateur photography in King's Lynn, England."A beautiful celebration of West Norfolk's past and present. W. E. Daw's unique drawings and photographs combine with captivating recent images and snippets of fascinating detail to bring the history of our remarkable region to life. Enriched with Edwards' dedicated research and passion for his family's heritage, this treasure of a book takes local readers on a nostalgic journey of discovery and delight." KL MAGAZINEFrom the charming seaside town of Hunstanton to the historic King's Lynn. Also journey through timeless locations like Sandringham, Castle Rising, Ringstead Downs, West Newton, Hillington, Bawsey, Gaywood, Outwell, and beyond.Key featuresIdeal for those passionate about historical photography and local history, this Kindle edition is an essential guide to the heritage and beauty of West Norfolk: Rare sketches, vintage postcards, and photographs from the late 1800s and early 1900s, alongside modern images.Insightful exploration of the Victorian and Edwardian periods.Contributions from local photographers under Creative Commons.A rich blend of history, photography, and local culture.eBook exclusiveAn inclusive approach allowing all readers, regardless of visual ability, to fully engage with the the digital publication's visual elements.Each art label provides audio descriptions for each photograph, sketch and image consisting of: Short descriptions: concise snapshots of each image.Long descriptions: detailed analysis of the artwork.Additional text extracts for text-rich historical pieces.In the works: bonus content edition. Unpublished photographs, sketches, and royal correspondence, offering a deeper glimpse into West Norfolk's past.
Candid New York
The American entrepreneur George Eastman has been called "the father of the snapshot," bringing photography to the masses with his compact Kodak camera in 1888. But more than a decade earlier, a Connecticut-born inventor devised ingenious hand-held cameras, which he used to record daily life on the streets of New York. As early as 1870, before dry plates were commercially available, George Bradford Brainerd, a civil engineer with the Brooklyn water department, developed photographic plates with more sensitive film emulsions to freeze action which had previously been a blur. Brainerd used the new technology to document the colorful street types he saw as he went about his rounds--fruit peddlers, artisans, musicians, dock workers, newsboys, launderesses, and even beggars--laying the groundwork for photojournalists like Jacob Riis and Louis Hine. But in America in the early 1880s, when Brainerd was active, such documentary or "street photography" was unknown. Candid New York is the first published work on this pioneering American inventor, once hailed as the "father of instantaneous photography."
Musik
The first major book to showcase internationally renowned photographer Bent Rej's seminal photographs of 1960s rock legends, including The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and more. In 1965, as a twenty-five-year-old photographer, Bent Rej was assigned by a Danish newspaper to cover The Rolling Stones' European tour. Rej developed an immediate rapport with the burgeoning British Invasion band, especially with Brian Jones, who became a close friend. As part of the Stones' entourage, he was soon swept into the bustling celebrity underworld of the late '60s London. There, he met and photographed the band's notable peers, gaining unfettered access to the young musicians of the day who would go on to become legends. With a camera always on hand, Rej took some of the most iconic, behind-the-scenes shots of the most influential rock musicians of the era, including: Mick Jagger Keith Richards John Lennon Paul McCartney Roger Daltrey Pete Townshend Ray Davies And many more. Featuring an insightful introduction and over 200 color and black-and-white photographs--both well-known and rare candid images--of the most beloved rock stars of a generation, this deluxe volume is an essential addition to the collections of rock fans, music historians, photography lovers, and devotees of 1960s culture and fashion. Crafted to the dimensions of a record album, it is an irresistible coffee table book any music lover will covet.
Haikus
Albrecht Classen presents here yet another volume of his own poetry, haiku(s), along with a selection of his photos from the Sonoran Desert, Vermont, Germany, and Hawai'i. In fact, the photos served as the inspiration for the haikus, so this volume represents the intimate interaction of image and word to reveal some of the deep secrets in all our existence. The haiku is an intriguing form of poetry, determined by a strict word count (5 - 7 -5) and its focus on nature. Those three lines ask the reader to reflect deeply on the meaning of life as mirrored in the three statements, all closely aligned with each other. The haiku contains a message, and the photo enhances the meaning.
The Domestic Stage
Since the 1990s, fashion imagery has evolved from the aspirational and glamorous into an experimental genre created by interdisciplinary artists, art directors, and photographers. The domestic space or where we live has acquired a key role as an intimate setting for this kind of playful exploration, in which personal stories are told, and fashion shots gain authenticity. Illustrated interviews with or editorials on twenty-two established and newer image-makers offer exceptional insights into this phenomenon. Featured photographers include Corinne Day, Tierney Gearon, Clifford Prince King, and Tina Barney, to name a few.For three decades, the fashion image has shifted its focus from high-end shoots to the idiosyncratic, Instagram-style practice of pictures taken at home. That home may be a house, apartment, or room--often, though not always, the antithesis of glamour and gloss. The Domestic Stage captures this fascination with the home as an "uncurated" setting for presenting an individual's private life and relationships, and for professional commissions with edge. How this space merged with the fashion image is revealed through the words and work of twenty-two such image-makers. They include the pioneering Nigel Shafran; International Magic, who created virtual fashion shows with Martine Rose during the pandemic; and Carrie Mae Weems, whose 2024 Bottega Veneta campaign truly came "home"--to show A$AP Rocky enjoying time with his children. Each contributor's commentary is candid and revealing, their images even more so. The result is a provocative new take on fashion photography and its transformation in recent years.
Astrid Jahnsen: 200 Grams
Jahnsen resituates found photos from a vintage encyclopedia into a meditation on women unintentionally captured in their truthIn 200 Grams, Astrid Jahnsen (born 1974) reexamines historical visual culture through the lens of gender bias. Drawing on archival imagery, the artist reflects on the systematic absence of women in the narrative of knowledge--revealing both the distortion it creates and the quiet, subversive freedom of those who were never fully represented.
V穩ctor M. P矇rez: In the Name of Color and Light
P矇rez's visual storytelling follows an invisible thread guided by color temperature, opening and closing like a theatrical curtain from red to black Following a chromatic chronology, this sequence of images by Spanish self-taught photographer V穩ctor M. P矇rez opens and closes like a theatrical curtain, from red to black. His high-contrast, enigmatic scenes are filled with mystery, a subtle unease and a sense of tension.
Hussain Aga Khan: Marine Encounters
Hussain Aga Khan takes nature lovers on an awe-inspiring journey through the ocean's extraordinary ecosystemsThrough his stunning underwater photography, Hussain Aga Khan (born 1974) captures intimate moments of marine life, from vibrant coral reefs and elusive nudibranchs to majestic sea turtles and powerful whales. His firsthand accounts bring each encounter to life, blending scientific insights with personal reflections on these habitats' fragile beauty and the importance of conserving these ecosystems. Marine Encounters is an inspiring and revealing journey through oceans around the world, sharing enchanting encounters with animals and sea life. It represents a collaboration between Geneva's MSC Foundation and Hussain Aga Khan's charity Focused on Nature, highlighting a shared vision to safeguard marine biodiversity for future generations.
At the Limits of the Gaze
The first English-language collection of Takuma Nakahira's influential writings on photography.At the Limits of the Gaze collects the writings of photographer and critic Takuma Nakahira in English for the first time. A crucial figure within the history of Japanese photography, Nakahira is best known outside of Japan as a founding member of Provoke, the experimental magazine of photographs, essays, and poetry, first published in 1968, and for his important photobook For a Language to Come (1970). Throughout a decades-long career, Nakahira raised incisive questions about visual culture and politics in both his photography and his writing. As part of a dynamic moment of artistic and political experimentation in Tokyo, he wrote on a range of topics hardly limited to photography: art, film, journalism, literature, politics, television, and more. Nakahira's essays brim with urgency, relentlessly interrogating photography's relationship to power, the connection between language and images, and the gaze. As editors and translators Daniel Abbe and Franz Prichard write, Nakahira's essays "both suggest doubt about, and possibilities for, a photographically mediated reckoning with the world."
Mastering Portrait Photography
Mastering Portrait Photography is a practical guide to mastering essential techniques required to capture stunning images. Award-winning photographers Paul Wilkinson and Sarah Plater believe that portraits should not be formal, corporate style poses that reveal nothing of the subject's emotions or personality. Their modern, fresh and vibrant approach to portraiture aims to capture a moment of the person's lifestyle and make a lasting impression. Mastering Portrait Photography discusses all the requisite skills for taking compelling portrait photographs: from choosing the best kit and mastering the essential techniques; to using the most effective lighting and setting to achieve your desired atmosphere and effect; to learning the secrets of working harmoniously and professionally with people of all ages and using the best postproduction techniques to get the most from your prints. This accessible guide shows how to capture beautiful, timeless images that will bring pleasure for generations.
Before & After
A study of the history of before-and-after images of catastrophes, bombed-out cities, and large-scale political transformations. Catastrophes, bombed-out cities, large-scale political transformations: "Image complexes" of humanitarian and ecological upheaval document the world as a sequence of catastrophes. But who decides how events are presented, determines the resolution of our visual worlds, and controls the circulation or censorship of images? Eyal and Ines Weizman trace the history of the before-and-after image from nineteenth-century photography to contemporary satellite images and discover a gap that not only conceals the devastating event: it is the human subject itself that is in danger of disappearing from the images. Does humanitarian work, the documentation and reconstruction of war crimes, in which people's fates and rights should be at the center of attention, paradoxically enter a post-human phase? How can the gap between images become a site of critical counter-reading rather than a symbol of erasure? In the context of their current research, Eyal and Ines Weizman discuss the history, present, and future of the paradigm of the before-and-after image in an exclusive conversation with Marie Glassl.
Remain in Light
Photographs and poems illuminating the lives of Armenians at home and in diasporaThis collection endeavors to visualize the contemporary Armenian experience in the homeland and in Los Angeles, home to the largest Armenian population in diaspora. The first wave of immigrants came to California in the late 1800s; the second was spurred by the Armenian genocide of 1915. Further Armenian migrants, from Soviet Armenia, the Middle East, Iran, and other countries, continue to find solace, pride, and connection in the traditions, customs, religion, language, and memories they brought with them. Sossi Madzounian, Ara Mgrdichian, and Ara Oshagan, three diaspora-born Armenian artists living in Los Angeles, shared their perspectives on the life of their people in the old world and the new, illuminating the evolving social fabric of Armenian life: survival in the homeland, the immigrant experience in diaspora, and the rebirth of Armenian Americans on new soil. This book pairs their photographs with poems by Los Angeles--based poets Tina Demirdjian, Armin矇 Iknadossian, Arthur Kayzakian, Shah矇 Mankerian, and Raffi Joe Wartanian. The volume is a tribute to all these artists, and to Armenians across the globe.
Photographing Civil Disobedience
Drawn from a rare and historical album, this volume takes readers on a visual journey of the unfolding of the Civil Disobedience Movement in and around Bombay (today's Mumbai). Photographing Civil Disobedience: Bombay 1930-31 brings together an interdisciplinary conversation around a rare collection of documentary photographs compiled in a historical album held in the Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi. The album features 245 black-and-white images that capture the extraordinary history of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bombay (now Mumbai), when the city's cosmopolitan streets came alive with anti-colonial protests, processions, and propaganda--from the leading role played by the desh sevikas (members of a nationalist women's organization) to the violent crackdown of police lathis (bamboo or wooden sticks) on non-violent demonstrators. Focusing on the sea of ordinary people participating in public events, the essays in the volume engage with this remarkable visual archive that captures on camera the streets of Bombay turning into sites of anti-colonial and nationalist assertion. This book will be of interest to scholars of gender and women's studies, urban studies, screen and visual studies, consumer history, as well as the material history of colonial India.
Dear New York
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE ULTIMATE UPLIFTING GIFT BOOK OF THE YEAR Dear New York is a breathtaking new book from the #1 bestselling author of Humans of New York and one of the great storytellers of our time. Dear New York is a love letter to the streets, stories, and souls that define the heart of the city and its people. In a world of turmoil and isolation, the thing missing most right now is authentic human connection. Dear New York reminds us that the answer is closer than we think. Featuring 500 portraits and stories in the signature style of Humans of New York, each page will make you think, laugh, cry, and connect. Designed as a keepsake as much as a visual experience, Dear New York is printed on high-quality paper with striking full-color photography, making it a perfect coffee table book for your collection. Whether you live in New York, once called it home, or simply feel its pull from afar, these pages offer a deeply human portrait of a city defined by its people. Created by acclaimed street photographer and storyteller Brandon Stanton, Dear New York stands on its own as a love letter to the city. It's a book to return to, to display, and to give to someone who loves New York as much as you do. READERS ARE RAVING ABOUT DEAR NEW YORK: "I kept myself to a few pages a day because I never wanted it to end. By far the most moving and beautiful book in the Humans of New York collection" "Brimming with hope and joy" "A feast for the eyes and a balm for mind & soul" "An antidote to our divided world" "If you love NYC and/or if you love humanity, this is the book for you!" "Il libro 癡 veramente bello e si merita 5 stelle [This book is truly beautiful and deserves 5 stars]" "The book's optimism paints New York as a city where diverse lives converge in moments of beauty, joy, and collective hope. A timely reminder that cities are made up of individuals, each with their own stories." --Kirkus Reviews
Enemy Alien
The first publication devoted to Tamio Wakayama's remarkable photographic career, Enemy Alien shares unpublished photos and a memoir by the artist about his life working alongside activist movements and in vibrant communities, from the civil rights-era American South to the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver. Wakayama was born in New Westminster, British Columbia mere months before Pearl Harbor and was soon forcibly relocated with his parents to an internment camp for Japanese Canadians. This early childhood experience of injustice would shape the rest of his life and practice. Later, as a young man, Wakayama was vacationing in Tennessee when the Birmingham Church Bombing happened; inspired by a deep sympathy for the activists, he drove straight to Birmingham, met John Lewis, and began working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, first as a cleaner and driver and soon as a photographer. For two years Wakayama produced campaign material and documented SNCC activists and actions in Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, including the 1964 Freedom Summer. After leaving the US, he photographed Indigenous and Doukhobor communities in Canada, everyday life in Japan and Cuba, and finally settled in Vancouver, where he joined the resurging Nikkei community and the Redress Movement, and for decades photographed the Powell Street Festival. The centerpiece of the heavily illustrated publication is Wakayama's unpublished memoir, Soul on Rice, which includes numerous photo spreads. Essays by Eva Respini and Paul Wong situate the artist's practice within a broader art-historical context, and an interview with Mayumi Takasaki, Wakayama's partner of forty years, offers an intimate perspective on his life and work. Photos and texts throughout the book are contextualized with archival material such as contact sheets, newspaper articles and the artist's correspondence. Enemy Alien is co-published with the Vancouver Art Gallery in association with an exhibition of the same name, curated by Paul Wong.
Richard Johnson
A photographic collection that celebrates the tranquility of winter and the ingenuity of vernacular architecture. From a clear, straight-on vantage point and with a pictorial formality echoing the work of documentary photography pioneers Bernd and Hilla Becher, Richard Johnson (1957-2021) spent more than a decade recording and categorizing visual typologies of small, hand-built structures across Canada. His largest and most celebrated collection of photographs documents ice huts used for fishing across the frozen lakes, bays, and rivers. These huts must be weather-resistant and transportable, giving basic shelter around the opening to the water below. Johnson's photographs reveal the functional and aesthetic similarities and differences of what he called "renegade architecture"--a form verging on a vernacular folk art tradition. Later in his life, Johnson began documenting Newfoundland's ubiquitous, earthen-built root cellars. To Johnson, the cellars were place-specific oddities; efficiently constructed and curiously anthropomorphic. They also fit conceptually into his lifelong fascination with small structures built out of necessity and usually by hand. More than 200 photographs from these series are complemented by texts from acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Edward Burtynsky and curator Tom Smart that contextualize Johnson's photographs and place his work among the contemporary disciples of the Bechers' D羹sseldorf School. A personal text by Johnson's long-time partner, Lucie Bergeron-Johnson, provides an intimate portrait of the artist, and chronicles his journey to the discovery of his subject matter and the development of his signature style.
Loving II
A stunning new companion to Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 (2020), featuring all new photographs from the Nini-Treadwell collection. Loving II, the sequel to Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s - 1950s, is a stunning collection of vintage vernacular photographs of romantic male couples. Drawn from the Nini-Treadwell Collection of over 4000 photos, some as much as 175 years old, the selection conveys the unadulterated joy - longed for by all of us and recognizable to anyone - of being in love. Starting from the earliest years of photography and continuing through the 1950s, this collection comprises daguerreotypes, silver gelatins, tintypes, ambrotypes, snap shots, and many more - a cross section of a century of photographic technique. The subjects come from all walks of life: soldiers, farmers, students, the young and the old, the poor and the affluent. These photographs were taken when being recognized as gay was to risk retribution, ridicule, banishment, imprisonment, and possibly death. They remained locked away during their subjects' lifetimes for their very survival. The journeys that eventually brought them to the attention of Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell are mostly unknown, with only a few exceptions. Discovered in a variety of ways, sometimes tucked away in antique shops and flea markets, they had slipped into the cracks of photographic history before being added to the Nini-Treadwell Collection one at a time, over a 25-year period. These courageous couples, from so long ago, who took and protected these photos, could not have imagined that one day their mementos of love would appear in a book that has been embraced all over the world. So much so that a second volume was necessary. These couples sent a message to the future. The question now is, what message will we send?
Roger Ballen
Having previously expressed no interest in color photography, Roger Ballen was inspired to engage with the medium after receiving a Leica SL camera as a gift in 2016. Opening to the potential of color in his work, Ballen used light in creative ways, exploring new avenues of experimentation. Spirits and Spaces eloquently captures the absurd and bizarre world of Roger Ballen, where animals and art brut-like drawings dominate, and humanity is reduced to obscure figures or fragmented body parts.The color images in Spirits and Spaces, created in conjunction with Ballen's artistic director, Marguerite Rossouw, were produced in a claustrophobic space, constructed of worn, wallpapered wooden panels and with minimalistic lighting. Here, in this dense, oppressive environment, Ballen creates what might be seen by many as a world that is unexplainable in words: one in which absurdity, chaos, comedy, and tragedy apparently exist side by side.Both a visual revelation and an artistic evolution by one of contemporary photography's most unique voices, Spirits and Spaces will be an essential and much-anticipated photobook for all Roger Ballen fans.
All a Blur
Over the last 25 years, Bill Armstrong has pioneered the unique approach of blurring appropriated images--a medium at the intersection of photography, painting and collage. All a Blur presents some 300 pulsating color images that offer alternate visions of history, religion and philosophy. Armstrong's photographs range from mysterious falling figures sourced from the Renaissance to vibrating color spheres akin to Buddhist mandalas. He transforms these into hypnotic visual objects in a volume that is both aesthetically rewarding and a potential pathway to heightened awareness.
David Yarrow
Celebrating the full arc of 40 years' worth of Yarrow's most iconic images, this massive retrospective is the must-have photography monograph of the year. Legendary British photographer David Yarrow showcases 150 of his best images in a curated mix of yet-to-be-published and best-selling photographs. The Collection details the artist's journey from a 20-year-old shooting pitchside at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Final to photographing the natural world and, more recently, simply telling stories. His personal anthology of the Wild West sought to entertain, not teach, and its success encouraged him to tell historical stories elsewhere. These large-scale productions across multiple continents have told epic stories, from a lion on a catwalk in South Africa to a car race at Willow Springs International Raceway to evocative scenes in some of the world's most exclusive towns. Yarrow refuses to be conveniently categorized within a specific genre of photography through the stories he tells. This collection of his work showcases his rigorous aesthetic program and his relentless journey that has taken him around the world, photographing subject matter that includes sports stars, wildlife, supermodels, and frontier towns. The Collection offers additional insight through behind-the-scenes photos and Yarrow's own first-person contextual narratives. His work has earned him a global following, garnering wide acclaim in the fine-art market. In 2024, he appeared on Artsy's Top 10 Most Inquired About Artists and was the only photographer to feature on the list. His work is exhibited at some of Europe and North America's foremost museums, and globally in more than fifty leading fine-art galleries. Philanthropy has always been central to Yarrow's mission, and over the past decade, he has raised more than $20 million, focusing on conservation, the socially disadvantaged, and pediatric cancer care. The David Yarrow Family Foundation raises money every week from sales of Yarrow's work.
Places in Time
This book is a compilation of four decades of pictures taken in places familiar and remote. It is entirely of the film era in his work and ends with the beginning of the 21st century. In Jeffrey Heller's 20s and 30s, he had two professions--he was working as an architect as well as a professional photographer, burning the candle at both ends. He had briefly studied with Ansel Adams and for a year with Minor White. In his mid-30s, he realized that he could not continue both professions and decided to make architecture his primary calling and photography his artistic outlet. This freed Heller to photograph as he wished, and he took his cameras with him wherever he went, whether the travel was vacation or business he would make time to photograph. Heller always used professional equipment and took his photography as seriously as his architecture. Heller worked with his wife, a photographer and artist herself, and went through approximately 2000 images to Select the ones for this book. The photographs are from a wide range of places, but the emphasis is on the image as a sense of place. The photographs are an impression in time, character and visual content.
Paolo Roversi (Photofile)
Born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1947, Paolo Roversi discovered photography at the age of seventeen on a family vacation. A chance meeting with photographer Peter Knapp led him to move to Paris in the early 1970s, where he first encountered the world of fashion. His career truly began when he became an assistant to Laurence Sackman, who taught him the photographer's craft.Roversi is famed for his use of large-format Polaroid film to capture images of ethereal beauty, vulnerability, and romanticism. Working in evocative monochrome or carefully articulated color, he collaborates regularly with the world's top supermodels and designers, and has shot for many leading fashion magazines and international ad campaigns. This title in the Photofiles series brings together Roversi's signature images from his entire career in an attractive pocket-sized edition, celebrating the work of one of the most influential photographers of his generation.
Seaside Picket Fences
Stunning photos accentuate the charm of this Panhandle town. Seaside, the most successfully planned city of recent years, requires picket fences. Each must be of a different design.
Dimonis
The Devil, in the general Christian tradition, symbolizes all the evil and vileness of humanity: everything negative, damaging and sinister; everything that terrifies and confuses us and which leads down a wayward path. Nevertheless, in the Mediterranean region, its figure veered towards less sombre and malicious peculiarities, becoming a more jokey and playful being, capable of being tricked and subdued by humans. In this cherished corner of the world, the Devil has acquired a more entertaining and daring nuance, undertaking a liberating function regarding the social norms and against the monotony and rigidity of our daily lives. In Catalan, Spanish, German & English
Pablo Ortiz Monasterio: Tenochtitlan
Monasterio's speculative photo series imagines the Mexico City that might have emerged without colonizationPablo Ortiz Monasterio (born 1952) offers a photographic perspective of Mexico City that captures its pre-Hispanic and colonial past through its surviving archaeological and architectural remnants. Tenochtitlan, once a metropolis of a different kind, now stands as a modern city, layered over the remains of an ancient civilization.
David Katzenstein
A collection of photographs created by David Katzenstein using the Duaflex camera, a successor to Kodak's famous Brownie camera. Brownie is a collection of photographs created by photographer David Katzenstein over ten years, from 1979-1989. With this series, Katzenstein pays homage to the original line of Brownie cameras that began in 1900. For the series, he used the successor to the famous Kodak Brownie, the Kodak Dualflex, which was first introduced in 1947. The result is a colorful, personal, and sensitive view of the world. Described by one critic as "Hot, Lush and Specific," the series begins in New York City, eventually traveling the globe to explore both distant places and the use of the Kodak Duaflex camera. Throughout the project, Katzenstein's goal was to embrace the camera's limitations as a means of pushing the boundaries of composition, juxtaposing foreground and background while heightening the use of color.
