The Art of Decorating Dry Goods, Windows, and Interiors
At long last! L. Frank Baum's long-lost ART OF DECORATING is finally available for you to own! This new edition is a photo-facsimile of the first edition, and includes a whimsical introduction by Frank's great-grandson Robert, as well as an informative afterword by Baum historian and bibliographer Bill Thompson. This is a MUST-HAVE for all collectors and fans of L. Frank Baum and Oz!
Nancy Farese: Potential Space
Play as personal and social therapy: portraits of the resilience of childrenIn 2017, award-winning Boston- and San Francisco-based photographer Nancy Farese visited Bangladesh to photograph the Rohingya refugee crisis. While she saw firsthand the most violent tendencies of humankind, she also bore witness to endless displays of perseverance from the youngest members of these communities. On the edge of every frame she saw children at play, adapting to their circumstances to socialize and heal with one another.This photobook documents children's play across 14 countries, including Haiti, Cuba, Burkina Faso, Jordan and the US, in full-color photographs. Farese invites us to consider how this universal activity is threatened by the unrelenting forces of technology, consumerism and even overparenting. Featuring a foreword by New York Times staff photographer James Estrin, Potential Space offers a global view of a mundane activity that powerfully shapes who we are, both as individuals and as a society.
Masahisa Fukase: Sasuke
A tender and joyful portrait of cat companionship from the author of The Solitude of RavensIn 1977, photographer Masahisa Fukase turned his lens toward a new companion: his cat, Sasuke. "That year I took a lot of pictures crawling on my stomach to be at eye level with a cat and, in a way, that made me a cat. It was a job full of joy, taking these photos playing with what I liked, in accordance with the changes of nature." A year later, he acquired a second cat, named Momoe. "I didn't want to photograph the most beautiful cats in the world but rather capture their charm in my lens, while reflecting me in their pupils," he wrote of these images. "You could rightly say that this collection is actually a 'self-portrait' for which I took the form of Sasuke and Momoe."Featuring tipped-on cover images, this gorgeously made book is arranged in four chapters, organized around the chronology of Fukase's life with his cats. As so often in his work, these tender images also express the photographer's subjectivity and his connection to his subject.Born in 1934 on the island of Hokkaido, in the north of Japan, into a family of studio photographers, Masahisa Fukase was meant to take over the family business, but instead he launched a career as a freelance reporter in the late 1960s. In 1971 he published his first photography book, dedicated to his family. In 1974, he cofounded the Workshop Photography School with Shomei Tomatsu, Eikoh Hosoe, Noriaki Yokosuka, Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama. That same year, MoMA dedicated a milestone exhibition New Japanese Photography to their work; but it was the 1986 book The Solitude of Ravens that was to make Fukase a revered photographer worldwide. After a fall in 1992, Fukase went into a coma at the age of 58 and was kept on life support until his death in 2012.
Mitch Epstein: In India
Indian scenes and subcultures from a decade of Epstein's family travels, from cabarets to BollywoodA New York Times Book Review 2021 holiday gift guide pick Between 1978 and 1989, Mitch Epstein made eight trips to India and shot tens of thousands of photographs. He also made three films there with his Indian wife, director Mira Nair. The photographs in this book are the result of Epstein's unusual dual vantage in an extraordinarily complicated culture: through his Indian family life and work, he was both an insider and outsider. Epstein was able to enter a wide swath of subcultures that included a striptease cabaret, the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Bollywood movie sets, an old-time Punjabi wedding band and religious pilgrims both Muslim and Hindu. In India is the fruit of Epstein's deep and extended experience of India, where separate worlds converged.A pioneer of 1970s art photography, Mitch Epstein (born 1952) has photographed the landscape and psyche of America for half a century. His awards include the Prix Pictet, the Berlin Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he was recently inducted into the National Academy of Design. Numerous collections hold his work, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tate Modern; in 2013, the Walker Art Center commissioned a theatrical rendition of his American Power series. Epstein has described the cultural and physical evolution of the United States from 1973 to 2021 in his Steidl books Family Business (2003), Recreation (2005), American Power (2011), New York Arbor (2013), Rocks and Clouds (2017), Sunshine Hotel (2019) and Property Rights (2021).
Ken Light: Course of the Empire
A decade of mounting tension in a polarized America, from Wall Street to the rural heartlandA decade ago, Ken Light (born 1951) traveled across the United States photographing a country that he realized was the most fragile of organisms. The photographs of the earlier years in this book create the context for understanding how America lost its way. Light reached all four corners of the country to document people across race, class and political lines. We see the heartland and the coastal cities, Wall Street and rural small towns.As he continued, seismic changes erupted across America and the country descended into an age of crisis. He photographed protests and Washington politicians in Congress and the White House, climate change disasters and environmental defenders, the rise of the regime of Donald Trump, the Trump rallies and America's reactions to it all. He comprehensively probed the fractured social and economic condition, going beyond the tropes of inequality we all recite by heart to create a visual portrait of a country mired in calamity, its people deeply splintered, angry and in pain.The resulting portrait of the American social landscape is a riveting historical and visual record of a complicated country in a complicated time. It is compelling, and one of the earliest photographic accounts of an age that historians and citizens will be scrutinizing for generations to come.
R.J. Kern: The Unchosen Ones
Poignant, multilayered portraits of America's future farmersA new book by award-winning Minneapolis-based photographer R.J. Kern (born 1978), The Unchosen Ones features portraits of future farmers in America's heartland. Kern's subjects are Minnesota 4-H members posing with their farm animals. Each one spent a year raising an animal, which they then entered into a 4-H competition. Kern first photographed them in 2016, and none of the children who sat for him succeeded in winning an award, despite the obvious care they had given to their animals. The formal qualities of Kern's lighting and setting endow these young people with a gravitas beyond their years, revealing self-directed dedication in some, and in others, perhaps, the pressures of traditions imposed upon them. These beautiful portraits capture a certain America, a rural world and a time in life when the layered emotions of youth are laid bare. Four years later, in 2020, Kern returned to photograph and interview his young subjects. The new images are poignant when juxtaposed with the originals, tapping into the mindset of America's agricultural youth. The diptychs of the children are punctuated by lush landscapes of the farms where these children have grown up.As he took the second group of photographs, Kern inquired about what his young subjects had carried forward from their previous experience. What were their thoughts, their advice, their dreams and their goals for the future? How do they fit in future agricultural America?
Nick Brandt: The Day May Break
Portraits of survival and hope: a new series from acclaimed photographer Nick BrandtPhotographed in Zimbabwe and Kenya in late 2020, The Day May Break is the first part of a global series by acclaimed photographer Nick Brandt, portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction.The people in these photographs were all affected by climate change, displaced by cyclones and years-long droughts. Photographed at five sanctuaries, the animals were rescues that can never be rewilded. As a result, it was safe for human strangers to be close to them, photographed so close to them, within the same frame. The fog on location is the unifying visual motif, conveying the sense of an ever-increasing limbo, a once-recognizable world now fading from view. However, despite their respective losses, these people and animals have survived, and therein lies possibility and hope.Nick Brandt (born 1964) studied film and painting at St Martin's College in London. He turned to photography in 2001 with his trilogy On This Earth, A Shadow Falls and Across the Ravaged Land. His more recent books are Inherit the Dust (2016) and This Empty World (2019). He lives in Southern California."Nick Brandt is an artist and witness who seizes bleak and desperate fates, and by some mystery and alchemy, transmutes these into a gesture of poignant and painful beauty. It has been an eon, and then some, since I experienced contemporary photographs of people of African roots created by a person of Euro-American origin, that were this tender, human and gorgeous." -Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, author of Dust and The Dragonfly Sea, from the foreword to The Day May Break. "A landmark body of work by one of photography's great environmental champions. Showing how deeply our fates are intertwined, Brandt portrays people and animals together, causing us to reflect on the real-life consequences of climate change. Channeling his outrage into quiet determination, the result is a portrait of us all, at a critical moment in the Anthropocene." -Phillip Prodger, curator, author, photography historian, former Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London. "The environmental threat to life on this planet--both human and animal--is realized by Nick Brandt in The Day May Break to devastating effect in these powerful yet tender portraits. Art of this caliber is in a unique position to challenge and engage audiences in environmental conversation." -Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Climate Change, Chair of The Elders.
Self-Representation in an Expanded Field
Defined as a self-image made with a hand-held mobile device and shared via social media platforms, the selfie has facilitated self-imaging becoming a ubiquitous part of globally networked contemporary life. Beyond this selfies have facilitated a diversity of image making practices and enabled otherwise representationally marginalized constituencies to insert self-representations into visual culture. In the Western European and North American art-historical context, self-portraiture has been somewhat rigidly albeit obliquely defined, and selfies have facilitated a shift regarding who literally holds the power to self-image. Like self-portraits, not all selfies are inherently aesthetically or conceptually rigorous or avant-guard. But, -as this project aims to do address via a variety of interdisciplinary approaches- selfies have irreversibly impacted visual culture, contemporary art, and portraiture in particular. Selfies propose new modes of self-imaging, forward emerging aesthetics and challenge established methods, they prove that as scholars and image-makers it is necessary to adapt and innovate in order to contend with the most current form of self-representation to date. The essays gathered herein will reveal that in our current moment it is necessary and advantageous to consider the merits and interventions of selfies and self-portraiture in an expanded field of self-representations. We invite authors to take interdisciplinary global perspectives, to investigate various sub-genres, aesthetic practices, and lineages in which selfies intervene to enrich the discourse on self-representation in the expanded field today.
Rio Vista Sunsets
Photographs featuring the sunsets of the Sacramento Delta region town of Rio Vista, California.
Picture Editing
Discover your best images, improve your photography with this photographer's essential. If you make images and need to select your best shots, this is the best guide to make sure you always hit your target.-'How do you pick the best photograph?'-'How to pick the most emotionally true shot?'-'What's the best way to select images?' -'What's the best workflow?Every photographer needs this book. If you make two dozen images or twenty thousand, this essential guide will give you essential skills to help you find the best shot with confidence and efficiency. The contents are comprehensive: from an outline of The Problems to the Practical set up, Workflow that works for you and discussions on Speed and accuracy. Then follow Selection strategies and the central part of the book: Pathways to the best shot with unique visual exercise. Then come coverage of key Ethical and moral issues ending with practical Checklists and Further reading.Based on Tom Ang's unique 'Picture Editing' written 25 years ago - a stand-out standard text for journalism students - it is now fully revised and updated with new material and illustrations. The book is also deeply informed by Tom Ang's 40+ years of experience as magazine editor, mentor, university lecturer, workshop leader, international photo judge and author/photographer of over 40 photography books.
Piermont Where the Mountain Meets the Marsh
Over the course of the Covid crisis much of my time has been spent outside wandering around Piermont, NY and its environs. This little book springs from that period. The photographs, thoughts and history that appear within these pages hopefully do justice to this very scenic and unique area.
The Barnet Book Of Photography
A quiet revolution hides in The Barnet Book Of Photography: a collection that turns practical know-how into an art form. Accessible yet reverent, it speaks to hobbyist photographers and photography students alike, offering a timeless pathway from curiosity to mastery. This book gathers practical articles that feel both like a friendly tutor and a window into Victorian-era British photography. It blends a clear, instructive voice with historical texture, covering studio lighting basics, darkroom processing basics, and the craft of composition and framing. Readers will find a solid photography manual in prose that explains techniques with modern clarity while preserving the cadence of early photo manuals and photography anthologies. Its literary and historical significance lies in its snapshot of a pivotal moment in British photography, when technical skill and artistic ambition intertwined. For casual readers, it offers accessible guidance and inspiration; for classic-literature collectors, it provides a culturally rich artefact that anchors a broader photographic heritage. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - it is a collector's item and a cultural treasure, a doorway to a bygone studio world and a lasting resource for anyone drawn to practical photography techniques, whether you seek a reliable manual or a cherished artefact of the Victorian era.
There are 25 Million Ways to be Australian - Softcover
Creating recognition that who we are as a nation can not be portrayed by a singular image.
Metamorphosis
M3llow_K brand is about being in tune with the present moment by displaying innovation, open-kindness, and optimism towards a better future or quality of life. Fearlessly embracing positive transformations and change along the way! Art is therapeutic for the soul and also great for mental health. Every drawing is created with love and symbolism to express positivity. Metamorphosis is a unique coloring book to help aid with a proactive approach to life known as chromotherapy. Chromotherapy is therapeutic as this coloring book benefits those of all ages. By simply expressing color throughout these black and white pages can help with different states of emotions. As you fill in every page, express, let go of stress and anxiety and be free!
The Land Knows (me)
This 160 page book includes over 100 color photos. It describes the process and outcomes of the author's efforts to restore 250 acres of his land that rests along one mile of shoreline of a National Wild and Scenic River in northwest Wisconsin into an abundantly biodiverse mosaic of prairie (pine barrens), oak and pine savannas, wetlands (including interconnected spring-fed ponds with five small islands, two cold water streams, and a mature mixed hardwood forest, as well as the flood plains of the streams and rivers). With the help of staff from the National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Soil Conservation Service, WI Department of National Resources, and restoration ecologists from several universities, the author has been able to increase an endangered wood turtle population, translocate the rare Franklin ground squirrel, increase the number of native forb and grass species, as well as create excellent habitat that has invited wolf and merlin, and many other animal species, back into the area. The book is composed into four primary sections - Scenes offer descriptions and photographs of various habitats and wildlife; Songs express prosaic perspectives from at least one animal and plant species at each habitat; Stories relate the various projects the author has engaged, relevant traditional stories from the author's various ancestral tribal cultures that concern traditional relationships with native animals and plants; and closes with the Sacred, an exploration of the spiritual as voiced in Biblical scripture and on-the-ground real experience of such. Essentially, the author integrates objective science-verified approaches with the Native American (Iroquoian, Algonquian, Siouan) horticultural, foraging, hunting and fishing heritages of his ancestors to model a cohesive approach to sustainable, shared, subsistence patterns of living with the land, its waters and wildlife, that actually increases abundance and biodiversity rather than diminishes it. The narrative focuses upon a coherent and comprehensive approach to preservation, restoration, conservation and consecration of our relationship with the land, its waters and co-resident wildlife.
Light
A strange sequence of events had led me to the point of a mental breakdown.The biggest realisation I had during the time was how important it was to live in the now. And once I put my mind to it, things took a turn for the better in my life.While on the internet, I came across a 'Photographer for Hire' advertisement. It was the beginning of what was to become an indispensable part of my journey. 'Light' is a book about the people I met in Perth, Australia and lessons I learnt during a difficult period in my life. The stories featured in the book, with photographs completely shot over the course of 2020, mean a lot to me because when I look back at that time, they were the light at the end of my tunnel.I hope these stories inspire and make you believe in second chances as they did for me.This book is dedicated to life's surprises.
Genesis P-Orridge
Temporarily Eternal is an emotional-visual summing up of a creative friendship between Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson and British artist Genesis P-Orridge (1950-2020) that lasted for more than three decades, and which was filled with musical projects, films, books, writings, conversations, travel, and a great deal of magic. This book both is and is not a companion to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Sacred Intent - Conversations with Carl Abrahamsson 1986-2019. It is, in the sense that the present book also focuses on shared moments during the same period of time. It is not, in the sense that it's not an intellectual trip into concepts and thoughts expressed via language, in conversation. Instead, this book contains photographic portraits: some are staged, considered, thought through, and some are pure snapshots of auspicious and fleeting moments. And some are definitely somewhere in between: juggling immediate form with desired content. Trapart Books 2021, paperback, 8,5 x 8,5", 182 pages, with approximately 150 photographs, and an essay by Carl Abrahamsson.
Sixty Years in Sixty Minutes
This is a portfolio of a mixed bag of events, and objects that have caught my eye and been recorded as of interest to me. Ilford's old slogan "For Faces and Places," was very apt. It could take just sixty minutes to look through the book or you may want to look through sixty times who knows? It spans a sixty-year period of life which has passed by my lens. I have selected the most memorable ones, which are likely to mean more to viewers beyond the family circle so to speak. Photography can be so, so personal I have found. Many of these images can never be repeated. Some will stand the test of time better than others. I would like to think that British Amateur Photojournalism never dies and ordinary people such as myself can and will make the effort to continue recording for posterity. In black and white please, it has for me and many enthusiasts alike, an archaic charm that no other art form can beat.
14 Angels
14 Angels is an artistic interpretation of the seven holy virtues and the seven deadly sins by jchooper. Images and text come together for a journey of the human experience. This second edition features new art, updated text and design. This book, its artwork and subject matter, is intended for mature audiences.
Dog People
Surprising answers to the question: What if your dog were human? 83 dogs and a panoply of human characters--a delightful treat for all dog loversWhat dog owner hasn't done this? You anthropomorphize your four-legged friend, put thoughts and feelings into his or her head that he or she almost certainly doesn't have, and basically turn your pet into a four-legged person. That is exactly how photographer Sandra M羹ller feels about her dog Maja--who inspired Dog People--the book that provides hilarious and creative photographic answers to the question: "What kind of person would this dog be?" Whether it's Great Dane Holly as a couch potato or "Gismo" riding a Harley, these images and more make up the unforgettable and endearing collection of portraits of man's best friend in Dog People."No, this book is not meant to be a fashion show for dogs and dog owners. This book is simply a thought experiment: what kind of person would my dog be? And let's be honest: who hasn't given his or her dog a lengthy explanation which the dog seems to listen to raptly but surely doesn't understand every word of? Yes, yes, I know...YOUR dog understands every word! So does mine!" (Sandra M羹ller, photographer/author of Dog People) The book is a colorful parade of dogs, from Giant Schnauzers to Pugs, from registered purebreds to street mutts. There is also a humorous description of each dog explaining how the outfit was chosen to make the particular animal a Dog Man or Dog Lady. For example, take "Gisbert," a Pug who would surely be a doctor if he were human--as he loves his vet so much that all you have to do is say "Dr. Uwe" and he pricks his ears--as much as any Pug can prick his ears, at least.Dog People shows us 83 wonderful dog portraits - from a purebred Standard Schnauzer to a street mutt - and a panoply of human characters. Sandra M羹ller, who is now 23, bought her first SLR camera at 14. She has been a big animal lover since childhood - from guinea pigs to her aunt's dog, with whom she spent entire summer vacations. Today, she is the proud owner of Maja, the "most beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog mix in the world," (of course, she is in the book!) and has found her calling in photography. She specializes in portraits of people and dogs. She feels it is very important to capture the unique personality of each of her subjects, two-legged or four-legged, in each shot. Sandra M羹ller lives in Haimendorf (near Nuremberg), Germany.
David Busch’s Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography
David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for Nikon's next-generation Z7 II and Z6 II mirrorless cameras. The company has upgraded these compact cameras with the features most requested by enthusiasts, including two memory card slots, advanced autofocus features, and performance-enhancing dual EXPEED 6 processors. Serious photographers can select the high-resolution 45.7 megapixel Z7 II, or opt for the higher continuous shooting rates and stellar low-light versatility of the 24 megapixel Z6 II. Both cameras offer incredible image quality, especially when coupled with a burgeoning line of ultra-sharp S-series, Z-mount lenses. The affordable FTZ adapter allows you to use more than 300 different lenses in Nikon's F-mount lineup, too. Five-axis in-body image stabilization provides up to five stops of anti-shake performance so you can hand-hold the camera at slower shutter speeds. An improved autofocus system with human and animal eye/face detection offers lightning fast focus for stills and both 4K and Full HD movie-shooting. With this book in hand, you'll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as develop your creativity taking great photographs with your new Z7 II or Z6 II. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras' capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the Z7 II and Z6 II, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z7 II or Z6 II today.
The Hard Way Home
Breathtaking photographs and deeply personal stories from a leading surfing and nature photographer, conservation advocate, and social media force. Wayward is a collection of striking photographs and the revealing personal stories behind them by one of the leading surf, nature, and adventure photographers of our time. At remote beaches and locales in places like Russia, Norway, Iceland, and the Aleutian Islands, Chris Burkard suffered from hypothermia, destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of camera gear, and spent a few nights in jail. But in the process, he captured amazing and iconic images that have defined his life's work. And while millions have seen his photographs in magazines, marketing campaigns for Patagonia, Sony, and others, and via his social media, Burkard has never given a full account of these journeys--until now. With never-before-seen images and the stories behind them, Burkard crafts an original narrative that combines the page-turning drama of a great explorer's adventure story and the immediacy and power of unforgettable photographs. Chronicling both the failures and the successes he has experienced in building a career, Burkard shares an infectious passion for photography, surfing, and chasing dreams in some of the world's most awe-inspiring places.
Photography with Tilt and Shift Lenses
Tilt and shift lenses offer tremendous creative possibilities for users of digital SLR and mirrorless cameras. This practical book explains the techniques that will help you take better photos - photos that don't distort or lose focus. Assessing the benefits and pitfalls of a range of lenses, adapters, software and editing techniques, it guides you through the practicalities of working with these lenses and gives you the skills to use them to best effect. With stunning examples throughout, this book gives an overview of the different lenses available, and tips on how adapters can give tilt-shift options when using old medium-format lenses. It gives advice on how simple lens shift can change the entire look of your photos, and techniques for using lens tilt for focus control and close-up working. Stunning examples show the use of tilt and shift lenses across a range of available focal lengths, both tripod-mounted and handheld.
Chincoteague-Assateague Seaside Adventure
Chincoteague and Assateague Islands: plan your first visit or relive your latest visit again and again through this photo adventure. Enjoy the sights: migratory birds; local birds such as ducks; views from the lighthouse; views of the beaches of Assateague; and of course the ever popular wild ponies. This guide captures the spirit and feeling of nature in this rural community easily reached from Washington, DC.
Covid ’19 True Fictions
Covid 19: True Fictions; Before, During and After... is a collection of Interconnected short stories, new and revised, peopled by car detailers, carpet cleaners, hospice volunteers, soldiers, teachers, fishermen and just plain real-life fictional folk with names like Michael, Devon, Jeff, Kathy, Cheryl, Sarah, Glen, Ben and Danielle. James Freeman's friend and mentor, now sorely missed, said of the manuscript of this collection: "Scintillating, heartbreaking and often heartwarming new stories by a master storyteller... Freeman gets inside his characters like no one else. I am proud to call him my friend and fellow writer."-Bill Hotchkiss, Author of Spirit Mountain, Climb to the High Country, The Medicine Calf, and many, many others (1936-2010).
In Too Deep
Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson traveled to Las Vegas and the annual "Adult Entertainment Expo" between 1995 and 2010. He met porn stars, producers, fans, and an assortment of weird people. This book collects his mind-boggling snapshot portraits of people in the adult industry: famous as well as infamous. It's a colourful bonanza of weirdness and beauty, of humility and hubris, of voyeurism and exhibitionism, of despair and excitement. Get ready for an absolutely unforgettable and wild ride to smut-land!"What the hell was I really doing there? I quickly realised that I'm an ambitious voyeur more than anything else. The cameras have been my protection against an incomprehensible and threatening world. And, as I now realised, against hundreds of porn stars." - Carl AbrahamssonTrapart Books, 2021. Paperback, 218 pages, with 200 color and black-and-white photographs, and an introduction by the author/photographer.
Edwards's Botanical Register
UK Edition. The Edwards's Botanical Register: Grayscale Adult Colouring Book features 20 beautiful botanical images. With the use of vibrant colouring pens, the detailed drawings can be transformed into your own frameable botanical prints. Details: 20 colouring pages featuring artwork from Edwards's Botanical Register, single-sided printing to prevent bleed-through and a colour test page. This colouring book makes a great gift for lovers of vintage botanical flower illustrations.
Every Bend
In Every Bend, Gail Butensky's photography from a variety of colorful venues is on display, as are intimate photos the artist shot outside of the music scene that she has documented for decades. This collection of photographs sequenced by Butensky to resemble a road trip with diary entries for each encampment that is presented here. A fascinating journey and a feast for the eyes.
Les Roses
UK Edition. Create your own frameable prints with the Les Roses: Pierre-Joseph Redoute Grayscale Adult Colouring Book. There are 20 beautiful flower illustrations by Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1817-1824) for you to colour and enjoy. Features: 20 grayscale botanical prints, one-sided printing to prevent bleed-through and a colour test page. This colouring book makes an excellent gift for lovers of vintage botanical images.
Megata Morikaga
UK Edition. The Megata Morikaga: Ukiyo-e Japanese Woodblock Print Grayscale Adult Colouring Book features 20 botanical illustrations of plants and flowers. By using your favourite pens or pencils you can create your own frameable prints. Details: 20 woodblock print colouring pages featuring artwork by Megata Morikaga, single-sided printing to prevent bleed-through and a colour test page. An ideal gift idea for lovers of Japanese Ukiyo-e botanical artwork.
Les Roses
US Edition. Create your own frameable prints with the Les Roses: Pierre-Joseph Redoute Grayscale Adult Coloring Book. There are 20 beautiful flower illustrations by Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1817-1824) for you to color and enjoy. Features: 20 grayscale botanical prints, one-sided printing to prevent bleed-through, and a color test page. This coloring book makes an excellent gift for lovers of vintage botanical images.
BETTY HUTTON In Retrospect
Betty Hutton was a brassy and boisterous performer with boundless energy that lit up the screen and went far in making her Paramount's most valuable female star of the 1940s. Known as the Blonde Bombshell because of her bombastic style and personality, Bob Hope once referred to her as "a vitamin pill with legs." Although primarily a musical performer who made numerous hit recordings, in the acting department Hutton possessed a natural comedic talent, but could nonetheless turn in a truly credible dramatic performance with strong direction. In her heyday, she was not only a major recording artist (at Capitol Records), but also one of the most popular film stars in the world.This new book of Betty Hutton memorabilia includes 135 pages of both color and B&W photos, letters and certificates, along with informative text. The quintessential book of memorabilia for the Hutton fan. The Betty Hutton Estate
Mazar Adventure Sylhet and Beyond
This is a first ever, a person outside of Bangladesh to do. This book now boast a collection of photographs of over 340 sites. The sites ranging from the prominent Sufi saints and the patron saint of Sylhet, Hazrat Shah Jalal Yemeni and his companions. In pursuit this became an adventure and hundreds of others sites started appearing and inadvertently now became part of the his massive list. This is a must-have collection for the Mazar/Shrine researcher and enthusiasts to add to the visual collection.
A Better Life for Their Children
A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world's largest retailer. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 the two men launched an ambitious program to partner with black communities across the segregated South to build public schools for African American children. This watershed moment in the history of philanthropy--one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans--drove dramatic improvement in African American educational attainment and fostered the generation who became the leaders and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement. Of the original 4,978 Rosenwald schools built between 1917 and 1937 across fifteen southern and border states, only about 500 survive. While some have been repurposed and a handful remain active schools, many remain unrestored and at risk of collapse. To tell this story visually, Andrew Feiler drove more than twenty-five thousand miles, photographed 105 schools, and interviewed dozens of former students, teachers, preservationists, and community leaders in all fifteen of the program states. A Better Life for their Children includes eighty-five duotone images that capture interiors and exteriors, schools restored and yet-to-be restored, and portraits of people with unique, compelling connections to these schools. Brief narratives written by Feiler accompany each photograph, telling the stories of Rosenwald schools' connections to the Trail of Tears, the Great Migration, the Tuskegee Airmen, Brown v. Board of Education, embezzlement, murder, and more. Beyond the photographic documentation, A Better Life for Their Children includes essays from three prominent voices. Congressman John Lewis, who attended a Rosenwald school in Alabama, provides an introduction; preservationist Jeanne Cyriaque has penned a history of the Rosenwald program; and Brent Leggs, director of African American Cultural Heritage at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has written a plea for preservation that serves as an afterword.
Sebasti瓊o Salgado. Amaz繫nia
Sebasti瓊o Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there--an irreplaceable treasure of humanity. In the book's foreword Salgado writes: "For me, it is the last frontier, a mysterious universe of its own, where the immense power of nature can be felt as nowhere else on earth. Here is a forest stretching to infinity that contains one-tenth of all living plant and animal species, the world's largest single natural laboratory." Salgado visited a dozen indigenous tribes that exist in small communities scattered across the largest tropical rainforest in the world. He documented the daily life of the Yanomami, the Ash獺ninka, the Yawanaw獺, the Suruwah獺, the Zo'矇, the Kuikuro, the Waur獺, the Kamayur獺, the Korubo, the Marubo, the Aw獺, and the Macuxi--their warm family bonds, their hunting and fishing, the manner in which they prepare and share meals, their marvelous talent for painting their faces and bodies, the significance of their shamans, and their dances and rituals. Sebasti瓊o Salgado has dedicated this book to the indigenous peoples of Brazil's Amazon region: "My wish, with all my heart, with all my energy, with all the passion I possess, is that in 50 years' time this book will not resemble a record of a lost world. Amaz繫nia must live on." INSTITUTO TERRA Founded in 1998 at Aimor矇s in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of L矇lia Wanick Salgado and Sebasti瓊o Salgado's lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados' mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership. Also available in a Collector's Edition and four Art Editions, each with a signed silver gelatin print, all with a book stand designed by Renzo Piano.
Timm Rautert and the Lives of Photography
The most comprehensive publication of Rautert's work to date, combining his photo series--some unpublished till now--with six essays and an annotated biographyPublished on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Timm Rautert and the Lives of Photography is an ambitious retrospective of his diverse artistic oeuvre. The book spans a half century of photography: from Rautert's experimental beginnings as a student of Otto Steinert at the Folkwang School of Design in Essen in the late 1960s, to the methodical research of his "image-analytical photography" in the mid-1970s; from his freelance work as a visual storyteller with his congenial partner Michael Holzach for ZEITmagazin, to his turn away from journalism in the early 1990s towards the long-term documentation of changes in the world of work caused by industrial automation, and his artistic theoretical image formations made while professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig between 1993 and 2008.
Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon Volume 2 variant Landscape edition
Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon Volume 2 variant Landscape editionEnter the Dragon is the most successful martial movie ever made and was the major influence shaping the way that Kung Fu/Martial Art movies became part of the staple diet for theatergoers in the 70s searching for more of the fast-paced action that this style of cinema offeredThe second book takes another look at Bruce Lee on the set of "Enter the Dragon" with over 200 more new photographs depicting scenes both on the set and in front of the camera.Many photos were taken during the filming and this book takes you on a pictorial journey from the opening scenes to the final fight.100 pages of both colour and Black and white images create a visual experience for any fan of Bruce Lee.also contains a forward, looking at the censorship that saw the movie receive many cuts during its various releases from 35mm to DVD
Just another wall, minding its own business
This book offers a collection of photographs taken at a particular site in Tasmania, Australia, focusing on the author's intimate relationship with the walls in and around her home during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. They represent a type of art that is part of daily life, art that is available to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Millennial No-Man
videos - cinema - imagination - teenagers - disasters - corona - sex - suits - nostalgia - censorship - toilets - models - pulp - booze - assassins - doggos - hunting - consumers - retail - bleach - angels - flies - suicide - everything - poetry
New York City 2020
This book is photographic documentaion of the streets of New York City in 2020.As an Oakland, California native, I always dreamed to moving to the big city of New York. When I was finally able to make that dream a reality, I quickly learned NYC is much more than Broadway shows, Times Square and skylines. From afar New York City is as beautiful as ever but as the virus and political ineptitude began to tear apart New York I took the time to document what is happening beyond the post cards and mainstream news media. These are all ground level, no frills, iphone photos of the decay that occured in New York City in 2020.
A Landscape Photographer's Guide to Zion National Park
This book is designed specifically for visitors to Zion National Park with photography in mind. Its focus is to provide information on specific sites throughout the park (39 in total), including the times of day to be there for the best photographic results, what equipment to utilize, and which techniques to employ in order to capture "the shot." The author provides easy-to-read language and direct advice on all areas of this national park. His advice is suitable for all levels, beginner to professional photographers. With this resource, and other free online resources outlined within the book, the reader will be exactly equipped with the right amount of information required in order to complete his or her visit and return home with a remarkable portfolio of pictures to share with others. Contains reference maps and 100 landscape photographs from within the park and its surrounding areas.
Above New Orleans
The first full-length book of drone photography of the Crescent City, Above New Orleans offers readers perspectives never before captured by a camera. Overhead scenes cover the entire metropolis, from the French Quarter to Uptown, from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, from Westwego to New Orleans East, and from Gentilly to Gretna. A detailed description accompanies each image, providing insight into the history, geography, and architecture of this dazzling municipality. As this volume demonstrates, the vantage points afforded by the drone-mounted camera reveal fascinating views otherwise unobtainable in the often compact environment of New Orleans. "To me a roofscape is the tout ensemble of urban elements," writes Richard Campanella in the book's preface, "particularly in dense neighborhoods, visible from a perch that is high enough to be synoptical, yet low enough to be intimate. Roofscapes are the intermediary between the more familiar concepts of streetscapes and landscapes; they are the oblique, three-dimensional renderings of cityscapes." Capturing these views of New Orleans required the specialized equipment and expertise of retired Italian engineer Marco Rasi, who has mastered the new technology of drone photography in his adopted hometown. His adept piloting and keen eye made for, in Rasi's words, "the perfect platform to capture those rooftop perspectives I had always savored, as no aircraft or helicopter could ever do." Above New Orleans: Roofscapes of the Crescent City beautifully documents the aesthetic wonder of the city's singular urban landscape.
Constantinople
Beneath and in the midst of the modern metropolis of Istanbul lie the remnants of another city, called Constantinople. For over a thousand years, from May 11, 330 to May 29, 1453, it was the cultural and spiritual capital of Christendom. Throughout the Middle Ages the city that its inhabitants also called New Rome served as a living bridge to the civilizations of Classical Greece and Rome, transmitting their intellectual riches to both the West and East and ultimately laying the foundations of the Renaissance. Constantinople: Eye of the World is a meditation in photographs on the greatest city of the ancient and medieval worlds. In the 11th century, when the population of Rome was 30,000, Constantinople and its suburbs were home to perhaps a million people. It was the only major city of the ancient world to survive intact to the end of the Middle Ages, preserving the intellectual heritage of Greece and Rome. Napoleon Bonaparte once said that if the world had a capital, it would be Constantinople. The City's founder, St. Constantine the Great, would surely have agreed. Its medieval Greek inhabitants called their City ho ophthalmos tou kosmou - the Eye of the World.
Constantinople
Beneath and in the midst of the modern metropolis of Istanbul lie the remnants of another city, called Constantinople. For over a thousand years, from May 11, 330 to May 29, 1453, it was the cultural and spiritual capital of Christendom. Throughout the Middle Ages the city that its inhabitants also called New Rome served as a living bridge to the civilizations of Classical Greece and Rome, transmitting their intellectual riches to both the West and East and ultimately laying the foundations of the Renaissance. Constantinople: Eye of the World is a meditation in photographs on the greatest city of the ancient and medieval worlds. In the 11th century, when the population of Rome was 30,000, Constantinople and its suburbs were home to perhaps a million people. It was the only major city of the ancient world to survive intact to the end of the Middle Ages, preserving the intellectual heritage of Greece and Rome. Napoleon Bonaparte once said that if the world had a capital, it would be Constantinople. The City's founder, St. Constantine the Great, would surely have agreed. Its medieval Greek inhabitants called their City ho ophthalmos tou kosmou - the Eye of the World.
Classic Restaurants of Chapel Hill and Orange County
Once upon a time, Chapel Hill, a town synonymous with the University of North Carolina, offered little more than simple caf s. In recent years, it has developed a diverse restaurant culture and today is home to some of the country's most creative chefs. From legendary student hangouts to one of the South's most famed barbecue joints to the birthplace of shrimp and grits, all of these establishments helped earn the area recognition as a top dining destination. Local authors Chris Holaday and Patrick Cullom profile longtime establishments that helped shape the dining scene in Chapel Hill and the neighboring towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough.
Confounding Images
Susan Williams recovers the literary and cultural significance of early photography in an important rereading of American fiction in the decades preceding the Civil War. The rise of photography occurred simultaneously with the rapid expansion of magazine publication in America, and Williams analyzes the particular role that periodicals such as Godey's Lady's Book, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and Atkinson's Casket played in defining how photography was received. At the center of the book are readings of a stunning array of fiction by forgotten and canonical writers alike, including Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and Sarah Hale, as well as extended interpretations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables and The Marble Faun and Herman Melville's Pierre. In a concluding section, Williams offers a view of the fictional portrait in the later nineteenth century, when the proliferation of illustrated books once again transformed the relation between word and image in American culture.
