Psychical Realism
Victor Burgin counts among the most versatile figures within art and visual culture since the late 1960s. His artwork both connects with and reacts to minimalism, conceptual art, staged photography, appropriation art, video art and, more recently, computer-based imaging. As a scholar his thinking is informed by phenomenology, semiotics, poststructuralism, feminist theory, and psychoanalysis.This monograph provides a comprehensive and unique overview of Victor Burgin's body of work over the past five decades. Identifying the concept of 'psychical realism' as an overarching umbrella term, Alexander Streitberger traces back the artist's parallel unfolding of practice and theory, while situating this process within various historical contexts and critical debates. Five chapters link insightful case studies to key issues such as conceptual art and situational aesthetics, the relationship between representation and politics, postmodernist concepts of space, and the digital environment of media images. The book is richly illustrated and includes a sequence from the major work Dear Urania especially designed by the artist for this book.
A Gust of Photo-Philia
Photography was long regarded as a "middlebrow" art by the art institution. Yet, at the turn of the millennium it became the hot, global art of our time. In this book--part institutional history, part account of shifting photographic theories and practices--Alexandra Moschovi tells the story of photography's accommodation in and as contemporary art in the art museum. Archival research of key exhibitions and the contrasting collecting policies of MoMA, Tate, the Guggenheim, the V&A, and the Centre Pompidou offer new insights into how art as photography and photography as art have been collected and exhibited since the 1930s. Moschovi argues that this accommodation not only changed photography's status in art, culture, and society, but also played a significant role in the rebranding of the art museum as a cultural and social site.
That Frit Girl Frit Recipes 96 COE, Volume 2
That Frit Girl/Iron Mountain frit blend recipes for lampwork, fusing, slumping, or glassblowing.
Your Amazing Itty Bitty(R) Photography Book
Your Amazing Itty Bitty(R) Photography Book15 Key Steps to Learning the Foundation of PhotographyThis is a 'how to' book for anyone who wants to start taking great pictures, but isn't sure where to start. In this Itty Bitty(R) book, photographer Mira Zaki teaches you the foundations of photography: Lighting, Color, Composition, and Angles. These foundations combined with her 15 key steps to develop your skills, will give you the tools to start taking professional-level photographs, and creating beautiful and interesting images that get noticed! Some of the things you will learn are: -The basic components of photography.-The most important, and fastest ways to strengthen your skills and take beautiful scroll stopping photos.-How to start taking professional style photographs.If you are new to photography and want to learn how to begin to take amazing pictures, pick up a copy of this Itty Bitty(R) book today!
Toros and Toreros
This book, containing over 200 photographs, records the bullfighters, ranches and events that have most impressed the English author and aficionado Tristan Wood - a personal history of bullfighting over the last 50 years.
Paanialuk
Sergeant Dave Van Norman served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1947 to 1964. His 17-year RCMP career was defined by his love of Canada's north and his respect for the Inuit he met and worked with during his service. Sergeant Van Norman's career was cut short when it was discovered that he was gay, and he was forced to resign in 1964, as part of what is now known as the LGBT Purge. Fifty-five years later, his niece pays tribute to him by publishing a photo journal he made during his time as a young police officer in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated towards community projects in the Qikiqtaaluk region to be determined by the Inuit who live there. Available in English and Inuktitut.
Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms
The second half of the 19th century was a time of extensive political upheaval in central east Europe that saw the negotiation of conflicting territorial claims in the region by the Russian, Austrian and Prussian empires. The post-WW1 settlement gave rise to the formation of the independent nation states of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus. Less well know is that this same period was also an era of keen photographic activity. During this time of empire-, state- and nation-building, cultural heritage was a potent vehicle and a provider of collective memory and identity.This innovative account analyses the relationship between politics, history, cultural heritage and photography in central east Europe between 1859 and 1945. To understand the work photographs 'do' in the construction of cultural heritage, the author analyses a wide range of little-known photographic archives created by contemporary professional and amateur photographers. Their work was extensively exploited in contemporary debates, appearing in albums, books, journals, exhibitions, museum exhibits, postcards and newspapers aimed at both scientific and popular and national and international publics. An extensive analysis of how photographic practices and outcomes were applied, borrowed, copied, appropriated and transmitted shows how photography was used to exert or subvert power, on the one hand, and as a tool in constructing and negotiating group identities on the other. By weaving photography and its patterns of making, dissemination and archival survival through major historical narratives, this volume reveals the centrality of photography and visual discourse at pivotal moments of modern history.
Photographic Field Guide - Wildlife of South India
'Photographic Field Guide - Wildlife of South India' is the first-of-its-kind comprehensive field guide covering all the mammals, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles and amphibians of the six states (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) of south India. The book is a must have for wilderness enthusiasts as it is a true ambassador to the biodiversity of south India in its own right. It is sure to transform wilderness walks and safaris and even the way people perceive urban wilderness, starting from one's own balconies and gardens. The book, which has 360 pages, covers 1920 species belonging to the six taxa using 1850 photographs contributed by around 280 photographers from India and beyond. The information presented in various sections of 'Photographic Field Guide - Wildlife of South India' has been vetted and added to by experts from the scientific world.
The First Wayland-Smiths
A photographic compilation of the Francis & Cornelia (Worden) Wayland-Smith family-the first Wayland-Smiths and members of the the utopian Oneida Community in Upstate New York.
Bruce Lee. way of the Dragon Iconic photo collection
Where There is a Dragon, There is a WayWay of the Dragon marked Bruce Lee's directorial debut, breaking new ground in Hong Kong cinema by taking action all the way to Rome. Featuring a star-studded cast of international martial artists, including Chuck Norris, Bob Wall, and Hwang In-Sik, the film set the stage for another Bruce Lee blockbuster.This book offers a photographic journey through the making of Way of the Dragon, showcasing both rare and iconic images of Bruce Lee in front of and behind the camera. With a detailed foreword on the film's construction, it provides a fascinating insight into Lee's creative process. Spanning 100 pages, the book is packed with stunning photos, including breathtaking shots from the legendary Colosseum fight scene between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.A must-have for any Bruce Lee fan or collector, this book captures the magic of Way of the Dragon in vivid detail.
The Origins of Creativity
The Origin's of Creativity is a book that challenges everything we traditionally think about creativity- who it's for, where it comes from, and how we nurture it.What if we redefine creativity as "Passion that went to work"? Suppose you removed all the stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what creativity is. You would become free to creatively follow your passion, whether i's numbers and spreadsheets, or paints and canvases.Renaissance is coming, and it's not just for the artist. The first step is to debunk the creative elite and free your creativity in the process.
Then We Were Poor
Then We Were Poor showcases a family's dedication to love, life, and togetherness through seven generations as each migrated from Canada and Italy to the United States, landing in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Spanning one hundred and twenty years (1900-2020), Then We Were Poor includes anecdotes, notes, and recollections that depict endurance and commitment to unity, selflessness, and the undying wealth of love. The photographic story includes interactions with celebrities such as Dean Martin, Rhonda Vincent, Eddie Adcock, and more, period clothing examples, vintage automobiles, and other items of historical significance. 164 full-color pages, 508 photographs, and 34 documents.
Then We Were Poor
Then We Were Poor showcases a family's dedication to love, life, and togetherness through seven generations as each migrated from Canada and Italy to the United States, landing in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Spanning one hundred and twenty years (1900-2020), Then We Were Poor includes anecdotes, notes, and recollections that depict endurance and commitment to unity, selflessness, and the undying wealth of love. The photographic story includes interactions with celebrities such as Dean Martin, Rhonda Vincent, Eddie Adcock, and more, period clothing examples, vintage automobiles, and other items of historical significance. 164 full-color pages, 508 photographs, and 34 documents.
50 Gems of South Yorkshire
The county of South Yorkshire covers Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield districts. Although each are major urban centres with their own range of civic buildings, museums and galleries, the county also ranges from low-lying farmlands in the east to high moorlands on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It has a rich and diverse landscape including ancient woodlands, rivers and wetlands alongside the legacy of its history as an industrial powerhouse built on coal, steel and heavy engineering, including Kelham Island in Sheffield, Wortley Top Forge and Silkstone Tramway in Barnsley, and Clifton Museum in Rotherham. Away from the urban centres there are picturesque market towns and villages, such as Penistone, Tickhill, Bawtry, Bradfield, Thorpe Salvin and Tankersley which still serve rural farming communities, and stunning stately homes and parkland, for example at Wentworth Woodhouse, Canon Hall and Brodsworth Hall. Earlier medieval remains survive at Roche Abbey and Monk Bretton Priory, the castle keep at Conisbrough, the Lady Chapel on the bridge in central Rotherham and Ecclesfield Church, 'the Minster of the Moors'. There are also examples of the earliest human settlement and activity at Wharncliffe Crags and Wincobank Hill in Sheffield. Other places have associations with historical figures such as the sculptor Francis Chantrey and William Bradford, one of the Pilgrim Fathers. In 50 Gems of South Yorkshire authors Christine Handley and Ian Rotherham explore the many places and their history that make this part of northern England so special, including many lesser known gems.
History and Modern Media
In History and Modern Media, John Mraz largely focuses on Mexican photography and his innovative methodology that examines historical photographs by employing the concepts of genre and function. He developed this method in extensive work on photojournalism; it is tested here through examining two genres: Indianist imagery as an expression of imperial, neo-colonizing, and decolonizing photography, and progressive photography as embodied in worker and laborist imagery, as well as feminist and decolonizing visuality. The book interweaves an autobiographical narrative with concrete research. Mraz describes the resistance he encountered in US academia to this new way of showing and describing the past in films and photographs, as well as some illuminating experiences as a visiting professor at several US universities. More importantly, he reflects on what it has meant to move to Mexico and become a Mexican. Mexico is home to a thriving school of photohistorians perhaps unequaled in the world. Some were trained in art history, and a few continue to pursue that discipline. However, the great majority work from the discipline known as "photohistory" which focuses on vernacular photographs made outside of artistic intentions. A central premise of the book is that knowing the cultures of the past and of the other is crucial in societies dominated by short-term and parochial thinking, and that today's hyper-audiovisuality requires historians to use modern media to offer their knowledge as alternatives to the "perpetual present" in which we live.
History and Modern Media
In History and Modern Media, John Mraz largely focuses on Mexican photography and his innovative methodology that examines historical photographs by employing the concepts of genre and function. He developed this method in extensive work on photojournalism; it is tested here through examining two genres: Indianist imagery as an expression of imperial, neo-colonizing, and decolonizing photography, and progressive photography as embodied in worker and laborist imagery, as well as feminist and decolonizing visuality. The book interweaves an autobiographical narrative with concrete research. Mraz describes the resistance he encountered in US academia to this new way of showing and describing the past in films and photographs, as well as some illuminating experiences as a visiting professor at several US universities. More importantly, he reflects on what it has meant to move to Mexico and become a Mexican. Mexico is home to a thriving school of photohistorians perhaps unequaled in the world. Some were trained in art history, and a few continue to pursue that discipline. However, the great majority work from the discipline known as "photohistory" which focuses on vernacular photographs made outside of artistic intentions. A central premise of the book is that knowing the cultures of the past and of the other is crucial in societies dominated by short-term and parochial thinking, and that today's hyper-audiovisuality requires historians to use modern media to offer their knowledge as alternatives to the "perpetual present" in which we live.
ALL THAT SOUND. Box Guitar Collector.
Art, Design, and Sound. Posters Edition. 24 Box Instruments. Six String Box Guitars were mixed with other Box Musical Instruments, to make ALL THAT SOUND, like images join to words to create a book, just as the Art mixes with Design to produce Sound. Introducing new models of cigar box guitars and string instruments, we go further in exploring the original art of making musical instruments with recycled materials and objects; adding the finest woods traditionally used by famous luthiers, and the best cedar box models made by hand in Latin America. Extreme Craftsmanship with Artistic touch, unique Design, and own Sound. Unpublished images gallery, printed in posters format edition, for fans of crafts, design, and music. Enjoy with photos of box guitars, bow instruments, bass, ukulele, and more. Art is the target, Design is the tactic, Sound is the reward. Sacred Shout Strings Collection. Cigar Box Guitars and String Musical Instruments.
Beauty Off-duty
Glamour girls are mostly photographed in the studio or some exotic location, so one often wonders what they look like relaxing at home. Wolfbait is devoted to showing you just that. And as you will see, these girls, whether on the phone, getting dressed, doing a bit of DIY or just hanging out nude on a hot day by the fireplace, are just as lovely for it. Featuring such well-known models as Lee Sothern, Kim Foster, Mina Felgate and June Wilkinson.
Jason Stone's Artistic Creations
Contains the remarkable art and Poetry of a young man whose short life was filled with the challenges of mental and physical illness.
Mediterranean Planet
During an exceptional mission, underwater biologist and photographer Laurent Ballesta and three other divers remained confined underwater in a 5 square meter box for twenty-eight days, between Marseille and Monaco. This is how they were able to explore the 100 meter depth zone without time limit and thus reveal the natural treasures of the little-known depths of the Mediterranean.
All This Change Is Making Me Wet
On May 31, 2020 while the world was locked down by the Covid-19 pandemic, protesters across the United States took to the streets. The recent death of George Floyd, a black man, while white police officers restrained and allegedly suffocated him, silencing his final plea "I can't breathe, " ignited the nation, and demonstrators in New York City, and across the country, united to demand one message be heard. Black Lives Matter. While initial demonstrations of massive crowds across the city were peaceful, late that night some protesters clashed with police setting off riots and looting in SoHo, the iconic neighborhood and arts district, and home to premiere luxury brands like Chanel and Louis Vouitton. After a night of chaos and destruction business owners and tenants boarded up storefronts and windows as they braced for another day and night of protests that ultimately led to a week of strictly enforced city wide curfew and lockdown. The messages, artwork, statements and questions that were lost when the barriers and barricades were finally removed and the experience of roaming the once bustling and thriving streets of SoHo turned pre-apocalyptic sterile war zone of that tense and uncertain week in early summer 2020, rest in the images of All This Change Is Making Me Wet, and they leave us to re-visit and re-examine what has past, where we've come, and where we go from here.
O. N. Pruitt's Possum Town
Photographer O. N. Pruitt (1891-1967) was for some forty years the de facto documentarian of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and its county seat, Columbus -- known to locals as "Possum Town." His body of work recalls many FSA photographers, but Pruitt was not an outsider with an agenda; he was a community member with intimate knowledge of the town and its residents. He photographed his fellow white citizens and Black ones as well, in circumstances ranging from the mundane to the horrific: family picnics, parades, river baptisms, carnivals, fires, funerals, two of Mississippi's last public and legal executions by hanging, and a lynching. From formal portraits to candid images of events in the moment, Pruitt's documentary of a specific yet representative southern town offers viewers today an invitation to meditate on the interrelations of photography, community, race, and historical memory.Columbus native Berkley Hudson was photographed by Pruitt, and for more than three decades he has considered and curated Pruitt's expansive archive, both as a scholar of media and visual journalism and as a community member. This stunning book presents Pruitt's photography as never before, combining more than 190 images with a biographical introduction and Hudson's short essays and reflective captions on subjects such as religion, ethnic identity, the ordinary graces of everyday life, and the exercise of brutal power.
The Yashica 35 Camera Book. A vintage Camera Guide - Using and Buying Yashica 35 Cameras
This book will help you enjoy buying and photographing with film cameras from the full Yashica 35 range, including the various Electro, Lynx & Minister models. Whether you are new to analogue photography or you have shot vintage cameras in the past, this book will help you make a success of buying and using the Yashica 35 range of cameras. Besides Richard's experience with the cameras, you will find re-prints of original guides and manuals that will help you buy, use, maintain and repair your camera. The Yashica rangefinder cameras are all equipped with high-quality lenses and great features from the all manual 35W to the aperture priority Electro 35. They provide a quality alternative to SLR and point & shoot cameras producing the rich colours and atmosphere that many will say only film can deliver. These cameras capture the most enjoyable aspects of film photography, and the experience will help you become a better photographer and create some super results. To accompany the book, the author has created a dedicated web resource page that will help you find even more information such as battery conversion sources, film suppliers, user generated galleries and much more. We regularly update the web resource guide with information and resources to make it a valuable addition to the detailed information found in this vintage guide. Buy the Yashica 35 Camera Book today and start your journey to learn more about how to buy, use and enjoy these wonderful film cameras.
Wright Brothers
Renowned Dayton, Ohio photographer Dan Cleary blends his passion for photography with a fascination for the Wright Brothers' legacy. In his book, Wright Brothers: Then and Now, Cleary seamlessly blends historical images of the Wright Brothers with current images he has taken at the same locations. The result is a compelling visual tribute to the pioneers of flight. The Wright Brothers were accomplished photographers and used photography in their process of discovery. Cleary obtained digital photographs by and about the Wright Brothers for this project. He then traveled to Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan, New York, and France to capture current-day photographs at locations where the Wright Brothers made their early test experiments and flight demonstrations. Using his artistry as a photographer and his mastery of Photoshop, he superimposes the old and new images into captivating new combinations where the past and present interweave. He also includes a written narrative in each picture about the people behind the history, helping to bring life to each photograph. The image in the book "Bishop's First Flight" references the day in May 1910 when Bishop Milton Wright, the Wright Brothers' father, flew for the first time. He and Orville traveled to a height of about 350 feet and flew for six minutes over Huffman Prairie in Dayton, Ohio. The Bishop is said to have exclaimed, "Higher, Orville, Higher!" The Huffman Prairie Flying Field National Historical Park is adjacent to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. While at Huffman Prairie taking photographs with this historical image in mind, a C-17 Globemaster III transport took off from the Air Force Base and flew into Cleary's camera's frame. Cleary states, "The C-17 and Orville and Bishop Wright's plane lined up perfectly! It seemed to me that "Higher, Orville, Higher" was an appropriate metaphor for where aviation was soon to be." About the image titled "Kite Flying," Cleary recounts, "While at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Park Rangers started to pass out kites to visitors. It was the perfect opportunity to photograph, especially knowing the Wright Brothers used kites in their testing. Later in PhotoShop, I playfully inserted Orville and Wilbur with their kite into the scene." This photograph of Cleary's is one of the more playful images in the book. Wright Brothers: Then and Now is a must-have book for the Wright Brother history buff. This book is available from Dan's website, www.ClearyFineArtPhoto.com, and at many aviation and history museum bookstores.
The Poet's Land of Gentle Dreams
A Poetry Book from the thoughts of William Kirk, written in the late 1960's - early 1970's. The photographs taken by Dr Elee Kirk and Amy Oliver - William's daughters. A family who loves nature and wanted to express life through poetry and pictures.
Create and Prosper
"If you are a freelancer working in the creative industries, I highly recommend you read this book" - Chris Do, Emmy award-winning designer and founder of The Futur Being good at your craft will only get you so far. With more than two million freelancers in the UK alone, it's harder than ever to find projects you really love and get paid what you deserve, consistently. If you ever find yourself taking on projects just to pay the bills or being treated like a creative monkey, this could be the book you've been looking for. Creative business coach, Matthew Essam, has developed a unique framework that will show you how to: - Find and attract your dream clients, without needing to become a marketing expert or social media influencer. - Take back control of your time and restore your work/life balance - Raise your prices and charge what you're worth - Find purpose and fulfilment in your work Having worked in the creative industry for over 12 years, Matthew Essam has coached award-winning designers, internationally recognised photographers and critically acclaimed directors, to help them transform their life and businesses. Create and Prosper is an inside look at the proven strategies and frameworks that have helped freelancers and small business owners build a life and business they love on their own terms.
Naked Bike Ride Any Year Planner
Get your life into gear with this awesome well designed planner. Start anytime you like and keep track of your day, week, month and year. Featuring photos of the famous. WNBR, this at times revealing and sexy book will inspire you to be your best self. Warning planner has lots of bums and penis.
Bodie
Bodie ghost town, on the western edge of Northern California, gives us a clear glimpse of our Wild West history with its stunning allure, frozen-in-time culture, and arrested decay. This historical landmark is bursting with beautiful contradictions from its starkly rugged buildings to the smooth rolling hills that surround the town. Pete Grady is a photographer who loves to capture new views of the world around him and inspire others' imaginations to see the world from a different angle.
Exposure Mastery
Please note that the PAPERBACK version is in black and white to keep the price you pay low.Taking Your Photography to the Next LevelYou've Spent Hundreds on A High Quality Camera -- Wouldn't You Like to Do More with It than Just Point and Shoot?Whether you want to pursue photography as a hobby or looking at launching a career, you want to be able to explore all the possibilities of photography as an art form -- and I'm here to show you how.This book will show you how the physics of photography and the dimensions of light can turn a snapshot into a piece of art, and how you can turn a basic understanding of your Digital SLR camera into the ability to wield it as the most important tool of your trade.I've Spent Years Discovering All There Is To Know About the Possibilities of Photography. Now I'm Here to Help YOU!Hi, I'm Brian. I'm a professional photographer with a long career that was made possible by one single tool: my camera. I've explored the boundaries of photography for many years and watched it evolve into a high-tech profession that still follows the same, basic rules.I'm here to share these insights with you, to help you turn that basic know-how that's got you this far into a full-fledged understanding of the physics and rules of photography.Give Me 48 Hours and I'll Teach You the Art of ExposureGive me a week and I'll train your eye to see all the possibilities as you angle a shot. By the time you've put the advice in this guide into practice, you'll understand everything from light metering, depth of field and exposure to contrast and special effects.In this book, we'll cover: - All you need to know about creative digital photography- The physics of photography, including aperture speed, motion capture and light meters- The dynamics of light -- and what they mean to a photographer- The secrets of portrait, close-up, panoramic and landscape photography- The special effects that are possible with nothing more than your shutter speed- And much, much more...My Secret Ingredient...Sure, there are expensive course out there that cover some of the information included in this book, but the secret ingredient is that I know how to turn mechanical understanding into artistic brilliance -- and it'll cost you less than the price of a memory stick to find out what that ingredient is.All it takes is a few key pieces of knowledge and you'll be on your way to turning a deep and profound understanding of your camera into a hobby, or even a career.Just scroll up now and click the BUY button to start taking BRILLIANT photographs, TODAY!
The Hand-Book of Heliography - 1840
The hand-book of heliography, or, The art of writing or drawing by the effect of sun-light: with the art of diorama painting, as practiced by M. Daguerre Original Publication date 1840 Topics Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande, 1787-1851, Photography, Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787-1851, Sunprinting (Photography) Publisher London: Robert Tyas, 8, Paternoster Row Reproduction by James Gehrt, 2021
Somewhere Between Wonder and Innocence
The documentation of the process of creating my honors thesis amid grief, a global pandemic, and the overall craziness of senior year and student teaching.
The Case for Spirit Photography
"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carr矇 "Every Writer owes something to Holmes." -T.S. EliotWhile the controversy of Psychic Photography was gripping the early 20th Century United Kingdom, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set out to investigate the most notable cases. In The Case for Spirit Photography, he aimed to defend the validity of capturing images of spirits with a camera. The spectacle of spirit photography had become popular in the late 19th Century, but by the 1920's The Crewe Circle, an infamous English spiritualist group had become the center of a national controversy attacking spirit photography as a hoax.Doyle, a leader of the Spiritualist movement, wrote this investigation in defense of the group, and conjointly looks at other cases of supernatural incidences. As we face current public figures dismissive of empirical scientific evidence, this is a fascinating look at the intrigue of conviction. As the writer of one of fictions most colorful and abiding detectives, Doyle's deductions in The Case for Spirit Photography are enthralling. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Case is both modern and readable. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
Faces of Courage
As America begins dialing back the Trump-era restrictions that all but eliminated asylum for immigrants fleeing violence and seeking protection in the U.S., this volume of fifty powerful images, with captions in English and Spanish, documents the interfaith grassroots movement that never gave up on the Statue of Liberty's poetic pledge to welcome the world's "huddled masses, yearning to breathe free."Faces of Courage: Ten years of Building Sanctuary chronicles the first ten years of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, a coalition of twenty-eight congregations, which builds community across religious, ethnic, and class lines to end injustices against all immigrants, documented or otherwise. The book follows New Sanctuary supporters as they demand policy changes with sit-ins at City Hall, consciousness-raising marches, and protests outside the Philadelphia field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It goes behind the scenes into the churches where families facing deportation took refuge. It provides a visual record of New Sanctuary's campaign for driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants, and its "accompaniment" program to support immigrants at their court hearings.A Foreword by former Philadelphia Inquirer immigration writer Michael Matza and Afterword by Honduran-born, West Kensington Ministry Pastor Adan Mairena provide historical context in English and Spanish.Harvey Finkle, widely recognized as a Philadelphia treasure, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy & Practice. His photography, which has documented immigration to the city since the 1970s, has been hailed as "visual anthropology." His archives are a graphic record of the successive waves of settlement, mostly in South Philadelphia, by European Jews, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Burmese, Mexicans, Central Americans and other immigrants and refugees.Working and Writing for Change SeriesEdited by Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek
Field Guide to Fort Ord
Field Guide to Fort Ord is a 100-page economical full-color paperback keepsake with images of Fort Ord's past and present, including hand-painted maps, archival photographs from Fort Ord yearbooks and the only comprehensive documentation of the soldier murals of Fort Ord. It is not a comprehensive history of the base. It is a companion to the Planet Ord project - documenting historic Fort Ord after it was closed, and in some ways, abandoned. Fort Ord is significant historically. It was the primary training site for soldiers during the Vietnam War. It was the first military base to integrate across race and gender. Fort Ord was the first home of VOLAR (volunteer Army) and later, the evolution of the innovative Lightfighters. A portion of the land was designated a National Monument in 2012. The original base is roughly the size of San Francisco, and is a critical wilderness area in California. Over 1 million soldiers served at Fort Ord.
Developing Mission
In Developing Mission, Joseph W. Ho offers a transnational cultural history of US and Chinese communities framed by missionary lenses through time and space--tracing the lives and afterlives of images, cameras, and visual imaginations from before the Second Sino-Japanese War through the first years of the People's Republic of China. When American Protestant and Catholic missionaries entered interwar China, they did so with cameras in hand. Missions principally aimed at the conversion of souls and the modernization of East Asia, became, by virtue of the still and moving images recorded, quasi-anthropological ventures that shaped popular understandings of and formal foreign policy toward China. Portable photographic technologies changed the very nature of missionary experience, while images that missionaries circulated between China and the United States affected cross-cultural encounters in times of peace and war. Ho illuminates the centrality of visual practices in the American missionary enterprise in modern China, even as intersecting modernities and changing Sino-US relations radically transformed lives behind and in front of those lenses. In doing so, Developing Mission reconstructs the almost-lost histories of transnational image makers, subjects, and viewers across twentieth-century China and the United States.
Developing Mission
In Developing Mission, Joseph W. Ho offers a transnational cultural history of US and Chinese communities framed by missionary lenses through time and space--tracing the lives and afterlives of images, cameras, and visual imaginations from before the Second Sino-Japanese War through the first years of the People's Republic of China. When American Protestant and Catholic missionaries entered interwar China, they did so with cameras in hand. Missions principally aimed at the conversion of souls and the modernization of East Asia, became, by virtue of the still and moving images recorded, quasi-anthropological ventures that shaped popular understandings of and formal foreign policy toward China. Portable photographic technologies changed the very nature of missionary experience, while images that missionaries circulated between China and the United States affected cross-cultural encounters in times of peace and war. Ho illuminates the centrality of visual practices in the American missionary enterprise in modern China, even as intersecting modernities and changing Sino-US relations radically transformed lives behind and in front of those lenses. In doing so, Developing Mission reconstructs the almost-lost histories of transnational image makers, subjects, and viewers across twentieth-century China and the United States.
Oltre
Il 9 marzo 2020, a seguito dell'epidemia globale da Covid-19, l'Italia decretava il lockdown della nazione. In assenza di cure, l'unico modo conosciuto per difendersi dalla pandemia era quello del distanziamento sociale. Ci簷 ha procurato un senso generale di costrizione che torna anche nei sogni dell'autore. Immagini che, ricorda, aveva fermato in scatti precedenti alla pandemia e conservava nel proprio archivio fotografico. Foto che nascondevano un OLTRE e ritraevano mura, finestre, recinzioni, sbarramenti, confini, steccati, orizzonti infiniti e qualche persona che li fissava da una panchina... A quelle immagini si legano i testi di 9 poeti, che amplificano le sensazioni generate dal lockdown. Le foto, pubblicate nel libro, cercano di visualizzare la percezione dei sentimenti che sono stati provati, indirizzandoli verso una dimensione onirica. Per farlo 癡 stato dato alle foto un mood che vuole alludere al sogno. Le immagini sono state generate in postproduzione, con un effetto flou e cromie calde, virate su colori beige e verde pastello. Prefazione di Fulvio BORTOLOZZO Poesie di Franco BUFFONI, Maria Grazia CALANDRONE, Alessandro CARRERA, Domenico CIPRIANO, Maurizio CUCCHI, Luigi FONTANELLA, Plinio PERILLI, Luigia SORRENTINO, Gian Mario VILLALTA
Fairy Tales
Artist Petra Collins and actress Alexa Demie create nine erotic stories in a contemporary reimagining of a fairy tale book. Fairy Tales is an erotic folklore of short stories shot by Petra Collins starring Alexa Demie. The pair created the concept and text collaboratively. Alexa portrays nine characters that embody new stories they would have liked to see. As children, Petra and Alexa were both enamored with fairy tales, which provided an escape from their own painful realities. Each of the nine tales are set in unique spaces, ranging from suburban homes and parking lots to fantastical sets. Petra and Alexa's chapters of elves, mermaids, sirens, water sprites, fallen angels, fairies, witches, and banshees blend their own stories with retold fairy tales. The photos combine elements of camp, prosthetics, and shibari in a surreal update to the imagery of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Charles Perrault, and others.
Nomadic Life in Mongolia
When you hear of a photo book on "Mongolian Nomads," you may imagine a book featuring images of people living on the steppe and handling livestock. But instead, this book focuses on the relationships between nomadic people and their belongings. What kinds of objects exist in their living world? How do nomadic people recognize and treat those objects? This book describes the daily lives of Mongolian nomads through their material culture, a topic which has not seen much attention until now. Using data collected through cultural anthropology fieldwork, this book features photos of one nomadic family and their belongings alongside narratives told by the various family members about those belongings. These narratives introduce the family history. Through the story of the Enkhbat family and their belongings, the reader will become immersed in the story of nomadic life in modern Mongolia. By the author.
Eye to Eye
The women in these portraits were some of the first dykes I ever laid eyes on, and the book feels like a lost family album. -Alison Bechdel In 1979, JEB self-published her first book, Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians. In a work that was revolutionary for its era, JEB made photographs of lesbians from different ages and backgrounds in their everyday lives--working, playing, raising families, and striving to remake their worlds. The photographs were accompanied by writings from acclaimed authors including Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Joan Nestle, and others. Various women pictured in the book also shared their personal stories. Eye to Eye signaled a radical new way of seeing--moving lesbian lives from the margins to the center, and reversing a history of invisibility. More than just a book, it was an affirmation of the existence of lesbians that helped to propel a political movement. Reprinted for the first time in forty years, Eye to Eye is a faithful reproduction of a work that still resonates today. This edition features additional essays from artist and writer Tee Corinne, former World Cup soccer player Lori Lindsey, and photographer Lola Flash.
Henry Leutwyler/Timm Rautert/Juergen Teller: Process - People - Product
A tripartite photo-portrait of a leading German tech companyIn this documentation of German technology company Sartorius, Rautert looks at their laboratories; Teller creates portraits of the staff; and Leutwyler photographs machines from their archives.
Picture Editing
Discover your best images, improve your photography with this essential book. If you make images and need to select your best shots, this is the best guide to make sure you always hit the 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 images or two thousand, this essential guide will help you find the best shot with confidence and efficiency. The contents are amazingly 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 over 25 years ago - a stand-out standard text for journalism students - it is here now fully revised and updated with new material and illustrations. The book is also hugely informed by 40 years of experience as a tutor, mentor, lecturer, broadcaster, photo judge and author of over 30 photography books.
Authentizit瓣ts- und Inszenierungsstrategien im Dokumentarfilm. Eine qualitative Analyse von National Bird (2016)
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Fotografie und Film, Note: 1,3, Technische Universit瓣t Dresden (Germanistik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das vorliegende Thesenpapier besch瓣ftigt sich mit der Forschungsfrage: Inwiefern wird der Authentizit瓣tsanspruch im Dokumentarfilm National Bird realisiert beziehungsweise filmdramaturgisch inszeniert? Diese Arbeit versucht, die bereits weit erforschten Gebiete der Filmanalyse und der Drohnenforschung miteinander zu verbinden, wobei Ersteres im Fokus steht. Damit wird an Analysen wie Stefanie Kreuzers K羹nstl(er)i(s)che Strategien von Authentizit瓣tskonstruktion - Beispiele aus Literatur, Film und bildender Kunst (2011) oder Alexander Tschidas Diplomarbeit "Zur Dramaturgie des narrativen Dokumentarfilms" angekn羹pft. Nach einem theoretisch-analytischen Hintergrund und einer Eingrenzung beziehungsweise Definition des Begriffs 'Dokumentarfilm' erfolgt die Analyse von National Bird auf narrativer und 瓣sthetischer Ebene. Im Schlusswort werden die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst und ein Ausblick gegeben 羹ber zuk羹nftige Analysen von Dokumentarfilmen im Allgemeinen und der Thematisierung von Drohnen im Film im Speziellen sowie 羹ber die m繹gliche Fokuslegung anderer wissenschaftlicher Teilbereiche. F羹r den theoretischen Hintergrund orientiert sich die Arbeit vor allem an Knut Hickthiers Monographie Film- und Fernsehanalyse (2007). Jedoch wird bez羹glich der Begriffsdifferenzierung auch auf Joachim Paechs und Manfred Hattendorfs ?berlegungen zur羹ckgegriffen, die Hickethier aufnimmt und erweitert. Kernaspekte der Narrativit瓣t und Dramaturgie werden 羹bernommen, um als Grundlage f羹r die folgende Analyse zu dienen. Allerdings wird das Mittel der 'Schnitt und Montage' in dieser Arbeit der 瓣sthetischen statt der narrativen Ebene zugeordnet. Zwar dienen 'Schnitt und Montage' da-zu, die Geschichte in eine logische Handlungsreihenfolge zu bringen. Doch beinhaltet das filmische Mittel ebenso 瓣sthetische Intentionen und lenkt und er
FotografInnen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Manifestationen und Aufl繹sung. Jede Fotografie ein Selbstbildnis?
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Fotografie und Film, Note: 1,0, Folkwang Universit瓣t der K羹nste, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit werden folgende Fragen gestellt: Ob Winogrand, und ebenso andere FotografInnen, sich nicht gerade durch das Fotografieren manifestieren? Schreibt sich m繹glicherweise mit jedem Foto auch ein ganz individueller Blick, ein pers繹nliches Interesse, ja sogar eine Pers繹nlichkeit auf Dauer ein? Ist letztlich jede Fotografie ein Selbstbildnis? Es tut sich ein Spannungsfeld aus Manifestation und Aufl繹sung auf, welches folgend untersucht werden soll. Dabei ist diese Arbeit keineswegs als abgeschlossen anzusehen. Sie ist vielmehr ein Versuch, die Beziehung von FotografIn und Bild auf verschiedenen Ebenen zu beleuchten. Einige ?berlegungen m繹gen vorerst banal und offensichtlich scheinen, andere rein spekulativ. Die Untersuchung gliedert sich in verschiedene M繹glichkeiten, wie K羹nsterInnenpers繹nlichkeiten in einer Fotografie manifest sein k繹nnen. Dabei wird das kontr瓣r wirkende Aufl繹sungsbestreben immer wieder mitgedacht. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit bekommen der bereits erw瓣hnte Garry Winogrand sowie die, erst posthum ber羹hmt gewordene, Fotografin Vivian Maier. In einem filmischen Werkstattgespr瓣ch mit Michael Engler beschreibt der amerikanische Fotograf Garry Winogrand seine k羹nstlerische Vorgehensweise. Das Leben um ihn herum beobachtend, f羹hrt er ununterbrochen seine Kamera kurz vors Auge, l繹st unauff瓣llig aus und tut so, als w瓣re nichts geschehen. "I get totally out of myself. It's the closest I come to not existing, I think, which is the best - which to me is attractive."1, konstatiert er. Die Fotografie scheint f羹r ihn ein Aufl繹sungsbestreben zu befriedigen, durch dass er ganz in der Welt aufgehen kann. Winogrand tritt aus sich heraus, ist nicht mehr auf sich zur羹ckzuf羹hren. Daf羹r spricht, dass die von ihm Fotografierten oft nicht bemerken, dass sie fotografiert werden, bis Winogrand tats瓣chlich ausl繹st.2 Ausl繹sen
Melanin Secrets 3
"Melanin Secrets 3 by Aaron Harris" is a photo book dedicated to women of color across the globe. Melanin Secrets is not solely based off the looks of these women but also their mindset. Displayed in this book is a colored woman's power, confidence, opinion, vulnerability, & most importantly herself. Every woman in this book is a melanated work of art. This is real melanin art. This is empowerment. This is self love. Their melanin never retreats. Their melanin never surrenders. That is the Melanin Secrets law. By this law, they will empower and celebrate.... and grow.
Philip Montgomery: American Mirror
"Montgomery's photographs capture the reality of Americans in crisis, in all our flawed, tragic, ridiculous glory." --Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty American Mirror is award-winning photographer Philip Montgomery's dramatic chronicle of the United States at a time of profound change. Through his intimate and powerful reporting and a signature black-and-white style, Montgomery reveals the fault lines in American society, from police violence and the opioid addiction crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the demonstrations in support of Black lives. Yet in his unflinching images, we also see moments of grace and sacrifice, glimmers of solidarity and tireless advocates for democracy. Like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans before him, Montgomery has made an unforgettable testament of a nation at a crossroads.
