Evaluating Photorealistic Techniques - A Practical Approach
The Man Whisperer
This book is the capstone of the life work of Kellie Everts / Rasa Von Werder. It describes how in the evening of her life, age 63 to 74, she embarked, at the command of God, on an errand to 'quit celibacy stop suffering, go out & have fun.' When she declined, wishing to continue 30 years of abstinence, she was told 'If you don't do this, you will be outside the will of God.' And so it went, eleven years to an area of her city where the college students hung. She laughed, drank, dated, hated & loved. She gives how to find them - what to expect - what will happen - who to avoid - the traps, the pitfalls, the situations you'll pray to get out of. At one point she became a photographer of gorgeous males - for years, she hired muscular young guys from an internet agency, wining, dining, frolicking & most of all, taking pictures - which are featured in this book - 300 images, most in color! For you who have never done this or perhaps not as intensely, you'll be surprised, delighted & shocked at the adventures & misadventures, the joys & griefs of going out with random young males. Ratch up your courage, for this'll be a humpy ride. Rasa also reviews her life as the one & only Stripper for God, the Progenitor of Modern Competitive body building, pictures of her as a dominatrix, beauty Queen & Hollywood starlet age 20. Surprising will be nude images of her in shape at 66! This book is also noted for the sense of humor, the witticisms, the hilarious captions to curious photos, the Ducky Dictionary based on sex, the lines she used to get the guys - you'll laugh all through the book. You'll show it to friends saying 'You won't believe this!'
Point of View
The author is a musician, farmer and builder. He lives on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. A head on collision disabled him and ended his building career. The only way he could move was with his camera and tele lens. The only way to express himself during recovery from PTSD was poetry. In search for life he began observing Nature under extreme conditions. It gave him courage to write, to find his voice and finally to share his discoveries of words and images in this book. He is now leading a writing group on Martha's Vineyard. His work was presented at arts events in Chilmark, Massachusetts.
The Beauty of the Netherlands
- The most beautiful landscape photos of the Netherlands by Albert Dros- Albert Dros is an internationally respected landscape photographer with 628K followers on Instagram- From most expansive landscapes to macro photography- Impressive gift book for any photography enthusiastAlbert Dros has a passion for landscape photography. Although he travels the world in search of the most beautiful images, the Netherlands is still his favorite subject. After all these years, Albert has created extremely atmospheric, colorful and almost romantic photographs of the Netherlands. His dream images in this book show everything that makes the Netherlands the Netherlands: from tulips to windmills, from purple moors to vast river landscapes and from picturesque towns to animals in meadows and in the wild. The Beauty of the Netherlands is the result of ten years of craftsmanship by an internationally renowned photographer who captures a Netherlands that few people will ever see with their own eyes.
Michael Brodie: Failing
Brodie's decade-long record of his transient American life, brimming with poignant stories of those he encountered along the wayMike Brodie's first monograph, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, touched down more than decade ago, depicting his fellow rail-riders and drifters in a rebellious and wildfire pursuit of adventure and freedom. "Brodie leapt into the life of picture-making as if he was the first to do it," Danny Lyon wrote about the book in Aperture. Next came Tones of Dirt and Bone, a collection of earlier SX-70 pictures Brodie made when photography first led him to hopping freights, when he was known as "The Polaroid Kidd." And then Brodie seemed to disappear from the art world as suddenly and mysteriously as he'd first appeared. Maybe his vanishing was another myth. Maybe it was just a necessary retreat. "I was divorcing myself from all that," he says. "I was growing up. I was pursuing this other life."If A Period of Juvenile Prosperity was a cinematic dream, Failing is the awakening and the reckoning: a raw, wounded and searingly honest photographic diary of a decade marked by love and heartbreak, loss and grief. Here is the flip side of the American dream, seen from within; here is bearing close witness to the brutal chaos of addiction and death; here are front-seat encounters with hitchhikers and kindred wanderers on society's edges, sustained by the ragtag community of the road. Failing often exists in darkness but is tuned to grace. Brodie's eye stays forever open to the strange and fleeting beauty that exists in forgotten places--the open country and the lost horizons that sweep past dust-spattered windows in a spectral blur.Michael Brodie (born 1985) is the author of A Period of Juvenile Prosperity (2013) and Tones of Dirt and Bone (2015). He lives with his girlfriend in Biloxi, Mississippi, where the railroad is never far, just hidden in the trees from view. Unseen, it rattles the windows and floors of their apartment every time a train passes through.
Some Worlds Have Two Suns
Every three months a space rocket carrying three astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. At around the same time, to the north-east in remote grasslands, three other astronauts fall back to earth. The photographs in Some Worlds Have Two Suns document these comings and goings of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and the local community whose lives are accidentally intertwined with this portal to space.
27
At age 27, we start to set the tone for the life we're living in the coming sixty years.We have a year to prepare ourselves to enter what is known as the "Conscious Cycle" at age 28. We begin to shift our consciousness and live life with more spiritual awareness.The intriguing mix of rashness, sex appeal and tenderness mark the silhouette of Vincent Bozzino in this wild breadth of #throwback pictures, and perfectly reflects that season of life where finding who we are becomes more overbearing and painful than ever. Always balanced between the desire for transgression and a touching intimacy, Vincent is notable for being a dramatic face, an enigmatic poseur and theatrical model. This exclusive, luxury coffee table book showcases his early work in fashion and editorial photography - mid to late 20s.An artful collection of 51 minimalist, high-quality, colour or black-&-white images, shot in London // Milano by a series of rising photographers. Model defines it "my love letter to selva oscura". Enjoy our visual ode to the tumultuous "rite of passage" of age 27, as you relate and sip wine.
Bruce Gilden (Photofile)
Bruce Gilden was born in 1946 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After taking photography classes at the School of Visual Arts, he embarked on his first major project: recording tourists and pleasure-seekers visiting Coney Island. Gilden is probably best known for his work on the streetsof New York, focusing on the city's characters and outsiders, but he has also spent many years on projects in Haiti, Japan, and Ireland. A member of Magnum Photos since 2001, Gilden has taken the genre of street photography and pushed it in new directions, documenting the essence of the people he sees and the social landscape through which they move.
Susan Meiselas (Photofile)
Best known for her work documenting the political upheaval in Central America during the 1970s and '80s, American photographer Susan Meiselas has been at the forefront of ethical debates around documentary photography for most of her career. Through close engagement with subjects such as war and exploitation, she has interrogated her own relationship to what she's photographing, the circulation and dissemination of these images, and the pivotal questions around social and cultural representation and memory. Her influential contribution to the way audiences approach and engage with photography is as vital and resonant today as it was forty years ago.
Issei Suda (Photofile)
The work of Issei Suda (1940-2019) is distinct in contemporary avant-garde Japanese photography for its celebration of the beauty of the everyday. His black-and-white pictures reflect on the apparent banality of urban life, capturing "the little surprises usually ignored in our world" the shadow of a figure, the shapes of the street, the expressions on strangers' faces. Suda's practice revealed the tensions between old and new Japan, juxtaposing the ingrained visual traditions of Japanese culture with the prevailing western vocabulary of fashion, advertising, and leisure, as seen through his observant and tender lens.
The Instrumentals
A pocket book of 152 ambient photographs by the painter Stephen Aldahl
Mary Ellen Mark (Photofile)
The work of Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) bears witness to her fascination with the human condition and her gift for connecting intimately with her subjects. Skilled at blending into unusual or insular environments, she traveled all over the world and forged a body of work that combined photo- journalism with portraiture. From Indian circus performers to American teenagers living on the streets, from Hollywood film sets to inmates in a locked psychiatric facility, her photographs are striking for their humanity and empathy.
Harry Gruyaert
Born in Belgium in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to take advantage of color, following in the footsteps of US pioneers including William Eggleston and Stephen Shore. Heavily influenced by pop art, his dense compositions are known for weaving together texture, light, color, and architecture to create filmic, jewel-hued tableaux. As a result, they often seem closer to painting than to photography.Although his wanderlust has taken him to many exotic locations, Gruyaert has frequently returned to his country of birth. Here, in the homeland that he had considered so desolate in his younger years, he found unexpected beauty. Urban lighting, neon storefronts, glimpses behind suburban dwellings, passersby wandering drunkenly home, ports that never sleep, countryside with seemingly infinite horizons: his lens captures the singularity of his nation, portraying everyday life in a way that unfolds like a hyperrealistic film set. As a counterpoint to these more recent color photographs, three portfolios of black-and-white images taken in the 1970s punctuate this visual immersion and journey through the lowlands.
Weekly Inspiration and Wisdom
This book became a way to capture both the beauty of the world around me and the essence of the lessons I've learned along the way. The interplay between my words and images felt so natural -- each one complementing the other as if they were always meant to exist together.It's not just a book of photographs, or a collection of wisdom; it's a reflection of how creativity can flow from everyday life when we pause to see, feel, and express.Tommy Collier, my dear friend and professional award winning photographer shared that my photos were incredible and was surprised by the composition, light and balance. The fact that the images are unfiltered, raw, and taken with an iPhone feels symbolic-proof that beauty doesn't need perfection or complex tools to shine through. It's a reminder to embrace simplicity and authenticity in all areas of life.Sometimes, we need others to recognize our gifts to fully appreciate them ourselves.Through these pages, I hope to inspire others to find their own light, express their creativity, and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life.
Mighty Slim's Galaxy of Stars II
Mighty Slim's Galaxy of Stars II: The Sequel is a collection of 75 celebrity photos with Slim and their back stories of how they came to happen. It represents a small slice of a collection totaling over 650 photos.
Come Away With Me
Do you long for a more intimate relationship with Jesus, your Bridegroom, but find it difficult to comprehend His lovingkindness toward you? Does the thought of being vulnerable in prayer frighten you?In this book, you will discover scriptures that reveal the loving thoughts your Heavenly Bridegroom has about you, followed by heartfelt prayer responses that will encourage you on your journey to greater intimacy with Him!By the time you have finished this book, you will understand more fully how much Jesus loves you. And your love for Him will have increased because you have immersed yourself in the wondrous depths of His unending passion-for you!
Hunters in High Heels
OMAR RODR?GUEZ-L?PEZ MAY BE BEST KNOWN for his filmmaking and transcendent songwriting/guitar playing with the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and other bands, but many people aren't aware that he is also an exceptional photographer. Hunters in High Heels is Omar's first book of photographs, comprising photos taken between 2000 and 2006, during which the sheer scope of output and travel undertaken by the Grammy Award-winning musician and his fellow bandmates was nothing short of exhausting.Sharply juxtaposed with typical books of rock-and-roll imagery, Omar's photographs--all of which were shot on 35mm film--present a more elusive and evocative aesthetic that includes subjects such as highway signage, city skylines, and cloud formations, along with empty arenas and recording studios with friends and colleagues. This body of work provides an intimate glimpse into a specific period in the artist's life.In her preface to the book, photo editor Stephanie Celaya writes, "Omar is deeply interested in the world . . . an observer of changing landscapes, shifting cultures, and evolving relationships. Omar's camera has become his touchstone. The combination of his international recognizability paired with his desire for privacy provides a unique and captivating glimpse into his nomadic life. The irony that Omar Rodr穩guez-L籀pez connects to and captures the quietest moments amid, and in between, some of the loudest places is not lost."Longtime fans of Omar's music and film will be regaled with the beauty of these photographs, while newcomers will be feted with the sublime visual treasures comprising Hunters in High Heels.
Weegee
There's a mystery to Weegee. The American photographer's career seems to be split in two. On one side, his sensational photography printed in North American tabloids: corpses of gangsters lying in pools of their own blood; bodies trapped in battered vehicles; kingpins looking sinister behind the bars of prison wagons; dilapidated slums consumed by fire; and other harrowing evidence of the lives of the underprivileged in New York from 1935 to 1945. On the other, the festive photographs--glamorous parties, performances by entertainers, jubilant crowds, openings, and premieres--not to mention a vast array of portraits of public figures that Weegee delighted in distorting using a rich palette of tricks between 1948 and 1951, a practice he pursued until the end of his life.How can these diametrically opposed bodies of work coexist? Critics have enjoyed highlighting the opposition between the two periods, praising the former and disparaging the latter. Weegee: The Society of the Spectacle seeks to reconcile the two sides of Weegee by showing that, despite formal differences, the photographer's approach is critically coherent.In the first part of his career, which coincided with the rise of the tabloid press, Weegee was an active participant in transforming news into spectacle. To show this, he often included spectators or other photographers in the foreground of his images. In the second half of his career, Weegee mocked another sort of entranced crowd: the Hollywood spectacular with its ephemeral glory, adoring crowds, and social scenes. Some years before the Situationist International, his photography presented an incisive critique of the Society of the Spectacle.
Historic Catholic Churches of Northwestern New Mexico
In this fourth collection, the photographer and author completes his long-term mission to photograph the captivating and evocative historic Catholic churches of the state of New Mexico. The mission became a journey that covered the highways, back roads, and 4WD trails of the state, from north to south, east to west. He has driven these roads, photographing these churches that reflect New Mexico's complex history and beautiful landscapes, and talked to many people who attend, maintain, and love them. His photographs and descriptions of the churches reflect that complex beauty and provide enough information for the reader to find each of them. They also reflect an urgency: many small, rural, historic churches in New Mexico lack funds for maintenance as rural populations decline, and some of them are at risk of disappearing forever. This volume covers the churches in northwestern New Mexico, churches north of Interstate 40 and in and to the west of Santa Fe County and the western half of Taos County. The churches include famous and imposing ones like the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis in Santa Fe, and more modest ones off the beaten track like San Luis Gonzaga in San Luis. They cover not only a geographic span but a time span from the early 1700s to the 20th century. Each church is unique, each has its own story, and each one claims the Land of Enchantment as home.
Hands On
How can a specific part of our body speak for ourselves? What anatomical part makes us all part of the same human family and yet mark the biggest difference in who we are, what we do, the way we express ourselves and how we operate into the world?Paolo Rubini's Hands On is a photographic mosaic of 50 pictures, assembled from 25 countries, across 6 continents and over 5 years of time. It's a journey across the world into human nature and culture, set to address these questions with a unique focus, while casting a curious and tender light on what makes us each unique. It's a journey made for the hands, with hands and told through hands. A hands on journey.
Techno Is Boring
Friends and collaborators, musician Daniel Avery and photographer Keffer present Techno Is Boring, a book that collects a decade of work chronicling club culture in visceral form. Intimate black-and-white portrayals transfer the energy, joy and humour of life thriving in the smallest hours, whether in vast festival tents, perspiring discotheques or animated backstage spaces. Across over 80 photos taken at legendary European venues including DC10, Robert Johnson, Rex Club and The Warehouse Project, a curious and impulsive lens is discreetly drawn to ravers in the crowd, strange sights on the periphery of the dance, as well as the pleasure and absurdities of touring life. Shooting far beyond the DJ booth, Techno Is Boring melts down the barrier between performer and crowd, portraying an authentic continuum of community as ecstasy. The wide-ranging collection of work is accompanied by short written essays and notes from Avery and fellow DJ, writer and collaborator John Loveless.
20.Hope
20.HOPE - Lest We Forget is a poignant and powerful photographic journey by acclaimed photojournalist Abhi Indrarajan. Through stunning and evocative images, this book commemorates the 2004 tsunami that ravaged Sri Lanka, leaving devastation in its wake but also revealing the incredible strength of its people.Focusing on Arugam Bay, a small fishing town that bore the full force of the tsunami, Abhi captures the raw emotions of loss, resilience, and hope. From shattered homes to communities rebuilding against all odds, his photographs tell the untold stories of those who faced unimaginable adversity.This collection is more than a record of destruction-it is a tribute to humanity's capacity to endure and rebuild. Each page serves as both a memorial to the lives lost and a testament to the enduring spirit of Sri Lanka.
20.Hope
Abhi's work in 20.HOPE - Lest We Forget, not only preserves the history of a nation forever changed but also highlights the collective strength of humanity in the face of natural disaster.With each photograph, readers are drawn into the quiet strength of individuals who rebuilt their lives amidst the chaos and destruction. The book is a powerful reminder of the importance of compassion, community, and the enduring hope that emerges even in the darkest of times.Whether you are drawn to the art of photography, the resilience of the human spirit, or the history of Sri Lanka, this book is a testament to the transformative power of storytelling through imagery.Join Abhi Indrarajan in honoring the memories, resilience, and humanity that echo long after the wave receded.
From The Hip
"A Collection of Street Photography Shot from the Hip" is a captivating compilation of candid moments captured in the vibrant streets of Sydney in 2024. This book offers an unfiltered glimpse into the city's daily pulse, with all photos taken in the raw, spontaneous style of shooting from the hip. From bustling markets to quite streets, the images tell a unique story of urban life, blending anonymity with intimate glimpses of the people and places that define this dynamic Australian city. Perfect for photography enthusiasts and those who appreciate the art of capturing life in its truest, most unposed form.
Naked in the Air
Flight attendants and pilots are the cause of many fantasies. The crew and some of the passengers will help you stimulate your imagination. Come aboard and enjoy the company of this naked crew. This book contains 75 uncensored images generated using AI tools. The images depict adult women.
David Bailey. Eighties
In the 1980s, fashion wanted to make a statement and found in legendary British fashion photographer David Bailey its perfect chronicler. After Bailey shaped the style of the Swinging Sixties, fashion in the eighties posed a new challenge: brighter colours, higher glamour, statuesque models, extreme makeup, spandex, lycra, jumpsuits, power dressing, big hair, and as Grace Coddington puts it in her introduction, "jackets with padded shoulders over the shortest mini-skirts and dangerously high-heeled shoes." Eighties compiles Bailey's era-defining fashion photography from the pages of Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, Tatler, and countless others. Featuring couture, catwalk, and ready-to-wear collections by the epoch's seminal designers, including Azzedine Alaïa, Comme des Gar癟ons, Guy Laroche, Missoni, Stephen Jones, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent, the book stands as a testament to a decade that dismantled hierarchies of taste to reintroduce fun and sex into fashion, reminding us that we need not think of either as dirty words. Here, the jewellery sparkles, the silks shimmer, and the suits sprawl. The most beautiful are captured at their most playful, invincible, and provocatively sexy. We see fabled 1980s icons and beauties: Catherine Bailey, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Catherine Deneuve, Princess Diana, Jerry Hall, Marie Helvin, Grace Jones, Kelly LeBrock, Christy Turlington, Tina Turner, and many more.The cultural resonances of the 1980s present on our screens, runways, and concert stages make today ideal for recontextualising its enduring legacy of maximalism and excess. Eighties offers a unique opportunity to do so with David Bailey as a guide, and interpreter, who's never afraid to wink at his audience. As Bailey says in his foreword, "The eighties turned out to be magic." Here, that magic comes alive.
100 Photography Prompts
Revised Edition.This book provides guidance and subject material for you to seek out, create, discover, and imagine your photos.
Japan 1900. a Portrait in Color
The Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades, Japan became a less remote and more attractive destination for the international traveler and a popular subject for photographers, both Japanese and foreign.In 536 pages, this book presents more than 700 vintage images of Japan, texts by a specialist in early Japanese photography, and extensive commentary through thematic sections exploring traditions as varied as tea, silk and Buddhism, as well as itineraries across five regions, all of which guide the reader through this captivating land.Our travels take us from the enchanting vistas of Nagasaki to the seagirt shrine of Miyajima, long esteemed among the "Three Views" considered the most beautiful in Japan; from the rambling streets of Kobe to the energetic bustle of Osaka; from the cornucopia of historic sights in the ancient cities of Kyoto and Nara to the twin delights of shopping and sex in the vibrant modern port of Yokohama; from the timeless beauty of Mount Fuji and the mountainside scenery of nearby Hakone to the urban melange of Japan's modern capital, where the traditions of Edo and the modernity of Tokyo co-existed; and, finally, from the jewel-like architecture of Nikkō set amidst forests and waterfalls to the islet-studded bay of Matsushima, until our journey ends in the remote wilds of Hokkaido, home to the indigenous Ainu.
Collecting the World
Collecting the World collects 25 years of Sasha Gusov's street photography, exploring the morals, customs and manners of people across the world. Sasha Gusov (b.1960) is a Russia-born, UK-based photographer, fascinated by the morals, customs, and manners of people across the world. Alongside his commercial work for influential clients including Vogue, Christie's, and Sotheby's, Gusov is an avid street photographer, and his keen eye finds the differences, commonalities, comedy, and gravity in people and places. Collecting the World presents his photographs taken over twenty-five years in a picture selection curated by editor Amanda Renshaw. An essay by academic and photographer Peter Hamilton sheds light on Gusov's life as a photographer in Russia and London and his unique visual language. In Collecting the World Gusov juxtaposes toreadors outside a bullring in Spain with synchronized swimmers in Belarus; a sumo wrestler riding a bicycle with a pilot sitting with his bike in front of an aircraft; and Jude Law in jeans and a ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet in costume puffing on cigarettes. His message is clear: people are people all over the world.
Face (1996). A 10-year Photographic Diary of Vincent
Vincent Bozzino never set out to be just a face. At 18, he posed for a Japanese flatmate and her Berlin photography exhibition. The intensity of his Kubrik glare, his trademark eyebrows and chiseled features hit hard but he shied away when he became one of London's most sought-after models for art students during classes.A Parisien scout wandered through Soho crowd with a camera in his hand, ready to immortalize the young man and bank on that charisma - and slightly rugged persona. But once the test shoot was over, those powerful portraits were never seen by anyone, like the tens of thousands of original photos Vincent kept hidden from the world for over a decade. An intriguing, Rizz-filled photographic diary, Face (1996) is a long overdue compilation of all the character faces Vincent Bozzino has been, over the past ten years, in front of the cameras.Numerous photographers have chronicled his coming of age with a multitude of off-the-cuff, straight images and stunning snapshots, exclusively available here - and nowhere else - alongside polaroids and rarely seen studio prints. Color, indoor and outdoor, 130 large-size pics. Discover the magnetic presence of this exotic model in our inaugural coffee table book.
Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images
The first title in Aperture's Vision & Justice Book Series--featuring a collection of award-winning short essays by Maurice Berger that explore the intersections of photography, race, and visual culture. Created and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, the series reexamines and redresses historical narratives of photography, race, and justice. Edited by Marvin Heiferman, Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images examines the transformational role photography plays in shaping ideas and attitudes about race and how photographic images have been instrumental in both perpetuating and combating racial stereotypes. Written between 2012 and 2019 and first presented as a monthly feature on the New York Times Lens blog, Berger's incisive essays help readers see a bigger picture about race through storytelling. By directing attention to the most revealing aspects of images, Berger makes complex issues comprehensible, vivid, and engaging. The essays illuminate a range of images, issues, and events: the modern civil rights movement; African American-, Latinx-, Asian American-, and Native American photography; and pivotal moments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when race, photography, and visual culture intersected. They also examine the full spectrum of photographic imaging: from amateur to professional pictures, from snapshots to fine art, from mugshots to celebrated icons of photojournalism. Race Stories collects together Berger's reader-friendly essays in their breadth and brilliance to encourage a broad range of readers to look at and think about photographs in order to better understand themselves and the diverse world around them. Copublished by Aperture and the New York Times.
The Art of Book-to-Movie
Have you ever wondered how to turn a book into a movie script? Adapting a literary work for the screen involves much more than simply cutting passages and rewritingdialogues. It is an art that requires creative vision, sensitivity, and a deep understanding of the nuances of the original narrative. In The Art of Book-to-Movie Adaptations, Heron Robledo shares his expertise on how to adapt a book into a film script, exploring both the theoryand the practice behind this transformation. Using his own book "Hannah is." as an example, the author reveals the challenges and processes involved in creating a script that preserves the essence of a book while also adjusting to the needs and expectations of cinema. This book is for writers, screenwriters, and filmmakers who want to understand how to bring their stories from page to screen. With clear examples, technical details, and a step-by-step approach, you'll learn how to craft scenes, write dialogues, build the structure of a script, and much more. If you're passionate about both cinema and literature, this is the ultimate guide to turning your creative vision into a film.
Visually Speaking
Dedicated to mastering photography as a visual language, this book helps you explore what to shoot and how to understand your own work. With 21 detailed chapters on photography techniques and practices, Forbes teaches you not only to establish yourself as a photographer, but how to create a legacyTed Forbes produces The Art of Photography, the most popular YouTube channel on photography, providing a 360-degree look into the world of image making. Forbes' passion is to help amateurs, artists, and professionals alike gain new skills. Forbes calls on his expertise to instruct you on how to take pictures, and carefully walks readers through composition, lighting, exposure, contrast, color, alignment, balance, repetition, cameras, lenses, and more. Rising above a simple photography skills handbook, Forbes also offers advice on commitment, integrity, what it means to be an artist, and navigating the social media landscape.Ted Forbes' award-winning work centers around photography education. He has worked with many of the most renowned photographers of our generation as part of his Artist Series project, including Keith Carter, Harold Feinstein, Laura Wilson, Alexey Titarenko, Graciela Iturbide, Lourdes Grobet, William Wegman, David Brookover, and Pedro Meyer. He has also collaborated with companies including Apple, Leica, Hasselblad, Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Fujifilm.
Sports Through the Lens
The stories behind and legacies of important sports photos from the last 130 years. Ever since photography and professional sports originated in the nineteenth century, photographers have shaped how we perceive sports. Sports through the Lens collects essays by twenty-five historians that consider what it means to capture and revisit a moment of cultural significance in sports, looking at each photo's creation, its contexts, and how its meaning has shifted over time. Some essays provide fresh perspectives on such iconic images as Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston at their 1965 rematch and Michael Jordan soaring at the 1988 NBA All-Star Game slam dunk competition; others introduce readers to the lesser-known stories of the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon or the inaugural World Indigenous Games. The authors examine the photos' legacies alongside the artistry of both the athletes and the photographers. Reflecting on images of athletes from around the world engaged in sports from baseball to horse-racing to hockey, Sports through the Lens provides a wide-ranging meditation on the visual, historical, and cultural meaning of sports photographs.
Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey
Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey is a captivating visual celebration of NASA's pioneering spacecraft.Commemorating 30 years of space shuttle exploration, this beautifully crafted photography book, now in a revised format, curates the finest NASA space shuttle images into one inspirational collection. Arranged in thematic chapters ranging from launch pad through launch sequence, to the missions themselves and the dramatic conclusion of the return flight and landing, this is a fascinating photographic history of the world's first reusable space craft. Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey pays tribute to the five pioneering orbiters built by NASA: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. It was developed by author Luke Wesley Price through exhaustive study of the NASA archives and painstaking post-production processing of images to enhance their visual impact, all guided by correspondence with inspirational shuttle pilots such as the late Bruce McCandless.The book tells the story of the space shuttle through extraordinary moments in a selection of NASA's 135 shuttle missions. Beautifully reproduced photographs capture the drama and danger of the hazardous launch sequences and vividly depict the techniques and challenges of mission tasks including space walks, in-flight maintenance work and docking with the International Space Station. The book also collates the details of every space shuttle mission flown, including launch dates and lists of crew, alongside a gallery of the 135 exquisitely designed mission patches.
A Manual On Exposure In Photography
Welcome to A Manual on Exposure in Photography. This book is unique and describes photography on a high level; it teaches how to observe sharply. This manual explains the theory and practice of setting the correct exposure for camera and Flash-gun. Whit the current filters, and film material, it is possible to take pictures under almost all circumstances. You can read how to use light, colour and photographic position, with minimum resources professional exposure and photographing. I myself take photos with all types of cameras; even with the reflex camera with two lenses used in the past. This book is intended for beginners and advanced; for all types of cameras and technical matters. This book describes the essence of digital photography: how to obtain the best results with your camera and avoid errors. Digital photography is a pleasure as you can edit your photosto suit your wishes.The book describes several themes of photography: vacations, weddings and parties, studio photography, landscapes, flowers, animals, close ups, and much more. In addition, you can also read how to work in Photoshop. Landscape photography with automatic exposure is very simple. Portrait photography involves artistic deformation: the softening of the light and the softness and the colour of the skin. As a hobby photographer, you can often get better results and create new ideas for portrait photography with homemade equipment. We hope that A Manual on Exposure in Photography will encourage you to make better use of your camera and get more pleasure out of photographing.
Healing Journal for Warrior Women
Welcome to the Healing Journal for Warrior WomenThis journal is designed for women who are ready to embrace their inner strength, break free from the chains of the past, and reclaim their crowns.Inside, you'll find space to pour your thoughts, set your intentions, and reflect on your journey. This is your sacred space for growth, healing, and empowerment. Start your journey today and discover the power within you.
Kamala Harris
A visual portrait commemorating Kamala Harris's historic role as Vice President of the United States and her hard-fought run for the highest office in the land--selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the spirit of Pete Souza's #1 New York Times bestseller, Obama: An Intimate Portrait. With an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Joy Reid.Kamala Harris has helped lead the United States through monumental crisis and change, and few have had fuller access to the most important moments in her career than the Official White House Photographers. From her four years in office as Vice President to her exuberant campaign for the Oval Office, their photographs capture American history as it unfolds.Featuring more than 200 photographs in rich full-color, Kamala Harris is the first book to gather the official photographs of Harris's historic career. They include pivotal moments like defending the Affordable Care Act and the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, and solemn moments of duty, like calling Tyre Nichols's mother in the wake of yet another murder at the hands of police. We see Harris alongside the American people, in expressions of solidarity with the queer community in her native California, and in a selfie with recent grads of Howard University. There are quieter moments, too, with her husband Doug Emhoff, and with her friends Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Harris's own words accompany these beautifully reproduced photographs. From the White House and Air Force Two to visits with the American people in towns and cities across the country, here is Kamala Harris behind the scenes.Carefully curated by the editors of Mariner Books and reproduced to the highest standards, this visual celebration of Kamala Harris's groundbreaking political career is perfect for anyone living through this monumental moment in American history.
Diana Markosian: Father
Diana Markosian's Father is an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection, recounted through documentary photographs, family snapshots, text, and visual ephemera.Diana Markosian: Father presents the photographer's journey to another place and another time, where Markosian attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger--her long-lost father. The book explores her father's absence, her reconciliation with him, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement. The images, made over the course of a decade, take place in her father's home in Armenia. In Markosian's first monograph, Santa Barbara (Aperture, 2020), the photographer recreates the story of her family's journey from post-Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s. Father uses both documentary photographs and archives of objects, letters, and vernacular images to probe the fifteen years of absence and separation from the photographer's childhood. In this voyage of self-discovery, Markosian touchingly renders her longing for connection to a man she barely remembers and who asks her, when she finds him, "Why did it take you so long?"
Hail Murray!
Murray Bowles was the most influential and beloved photographer of the Bay Area punk scene. For more than four decades he captured the excitement, energy, creativity, and tenderness of a thriving community. Collected here for the first time are Bowles' classic images shot in basements, warehouses, and nightclubs where people of all ages gathered to celebrate community. Featuring hundreds of images of bands such as Green Day, Operation Ivy, Neurosis, Crimpshrine, the Dead Kennedys, MDC, Special Forces, Social Unrest, Spit Boy, Melvins, Gwar, Soundgarden, NOFX, The Offspring and many, many more. Epic crowd shots from live shows at venues such as Mabuhay Gardens, On Broadway, 924 Gilman, Tool & Die, Ruthie's Inn, as well as warehouses, parks, backyards, and basements throughout the Bay Area. This collection of photographs documents and celebrates the punk music scene from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.
Mars. Photographs from the NASA Archives
Early astronomers, drawn to Mars's fiery glow in the night sky, named the planet after their god of war. In the centuries since, Mars has captivated humankind as a source of endless speculation and a beacon of hope for its potential habitability. Through six decades of NASA's pioneering research missions, the mysteries of the red planet have been gradually uncovered, revealing a world not so unlike our own that likely once supported life.See the earliest close-up images of Mars taken by the Mariner 4 spacecraft in 1965--the first ever captured of another planet--along with historical illustrations from an era when curiosity outpaced scientific progress. Science and art collide as NASA's later orbiter missions capture aerial views of ancient riverbeds, polar ice caps, dust storms, vast canyons, and towering volcanoes in an endlessly varied landscape. As they traverse Mars's rugged surface, NASA's rovers have operated as mechanical extensions of humankind for the past 25 years, drilling holes, searching for traces of water, and marveling at mountain ranges and panoramic sunsets.Through hundreds of cutting-edge photographs from NASA's extensive archives, we join their scientists in the ongoing quest to better understand Mars. Essays by NASA's former Chief Scientist James L. Green and JPL Chief Engineer Rob Manning provide an in-depth look at the history of Martian exploration and the challenges of preparing for these groundbreaking missions. Captions by planetary scientist Emily Lakdawalla skillfully illuminate each image's content and technical context, and a foreword by renowned poet Nikki Giovanni and an introduction by curator Margaret A. Weitekamp reflect on Mars's significance in our cultural imagination.From a distant enigma to a tangible frontier whose every grain of sand we can now observe, this volume celebrates the extraordinary progress NASA has made, bringing us closer than ever to understanding our neighboring world.
Aerial Photos of Ashbourne 1985-90
More than 150 full colour aerial photographs taken from my hot air balloon of Ashbourne and local villages between 1985-90. These provide a fascinating historical record of this small market town in Derbyshire in the 1980's. So many changes have occurred since these were taken, what once were green fields and school playing fields are now housing estates. Several local villages are also included in the collection including: Osmaston, Mappleton, Clifton, Carsington, Parwich, Thorpe and Mayfield.
Photography Judging
Photography Judging is an essential guide for all photographers who judge photography. It offers essential reading and reference material for those who wish to enter their images to photography competitions, awards, or salons. Photography Judging is a handbook for those who carry any responsibility for judging photographic entries for awards or prizesat any level. If you are, or have been invited to be a photography judge this book gives you all the information you need to perform your duties with skill, flair, and fairness. With the thousands of competitions, awards, salons worldwide, there is a pressing need for a clear, authoritative manual to guide photojudges. This book is that manual.Certain questions about judging photography recur. On every continent, in every country, every photography judge will be asked variants of these queries. -'How do you judge a photograph?'-'How can you spot the one great photograph among thousands of others?' -'Surely photography is totally subjective?' -'What's the difference between a good photograph and a bad one?'This book is essentially a long answer to those questions. In doing so, I hope to help you become a skillful, subtle, prudent judge of photographs; and, by the end, that you'll appreciate there's much less subjectivity and more objectivity than you might have first thought.
Tails of the World
Tails of the World(TM) is an international collective of professional pet photographers, united in our mission to make a difference for animals in need.Each year we raise thousands for animal charities by photographing local dogs for our annual Tails of the World book. 2024 was our biggest year yet, raising over $75k, with 855 dogs, 80 photographers and 16 countries.This is a celebration of dog. The adventurous dogs. The cuddly dogs. The goofy dogs. The old dogs. The shy dogs. The head-tilting, tail-wagging, tongue-lolling dogs.We love them all.
