This Is My Bookstore 2026 Wall Calendar
Celebrate twelve months of charming, cozy, quirky, and gorgeous bookstores around the world. This wall calendar invites you on a literary journey around the world, from Seoul to San Francisco and from Lisbon to Bucharest. Immerse yourself in the joy of bookshops and the thrill of travel all year. The best bookstore is just around the corner. 24-page 12 x 12 inch month-by-month calendar PERFECT FOR BIBLIOPHILES: These beautiful photos will capture the hearts of booklovers. Each month they'll get to feast their eyes on new shelves. A TRUE WORLD TOUR: The international selection of stores speaks to wanderlust and book love alike. Take a trip around the world in twelve months and join the global literary community. PRETTY PRODUCTIVITY TOOL: Fans of analog calendars will love keeping track of appointments and milestones alongside these stunning images. The calendar also includes Sept-Dec 2025 at a glance. PLASTIC-FREE MATERIALS: 100% plastic-free packaging and product. Perfect for: Bibliophiles Independent bookstore enthusiasts Travelers and anyone with wanderlust Photography buffs
Their Kindred Earth
Evocative new photographs of Connecticut by celebrated photographer William Earle Williams provide insight to the stories of Black American historyTheir Kindred Earth gathers images of Black Connecticut's historic sites by celebrated photographer William Earle Williams. A series of texts illuminate how these sites connect to the larger national and international narrative of Black American history. Over the past forty years artist William Earle Williams (born 1950) has made sites of African American history more visible through his exquisite photographs. Mentored in the 1970s by the famed photographer Walker Evans, who had a home in Lyme, Williams attended the Yale School of Art at Evans's suggestion. From that Connecticut inception, Williams embarked on a decades-long journey to identify and photograph places across the country that hold histories of the slave trade, the Underground Railroad, and emancipation. Many remain unmarked and largely overlooked in a society that has long ignored Black history. New archival research has yielded revelations about how we understand our local history. In this book, Williams' photographs bring visibility and pay tribute to the unrecognized people who contributed to Connecticut culture and its landscape. The book includes photographs from New London, Old Lyme, Farmington, Middletown, Norwich, New Haven, Hartford, Canterbury, Brooklyn (CT), New Jersey, and Manhattan, as well as sites of importance to Black figures in the state, such as Frederick Douglass and David Ruggles. It features essays by Frank Mitchell, Jennifer Stettler Parsons, Carolyn Wakeman, and a dialogue between William Earle Williams and Deborah Willis.
Exploring Icehouse Canyon in the Summer
Join me as I wander along the Icehouse Canyon Trail near Mt. Baldy, California. Explore its towering trees and colorful flowers, rock-filled canyons and steep mountain sides. Discover the hidden wildlife: lizards and chipmunks, grasshoppers and beetles, carpenter ants and ladybugs. Walk along the trails, climb up the mountain, stop at the flowers, examine the boulders, and enjoy the calm of the stream as we make our way into the wild. Wander. Think. Imagine. It's an incredible trail and you'll be glad that you came along.Here are more wildlife books for kids: Questions and Answers While We Explore OutdoorsQuestions and Answers While We Explore NatureQuestions and Answers about Insects and PlantsQuestions and Answers About Bugs and WildlifeThings You Might See on a Flower or a TreeWildlife Encounters while Exploring the OutdoorsTrails are Full of WildlifeLooking for Wildlife with my CameraExploring the UndergrowthExamining Wildlife While Hiking on TrailsDiscovering Wildlife While Exploring the OutdoorsAsking Questions About Wildlife While Exploring the OutdoorsAsking Questions about WildlifeWildlife at the LakeFinding Bugs at the RiverI see a butterflyI see a duckI see a ladybugAmazed at the BeautyDid you see... Walking in the Woods with my dogWalking the Trail at Oak Grove Lake ParkHiking at the Northwest River Park in the SummerFinding Wildlife at the Chesapeake Arboretum in the SummerHiking at the Great Dismal SwampFinding Wildlife at the Great Dismal Swamp in the SummerExploring Lake Calavera Preserve in the SummerExploring Icehouse Canyon in the SummerExploring Elfin Forrest Recreational Reserve in the SummerExploring El Capitan State Beach with Wilson
Louis Stettner (Photofile)
Brooklyn--born Louis Stettner (1922-- 2016) first took up a camera as a teenager and went on to establish an extraordinary career that lasted almost eighty years. After photographing life on the streets of New York, he joined the famous Photo League, a cooperative of photographers who shared artistic and social ideals, and befriended celebrated lensmen including Sid Grossman and Weegee. During World War II, he served as a combat photographer, and the fight against fascism strengthened his belief in Marxism and the working class.Living between New York and Paris, he amassed a huge body of work that combined elements of New York street photography with lyrical humanism in the French style. His subjects were many and varied: passengers on the subway and tourists in the streets, Spanish fishermen and American beatniks, protests and demonstrations, landscapes and trees. But no matter where he found himself, he looked for beauty in the everyday and never lost his fundamental compassion and solidarity with ordinary people.This volume in the Photofile series brings together a selection of Stettner's most important images from throughout his long and prolific career.
Exploring Elfin Forrest Recreational Reserve in the Summer
Join me as I wander along the trails of the Elfin Forrest Recreational Reserve in Escondido, California. Explore its oak trees and sage brush, its flowers and grasses, its sharp spines and curvy leaves. Discover the hidden wildlife, a honeybee and a pair of ducks, a cluster of harvestmen and a darkling beetle, a damselfly and a spider. Walk along the trails, climb up the mountain, stop at the flowers, examine the cracked boulders, and search for wildlife as we make our way into the wild. Wander. Think. Imagine. It's an incredible trail and you'll be glad that you came along.Here are more wildlife books for kids: Questions and Answers While We Explore OutdoorsQuestions and Answers While We Explore NatureQuestions and Answers about Insects and PlantsQuestions and Answers About Bugs and WildlifeThings You Might See on a Flower or a TreeWildlife Encounters while Exploring the OutdoorsTrails are Full of WildlifeLooking for Wildlife with my CameraExploring the UndergrowthExamining Wildlife While Hiking on TrailsDiscovering Wildlife While Exploring the OutdoorsAsking Questions About Wildlife While Exploring the OutdoorsAsking Questions about WildlifeWildlife at the LakeFinding Bugs at the RiverI see a butterflyI see a duckI see a ladybugAmazed at the BeautyDid you see... Walking in the Woods with my dogWalking the Trail at Oak Grove Lake ParkHiking at the Northwest River Park in the SummerFinding Wildlife at the Chesapeake Arboretum in the SummerHiking at the Great Dismal SwampFinding Wildlife at the Great Dismal Swamp in the SummerExploring Lake Calavera Preserve in the SummerExploring Icehouse Canyon in the SummerExploring Elfin Forrest Recreational Reserve in the SummerExploring El Capitan State Beach with Wilson
Art Celebrity Launch Collection Summer 2025 - Wendy Leyten
Art Celebrity Magazine by Contemporary Art CollectorsLaunch Collection - Summer 2025Issue: Wendy LeytenWhere contemporary art meets culture, style, and influence.Art Celebrity Magazine breaks away from the traditional art world. It is fresh, bold, and made for today's audience, celebrating artists not just as creators but as the new influencers and cultural celebrities.Created by Contemporary Art Collectors, this magazine highlights a new generation of talent who are shaping trends, defining direction, changing how we see, value, and experience art today, and redefining what it means to be seen in the art world.Art is no longer hidden in galleries. It is everywhere, and it is shaping the world around us.
Zofia Kulik
Zofia Kulik's photographs are a psychic collage of the self. Inspired by eroticism, feminism, and the political and social developments of postwar Poland, her work offers a radical critique of not only what it means to be an artist and a woman, but of what it means to be human. Featuring her most pivotal series---including The Splendor of Myself--this expansive publication charts Kulik's rich and varied career, from earlier collaborations to the development of her solo work.Born in 1947 in Wroclaw, Kulik studied sculpture at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1965 to 1971. Shortly after graduating, she formed the artistic duo KwieKulik with her then partner Przemyslaw Kwiek. Out of their home, the couple founded the Studio of Documentation and Propagation Activities (PDDiU), where they created avant--garde films, photographs, and sculptures, as well as performances, installations, and interventionalist texts.After separating in 1987, Kulik expressed a newfound desire to show her work in museums and institutions. Subsequently developing the black-and--white photomontages for which she is now most famous, Kulik would combine complex patterns with often hundreds of images. Painstakingly detailed and physically imposing, these images reflect an artist committed to exploring the murky terrains of the psyche. Bringing together these critical works alongside Kulik's lesser-known---but no less radical--projects, this retrospective compiles texts from leading writers to provide a much--needed introduction to one of Poland's most important living artists.
Thinking About Life While Exploring the Woods
Take a walk with me as I explore the trails of the Virginia and North Carolina border. We'll wonder at fallen trees and still canals, empty pine cones and blooming flowers, searching honeybees and jumping spiders, wandering roots and sharp thorns, twisting vines and drifting clouds. Enjoy thirty-nine photos that I took while out exploring the nearby woods, and consider what is most important in life."An unvisited flower reminds me that there is potential in all of us. Maybe right now, as I just passed this way, there is nothing amazing or awe-inspiring happening. But this flower is ready for her moment, prepared, stocked up and supplied for that moment when a hungry insect smells her scent and stops by for a visit. I need to be ready for my moment.""A blocked river reminds me that bad things happen to good people. It isn't personal. It just is. That's the way life is. No one is targeting me or trying to make my life more miserable than theirs. Trees will fall and block my path because trees fall. What I do about it is up to me. Whine, or find a way around the obstruction. It's my choice.""An empty bridge reminds me that we are not what we aren't doing. We are what we do. Our greatest inventions sit idle for the majority of their existence, but that doesn't detract from their importance in a time of need. So what if I'm not a genius! So what if I'm not rich! So what if I'm not a celebrity! When I smile...I am me, and that is awesome."If you are interested in more books like this one, then take a look at these others that I have created: A soft answerDon't QuitHow to Survive When things don't go your wayI can't stop the rainThe Sun Still ShinesFinding the Truth While Exploring the WoodsThinking About Life While Exploring the WoodsWhispered Words I Heard While OutdoorsLife and Its PossibilitiesThings I Discovered When I Explored the Woods
Getting Close to Spiders
If you want to know how to take great photos of spiders with your smartphone, then this is the guide for you. In this book, I share 35 of my best spider photos and how I got them using my Samsung Galaxy S-series phone. I explain the strategies, not simply which buttons to push. And I won't confuse you with confusing talk about aperture, ISO or shutter speed. I explain how to approach spiders without scaring them, how to frame spiders so that you include where they live, how to get your camera to focus on the tiny spider and not the tree in the background, the best time of the day to hunt spiders, why sunlight matters in macro photography, whether you should use a flash or not, how to crop a photo so you can post it to Instagram or Facebook, shortcuts to make photography quicker, the rule of thirds, how to reduce the steps you take to open the Camera app, how to use your voice to take a photo, and more. I am a prolific author with over a thousand books at Amazon, and someone who loves to spend time outdoors searching for little critters that most people don't ever see. I am not using bulky equipment or special flashes or cumbersome tripods. I just use my smartphone. If you want to learn how to find and photograph spiders in the wild, then this is the book for you. And, by the way, this is a great way to impress that nephew or grandkid, by asking them to bring along their smartphone and join you on an adventure out in the forest, at a local park, or in the backyard. It's easy and lots of fun. This book is part of a ten-book series I created called "How to Take Wildlife Photos with a Smartphone". If you want to see the other books in the series, then search for these titles: Beetles and BugsBugs on FlowersButterflies, Moths and CaterpillarsDeer, Squirrels, Rabbits and RaccoonsDragonflies and DamselfliesGetting Close to SpidersGrasshoppers, Katydids and CricketsSnakes, Turtles, Frogs and LizardsThe Birds and the BeesWandering Ants and Pesky Flies
Exploring the Snow and Ice of the Winter
I love to hike, and I love to take photos of things I find while out hiking. Boots on, winter gloves, a beanie, and several layers of clothes kept me warm as I searched for things to capture with my camera. When I found animal tracks, I captured those. When I saw icicles hanging from brittle leaves, I captured those. When I discovered snow piled near a fallen tree, I captured those. And when I returned home later, I searched for thoughts about winter and snow, childhood and memories, solitude and nature, and combined them into what you see before you.If you are interested in more books like this, then check out these titles: A Peaceful Walk Around the LakeBelief and Reality are on a Collision CourseCreating Peace WithinExploring the Snow and Ice of the WinterExploring the Trails with Forrest ChurchFacing your FearsFinding Peace in the SilenceForgiveness is PossibleGrowth Can Be PainfulHow to Survive When Storms Come Your WayLife is about choicesLoneliness and Being AloneMaking Wise ChoicesThe Wonders of the UniverseThinking about Friendship
Paul Nicklen
Join Paul Nicklen - renowned conservationist, wildlife and art photographer - for a rare, tell-all masterclass in photography. Drawing on more than three decades of experience, including 20 years of shooting for National Geographic, Nicklen distils his craft into 20 key lessons, each with a clear and simple takeaway. Whether you're a beginner picking up a camera for the first time or an experienced photographer wanting to refine your practice, this is the essential handbook for all photographers interested in the natural world. In this book you will: Learn essential practices to spark creativity and develop your own style, from "sketching with a camera" to Nicklen's 20-60-20 philosophy for experimentation. Gain confidence and build your profile through techniques for silencing self-doubt, setting achievable goals and embracing failure as part of growth. Read the stories behind Nicklen's iconic wildlife images, including photographing emperor penguins in Antarctica and grizzly bears in the Canadian Arctic. Discover how to use your photography ethically and powerfully, capturing images that respect nature while telling stories that inspire change. Try out projects you can start close to home - from studying animal behaviour in your backyard to building a compelling photo essay - and apply them wherever your camera takes you. Illustrated throughout with Nicklen's award-winning images, this is your invitation from the master of art and wildlife photography to see the natural world differently, using your camera as a tool for art, joy, and impact.
Beetles and Bugs
If you want to know how to take great photos of beetles and bugs with your smartphone, then this is the guide for you. In this book, I share 35 of my best insect photos and how I got them using my Samsung Galaxy S-series phone. I explain the strategies, not simply which buttons to push. And I won't confuse you with complex talk about aperture, ISO or shutter speed. I explain how to approach insects without scaring them, how to frame insects so that you see where they live, how to get your camera to focus on a tiny insect and not the leaf in the background, the best time of the day to hunt insects, why sunlight matters in macro photography, whether you should use a flash or not, how to crop a photo so you can post it to Instagram or Facebook, shortcuts to make photography quicker, the rule of thirds, how to reduce the steps you take to open the Camera app, how to use your voice to take a photo, and more. I am a prolific author with over a thousand books at Amazon, and someone who loves to spend time outdoors searching for little critters that most people don't ever see. I am not using bulky equipment or special flashes or cumbersome tripods. I just use my smartphone. If you want to learn how to find and photograph insects, then this is the book for you. And, by the way, this is a great way to impress that nephew or grandkid, by asking them to bring along their smartphone and join you on an adventure out in the forest, at a local park, or in the backyard. It's easy and lots of fun. Learn more about the ladybug, leatherwing, Japanese beetle, firefly, red-eyed fly, cicada, tiger beetle, darkling beetle, assassin bug, soldier beetle, horsefly, cucumber beetle, bark beetle, harvestman, carpenter ant, grasshopper, wheel bug, tent caterpillar, snail, millipede, and more. This book is part of a ten-book series I created called "How to Take Wildlife Photos with a Smartphone". If you want to see the other books in the series, then search for these titles: Beetles and BugsBugs on FlowersButterflies, Moths and CaterpillarsDeer, Squirrels, Rabbits and RaccoonsDragonflies and DamselfliesGetting Close to SpidersGrasshoppers, Katydids and CricketsSnakes, Turtles, Frogs and LizardsThe Birds and the BeesWandering Ants and Pesky Flies
What's This Gadget For?
What's This Gadget For?When the author inherited an old family cabin on a beautiful lake and began visiting it every summer, she found the kitchen drawers full of old-fashioned gadgets that had never been thrown away. To amuse visiting guests, she created this nostalgic booklet of her photos by pairing images of the gadgets, resting on her Great Aunt's quilts, with images of scenery near the cabin. Two pages of answers and explanation come at the end.shellyerrrington.com
Exploring El Capitan State Beach with Wilson
Three days at El Capitan State Beach with my friends, and photos of the fun we had...
Day Dreaming
"DayDreaming" opens the door to a world where naked bodies become works of art.Young men show themselves with all of their strength, beauty and vulnerability.They invite us into a dialogue about dreams and desires, becoming one with the artisticvision of photographer Todd Paris. His images are radiant compositions made ofbodies, gestures, color and light: hymns to beauty.
Short Work
This collection of brief essays is best read while reclining on a comfortable sofa with a sleepy dog resting its head on your stomach. Jack Heinz was a professor of law, but we see very little of that here. He gives us a picture of small town life in the Midwest in the middle of the last century, but the picture is a collage, a mosaic. The stories extend well beyond that town, however, and include walking in London, practicing law in the Pentagon, canoeing in the Adirondacks, chasing wandering cows, teaching from the back of the classroom, and listening to Duke Ellington at the White House. Heinz has written for Harpers, Sports Illustrated, and The Hudson Review. His scholarly books were published by the university presses of Harvard, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and the University of Illinois. But he wears his learning lightly here. This is off-hours writing, comfortable writing. The observations are mostly casual, inconsequential, often wry. They entertain.The photos were composed with the same eye. They are in sharp focus and their view of the world is often unexpected. But they won't upset your dog.
Basketball - The Ultimate Book
Sports stars, titles, lifestyle and legends: Everything a basketball coffee table book needs!Immerse yourself in the captivating world of basketball with our comprehensive coffee table book "Basketball - The Ultimate Book" by Peter Feierabend and Torben Rosenbohm. This rich coffee table book takes you on an exciting journey through the history of one of the world's most popular sports and allows you to experience the energy and lifestyle of basketball up close. From NBA icons like Michael Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki to contemporary stars like LeBron James, we pay tribute to the most outstanding talents and teams that have shaped this iconic global sport.Our Coffee Table Book offers you a visual feast, showcasing stunning shots of spectacular dunks, legendary arenas and iconic basketball locations. Discover the evolution of basketball from the NBA to Europe and the successes of German players in the world's most prestigious league. The illustrated book is rich in stories about the origins of the game, cultural phenomena such as the basketball cappy and tattoos.The sport has not only produced numerous talented players, but has also had an impressive influence on various cultures and global lifestyles. This is particularly evident in the international presence of basketball superstars such as Michael Jordan and LeBron James, who have not only impressed with their sporting prowess but have also been recognized as cultural icons around the world.Written by respected authors Peter Feierabend and Torben Rosenbohm, this illustrated book combines profound knowledge with aesthetic beauty. It is an absolute must-have for every fan of the sport and a symbol of the passion and dedication to basketball. Become part of the basketball community and let yourself be inspired by the fascination of this sport. Make "Basketball - The Ultimate Book" a highlight in your book collection and experience the exciting world of ball sports that fascinates millions of people. With our coffee table book, you can celebrate the lifestyle of basketball on your own bookshelf.
Farm Life 2026 Wall Calendar
Acclaimed photographer Randal Ford now focuses his unmatched ability to capture the quirky and the charming in portraits of all our favorite farm animals. From charming Highland cows to quirky Polish chickens to majestic Arabian horses, the collected whimsy in the Farm Life 2026 Wall Calendar celebrates the spirited charm of these pastoral creatures and invites us on a heartfelt journey of expression, play, and contemplation. The Farm Life 2026 Wall Calendar takes us beyond the barn and into the very heart of America's vibrant farm animals. There are so many breeds--some domestic and some exotic--including cows, horses, chickens, pigs, sheep, and goats. While other animal portraiture can at times feel repetitive or predictable, every unique image in Ford's portfolio compels you to spend time with it. The diversity and the emphasis on the animals' expressions not only entertains but also creates a deeply emotional experience between the subject and the viewer. Masterful, refreshing, and full of joy, this heartfelt collection of farm animal portraits gives us a beautiful look at those special breeds at the center of farm life, inviting us to witness the wild still within them. Bonus spread for September-December 2025 Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders Includes major official world holidays Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches
Viewing Hours
There's something about the abandoned storefronts, vintage motels, and forgotten restaurants of the 1950s and 60s that evokes a mid-century nostalgia, even for those of us who weren't alive in those years. Viewing Hours brings together the photography of Ben Geier, who has spent the last decade traveling the United States to capture the images of these once vibrant, and now abandoned treasures.Organized in sections, including Signs, Theatres, Restaurants, Motels, Roadside, and Storefronts, and featuring an introduction by the photographer, Viewing Hours features over 150 color images from 15 states, including Arizona, California, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. Evoking a sense of nostalgia and solitude, Geier's work highlights the modernist architecture, minimalist design, and muted color palette of the mid-century.
Seeing Wild
"Seeing Wild" beckons readers into a captivating realm of vibrant wildlife and serene landscapes, each page a window to the mesmerizing beauty of the natural world. Through a rich tapestry of full-color images and heartfelt narratives, this book transcends mere observation, inviting viewers to embark on an immersive journey through the lens of my camera. With each turn of the page, readers are transported to lush forests, vast savannas, and untamed wildernesses, where the raw majesty of nature unfolds in stunning detail. From the delicate flutter of a butterfly's wings to the commanding presence of a majestic predator, every image captures a moment frozen in time, brimming with life and vitality. Through descriptive prose woven seamlessly with each photograph, I offer insights and reflections, inviting readers to pause, contemplate, and connect with the profound beauty that surrounds us. "Seeing Wild" is more than a collection of images; it is an ode to the wonders of our natural world, a celebration of its diversity, and a testament to the importance of conservation. Whether you're an avid nature enthusiast, a photography aficionado, or simply someone seeking inspiration and awe, this book promises to ignite your sense of wonder and leave you spellbound by the untamed splendor of our planet.
The Photographic Journal
Explore the rich history of photography with "The Photographic Journal, Volume 83," which includes the Transactions of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the advancements, techniques, and discussions that shaped the world of photography during its formative years. Published by the Royal Photographic Society, this journal is an invaluable resource for historians, photography enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the intersection of science, art, and technology. Delve into detailed accounts of photographic processes, equipment innovations, and the artistic applications that defined an era. "The Photographic Journal" captures the spirit of innovation and discovery that continues to inspire the field of photography today.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Analog Yosemite 2026 Plastic-Free Wall Calendar
Yosemite's grandeur captured on film!When photographer Blake Johnston heads out to create images of icons and details in Yosemite National Park, he does so laden with medium- and large-format cameras loaded with Kodak film, plus all their attendant gear. The resulting images have a soft and almost moody aesthetic, with grain and texture part of their ambiance. His work is a welcome reminder of how photographs used to look and feel when an artist pointed a camera. Enjoy magical scenes of El Capitan, Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, Cook's Meadow, the Merced River, Tuolumne Meadows, Cathedral Rocks and Spires, and more, with the knowledge that purchase of this calendar helps support Yosemite National Park, including wildlife research, trail upkeep, and other valuable programs and projects.
Flashes of Brilliance
Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous--and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.Writing with verve and an eye for compelling detail, Burgess explores how photographers uncovered new vistas, including catacombs, cities at night, the depths of the ocean, and the surface of the moon. She describes how photographers captured the world as never seen before, showing for the first time the bones of humans, the motion of animals, the cells of plants, and the structure of snowflakes. She takes us on a tour of astonishing innovations, including botanist Anna Atkins and her extraordinary blue-hued cyanotypes and the world's first photobook; Eadweard Muybridge and ?tienne-Jules Marey's famed experiments in capturing motion and their long legacy; large format photography and photographs so small as to be invisible to the naked eye; and aerial photography using balloons, kites, pigeons, and rockets. Burgess also delves into the early connections between photography and society that are still with us today: how photo manipulation--the art of "fake images"--was an issue right from the start; how the police used the telephoto lens to surveil suffragists; and how leading Black figures like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass adapted self-portraits to assert their identity and autonomy.Richly illustrated and filled with fascinating tales, Flashes of Brilliance shows how the rise of a new art form transformed culture and our view of the world.
Magnum: A World of Photography
Chock full of contact sheets, slides and notes, this exclusive look into the Magnum archives uncovers hidden treasures by Robert Capa, Eve Arnold, Leonard Freed and morePublished with Foto Arsenal Wien. You've seen that photo of James Dean in Times Square before you saw it on this book's cover. But how do these world-famous images come into being? Where and why are they first published? And how are they preserved for future generations? Magnum: A World of Photography examines the cutting-edge archiving strategies of the renowned Magnum Photos, founded in 1947 and still representing some of the most influential practitioners in the history of photography.Made in close collaboration with Magnum, this book reveals undiscovered processes through a wealth of material: from contact sheets and darkroom experiments to vintage prints and slides, from magazines and newspapers to books and personal correspondence. With each chapter dedicated to one photographer, from the firm's inception to the present day, Magnum offers a behind-the-scenes look into the archives of Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Inge Morath, Leonard Freed and more.
Encounters: Denise Scott Brown Photographs
The first publication dedicated to the perceptive photographic oeuvre of one of the most important postwar architects and co-author of the influential Learning from Las VegasFor Denise Scott Brown (born 1931), who is among the most important architects of the postwar era, photography has long served as a critical medium through which to perceive, document and think about the world in which designers operate. Fascinated by the ephemeral and the everyday, Scott Brown took photographs for fun, research and teaching, and later as a component of design and planning projects. Through the lens of her Alpa camera she sought to penetrate the irreducible complexities of life around her--and to make a case for the architect and planner's role in intervening within it. Encounters gathers an essential collection of Scott Brown's photography from the 1950s to the 1970s, presented here for the first time.The book focuses on the formative decades during which Scott Brown departed her childhood home of Johannesburg to study in London, traveled through Europe, moved to the United States, met her partner Robert Venturi and eventually developed the profound interest in postwar suburbia from which her most famous work, Learning from Las Vegas, would emerge. Moving thematically rather than sequentially through Scott Brown's photographic oeuvre, Encounters opens up new ways of reading this body of work, presenting it less as a continuous historical record than as the product of a careful and studied practice of observation.
Across the Himalaya
Across the Himalaya is the untold story of an extraordinary journey - one thatstretched across 4,500 kilometers, three countries, and 198 unforgettabledays. In 1997, eight Indian women set out to traverse the length of the world'shighest mountain range, led by Everest summiteer Bachendri Pal. Among themwas Vineeta Muni, photographer, mountaineer, and seeker of quiet strength.What began as a shared dream soon became a test of endurance, leadership, anddeep personal resolve. As the group battled physical exhaustion, unpredictableterrain, and inner conflicts, Vineeta found herself at a crossroads - ultimatelychoosing to continue the journey with two teammates, forming a new, smallerunit that embraced the spirit of slow, soulful travel.This is not just a record of passes and distances. It is a deeply human memoir- an exploration of resilience, trust, conflict, and clarity in the wild. With lyricalstorytelling and vivid imagery, Vineeta invites us into the heart of the Himalayaand into her own inner transformation.A trek that redefined limits. A story that reclaims voice.
Photographie Apparatus, Making and Adapting
"Photographie Apparatus, Making and Adapting" offers a detailed look into the construction and modification of photographic equipment at the turn of the 20th century. Reprinted from articles in "The Photogram," this book provides practical guidance on building and adapting photographic devices. With numerous additions, the text explores the intricacies of early photographic technology, making it an invaluable resource for historians, photographers, and anyone interested in the evolution of photography. Discover the ingenuity and craftsmanship behind vintage photography and gain insights into the techniques used by early photographers to capture the world around them.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Photographie Apparatus, Making and Adapting
"Photographie Apparatus, Making and Adapting" offers a detailed look into the construction and modification of photographic equipment at the turn of the 20th century. Reprinted from articles in "The Photogram," this book provides practical guidance on building and adapting photographic devices. With numerous additions, the text explores the intricacies of early photographic technology, making it an invaluable resource for historians, photographers, and anyone interested in the evolution of photography. Discover the ingenuity and craftsmanship behind vintage photography and gain insights into the techniques used by early photographers to capture the world around them.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Midwest City
Longtime Midwest City resident and author Malana Bracht joins efforts with key historical leaders of Midwest City and institutions such as the Midwest City High School History Center, Rose State College Foundation, and Atkinson Heritage Center to deliver this city's rich story to the new generation of Midwest City residents looking to understand the heart behind the model city and its founders.In the early 1940s, a visionary developer named W.P. "Bill" Atkinson set out to find the perfect location for an incoming air depot to be built in Oklahoma by the US War Department. With a hunch and a wink, he purchased a large plot of land and later incorporated Midwest City in 1943 with the purpose of attracting and supporting Midwestern families and businesses relocating to work at the new plant. The plant later became the iconic Tinker Air Force Base. Awarded as the "Model City of the Midwest," Midwest City became a city of hope for families looking to have a better life while supporting the nation's military efforts. Using creative marketing strategies such as selling ponies with homes, intentional city planning for family living, and cultivating Norman Rockwellian culture, Midwest City grew and positioned itself as an innovative leader in the region. Having many familial ties to Midwest City and Tinker Air Force Base, Bracht tells the story of Midwest City from its founding, continuing its legacy for generations to come.
Photo-texts From Below
What can photo-texts do, especially in the 'Age of Catastrophe' in which we now live? This study of 21st-century photo-texts analyses photography, in six separate chapters, alongside written language of all sorts (essay, commentary, story, caption, text-speak), in order to suggest, tentatively, a concerted, multi-actant facet to contem-porary text-image creativity. The examples chosen are all French, or French-related, and in their multifarious ways contri-bute to a growing politicisation, since the turn of the Millennium, around the use of the photographic image as accompanied and inflected by written text. In this sense, the corpus reflects what British cultural historian Raphael Samuel once called 'History from below'. Thus, photo-texts on migrancy and exile, on subaltern military resistance, on prison life, on ageing and the health-care sector since the pandemic, on youth alienation, on memories of Algerian independence, and on the workplace stereotype, are brought together and considered as varying and potent responses to the social conditions, and conditioning, of the marginalised, the oppressed and the silenced.Andy Stafford is Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Leeds.
TŌKYŌ by RAIN
In the quiet chaos of Tokyo, where neon dreams drip from the sky like ink from a poet's pen, there exists a cityscape veiled in the silver threads of rain.Tōkyō by Rain is not just a photobook; it is an intimate whisper of the city's soul, captured in the fleeting moments between the raindrops and the streets they kiss.Each photograph is a haiku, a pause in the relentless rhythm of life, where umbrellas bloom like lotuses and reflections on wet pavement tell stories of unseen faces.
The Prada Naked Majas
In the collection of photographs, The Prada Naked Majas, Fabrizio Prada surprises us because he seeks to capture not only the body but also the thought, emotion and fantasy of women. Through his images, Fabrizio Prada recreates nature and captures the beauty of the flesh and blood woman. Going through the bodies, caressing each stretch of light, Fabrizio Prada finding hidden feminine treasures until today. Getting naked is, in effect, an act of self-love. An act of trust, of intimacy. A way of expressing our nature in the purest and rawest form. It is, therefore, an act of freedom. Undressing before the eyes of others is the most confident expression of beauty that lights and shadows show. In each photograph, with almost elusive subtlety, the author pays homage to the spring splendor of young skin, to the aroma of ripening bodies, showing themselves. Cautious and indiscreet at the same time, in his permanent creative desire.
Leaves and Light
Since we imagine something intentional about a community both in its formation and its function as a new entity, there is something both baffling and attractive about the idea of a "plant community." Do plants know what they're doing? Some claim our attention: good to eat, good to smell, get stuck to your clothes. For a majority, plants or plant communities arouse a restricted admiration: lawn. A lawn can be a plant community, an atrocious one to be sure. But I'm thinking of plant communities in the eyes of God, where the plants foregather in ancient times and set out toward infinity. These deserve the word community, and the individuals who make them up are original in the extreme, as they must be: they live in a tough town.It is our luck that the eternal aspects of these daredevils have fallen to the eye of artist Lindy Smith who has used the sun in ways known best to her to reveal the souls of plants as lives, as archetypes, as semaphore. Their shapes seem to belong to dreams while for all their unexpectedness they are no more accidental than dreams. What we see emerges from the lives they've lived in deep time; their importance hangs over them as an aura. We long to say their names: milkweed, mullein, bulrush, fescue, rush, yarrow. Or, on the other hand, sumpweed, pigweed, spurge. They belong to the things we see for the first time while recognizing we've known them always, hence the longing to absorb their eternal forms. Creation--we have it by our fingertips, just. Smith's images Smith has discovered the souls of so many plants I thought I knew and left their essential signatures on my mind that I will never see them in the same way again, or more to the point, forget them again. I wish I knew enough about the process to understand what help the sun has been in finding these plants out. But here they are, seen by an artist, and what help it is.--from the Preface by Tom McGuane
Behind Mountains
Untamed Beauty: Iceland from the perspective of the award-winning photographerFor forty-five years, the Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson has observed the farmers of his homeland during the sheep roundups. This centuries-old tradition takes place every autumn and is often carried out on horseback or on foot. In his third publication with Kehrer Verlag, Axelsson presents powerful, atmospheric black- and-white photographs that impressively document the interaction between people and their animals, as well as with the rugged landscape. Majestic rolling hills, besieged by roaring snow and rainstorms, rough lava rock, and massive rock formations convey a realistic and compelling image of the extraordinary connection between humans and nature. Axelsson's work has been honored with numerous awards, including the Prix Pictet shortlist and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Honorable Mention).
Henry O. Head: Twelve Acres
A haunting photographic return to adolescent mysteries in the OzarksIn this debut monograph, American photographer Henry O. Head reimagines the peaks and valleys of a defining teenage friendship in the Ozark hills where he spent his adolescence. From spring 2023 through summer 2024, Head revisited the terrain of northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri--wild country with limestone bluffs shot through with quartz, where cottonmouths coil on exposed roots by slow creeks and alligator gar glide like phantoms through the dark. Twelve Acres recalls a boyhood outside city limits, away from institutions and the pressures of social order. In a progression through the seasons, a restlessness presses in, a longing to stave off the rupture of entering an adult reality, with its mundanity and responsibilities. In this meditation on personal history, worlds quiver in a chaos of past and present forms and stark flashes of image begin to wobble in an opaque well. Tops spin. Animals with thirst cup liquid light. Memory remains an ineffable mystery. Twelve Acres is a reverie, wherein the past reemerges as boys with tick-bitten feet, ears ringing from homemade explosives, clothes stained by the smoke of shoplifted cigarettes and arms stretched toward higher branches.
A-Z of Hitchin
Every year thousands of people visit Hitchin to explore its cobbled streets and its many attractions. A walk around the town reveals its two ancient priories, its historic architecture from medieval times through to the Georgian and Victorian period, and warm community culture, with St Mary's, the largest parish church in Hertfordshire, at its heart. Thirteen or so blue plaques tell of the town's famous residents through the centuries. In this book you will meet groundbreaking Victorian pharmacist William Ransom and explore the town's unique Physic Garden, pioneering surgeon Joseph Lister, the legendary Leonard Cheshire VC and Sue Ryder, and The Prom's own Sir Henry Wood. George Chapman, Hitchin's own 'Shakespeare', appears with his link to John Keats, and Chaucer tells of plague in his Canterbury Tales. You can sing along with Bob Marley and discover a ghostly fish, Buffalo Bill's visit to Hitchin and even Clarissa the Carp! Hitchin invites you to its many celebrations, some held during the town's festival when performances from Shakespeare to comedy and concerts are on offer. There are also arts, crafts, walks and talks and wildlife days, choirs, bands and music sessions, together with picnics and fireworks - not forgetting North Herts Pride Market and ghostly evening goings-on! Why not take home a fragrant souvenir from Hitchin's world-famous Lavender Fields?
Family Amnesia
Family Amnesia is a visual tribute and love letter honoring the artist's Chinese American family roots in the U.S. The art book explores her family's multi-generational resilience and resistance through mixed media collages, her grandfather's photographs, her own captured images and archival material.The book project honors the past and current lives of Asian Americans and immigrants in the U.S. by examining the incalculable and traumatic impact that historical events like the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act continue to have on the Asian American experience. This is a painful part of our American history. Betty Yu is reclaiming that narrative through her own personal family's story. The book will features her grandfather's role as a founding member of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of NY, her mother's plight as a garment worker who became a labor organizer, as well as her sister's legacy as a community activist. Yu knows that her family's story is not unique. It is part of the larger collective Asian-American immigration experience.This book project reminds us that the rise of COVID-related anti-Asian violence is part of a larger history of systemic racism. As the U.S. government and corporate-run media continue to vilify China as a global threat, Family Amnesia recalls the anti-China and anti-Asian paranoia and hysteria that created the policies like the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the 1942 Executive Order that placed Japanese-Americans into internment camps. The book will also draw visually on geo-political history, recalling narratives that mocked China as the "sick man of Asia '' and that demonized Chinese as "Yellow Peril".
A Guide to Photography
Embark on a comprehensive journey into the world of image-making with "A Guide to Photography" by William Henry Thornthwaite. This book serves as an indispensable resource for both aspiring and seasoned photographers, detailing every essential aspect of the craft. From the fundamentals of camera operation to the intricacies of developing and printing, Thornthwaite's expertise shines through.Explore detailed explanations of various photographic processes, equipment, and techniques, alongside practical advice for achieving stunning results. Whether you're interested in portraiture, landscape photography, or simply capturing everyday moments, this guide provides the knowledge and inspiration you need to elevate your skills. Delve into the artistry and science behind creating captivating images that stand the test of time.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
