Come From Away With A Camera
In 2020 Jay and his partner Ashley moved out to Nova Scotia, in the midst of a global pandemic. Since then, he's explored much of the province, with his camera always at his side. These are the observations and impression of the first 4 years in his new home.
Film Camera Zen
The must-have guide for any camera collector, avid film photographer, or novice creative seeking advice on what camera to choose and how to get started purchasing and collecting. Film Camera Zen is a carefully curated guidebook by Bellamy Hunt, the founder of Japan Camera Hunter and sought-after expert in all types of analog cameras and their histories. From European brands such as Leica and Hasselblad to Japanese makers Nikon, Canon, Pentax, and Minolta, Hunt provides all the technical knowledge needed to enable the best purchase, including: Technical capabilities Focus options Compatible lenses Accessories Like vinyl records and vintage watches, film cameras have captured the imagination of a new generation who are rediscovering them as collectibles and as an alternative to camera phones. The beauty of the cameras themselves, acquiring the skill to use them, and the photographic results offer a uniquely rewarding experience in the digital age. Film Camera Zen is the perfect guide for getting started and enjoying the process of learning, acquiring, and mastering the classic analog camera.
Shuttered Stanzas
Shuttered Stanzas, where lens and sonnet intertwine, Pacific Northwest's beauty in poetic design. A Pacific Northwest nature photographer and a cotemporary sonneteer unite to present one stunning collection of art and verse.
Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Dark Room A-Z
Paul Mpagi Sepuya reflects on the methodologies, strategies, and points of interest behind a single, expansive body of work at a pivotal moment in his career.Paul Mpagi Sepuya's photography is grounded in a collaborative, rhizomatic approach to studio practice and portraiture. This volume unpacks his Dark Room series (2016-21), offering a deep dive into the thick network of references and the interconnected community of artists and subjects that Sepuya has interwoven throughout the images. The excavation and mapping of intellectual and artistic data points across the artist's work is presented through three distinct "voices," allowing for a comprehensive cross-referencing of conceptual categories. Each category is alphabetized and illuminated via new texts by curator and scholar G繹kcan Demirkazik; selections from previously published texts about the work by critics, colleagues, and friends; quotations of other writers' work that inspire the artist; as well as writings by the artist on his thematic preoccupations as they appear and reappear throughout this ongoing body of work. Dark Room A-Z serves as an iterative return and exhaustive manual to the strategies and generative ways of working that have informed Sepuya's image-making, after nearly two decades of practice."
My Doodles Book
Bushels of little notebook scribbles, harvested and replanted in a fresh paper garden
The Secret Life of the Blank Book
Inspired by an empty book, a blank page, and a pen, this is the record of the drawings that sprang to mind.
The Secret Life of the Blank Book
Inspired by an empty book, a blank page, and a pen, this is the record of the drawings that sprang to mind.
Unravelling Indian Culture
Unravelling Indian Culture: The Essence of Bharat takes the reader on a memorable journey through the rich and colourful tapestry of India's glorious cultural traditions and achievements.The carefully compiled and curated text spread over three volumes, is illumined by more than 1500 photographs. Such a wide array of photographs imparts a clear and unfiltered view of the myriad elements of Indian culture. They are thus integral to the very concept of this series, which is to offer the common reader, a lucid understanding of the range, depth and the intricacies of our rich cultural ethos. The photographs also take these three volumes into the category of an illustrated work on Indian culture.This book (volume 2) covers the cultural elements of medieval India and comprises six chapters. Chapter 8, which is the first chapter of volume 2, traces the course of Indian culture beginning from the 13th century and during the next 500 years. Chapter 9 on the 'Bhakti movement and Sufism' discusses the growth of the culture of bhakti over centuries.Chapter 10 which covers the subject of 'medieval architecture' is akin to a book in itself. With nearly 250 photographs, it covers a subject that is perhaps amongst the most visible and visually appealing elements of our cultural history. The chapter examines the dominant styles of architecture viz. that of the Imperial style of Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal style, the Deccani style and the Provincial styles of Mandu, Gujarat, Bengal, Jaunpur and Kashmir, amongst other styles.Chapter 11 brings out the story of change in the Indian paintings from the murals of caves and temples to the miniatures of the Pala and Mughal periods. Chapter 12 is an account of medieval literature and its growth. The emergence of Hindustani classical music and the growth of traditions of Carnatic music are brought out in Chapter 13 of this book.
Pictures from the Edge
I've always looked on the edges - interesting things happen at the edge - all the blood and thunder is centre stage, but if you avert your eyes, where the noise falls away, you see more: little rumblings just going about their business. And that's where I hung around with camera in hand hoping and trying to capture people and things that may have been forced, or chosen, to float around the edge. People who wouldn't normally be photographed, as the main event was where all the attention was. I'm never judgemental. On the ladder of life you can find yourself at the base struggling to get a good foothold on the first rung, let alone reaching the top. We might have made it this far, the only difference being some of the favourable cards we got dealt. Long may the luck continue.
Inside the Burlesque Boudoir
Between 2005 to 2007 the international documentary photographer Debby Besford researched and photographed a complexity of issues around the representation of the contemporary female, with emphasis on the Burlesque Stage Performer.This led onto further creative intrigue and a questioning of the idea of play between photographer, private space, intimacy, fantasy and the real, and the mystique of the performer.This particular body of work evolved from a deep-rooted curiosity about female sexuality, and how it can be expressed and represented in a positive and more complex way.
Trains of Alabama
Teenager Brayden Dexter Greene has traveled North Alabama collecting photos of his favorite trains and railroad settings. From the peculiar freight engines of Amtrak to the beautiful Heritage Units of Norfolk Southern to the new rebuilds of CSX locomotives, Brayden chronicles both the commonplace and unusual trains crisscrossing the state, carrying passengers and freight. He takes a close look at some notable shortlines, such as the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad out of Gadsden and the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which locks down its engines in the downtown area of Huntsville. Backgrounds include Birmingham's famous Sloss Furnaces and several notable railyards, including the CSX Boyles Yard in Tarrant, the Norfolk Southern Norris Yard in Irondale, and the BNSF East Thomas Yard in Birmingham. Featuring an introduction by renowned wildlife photographer and author of Journey Through the Lens Angie Birmingham, Brayden's collection tells the stories behind Alabama's rail history. Still, the images are the stars here, those mighty trains that move the world even as they inspire the passions of one teen who shares his favorites in Trains of Alabama!
Trains of Alabama
Teenager Brayden Dexter Greene has traveled North Alabama collecting photos of his favorite trains and railroad settings. From the peculiar freight engines of Amtrak to the beautiful Heritage Units of Norfolk Southern to the new rebuilds of CSX locomotives, Brayden chronicles both the commonplace and unusual trains crisscrossing the state, carrying passengers and freight. He takes a close look at some notable shortlines, such as the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad out of Gadsden and the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which locks down its engines in the downtown area of Huntsville. Backgrounds include Birmingham's famous Sloss Furnaces and several notable railyards, including the CSX Boyles Yard in Tarrant, the Norfolk Southern Norris Yard in Irondale, and the BNSF East Thomas Yard in Birmingham. Featuring an introduction by renowned wildlife photographer and author of Journey Through the Lens Angie Birmingham, Brayden's collection tells the stories behind Alabama's rail history. Still, the images are the stars here, those mighty trains that move the world even as they inspire the passions of one teen who shares his favorites in Trains of Alabama!
Ode to a Cemetery
A meditative journey through Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Green-Wood, founded in 1838, was a leader in the Rural Cemetery movement in America. Its 468 acres encompass magnificent grounds, grand architecture, and world-class statuary. Throughout four seasons, Jacobson's book captures the spirit of this verdant, history-drenched pastoral cemetery. Bethany Eden Jacobson captures the landscaped beauty of Green-Wood Cemetery in her color and black-and-white photographs of century-old trees, wonderful vistas, and time-worn statuary. Her cinematic approach is a visual meditation on the transience of life and the importance of nature to the human spirit. The book also includes reproductions of her unique artworks on handmade paper inspired by the female Victorian statuary. Throughout the book, Cole Swensen's poetic words reflect on the imagery creating a lyrical interplay between image and text.
Visions of Paradise
- Adorned with glorious images that capture the majesty of America's wild places, this magnificent volume celebrates the unique legacy and beauty of these breathtaking and sacred lands- Compelling introduction by Jon Ortner, with personal insights into each region of American wilderness selected- Beautifully presented with thoughtful craftsmanship, the stunning images (including three generously sized gatefolds) are coated in glossy spot varnish to enhance the vibrancy of the tones, while the linen cloth cover underneath the jacket adds to the luxurious feel of the bookVisions of Paradise: American Wilderness is a singular, timeless publication -- a photographic tour de force celebrating the extraordinary majesty and rich legacy of America's wild places, as seen through the eyes of one of the country's foremost wilderness photographers, Jon Ortner, and conveyed through the transcendent medium of black-and-white film. Ortner has always been fascinated with the natural world, particularly as an avid hiker in the American wilderness. This luxurious book collects in a large format his inspiring landscape images, forming a passionate tribute to the American wilderness. In this sensational portfolio of 250 black-and-white images, Ortner has rediscovered and reinterpreted the compelling beauty of many of his most cherished wilderness locations with remarkable portrayals of their sublime, dramatic, tranquil, and transcendent aspects. Join Ortner as he guides us through his visions of paradise.
Frontier
In Anouk Masson Krantz's most expansive work to date, she travels tens of thousands of miles across the Americas, broadening her focus from the United States to both American continents. In her exquisite, large-scale photographs - all new for this book - Anouk captures sweeping landscapes and paints an intimate portrait of the enduring cross-boundary legacies of the North American cowboy, Central American vaquero, and South American gaucho. Her time spent at ranches and rodeos across The Americas has culminated in a magnificent book honouring a way of life many around the world dream of but rarely have experienced first-hand. Frontier builds upon Anouk's renowned body of work with her bestselling Wild Horses of Cumberland Island (2017); West: The American Cowboy (2019); American Cowboys (2021); and Ranchland (2022). Her stunning black and white, large-scale photographs capture a culture deeply rooted in principled, timeless values, sacrifice, strength, and self-reliance. From stunning panoramas to the intimate everyday lives of working cowboys and their families, Frontier is a must-have addition to her impressive body of work. Bernie Taupin, Oscar winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and long-time song-writing collaborator with Elton John, has contributed an exceptional foreword. "There's an honesty and integrity in these images that parlays all the elements of what it means to exist outside the boundaries of conformity and confinement. The rebel spirit, the rugged individualism, and the absolute unapologetic rhythm of history. This is stunning work--a true testament to the men and women who are the anvil on which America's backbone was forged." --Bernie Taupin Gretel Ehrlich, best-selling and award-winning writer, poet, and essayist, has penned a fitting essay. "So much has been made of the vanishing West, of "the last cowboy," of the museum-like vision of men and women who ride the range. They are often enshrined in movies and television series as if ranches had ceased to exist and cowboys and cowgirls had gone home to work in town. The opposite is true. In the long stretch of the Americas, from the tip of Argentina to the extreme north of Canada, and all through the United States, working cattle and sheep ranches continue on." --Gretel Ehrlich Michael R. Grauer, known as 'Cowboy Mike', is the McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art at The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and one of the most knowledgeable cowboy historians in the world. "Today, thousands of rodeos of all kinds occur across the Americas. Yet the foundation of rodeo remains grounded in the work of cowboys, vaqueros, gauchos, drovers, and cowhands from the sixteenth century onward, and of the human on horseback symbolizing freedom and liberty. Cowboys of the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, still do their jobs every day, without fail and without thinking twice." --Michael Grauer
While We Slept
While We Slept is Pete Mauney's culminating book of a decade spent flipping his sleep schedule to obsessively photograph the firefly population near his home in rural New York State. Mauney's masterful images depict accurate representations of time, space, and patterns among the lightning bugs illustrating the magic that occurs while we sleep. The book is interspersed with reflections by prominent photographers David Hume Kennerly and Tim Davis as well as biophysicist Orit Peleg and Mauney himself, contextualizing Mauney's work and process among the arts and science. Mauney's in depth account of his process through Q & A, attempts to bring the reader into his experience of what it takes to capture the ethereal spirit of the firefly and share some of his first-hand observations of what he's noticed over time.
Floss
FLOSS comprises a collection of monographs showcasing retrospective photographs by Roger Erickson, highlighting Hip Hop and Rock'n Roll music from the 1990s.These uniquely stylized images explore the aspirational, unrestrained and often extravagant nature of artists during an era when Hip Hop culture burst into international prominence. His wholly original vision captures the vitality of urban music, arts and culture in the '90s. Often delving into the psyche of these personages for his inspiration, crafting iconic conceptual portraits that have become synonymous with the recording artists. The celebrities include Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Eminem, Joan Jett, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Ice Cube, Lil'KIm, Chaka Khan, LL Cool J, Fat Joe, Da Brat, Ja Rule, Nelly, EVE, and many more.
An Illustrated Journal of the Umbers
I call them Umbers... These creatures which can be found hiding in plain sight and in the margins of books and shadows... Part of the magic we often lose as we 'grow up'. What is lost can be found, if we take the time to look. This journal can be enjoyed for the art...it can be a spark for imagination, for creation. You can make it your own and add notes and stories and names or color and drawings of your own! Above all stay creative friends! This adventure has just begun!
Feed the Planet
"The aerial images are revelatory, sometimes unsettling and surprisingly beautiful" (New York Times Book Review) Acclaimed photographer George Steinmetz documents the awesome global effort that puts food on our tables and transforms the surface of the Earth With a foreword by Michael Pollan and an introduction and informative captions by veteran environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr., Feed the Planet brings the impact of visual images, accompanied by clear explanations and accurate information, to one of humanity's deepest needs, greatest pleasures, and most pressing challenges: Bringing nutritious and sustainably produced food to the Earth's growing population, in the face of destabilizing climate change. It's the rare book that reveals how the world works, laying the groundwork for thinking about how our personal choices shape the future well-being of everyone. Do you know where your food comes from? To find out, photographer George Steinmetz spent a decade documenting food production in more than 36 countries on 6 continents, 24 US states, and 5 oceans. In striking aerial images, he captures the massive scale of 21st-century agriculture that has sculpted 40 percent of the Earth's surface. He explores the farming of staples like wheat and rice, the cultivation of vegetables and fruits, fishing and aquaculture, and meat production. He surveys traditional farming in diverse cultures, and he penetrates vast agribusinesses that fuel international trade. From Kansas wheat fields to a shrimp cocktail's origins in India to cattle stations in Australia larger than some countries, Steinmetz tracks the foods we eat back to land and sea, field and factory. He takes us places that most of us never see, although our very lives depend on them.
Biblical Faces of Ethiopia
A magnificent photobook exploring the religious origins of EthiopiaEthiopia is characterized by a diversity of religions, ethnicities, and languages, with a history dating back to biblical times. Judaism and Christianity have left many traces in the African country. Christine Turnauer traveled to Ethiopia to explore its Jewish and Christian origins and to photograph deeply religious people. The impressive black-and-white images reveal the interest of the photographer and former assistant to Frank Horvat in the spiritual lives of those she portrays. Sensitivity and empathy as well as mutual trust and respect are important prerequisites for this. Christine Turnauer is a seeker of meaning who looks at the human condition without reservation.
Tina Barney: Family Ties
Tina Barney's keenly observed portraits offer a window into a rarified world of privilege with sixty large-format works imbued with a spontaneity and intimacy that remind us of what we hold in common.	In the late 1970s, Tina Barney began a decades-long exploration of the everyday but often hidden life of the New England upper class, of which she and her family belonged. Photographing close relatives and friends, she became an astute observer of the rituals common to the intergenerational summer gatherings held in picturesque homes along the East Coast. Developing her portraiture further in the 1980s, she began directing her subjects, giving an intimate scale to her large-format photographs. These personal, often surreal, scenes present a secret world of the haute bourgeoisie--a landscape of hidden tension found in microexpressions and in, what Barney calls, the subtle gestures of "disruption" that belie the dreamlike worlds of patrician tableaux.Family Ties collects sixty large-format portraits from the three decades that defined Barney's career--accompanying the first retrospective exhibition of the artist in Europe at the Jeu de Paume, Paris. The book includes an essay by Quentin Bajac, the exhibition's commissioner and director, as well as an interview with the artist by Sarah Meister, the executive director of Aperture, and a text by the artist James Welling. These texts illuminate the artist's approach to large-format photography, her ongoing interest in the rituals of families, and her personal ideas of composition, color, and the complex relationship between photography and painting.Tina Barney: Family Ties is copublished by Aperture and Atelier EXB.
Daido Moriyama
Between June 1972 and July 1973, Daido Moriyama produced his own magazine publication, Kiroku, which was then referred to as Record. It became a diaristic journal of his work as it developed. In 2006, encouraged by the Japanese publisher Akio Nagasawa, Moriyama was able to resume publication of Record.The first thirty issues of Record were edited by Mark Holborn into the now classic 2017 photobook of the same title. Daido Moriyama: Record 2, also edited by Mark Holborn, picks up from where the original left off, with a selection of images and texts by Moriyama from issues thirty-one to fifty of the magazine. With Moriyama now in his eighties, Record 2 will likely be the end of the story. But despite his advancing years, the work is unmistakably Moriyama's aesthetic--fiercely contrasted images with fragmentary, intensely composed frames that express the vision of one of the greatest photographers.
Jazz Habana
In this photographic collection, seven photographers who have built their artistic reputation documenting Cuban jazz over the years, bring together images celebrating musicians who have performed at Jazz Plaza - Havana's annual international jazz festival. These photographers present very personal, subjective views on the jazz performances that they document. The images themselves becoming silent participants in the events they show, demonstrating that without photography, jazz would not be the same. Introduced by Pablo Rigal, with an exclusive interview with Bobby Carcass矇s, founder of Jazz Plaza.Seven photographers are featured - all of them active in Havana's cultural scene, and with years of experience photographing jazz performances: Abel Carmenate, Xavier Carvajal, Maite Fern獺ndez, Elio Miniello, Enirque 'Kike' Smith, Gonzalo Vidal and Jorge Villa.The book is full of colour and black & white photographs of Cuban and international jazz musicians.Hardback, 96 pages.
Yorkshire Villages
Yorkshire is a county of enormous contrasts. Outside its large urban centres, its villages represent a way of life that often feels unchanging. The villages are part of the landscape, whether remote upland, agricultural, coastal or even industrial, and the buildings in these villages reflect the local materials and the evolving working life of the villages. The National Parks of the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales are justly famous, as is the extensive North Sea coastline, but there is much more to Yorkshire than this, from the East Riding which historically grew rich on the wool trade, the Humber estuary, the wealthy monastic houses of the Middle Ages, later stately homes, to the mining villages of South Yorkshire, the textile industry in West Yorkshire and remote Pennine settlements. In Yorkshire Villages, photographer Dave Zdanowicz takes a fresh look at Yorkshire, through its huge variety of villages and their setting in the scenery of the region, that makes Yorkshire special. For those who live in the county and its many thousands of visitors this book is a must. Look through these photographs and you will quickly see why this largest county of England has such enduring appeal.
The Beauty Within
Honoring Our Seniors. . . for their Knowledge, Experience, & WisdomThe Beauty Within: The Other Side of Trauma is a collection of quotes and personal stories of 31 seniors who share the other side of their trauma. Photographer and first-time author, Marie J. Brown discovered her passion: caring for seniors, a community that's often overlooked and forgotten. She captures their beauty in full color and transforms them with make-over images that provide different attitudes as they see themselves in a new reflective mirror. The seniors in The Beauty Within The Other Side of Trauma have experienced the loss of parents, spouses, and children; chronic and life-threatening diagnoses; homelessness, abandonment, depression, and so much more. Yet they are still here to celebrate the remainder of their lives. The author hopes this book will inspire readers to honor the seniors in your life. The knowledge, experience, and wisdom you may need to fulfill your life may be hidden in the seniors close to you. The author had been taking photos for many years before she enrolled in a photography class. Her passion of photography and her heart for seniors guided Marie to start not only taking photos but providing complete make-overs. The make-overs are allowing the seniors in this book to see the other-side of their trauma.
The Picture Not Taken
An ecologically minded collection of essays in the vein of Rebecca Solnit and Susan Sontag, covering everything from the equipment of photography to the difficulties of perception itself. In The Picture Not Taken, the photographer and writer Benjamin Swett considers the intersections between photography, memory, the natural world, and the course of life in essays on subjects that include family snapshots, images of racial violence, the shape of abiding love, and the experience of unforseen and irremediable loss. In these beautifully written, deeply affecting pages, Swett moves with a wonderful improvisatory freedom among his chosen themes. The Picture Not Taken is a book of transfixing pieces that possesses the intensity and integrity and heft of the wholly new.
American, Born Hungary
An expansive look at the significant role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century This beautifully illustrated book explores the cultural conditions for photography in Hungary in the first half of the twentieth century and the exodus of groundbreaking Hungarian artists, many of whom journeyed to Berlin, Paris, or London before settling in the United States. The story of the bounty of intellectual and artistic talent that departed Hungary during this period is told in depth, from the photojournalistic legacy of the Capa brothers and Martin Munk獺csi to the deeply experimental work made in the United States by artists such as L獺szl籀 Moholy-Nagy and Gy繹rgy Kepes to the portraits of cinema icons by Andr矇 de Dienes, including Marilyn Monroe, which helped fuel Hollywood's Golden Age. The book also introduces the major but underrecognized talent of artists, including John Albok, Anna Barna, Ferenc Berko, Michael Simon, and Paula Wright. The publication's essays explore the complex legacy of more than thirty Hungarian-born photographers and reflect on their journeys to the US in the context of Hungarian emigration for more than a hundred and fifty years. By tracing the impact of these celebrated and unheralded photographers alike, American, Hungary Born underscores the significant role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century. Distributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition Schedule: Museum of Fine Arts Budapest (April 6-August 25, 2024) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (October 5, 2024-January 26, 2025) The George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY (September 26, 2025-March 1, 2026)
Neal Slavin: When Two or More Are Gathered Together
From ballroom dancers to bodybuilders, Slavin's photographic diary of organizations in '70s America captures both nuanced group dynamics and larger societal valuesIn the 1970s, photographer Neal Slavin traveled around the United States documenting groups and gatherings. From bingo players to ballroom dancers, bodybuilders, Star Trek conventions and religious congregations, Slavin photographed seemingly every imaginable organization that humans have dreamed up. While the pictures themselves are most often posed, Slavin has always asked that his subjects arrange themselves in front of the camera, allowing natural hierarchies, group dynamics and indications of status to emerge. Says Slavin of his process, "I walk a delicate line between giving general instructions and allowing the group free rein to express itself while I watch individuals who jockey for position, thrusting a shoulder in front of the next person or wearing the widest smile, while others recede into the background, who are posing only to be a part of something larger--the group. My role is to capture a complete image, incorporating the eccentricities of human behavior that have emerged naturally from the multitude of personalities ... I want my work to affirm our self identity within our public persona; to affirm the joy of being together rather than being apart. My intention is to intensely glimpse that kind of human spirit through the lens of my camera."When Two or More Are Gathered Together is a unique portrait of America itself and its idealistic underpinnings of individuality and liberty, memorialized in the nostalgic photographs of the '70s, a time far removed both from the present day and from our present psyche. Originally published in 1976 by Farrar Strauss & Giroux, this new expanded edition, edited with text by Kevin Moore, includes group portraits taken over a span of 50 years.Neal Slavin (born 1941) graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture. He has published three photobooks: Portugal (1971), When Two or More Are Gathered Together (1976) and Britons (1986). He directed and produced the 2001 film Focus, based on Arthur Miller's novel of the same name.
The Bloomsbury Photographs
An enthralling portrait of the Bloomsbury Group's key figures told through a rich collection of intimate photographs Photography framed the world of the Bloomsbury Group. The thousands of photographs surviving in albums kept by Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Dora Carrington, and Lytton Strachey, among others, today offer us a private insight into their lives. Maggie Humm brings together a curated selection of these photographs to offer us a fresh portrait of the Bloomsbury Group, showing them in a new, domestic intimacy. She brings to life the texture of Bloomsbury: their pastimes, children, clothes, houses, servants, pets, holidays. Several photographs are blurred as if taken in a hurried moment of time, and unguarded close-ups reflect complex personal relationships. The Bloomsbury Photographs are not simply documents, but testimonies of relationships, friendships, and the significance of empathetic lives.
Marilyn Monroe Style
- Published in collaboration with the Estate of Marilyn Monroe - A powerful celebration of Marilyn Monroe's enduring influence - Written by bestselling fashion writer Terry Newman - Featuring beautiful photos of Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe's world was the stuff of fairy-tale - the orphan who conquered Hollywood and hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world before her untimely death in 1962. Marilyn Monroe Style celebrates Marilyn's impact on fashion by revealing the influence of her many iconic looks. Her wardrobe encompassed sensual femininity as well as low-key minimalism. Outfits span from shimmering showpieces such as the Jean Louis gown worn to serenade JFK on his birthday, to Pucci slacks and cats-eye spectacles. Born Norma Jeane Mortensen, whenever she 'became' Marilyn, she mesmerized onlookers with showstopping outfits that helped make her a legend, yet throughout her life the clothes she wore represented many ways of being a woman. Written by Terry Newman - the bestselling author of Taylor Swift and the Clothes She Wears - this book tells the story of Marilyn's life through clothes and is essential reading for Marilyn Monroe fans everywhere.
Erwin Olaf: Stages
A memorial exhibition catalog highlighting the performance-inspired and staged works of one of the Netherlands' most acclaimed photographersDutch photographer Erwin Olaf emerged onto the Amsterdam photography scene in his early 20s. His first formal self-portrait shows influence from New York artists such as Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe, while also signaling the signatures of his aesthetic throughout his career: layering props and details in open-ended narrative relationships, leading viewers to fantasize about what story is being told. Throughout the 1980s, Olaf became a well-known and well-loved artist and gay rights activist in the Netherlands, photographing drag queens, bodybuilders, fetishists and celebrities at discotheques and other performances. Olaf's artwork illuminated and celebrated underground scenes, claiming a spotlight for LGBTQ+ identities that expanded everyday possibilities for gay people throughout the Netherlands.This volume includes a selection of key series centered on the concept of performance, a recurring theme in the artist's four-decade career. In particular, it delves into Olaf's intimate and formal relationship with dance. The artist discussed ballet as a major source of inspiration for his personal work, in particular the precision and tension between beauty and gritty strength the genre requires. Olaf's final completed series, Dance in Close Up (2022), represents a collaboration between the artist and choreographer Hans van Manen, celebrating their shared vision of evocative gesture and the gifts of the stage.Erwin Olaf was born in the Netherlands in 1959, and died there in 2023. His work is held in permanent collections such as the Rijksmuseum; the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris; and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; and also circulates on the Dutch Euro coin.
Luke Gilford: National Anthem
The beloved photobook on America's queer rodeo community now available in a new editionGrowing up in Colorado with his father in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association, Luke Gilford spent his formative years around the rodeo, an American institution that has often been associated with conservatism and homophobia. It was only later, when he discovered the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA), that he began to see himself as part of a rodeo family. The IGRA is the organizing body for LGBTQ+ cowboy and cowgirl communities in North America--a safe space for all genders and races. The queer rodeo brings in participants from rural regions all over America for structured educational programs and competitions, facilitating opportunities to hone athletic skills, connection and care for animals, personal integrity, self-confidence and support for one another.Gilford has spent over four years traveling the country to document this diverse and ever-evolving subculture. Shot on medium-format film and printed in a traditional darkroom, the work is detailed and rich with emotion and color. The resulting photographs are both personal and poetic--clear testaments to Gilford's intimate relationship to the community. National Anthem is a celebration of outsiders and the immense beauty of chosen families everywhere. This new edition, with never-before-seen images, is released in conjunction with the feature film adaptation of National Anthem, in theaters July 2024.Luke Gilford (born 1986) is a writer, director and photographer from Evergreen, Colorado, and currently based in Los Angeles and New York City. Gilford's photography and films have been exhibited around the world, including MoMA in New York and FOAM in Amsterdam. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair and Vogue, showcasing his distinct visual language characterized by a strong sense of intimacy with his subjects.
Magnum America
What is "America"? What does it look like? Where can it be found? What does "America" mean and for whom? This ambitious publication does not attempt to present a comprehensive photographic history of the United States but uses the stories and photographs in the Magnum Archive to offer potential answers to those questions. In doing so, it presents a compelling visual portrait of the USA, past and present, as it stands once again at a crossroads of history. Magnum America is arranged into decade-by-decade chapters from the 1940s to the present day. Each chapter includes individual "Moments" capturing that decade; deeper views through "Collective Portfolios" where multiple Magnum photographers documented a major historic event; and long-form, story-led individual portfolios that examine issues, peoples, and events as portrayed by Magnum photographers. Commentaries and texts appear throughout and there are innovative metadata visualizations based on the Magnum archives, highlighting the multiple voices and perspectives that define both Magnum and the United States.The book looks beyond the fifty states to invite us to consider the concept of "America as Empire," with military and political adventures and misadventures abroad, including Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as soft power and "America" as a cultural export.Breathtaking in scope and abundant with the photographic riches and intelligent, insightful authorship for which Magnum's photographers are renowned, as well as texts by Professor Laura Wexler alongside other contributing writers, Magnum America is a vital contribution to the documentation of contemporary American history and a future classic.
Playgirl: The Official History of a Cult Magazine
A lively, unbelievably fun art book that celebrates Playgirl magazine's 50-year anniversary, including historic articles, spreads, commentary, photography, and extensive artwork from the '70s through today Playgirl is a movement. This groundbreaking magazine was never just a pale imitation of Playboy; it was a major player at the dawn of women's liberation, featuring stories on barrier-breaking women from across the globe, articles about reproductive health, and interviews with feminist icons. All this revolutionary material could be found nestled among the tasteful and erotic male nudes that the magazine was built on, leading Playgirl to resonate, too, with the significant gay male readership it maintains today. This wide-reaching Playgirl compendium includes not only some of the most important and engaging archival materials from across the past five decades, but also a number of new essays about the publication's origins, its role in the women's liberation movement, and its contributions to pop culture at large.
Just Looking
Culled from the Instagrams of notable artists, writers and other creatives, Just Looking encourages readers to find small delights in the world around themRedstone Press, the makers of the Redstone Diary, Surrealist Games, Seeing Things and many other unexpected titles, invite you to join us on a visual odyssey. Curated from the Instagram pages of writers, artists and other observers, Just Looking invites readers to pause and contemplate the extraordinary within the everyday. From city streets to country landscapes, Just Looking showcases the diverse perspectives of those who have mastered the art of observation, encouraging us to lift our gaze from the screens of our busy lives in order to appreciate the strange beauty that lies in plain sight all around us. Everyone possesses the capacity to be a keen observer, to see the world with fresh eyes and to find inspiration in the most unexpected places.Just Looking transcends geographical boundaries and cultural differences. Here, the lens becomes a universal language, communicating stories that resonate with shared human experience and that encapsulate the breadth and depth of our daily existence. More than just a collection of photographs, this is a celebration of the simple art of looking.Featured Instagrams include: Shirin Neshat, Eileen Myles, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Roz Chast, Peter Doig, Olivia Laing, Mel Chin, David Byrne, Simon Wallis, Keith McNally, Lee Shulman, Toby Litt, Cornelia Parker, Polly Samson, Max Porter, Thomas Ad癡s, Olivia Sudjic, Rachel Whiteread, Kamila Shamsie.
Karl Blossfeldt. the Complete Published Work. 40th Ed.
German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the 19th- and 20th-century worlds of image-making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form.Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt's images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves. They are still lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their aesthetics and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers. Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective.
Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories
The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the D羹sseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer's unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncompromising collection that sheds an unexpected light on his colossal oeuvre. This book offers an extensive, firsthand look at the highly personal collection. Renowned the world over, Lindbergh's images have left an indelible mark on contemporary culture and photo history. Here, the photographer experiments with his own oeuvre and narrates new stories while staying true to his lexicon. In both emblematic and never-before-seen images, he challenges his own icons and presents intimate moments shared with personalities who had been close to him for years, including Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Robin Wright, Jessica Chastain, Naomi Campbell, Charlotte Rampling and many more.This volume presents more than 100 photographs--many of them unpublished or short-lived, often having been commissioned by monthly fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, or The Wall Street Journal. An extensive conversation between Lindbergh and Kunstpalast director Felix Kr瓣mer, as well as an homage by close friend Wim Wenders, offer fresh insights into the making of the collection. The result is an intimate personal statement by Lindbergh about his work.
Stories of the Street
When walking down the street, it is not uncommon to see lost items that have escaped their proper receptacles, but how often does one stop to read the messages left behind? David Lazar has stopped often, capturing the pieces of a "lost world on the streets" and thinking about the life of the discarder from the fragments left behind. Stories of the Street is a series of imaginative meditations--through prose poems, short-short essays, microfictions, and prose pieces without precise genre distinction--of what it means to encounter lost or discarded texts. Rather than simply deconstructing the lists, notes, receipts, or book pages he finds strewn in various cities, Lazar uses them as suggestive, capable of inspiring possible narratives that are at most latent in the text itself. The encounter, then, is an encounter with oneself and the mysteries of cities, where detritus frequently doubles as a sign saying, "Consider this." Lazar's narrative voice ranges in tone from the comically antic to the melancholy. By photographing what he describes as "messages that had escaped their bottles" on-location as found, Lazar has become a flaneur of paper debris, puzzling over the evidence of urban human life.
A Safe Place to Breathe
A Safe Place to Breathe: Exploring the Depths of My Emotions is a calming and empowering journal designed to help you navigate your inner world. Through guided prompts and reflective exercises, it offers a peaceful space to explore, understand, and embrace your emotions. Whether you're seeking clarity, healing, or personal growth, this journal encourages deep self-discovery and emotional balance.
In My Feelings
In My Feelings: A Reflection Journal for Teens is a safe space for young people to explore their emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Designed with teens in mind, this journal encourages self-reflection, emotional expression, and personal growth. With thought-provoking prompts and creative activities, it's the perfect tool for navigating the ups and downs of adolescence, building self-awareness, and fostering a healthy mindset.
Pathways to Healing Journal
Writing The Prince Was Wrong: Leaving the Narcissist Behind became an integral part of my healing journey to survive the narcissistic abuse of husband #7. As I started speaking about the subject, I realized that this type of abuse is a widespread problem.Regardless of the exact details, you can navigate through it. You can find joy and peace in your life. You can break free of the chains binding you to the narcissist.I've found that journaling helps me in my journey to wholeness. It provides a safe space to record innermost thoughts, experiences, and feelings.I've included writing prompts to get you started if needed. You will also find a poster about the red flags of narcissistic abuse. Finally, you'll find tips to avoid and heal from toxic relationships. I hope this journal will become one of your tools for healing.Be well and happy.
Icons of Style
Behind nearly every item in the modern wardrobe is a 'first of its kind' - the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the booming vintage market). The T-shirt, for example, may now be an innocuous, everyday item, but was created by American company Hanes for US Navy personnel at the turn of the 20th century and was subsequently adopted by sportsmen and bikers. Other items have been designed for sport, farm work or protection, and made their way into everyday usage. Icons of Style examines, garment by garment, the most important and famous of these products - their provenance and history, the stories of their design, the brand/company that started it all and how the item shaped the way we all dress today. As traditional definitions of men's and women's clothes are fast changing, this book combines all key garments for everyone. Inspiring images of the best examples of the garment - from the 1930s to contemporary times, from Marlene Dietrich to Mick Jagger - show the timeless beauty of these garments that are the basics of the stylish.
Auto Touring America's National Parks
In 1919 there were just 6.7 million cars in America. There was no interstate system. The national park system was thirty-seven years young. In this fledgling environment for long-distance travel, H. A. Spallholz and family set out from Salem, New York, to see America's national parks. In his 1917 Haynes Roadster, Henry packed his family and a camera and headed west. From storied New England through Great Plains grasslands, up the Rocky Mountains and down the west coast, this book documents firsthand what America looked like from very early highways and byways. Collected here into a book for the first time, the Spallholz photographs are a fascinating picturesque time capsule of early twentieth century America. See its cities and monuments. See Yellowstone Park pristine and wild. See the dirt and muddy roads that connected our states and metropolises and the tremendous challenges that came with traversing them. See a young family energized and beleaguered by the length of the journey: 10,400 miles. These family photographs were lost for a generation before they were uncovered by Art Vaughan, a hobbyist photographer who was stationed in Portland, Maine, with the Coast Guard. He found the glass slides and original lantern slide projector in a Salvation Army shop. Years later, when he posted some of the photographs online, the Spallholz descendants recognized their grandfather's photographs and contacted Mr. Vaughan. This serendipitous story, some fifty years in the making, is documented herein. This book provides a unique view across generations of American travelers and belongs on the coffee table of anyone who loves photography, American history, and the great outdoors.
The River Will Be a Part of Us
In the Summer of 1981, an international assortment of young people gathered at a public park on the banks of the Missouri River just outside Kansas City. In ten days, they built a 16x24-foot raft from assorted lumber, a telephone pole and thirty-two 55-gallon oil drums. Propelled only by the river current and four 10-foot-long deck-mounted oars, in two months the crew of the "Eulenspiegel" floated 1,420 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. This documentary monograph is the story of that walking-pace journey down the backbone of America.
Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws
As an artist, Dan Fleuette has always identified with the marginal, the rebels, those at the margins of society. Traditionally, these characters have been artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers. Since the dawn of woke culture, where many of today's artists march in lockstep with the dominant, politically correct corporate news and political space, these marginal characters have taken a different look. Today's rebels would have been considered quite mainstream just a few years ago. Included in their ranks are the scorned, mocked, ridiculed and canceled--those who risk everything to dare to speak their mind and run counter to mainstream narratives. These are the people captured in Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom. This is not just a portrait book, it is also a WarRoom historical document showcasing the brave souls who are courageous enough to stand up against a ceaseless and powerful battering of politicians, woke social media tyrants, school boards, editorial pages, and polite society in general. This book is Fleuette's small attempt to honor these people, who show us, day in and day out, what real courage is.
Leonard Freed: Police Work
The definitive collection of Leonard Freed's acclaimed photographs of the New York police department during the turbulent 1970sMagnum photographer Leonard Freed worked alongside the New York police for several years, documenting the gritty reality of life on the beat at a notorious time of soaring crime and great social unrest, with the city near bankruptcy. Of his near-decade with the police department, Freed observed that "What I saw were average people doing a sometimes boring, sometimes corrupting, sometimes dangerous and ugly and unhealthy job." His nuanced essay has a poignancy and grace, capturing the camaraderie of officers alongside the people they are hired to protect. Freed accompanied the NYPD on murder investigations, drug raids, public demonstrations and community outreach initiatives, as well as documenting the ordinary daily grind of the job. This reedited and redesigned take on Freed's original 1980 book features several unseen photographs from the archive. It is a celebration of this complex and compassionate body of work, which has a social resonance and relevance in today's climate. Born in Brooklyn, New York, photojournalist Leonard Freed (1929-2006) rose to prominence for his portrayal of societal and racial injustices, particularly in relation to the black community during the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. He is also renowned for his numerous insightful photo essays on the Jewish community in Amsterdam and Germany, the Yom Kippur War, Asian immigration in England, North Sea oil development, Spain after Franco and his essays on the New York police department in the 1970s, among others.
