Photography

On two cold grey days in 1966, LS Lowry was joined by a young photographer on one of his first assignments for Nova Magazine. Clive Arrowsmith had been commissioned to photograph Lowry at home. Perhaps it was Arrowsmith's youthful exuberance that...

This book explores in selective detail postcards from Cork City Museum of the region of West Cork from 100 years ago. It takes the reader from Bandon to Castletownbere through the changing landscapes and seascapes. This route holds a striking section of...

This book is a reproduction of an artwork, bearing the same title, by Santu Mofokeng. The work, which is as much a research project as it is a work of art, is comprised of private photographs collected, scanned, and retouched over a number of years by...

One of the most challenging aspects in photography is discovering new subjects to shoot. Once the basics have been mastered, the key to developing your skills and experience is through practice, but finding the motivation to keep taking pictures can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597115247Author ApertureFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint AperturePublisher ApertureWeight(grams) 235g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969991794Author Roni HornFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817453916Author B PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Amphoto BooksPublisher Watson-Guptill PublicationsWeight(grams) 636gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Blue Ice is a stunning book from photographer Alex Bernasconi whose unique approach to wildlife photography has been honoured with multiple prestigious awards. Bernasconi's breathtaking panoramas reveal the spectacular beauty of the Antarctic landscape...

This title helps the reader understand and practice digital photography.Book InformationISBN 9780273761068Author Marc CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Pearson Education LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams)...

This fascinating selection of 200 archive images, many previously unpublished, captures some of the changes and developments that have taken place in the former mining and textile town of Golborne during the last century. Each image is accompanied by a...

Borders within Europe are far from absolute. They have been blurring steadily ever since the Schengen agreements of 1985. Twenty-six countries with a total border diameter of 16,500 kilometres can be travelled between freely. Armed only with a GPS, local...

From some of the first ever airfields in Great Britain, through the municipal airports of Stoke, Walsall and Wolverhampton, to a total of eighteen RAF airfields in the Second World War, Staffordshire has always embraced aviation. Both Stoke and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857236056Author Ercole ColomboFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1330g

Colchester's history goes back to the Iron Age and the Roman settlement that was for a while the capital of Britain. There are extensive remains of Roman Colchester that can still be seen today, as well as from its medieval and later history, including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335033Author John HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

The polar bear, king of the Arctic, is one of the world's most recognizable animals. Images of the majestic beasts roaming across the ice cap, plunging into frigid waters, and playing with furry cubs have come to symbolize the beauty and grandeur of the...

Teesside and Old Cleveland Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Yorkshire. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the people...

Every sneaker has a story to tell, and this encyclopedic book features 1,000 full-color images of the sneakers that have most influenced global sneaker culture with examples to engage sneaker aficionados of all stripes. Trainers,...

Oi, you snivelling pig-dogs! Are you ready for a Viking adventure? Velda is a small girl with a big axe, and she knows how to use it. Alongside her misfit crew, she's living her best Viking life, sailing the seas in her very own longship and teaching...

Pictures for Charis offers a groundbreaking new work by artist Kelli Connell, synthesizing text and image, while raising vital questions about photography, gender, and portraiture in the twenty-first century. Pictures for Charis is a project driven by...

"I'm just passing through," Milton Gendel liked to say whenever anybody asked him what he was doing in Rome. Even after seven decades in the Eternal City, from his arrival as a Fulbright Scholar in 1949 until his death in 2018 at the age of ninety-nine,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782365112024Author Masahisa FukaseFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Editions Xavier BarralPublisher Editions Xavier BarralWeight(grams)...

The unique geography and climate of Costa Rica provide the small country with extraordinary biodiversity-North American and South American species of flora and fauna can be found side by side there, taking advantage of the serendipitous conditions. The...

Stuart Franklin (*1956 in London), a member of Magnum Photos and a geographer, travels around the world as a photojournalist, capturing historical events-from the massacre at Tiananmen Square to the Intifada-on film. But a trip to the region of More og...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956192868Author Alyse EmdurFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Four Corners BooksPublisher Four Corners Books

Before the late nineteenth century ale and beer, brewed from malt, were widely consumed due to the lack of affordable, safe alternatives. North Kent was well placed for growing and malting barley to supply local and London brewers. While the malting...

From 1962 to 2009 Westbury Cement Works produced over 700,000 tonnes of cement a year. For thirty-seven years its iconic 400-foot-tall chimney breathed its steamy breath under the hills of the White Horse escarpment - the escarpment that provided the...

Photographer Seth Casteel's underwater photographs of dogs and babies have captivated an international audience. Now, Seth has found the perfect way to capture our other best friends: cats!A beautiful, funny gift book with more than 80 previously...

The Congo Basin in Central Africa harbors approximately one quarter of the world's rainforest. In the heart of this forest is Odzala-Kokoua National Park, an ecological wonderland that is home to untold numbers of rare gorillas, forest elephants, and...

Diverse Practices, the third book in the Active Landscape Photography series, presents a set of unique photographic examples for site-specific investigations of landscape places. Contributed by authors across academia, practice and photography, each...

Tadcaster History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this north Yorkshire market town, its well-known streets and famous places, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

CCTV for Wildlife Monitoring is a handbook on the use of CCTV in nature watching, conservation and ecological research. CCTV offers a unique ability to monitor wildlife in real time, stream video to the web, capture imagery of fast-moving species or cold...

St Austell Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Cornwall. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969990810Author Freddy LangerFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1220g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869305349Author David BaileyFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 4550g

This is a collection of essays on the multitudinous uses and abuses of photography in contemporary cultural life. From photojournalism to surrealism, from "green" advertising to pornography, celebrated theorists and famous practitioners examine how...

The popular north Wales seaside resort of Llandudno has a surprisingly long and intriguing history that predates the development of the present town, though its influence is still very apparent today. In the mid-nineteenth century major changes saw a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770435271Author S WilkersonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 922gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526815Author Tony NourmandFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

After the destruction of Hurricane Andrew on Miami Beach in 1992, the lifeguard towers were commissioned to be redesigned in vibrant fashion to uplift the spirits of the town. In the tradition of the Becher's water tower series, this book of Tommy...