Photography

Accompanying the artist's first major US overview in 15 years, this volume celebrates over four decades of Wall's uncanny everyday dramas Vancouver-based artist Jeff Wall (born 1946) has been making arresting, conceptually and politically complex...

A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing over the last century into one of the largest communities in North Wales. Colwyn Bay History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306924Author Matthew FinnFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1000g

Since the 1970s, Andy Summers has been one of the great guitarists of his generation as the guitarist of The Police and achieved worldwide fame alongside singer Sting, but also later as a solo artist. But Andy has also been making a name for himself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576874356Author Peter BesteFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921383885Author Kara RosenlundFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint LanternPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 1666gDimensions(mm) 296mm...

Understanding light is fundamental to good photography. How any image is lit will change how the viewer sees and interprets the content. The second edition of Lighting teaches the theory and background of how light works, the different types of light and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957261006Author Tony NourmandFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art PressWeight(grams) 2140g

Moving the critical debate about photography away from its current Euro-American center of gravity, Photography's Other Histories breaks with the notion that photographic history is best seen as the explosion of a Western technology advanced by the work...

Wensleydale & Coverdale Through Time documents not only how the towns and villages of two related Yorkshire dales have developed and changed, but also gives the reader an insight into how the lives of the 'dalesfolk' have altered beyond all recognition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399165191Author J. J. PennFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Contains unseen 'candid' and behind-the-scenes images from the world's leading fetish photographer. Includes commentaries by the photographer about each image - recollections from shoots and back stories about the models create an intimate atmosphere...

Because elephants are pachyderms, a combination of two Greek roots meaning "thick skin," one might think that nothing bothers them and that they lead quiet, safe lives. Nothing could be further from the truth: elephants have been hunted and killed for...

American photographer Francesca Woodman produced six artist's books during her short, troubled life. Presented here is a facsimile edition of one of those notebooks. They are refined and evocative objects, created from old school notebooks found in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960989523Author Tom HolertFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,GermanyPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597111737Author Alex WebbFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint AperturePublisher ApertureWeight(grams) 2177gDimensions(mm) 311mm * 337mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000809Author Danish SiddiquiFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

In the 1980s, Bilbao, metropolis of the Basque Country in Spain, was considered the country's most polluted city and its mining and iron industries were in decline. In 1993, seven years after Spain joined the European Union, a radical transformation was...

Frank Habicht's iconic black-and-white photographs reflect the spirit of the Swinging Sixties in London. After the conservative post-war years followed a period of upheaval, with the younger generation dreaming of an unconstrained life, one full of free...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306894Author NADIA SABLINFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1000g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859374672Author Keith HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection

A comprehensive survey of Arnold Genthe's legendary photography of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fireWhen disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the...

Pontypridd Through Time portrays the history of this iconic market town that sits at the gateway to three historic valleys of the South Wales coalfield. It also illustrates some of the changes that have contributed across centuries to the everyday life...

From its foundation by the Romans in the middle of the first century and its revival under Alfred the Great in the late ninth century, London grew and flourished. It prospered as a trading city, as well as the centre of government and the foremost...

Long out of print, this seminal collection of essays and photographs are by artist, theorist and filmmaker, Allan Sekula. Originally published by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1984, in these essays and images Sekula sought to portray the...

While much has been written about how photography serves architecture, this book looks at how fine-art photographers frame constructed space - from cities to single anonymous rooms. It analyses various techniques used and reveals resonances and rhythms...

Made in Europe is a glorious celebration of Europe's greatest and most remarkable football talent. From the first European Championship in 1960 through to the modern day, it features a smorgasbord of unforgettable players - each one commemorated in...

Inspired by a life-changing childhood experience, Gaelin Rosenwaks set off on a journey to tell the story of sperm whale families through photography and film. In the waters off Dominica, she observed eye to eye the close bond between mother and child...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967483Author David CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & Co

Leeds is a city of great history and heritage. From its beginnings as a religious and agricultural centre in the Middle Ages to its twenty-first-century status as one of the UK's leading digital and information technology hubs, it has always been at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306917Author Bruce GildenFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing

The town of Jarrow in the north-east of England transformed in the nineteenth century when heavy industry, particularly coal mining and shipbuilding, began to dominate the town. At its peak 80 per cent of the town's working population were employed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781462121243Author Christopher CogleyFormat HardbackImprint Plain Sight PublishingPublisher Plain Sight PublishingWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782813248Author Aaron GekoskiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

At the heart of one of London's busiest boroughs, nestled on the bank of the River Thames, lies Kingston upon Thames. This vibrant town first appears on record in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles when King Alfred the Great's grandfather came here in AD 838,...

The story of life and death in America as told through beautiful cemetery art photography accompanied by meaningful epitaphs from cemeteries up to 300 years old. View 68 cemeteries in 170 beautiful photographs that breathe life into existence of those...

Conwy has been involved in military conflict for over 2,000 years. The Iron Age hill fort of Caer Seion defended the area from the sixth century BC. Many slingshot stones have been discovered here, attesting to troubled times. In 881 the Welsh defeated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840787672Author Nick VandomeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint In Easy Steps LimitedPublisher In Easy Steps Limited

The Colour of Ireland: County by County 1860-1960 is a photographic celebration of the history, culture, people and places that make up a century of life in Ireland. Covering all 32 counties, this beautiful, meticulously researched collection takes a...

Ruth Orkin (1921-1985) was only 17 when she got on her bicycle and began a "bike trip" across the United States in 1939, from Los Angeles to New York. Her crossing and her audacity, quite unusual for the time, aroused the curiosity of people and the...