Photography

In this paperback, questions regarding how to navigate in the present are not raised to generate an answer, a method, or a map, but rather as framing principles analogous to those of a logbook. On a voyage, a ship's crew registers surroundings and...

Brecon History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this ancient Mid Wales market town, and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow local author Mal...

Bicester: A Potted History covers the full history of the town, from the Roman settlement of Alchester that preceded it, through its Saxon, Tudor and Victorian developments, right up to the present day. Some of Bicester's ancient history remains today...

In this comprehensively illustrated guide, Watford History Tour takes the reader on a nostalgic journey around the old market town, coupled with a useful location map showing the various places of historical interest, highlighting the tremendous changes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907893636Author Martin ParrFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1140g

A selection of the very best of Steve McCurry's beautiful and powerful portraits from South and Southeast Asia.About the AuthorSteve McCurry (b.1950) launched his career as a photojournalist when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border...

The north-west seaside resort of Southport can trace its origins back to 1792 when William Sutton, a pub landlord from Churchtown, built a bathing house in a sparsely populated area a few miles down the coast. Although widely mocked at the time, Sutton...

Audacious and genre-defying, Black and Blue is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Roland Barthes and Marcel Proust are inspirations for and subjects of Carol Mavor's...

Leicester has long been an important city in the East Midlands. Remains of Roman Leicester can still be seen today, as well as many buildings from the Middle Ages, not least being the resting place of Richard III at the end of the Wars of the Roses...

Iran - known as Persia until 1935. The country is among the most loaded with history in the entire Asian continent. The cradle of ancient civilisations, it was the scene of events and changes that irreversibly modified the history of humanity. This...

With a booming economy and stable democracy, things are going well in Namibia. Tourism plays a huge role in the country, with some 1.5 million travellers visiting each year to explore and enjoy the country's phenomenal landscapes, wildlife, natural...

Takahashi Jun's fashion is not born out of an excessively intellectualized agenda. While not quite populist, his generative influences are instead romantic-even gothic. A fixture of the Paris collections for more than ten years-plus seventeen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617655Author A. Gordon PirieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Hythe History Tour is a unique insight into the fascinating history of this attractive seaside town on the south-east coast of Kent and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to...

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...

In The Intimacy of Making Swiss French photographer Helene Binet takes us on a visual journey through a world of stone, walls and gardens that define and celebrate the Korean art of making. In pure and calm photographs we discover traditional Korean...

Our ever-increasing demand for energy, rapidly changing eating habits and rampant consumerism are rapidly leading to the degradation of our planet. Industrial Scars reveals unseen views of the effects of such production on our environment, exposing the...

Knaresborough has many secrets, and as you walk down the streets you are walking through history. There are clear reminders of the town's past everywhere, waiting for you to stop, look and listen to their intriguing stories. Situated on the River Nidd,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316458214Author Pete SouzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint VoraciousPublisher VoraciousWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 165mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Photography) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780870707490Author EVA RespiniFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher...

The City of Newcastle is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne. It is thought that the city has had almost 2,000 years of continuous habitation, dating as far back as Roman times. By the eighteenth century, Newcastle was the most important city in...

Everyone strives for happiness - Aristotle already knew that. But what exactly is happiness? And can you measure it? A journey to the 30 happiest countries in the world brings this abstract topic closer to the reader. We look at happiness from three...

Throughout its history, the city of Nottingham has been associated with Robin Hood, lace making and bicycles. However, there's more to Nottingham than lace and legends. In 2015, the city was named 'Home of English Sport' and in the same year was named a...

First we had dogs underwater, then dogs shaking off water... and now dogs soaking up the exhilarating no-holds-barred pleasure of a ride in a car. Photographer Lara Jo Regan began her pet project as a calendar but the response was overwhelming and...

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

This book uses a structured approach to teach the art of creating interesting, well-composed images. It provides solutions to problems that often get in the way of producing great photographs and emphasizes the importance of training the eye to exclude...

In the early 1970s, Nancy Rexroth began photographing the rural landscapes, children, white frame houses, and domestic interiors of southeastern Ohio with a plastic toy camera called the Diana. Working with the camera's properties of soft focus and...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Portsmouth's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic England...

The Essex town of Brentwood has a long and interesting history. The earliest settlement was founded in a clearing in the dense forest that stretched from the edge of London through Essex. The town grew up around the crossroads of the road to Colchester...

This superb collection of over 200 mostly unpublished historic photographs shows the London Borough of Brent from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1980s and documents the massive changes that occurred over that period. Postcards, photographs and some...

As we near the end of extensive centennial commemorations of World War I, it nonetheless retains the power to surprise, even shock us. Thats perhaps nowhere more true than in the photographs of the war that have come down to us--countless of them...

It is generally agreed that the first recorded mention of Terenure came in 1216, when Hugh de Barnewall was granted the lands of Terenure and Kimmage. Over the next 800 years, this townland reshaped itself throughout the Victorian and Edwardian periods,...

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 9781782813248Author Aaron GekoskiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

As creative director of Dior Joaillerie since its beginnings in 1998, Victoire de Castellane is renowned for her fearless approach to jewellery. Crossing the boundary between natural and artificial, her fantastical jewels are inspired by global pop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958293878Author Bryan AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1120g

In an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images. By adapting and experimenting with the tried and tested techniques used by graphic...

A handsome primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot. This beautiful, small format publication serves as a primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, a true interdisciplinary innovator who drew on his knowledge of art history, botany,...

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...

One of Nat Geo's most popular nature photographers shares 200 breathtaking images - and the stories behind them - from a wide swath of wild ocean locales around the globe. From whales plying the waters of Baja California to manta ray ballets in the...