Photography

Photography is one of the principal filters through which we engage the world. The contributors to this volume focus on Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived...

This is a comprehensive guide for all those who aspire to capture striking and beautiful wildlife images. Aimed at the keen amateur or semi-pro - without excluding or patronising the novice - these books give clear guidance on which types of camera to...

The New York curator Marvin Heiferman characterized Lewis Baltz's landscape photography as a "topography of the emptiness of random, damaged, remote places". The images in his 1989 series Candlestick Point show Californian fallow land, where piles of...

Whether you're a seasoned globetrotter planning your next trip, a curious armchair traveler dreaming up a future destination, or just a lover of all things Japanese, this photographic journey will fulfill your fantasies and spark new desires. The...

This is a practical guide to the techniques of film photography, shown in over 400 step-by-step examples. It provides a simple-to-follow manual for film camera enthusiasts wishing to improve their skills, devised by one of the world's leading photography...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971219588Author Catherine J. MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Forum for Contemporary ArtPublisher Forum for Contemporary Art

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576876602Author Ormond GigliFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 2476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000335Author Elina BrotherusFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 285g

"I have an old camera with which I have taken countless photographs of myself. It often produces astonishing effects", Edvard Munch states in a 1930 interview. "Someday when I am old and have nothing better to do than work on an autobiography, all my...

When you think of Paris do you picture the Eiffel Tower? The medieval city of Notre Dame? The elegant boulevards of Baron Haussmann? The Montmartre of Toulouse- Lautrec? The grandeur of the Louvre? The Art Nouveau of the Paris Metro? The Grand Projets of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045773Author Clement CherouxFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Aberystwyth History Tour is a unique guide to the illustrious history of this picturesque market town on the West coast of Wales. With roots traceable back to the Normans, for centuries fishing, sea faring, lead mining and agriculture were the mainstays...

America s Western water crisis is now newsworthy on a global level, and the Colorado River is in the crosshairs. The Colorado River is the most comprehensive look at this challenged resource that supplies drinking water to forty million Americans and...

The first in our SNAP Music photography series. Having started out shooting Spandau Ballet in the early Eighties, Neil s numerous commissions from record companies and the music press saw him work with most of the headline acts of the Eighties and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493148659Author Matt JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint OnomatopeePublisher Onomatopee

Famous as the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the Warwickshire market town of Stratford-upon-Avon has attracted visitors to its streets and ancient buildings for centuries. Its status as a market town in the medieval period is in evidence in the...

Social and cultural transition is often hard to gauge. New York in the 1980s and the first half of the '90s was clearly a different place than it is now: the city was more violent, the street stranger, and Times Square still wonderfully sleazy. Andrew...

The Aperture Masters of Photography Series has become a touchstone of Aperture's longstanding commitment to introducing the history and art of photography to a broader public. Each volume provides an ongoing comprehensive view of the artists who have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788418934070Author Henry WesselFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint La FabricaPublisher La Fabrica

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958290969Author Robert AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1030g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000397Author Mary BerridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

This fascinating selection of 180 archive postcards and maps takes the reader on a nostalgic journey around historic Oxford, showcasing some of the finest buildings and streets in this English university city. The collection conjures a forgotten world of...

Cumbria defies any attempt to measure its true beauty. It is home to England's highest mountain (Scafell Pike) and both the longest and deepest lakes (Windermere and Wast Water respectively). It also happens to be the third largest county in the UK (by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514210130Author James CarrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup) was a prize competition for seaplanes. Announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911, it offered a prize of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958290310Author Mikhail KarasikFormat HardbackPage Count 636Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 4050g

Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then abandoned Hotel du Palais d'Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and without any pre-established method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over 5 years. As...

This new collection of images traces some of the changes that have taken place in and around this vibrant community over the centuries. It is a town with a long and surprising history, which began with the imposing Norman castle in the control of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914251Author The Old Mansfield SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

This book explores the oeuvre of Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre. His editorial work appears in magazines such as AnOther Magazine, Dust, i-D, Perfect, Vogue and W Magazine. He also photographed campaigns for fashion houses such as Dior and Prada...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958293298Author Karlheinz WeinbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1500g

Stephen Shore's Uncommon Places is indisputably a canonic body of work-a touchstone for those interested in photography and the American landscape. Remarkably, despite having been the focus of numerous shows and books, including the eponymous 1982...

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...

Imagined as a sequel to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible by Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, The Last Testament features visual accounts and stories of seven men around the world who claim to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Building...

The difference between getting the shot and missing the shot comes down to split seconds and how you manage your gear and your technique. In Outdoor Action and Adventure Photography professional adventure sports photographer Dan Bailey shows readers how...

A beautifully presented, two-volume collection, uniquely chronicling the story and history of the most recognizable aircraft of World War II and the pinup girls whose images graced these legendary warbirds. Flying into combat with our boys, inspiring and...

"I have always been inspired by what was happening on the street - and anyway, I couldn't afford the high fashion price tags." -Caroline Baker "Featuring an array of - now - infamous covers and high fashion editorials crafted by Baker, readers are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753305158Author Carrie Mae WeemsFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

The international community of letters mourns the recent death of Yves Bonnefoy, universally acclaimed as one of France's greatest poets of the last half-century. A prolific author, he was often considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize and published a...

Journey high above the world's most unforgettable waterscapes via this stunning collection of aerial photographs by David Ondaatje. Water Views is a breathtaking overview (literally) of the most striking bodies of water from around the world...