Photography

Today the Borscht Belt is recalled through the nostalgic lens of summer swims, Saturday night dances, and comedy performances. But its current state, like that of many other formerly glorious regions, is nothing like its earlier status. Forgotten about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566497Author Paul Wenham-ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

More than any party, parade, team, or disaster, New Orleans is the people. The ones who persevere, survive, strengthen, and transform the city in all its unceasing vibrancy. For nearly a decade, photographer Akasha Rabut has documented this thriving...

Wallasey History Tour offers a fascinating glimpse into the past of this town on the Wirral Peninsula. Local author Ian Collard guides readers around its streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed...

In Stars and Wars, Oscar-nominated Art Director Alan Tomkins reveals his unpublished film artwork and behind-the-scenes photographs from an acclaimed career that spanned over fifty years in both British and Hollywood cinema. Tomkins' art appeared in...

The sport of drum majorettes has a long history in South Africa, becoming popular in the early 80s, but participation in the sport has since dropped dramatically. In contemporary culture there is a strong sense of nostalgia linked to drum majorettes;...

Janet Stone's photograph albums feature informal portraits from the mid-twentieth century of many of the leading cultural figures and personalities of the day. The wife of the distinguished engraver Reynolds Stone established a kind of literary salon in...

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, photography underwent one of the most momentous transformations in its history, a renegotiation of the camera's relationship to the visible world. Reasoned and Unreasoned Images considers in detail the work...

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Underwater photography is a challenging discipline. To capture an underwater world of glorious colours, extraordinary creatures and mysterious depths, you must have confidence in your diving abilities and be very comfortable with your camera. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771603997Author Marcus PaladinoFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399929578Author Garlinda BirkbeckFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Llewellyn BooksPublisher Llewellyn Books

On Contested Terrain is published on the occasion of the first comprehensive exhibition of An-My Le's work, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art. Throughout her career, Le has photographed sites of former battlefields, spaces reserved for training for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306702Author Melanie FriendFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Human dignity: social movements invoke it, several national constitutions enshrine it, and it features prominently in international human rights documents. But what is it, why is it important, and what is its relationship to human rights and social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734587333Author Brandon JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Almighty & Insane BooksPublisher Almighty & Insane Books

An American football pitch as a skateboard ramp and the Aya Sofia as a rollercoaster: the images by Turkish photographer Aydin Buyuktas are literally mind-bending. After going viral, they are now finally also available in book format, including entirely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566381Author Jo-Anne McArthurFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 2g

Ganga Ma is the result of a ten-year photographic journey along the Ganges by Giulio Di Sturco, documenting the effects of pollution, industrialisation and climate change. The project follows the river for over 2500 miles, from its source in the...

Now in its seventh edition, View Camera Technique is a unique, comprehensive book that presents clearly and precisely the features, operations and applications of view cameras. It details camera movements, image formation, exposure control, and...

From bicycles to mailboxes to giant watermelons to horses, there isn't really anything that Maddie won't stand on with grace and patience. This beautiful dog, her strange pastime and the gorgeous photography have made this a surprise viral hit online...

The first Waterloo Station opened in 1848 and the current building was completed in 1922, after a huge rebuilding programme started in 1899. Catering for suburban traffic, Waterloo is also the major station for trains to Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000854Author Anton Roland LaubFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Curated by the founders of Scopio, a community-based image marketplace, a stunning and unforgettable visual history that captures the world's response to major events that defined 2020: the COVID pandemic and the sweeping movements for racial and social...

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and has been a major port and industrial city since the nineteenth century. Shipbuilding has long been an important industry in the city and the Titanic Quarter, named after its most famous ship, is one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626400320Author Robert LandauFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S.

To Make Their Own Way in the World is a profound consideration of some of the most challenging images in the history of photography: fifteen daguerreotypes of Alfred, Delia, Drana, Fassena, Jack, Jem, and Renty-men and women of African descent who were...

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,...

This issue of Aperture considers the natural world in the age of climate change, extreme weather, and dramatically politicized landscapes. Earth focuses on our relationship with the natural world, during a moment of continued debate about global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888842827Author Palani MohanFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

In 1964, while on assignment for Newsweek magazine, photojournalist Elliott Erwitt spent a week in Cuba as a guest of Fidel Castro. There, he captured now-iconic photographs of the beloved Cuban president along with the revolutionary leader Che Guevara...

Woking History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the history of this town in Surrey. Author Marion Field guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, describing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907893360Author Lukas BirkFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing

The Enthusiast's Guide to Exposure: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you what you need to know in order to shoot great images with proper exposures and powerful compositions. Photographer and author John Greengo covers light, aperture,...

"I thought then that Oscar was one of the best. And now, almost 40 years later, I still do!" - Graydon Carter, Editor-In-Chief, Vanity Fair. "Here are some of Mr. Abolafia's most enduring portraits of the rich and infamous [...]. Thank Oscar for...

A new creative sizzle is in the air, establishing the backdrop for a major revival across all of London's creative sectors. Having invented the Swinging '60s, punk rock in the '70s and Cool Britannia in the '90s, London in the 2010s is firing up the...

Saltash has seen many changes over the years. The waterside area beside the River Tamar has been occupied for over a thousand years and was the home to fishermen plying their trade for much of that time. A ferry ran between Plymouth and Saltash for over...

'I spend a lot of time on Google Earth looking for places with an interesting or unusual aesthetic. My shooting days are usually quite simple. I shoot at sunrise and at sunset to capture the best light.' - Sebastien Nagy Award-winning Brussels-based...

One hundred years ago in Ireland marked a time of change. The continuous rise of an Irish revival, debates over Home Rule and the idea of Irish identity were continuously negotiated by all classes of society. In Cork City Reflections, authors Kieran...

For over 30 years, Nan Goldin has created photographs that are intimate and compelling: they tell personal stories of relationships, friendships and identity, while chronicling different eras and exposing the passage of time. Eden and After is a new...