Photography

In the years following the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundational...

The first comprehensive study of these rare, influential objects, documenting a formative moment in the noted photographer's early career This elegant book unites all of the known carte postale prints by the photographer Andre Kertesz (1894-1985),...

With enough charm and wit to make learning Photoshop anything but taxing, Steve Caplin delivers the next instalment of the How to Cheat series, containing all the techniques you need to create and master the art of photomontage. Delivered in easy to...

Galashiels History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous Borders textile town. This new book guides us through the streets and alleyways, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they've changed over the years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566473Author Barry LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

In 1949 Georgia O'Keeffe chose the National Gallery of Art as the custodian of nearly 1,600 photographs by Alfred Stieglitz - the Key Set, as it has become known. With the formation in 1990 of the Gallery's department of photographs under Sarah...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566206Author Julian MahrleinFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006940996Author Timothy GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 68g

The medieval Suffolk market town of Bungay on the River Waveney was dominated by its castle, owned by the Bigod family, the Earls of Norfolk, and its Benedictine priory. The town prospered through its river trade and other local industries and was also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467137997Author Rory O'neill, Ph.d. SchmittFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783865217028Author Robert PolidoriFormat HardbackPage Count 744Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 7600g

While undertaking this photographic investigation of North Korea, French photographer Stephan Gladieu (born 1969) found himself under constant surveillance everywhere he went. Because of these constraints, he managed to invent an ingenious space of...

Great fashion photography, at its best, reflects and shapes the era in which it is made. Whether you are a student, aspiring photographer, or working professional, building a fashion portfolio that aspires to this standard can be daunting. The Fashion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932283Author Christopher KenworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

"Family" delves into the ways photographers have chronicled their relationships with those closest to them, be it immediate family or their community of friends. Aperture magazine is an essential guide to the art and phenomenon of photography, that...

Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled Patricia Albers to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the cultural and political values of many...

San Francisco based photographer Michael Jang spent nearly four decades working as a successful commercial portrait photographer. Unbeknownst to the world, however, he was simultaneously assembling a vast archive of thousands of remarkable images...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995503700Author Emma MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Bread and Butter PressPublisher Bread and Butter Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994925657Author Corla McGillivrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 3mm

In Unfixed Jennifer Bajorek traces the relationship between photography and decolonial political imagination in Francophone west Africa in the years immediately leading up to and following independence from French colonial rule in 1960. Focusing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958295452Author Liu Heng ShingFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2590g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958297531Author Latoya Ruby FrazierFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2480g

"Curves make up the entire Universe," Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil's star architect, once said. Photographer and director Olaf Heine met the legendary architect shortly before his death. Since 2010, the well-known portrait and fashion photographer has been...

"With his technique, Casper refers to the theme 'Vanitas' that was often used in 17th-century painting: symbols that represent the transience of earthly existence. This places Casper in a long line of painters who have passed on inspiration from one...

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...

The Native America issue, edited in collaboration with the artist Wendy Red Star, considers the wide-ranging work of photographers and lens-based artists who are posing challenging questions about land rights, narratives of identity and heritage, and...

Renowned for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was also one of the most important amateur photographers of the Victorian era and the period's finest photographer of children. From 1856 to 1880, Carroll took around...

Ever since the mid-nineteenth century, when the new medium of photography was pressed into service to illustrate sculpture, photographs of sculptural objects have directed viewers as to just when, in the course of ambling around a sculpture, was the...

First merging and examination of the subject of photography and in-depth psychological study. Contains 18 profiles of photographers exploring their lives as filters between conflict and the general population and the effect they have on us and themselves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904587897Author Jim PerrinFormat HardbackPage Count 107Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1365g

A stunning and quirky collection of underwater photography, with miniature figures posing in an inventive aquatic world.Created by world-renowned underwater photographers, this gorgeous book takes an alternative look at mankind's journey by using models...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473642938Author Brad WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Woods PhotographyPublisher Woods PhotographyWeight(grams) 336g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868287394Author Boris LeistFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211415Author Peter GravelleFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams)...

From the perspective of his 90 years of age, from the height of being a legend in photography, William Klein looks back and selects his favourite works, those that he considers to be the best in his whole career, in order to pay homage to photography...

Unlike many photographers who maintain a strict divide between their commercial and private work, Teller has always combined the two. Indeed this merging is one reason for Teller's progressive edge. The Keys to the House contains recent photographs of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958295667Author John RiddyFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2440g

A collection of otherworldly photographs of Southern wetlands featuring an original ghost story. Southern wetlands, with their moss-draped trees and dark water obscuring mysteries below, are eerily beautiful places, home to ghost stories and haunting,...

An outstanding image consists of more than just acceptable exposure and sharp focus - the two components that most photography instruction emphasize. A fascinating subject doesn't necessarily result in a good image, and likewise, it's possible to create...

After many years of expansion and redevelopment Bicester has grown and changed considerably from the little Oxfordshire market town that it once was. Some parts of the town appear noticeably different to how they were a few generations ago, and when you...