Photography

- Explores technical, aesthetic, and practical aspects of lighting for film and video. It covers not only how to light, but why. - In-depth coverage of light and color theory, latest technology and equipment, and professional techniques. - A robust...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946488046Author David BuschFormat PaperbackPage Count 602Imprint Laserfaire PressPublisher Laserfaire PressWeight(grams) 1030gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

A MOVEMENT IN WORDS AND IMAGESAward-winning photographer Devin Allen has devoted the last six years to documenting the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, from its early days in Baltimore, Maryland, up to the present day. The riveting images in...

Within a few years of the invention of the first commercially successful photography process in 1839, American slaveholders had already begun commissioning photographic portraits of their slaves. Ex-slaves-turned-abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass...

After Baby Cashmere and The Lotus Flower, Loro Piana tells us the story of the vicuna and its coveted fibre. The vicuna is a small camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes. Prized since the time of the Incas for its extraordinarily soft...

To celebrate the centenary of one of the most exciting expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration comes "Nimrod Illustrated". The book is a remarkable collage of expedition photographs, paintings and ephemera in a deliberate reminiscence of...

The latest in a series of city-based issues, Mexico City profiles the dynamic photographic culture of Mexico's capital, home to a thriving contemporary art scene, revered photography institutions, and world-class museums. From icons Lola Alvarez Bravo,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868289213Author David CrowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

A polaroid is the physical and organic reminder of a particular moment, enabling the creative team to step back and fully consider the technical and artistic direction of a photoshoot. The excitement of watching the image slowly developing and seeing the...

David Busch's Sony Alpha a6300/ILCE-6300 Guide to Digital Photography is the most comprehensive reference and guide book available for Sony's advanced APS-C mirrorless camera. This eagerly-anticipated enthusiast/professional digital camera features a new...

OBJECT:PHOTO shifts the dialogue about modernist photography from an emphasis on the subject and the image to the actual photographic object, created by a certain artist at a particular time and present today in its unique physicality. This shift is...

This is a visual record of the British people's habits of dress from the Victorians to Britpop. Social history is reflected in the outfits of the time, from the wartime austerity of the 1940s to the new couture of the 1950s. It takes us on a fascinating...

'The Land of the Anka Bird: A journey through the Turkic heartland' is a reflective visual essay introducing the powerful images of the pioneering Turkish journalist-turned-photographer Ergun Cagatay. The book explores the cultural landscape and...

This companion volume to Sussex Coast Through Time is unique in being the first 'then and now' book to portray the numerous and diverse communities of East and West Sussex through rich sepia and stunning colour images. Most of the early pictures have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910401101Author Paul ReasFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint GOST BooksPublisher GOST BooksWeight(grams) 1497gDimensions(mm) 300mm * 231mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916915022Author Caroline SeymourFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

David Bailey flew to Afghanistan earlier this year to take photographs for auction to raise money for 'Help for Heroes', a charity that aims to help wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan. The result is his latest book of photographs, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781367592803Author Jason PotashFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 3mm

In 2002, the same year that Edelstein had discovered Minna's photograph, she was commissioned to photograph the South African Sangoma shamans, whose rituals employ the intermediary healing powers of their ancestors. A shaman told Edelstein that her own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857246499Author Walter GuadagniniFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2240g

This is a stunning visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. Born like Venus on the half shell from the centuries-long tradition of the nude in painting, the nude first appeared as a subject matter in photography...

This selection of women's writings on photography proposes a new and different history, demonstrating the ways in which women's perspectives have advanced photographic criticism over 150 years, focusing it more deeply and, with the advent of feminist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262025980Author Bernd BecherFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 2041gDimensions(mm) 290mm * 269mm * 25mm

Street Culture is a stunning collection of photographs representing women and men of colour who exhibit a unique style. Seleen Saleh's photographs reveal individuality, fearlessness, and creativity in the most vibrant beings who collectively represent...

Manchester's proud past can be well summed up in its headlines. Steven Dickens delves into the archives of the Evening News to discover the events and personalities that have made the city what it is today. From the dramatic effects of the First and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597113038Author Stephen ShoreFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint AperturePublisher ApertureWeight(grams) 2087gDimensions(mm) 264mm * 335mm * 25mm

Adams began to photograph in colour in the mid-1930s. He did significant personal or 'creative' photography in colour and his distinctive visualisation of a scene and technical mastery is immediately evident in these photographs. Overall, he made nearly...

These three volumes encompass the complete evolution of the work of the renowned Italian photographer, Guido Guidi. Made in Sardinia on two trips separated by forty years, the two books not only mark the stylistic development in the work of Guidi but...

Household Inventory Record is a new readymade in the series of Robert Frank's late visual diaries. Composed of polaroids, the thin and upright volume continues the journey into Frank's realm and imagery, showing us snapshots from his travels, of his...

Documentary photographer William E. Crawford spent three decades documenting Vietnam, and in particular Hanoi, its people and the surrounding countryside. As one of the very first Western photographers to work in post-war North Vietnam, Crawford was...

Following the success of Sylvaine Margaine's first book, Forbidden Places, Abandoned France continues his journey in search of forbidden and often overlooked places. He draws attention to the dramatic fate of the country's heritage, the preservation of...

Now reissued in an attractively priced, compact edition, this classic and authoritative survey is the first detailed account of a seminal era in photographic history.Inspired and guided by Bernd and Hiller Becher, themselves pioneers in the area of...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841076072Author Colin BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Colin Baxter Photography LtdPublisher Lomond BooksDimensions(mm) 120mm * 172mm * 5mm

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

A history of FromeBook InformationISBN 9780752410418Author Michael McGarvieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958291683Author Robert AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2600g

Take a stroll through Edith Piaf's Belleville, dine at Napolean's favorite restaurant, and explore the late-night haunts of Ernest Hemingway. From the author of the best-selling City Walks: Paris deck, this lively collection of walking adventures follows...

Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin changed the way pictures are seen and made. In his illustrated masterpiece, Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1871), Darwin introduced the idea of using photographs to...

Photography has a unique relationship to chance. Anyone who has wielded a camera has taken a picture ruined by an ill-timed blink or enhanced by an unexpected gesture or expression. Although this proneness to chance may amuse the casual photographer,...