Photography

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783716518397Author Brian AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Benteli VerlagPublisher Benteli VerlagWeight(grams) 1380g

Arresting art photography takes the curious into the depths of worlds that normally remain hidden behind gardens overrun with wild vegetation and tall fences blazoned with "Keep Out!" signs. Photographer Martin ten Bouwhuijs's regular urban exploration...

This richly evocative study of photography has two major emphases, that the language of description (be it title, caption, or text) is deeply implicated in how a viewer looks at photographs, and that the use of a photograph determines its meaning...

North Dakotan Shane Balkowitsch's first personal camera was not an Instamatic Kodak or a point-and- shoot Nikon, but rather a large format wet plate camera. As a self-taught 'image-maker' and one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958298927Author Henry LeutwylerFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1180g

Although its first inhabitants were medieval monks, Birkenhead began to grow during the nineteenth century because of its links with Liverpool. Later, trade from all over the world began to flow through the docks and the town became a centre for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869308203Author Rene BurriFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2760g

Gustave Le Gray's life was as romantic as any novel. A young painter in Rome, then a fashionable portrait photographer in Paris, Le Gray received commissions from Napoleon Ill, and astonished viewers with his painterly landscapes and ravishing seascapes...

The Area of Outstanding National Beauty known as the Cotswolds is famous for its range of rolling green hills and quaint English towns and villages, filled with honey-coloured stone cottages and hosting bustling weekend markets. This beautiful vast...

The 20th century in 10 extraordinary moments: a photographic journey by bestselling historian Rory Maclean In the 20th century, amateur photography took history-and collective memory-out of the hands of historians and gave it to individuals. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868286892Author CJ ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988263420Author Tony NorthrupFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Mason Press, IncorporatedPublisher Mason Press, IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781320614986Author Mary S Byrd Gallery of ArtFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907893582Author Ambroise TenezasFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1570g

For more than a decade, the United States has been fighting wars so far from the public eye as to risk being forgotten, the struggles and sacrifices of its volunteer soldiers almost ignored. Photographer and writer Ashley Gilbertson has been working to...

Meatyard as self-taught visionary: a portrait of the photographer by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov The legendary, mysterious photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925-72) lived in Lexington, Kentucky, working in a close-knit community of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869309347Author Guy BourdinFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1800g

The history of Chester goes back to its foundation as the Roman camp Deva and the city has remained an important centre for the last 2,000 years. The Saxons founded the cathedral, the Normans built an imposing castle and the fortifications surrounding...

Andre Diniz tells the extraordinary story of Mauricio Hora, who lives in one of the most dangerous slums (favelas) in Rio, Brazil. In spite of the odds, Hora has made a name for himself internationally as a photographer. We are led from his challenging...

Nor Dread Nor Hope Attend. Photographs from the Plains of Africa gathers 65 stunning black and white photographs of the icons of the Kenyan wilderness. This is David Gulden's second monograph and the culmination of seven years work. With his masterful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000922Author Timothy EastmanFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

A riveting retrospective of the imaginative photographs created by contemporary artist Abelardo Morell Over the past twenty-five years, Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) has earned international praise for his images that use the language of photography to...

Inspired by John Szarkowski's 1973 Looking at Photographs, and paying homage to the concept of the one hundred images and a page of text for each, Stephen Frailey now updates this classic with significant works of photography from early 80s to the...

'These images were taken in last 5 years (some taken in military boarding schools, some in matadors schools, some in Israel) and explore the connection between "youth" and "uniforms" and dress codes: the place of the young individual in the group that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070422Author Dan MorrisonFormat PaperbackImprint AcairPublisher Acair

A celebration of the graphic works of Karel Appel, this is the most complete collection assembled on his collages, gouaches, drawings, and waterworks.About the AuthorJean-Clarence Lambert is a poet, essayist, art critic, and French translator. Book...

Almost immediately after the invention of photography, Scottish photographers took their clunky cameras on the road to capture the stories of peoples and communities touched by the forces of British imperialism. For the next thirty years, their journeys...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Popular Culture/Leisure) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781933784229Author Allan TannenbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782365111362Author Josef KoudelkaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Editions Xavier BarralPublisher Editions Xavier Barral

Recognized by the New York Times as one of the Best Photography Books. Immerse yourself in the visual stream created over the first 50 years by Kamoinge, a pioneering photographic collective founded in 1963 in New York City, at the height of the Civil...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904587507Author Charlotte CoryFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 343g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633451094Author Tess TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 80g

Between 1925 and 1938, photographer E.O. Hoppe traveled the length and breadth of Germany, recording people and places at one of the most tumultuous times in the country's history. He photographed movie stars and captains of industry, workers and...

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations, including SLR, twin lens, panoramic, rangefinder, wide angle, press, and view cameras. Also explained and illustrated are lenses and their...

The Colors of Photography aims to provide a deeper understanding of what color is in the field of photography. Until today, color photography has marked the "here and now," while black and white photographs have been linked to our image of history and...

A grand panorama of race and civil unrest in America's past and present Carrie Mae Weems has often confronted the uncomfortable truths of racism and race relations over the course of her nearly 40-year career. In The Shape of Things she focuses her...

A picture-rich field guide to American photography, from daguerreotype to digital. We are all photographers now, with camera phones in hand and social media accounts at the ready. And we know which pictures we like. But what makes a "good picture"? And...

The Nature of Being is the sixth volume from the series of books about the Helsinki School. It concentrates on bringing together the various approaches used by the School's representatives to conceptualize nature visibly. The stated goal is not to limit...

Twenty years ago, Moises Saman was working in Iraq as a photojournalist during the US-led invasion and occupation. Glad Tidings of Benevolence combines his photographs taken during this period and the following years with disparate documentation and...

Werner Mantz (1901-1983) was a prominent architectural and industrial photographer who began his career in the 1920s. His work occupies a unique historical position thanks to his visual language, technical prowess and use of natural light. As one of the...