Photography

"A perfect storm! Spellbinding photo book by 'the pope of bad weather photography' shows the beauty of the world when the sun isn't shining, from rainy Scotland to wintry New York." - The Daily Mail When a bad weather front piles up in front of a big...

"A vivid photographic record of a teen subculture living a perilous life on the tracks" -the Guardian At age 17, American photographer Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to home in Pensacola, Florida thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile,...

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

Edinburgh's New Town, built between 1767 and 1850, is one of Europe's finest neoclassical neighbourhoods, a triumph of town planning, with UNESCO World Heritage status. But the importance of the New Town goes far beyond the quality of its architecture...

Rye History Touris a unique insight into the illustrious history of this old Sussex port and shows how it has and has not changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow local author and historian Alan...

Charles III: The Making of a King highlights the most important portraits of King Charles III from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection. Charles III: The Making of a King celebrates King Charles III in the year of his coronation. Follow Charles'...

London is Patrick Keiller's highly imaginative psychogeographic journey through (and history of) London, as undertaken by an unnamed narrator and his companion, Robinson. The unseen pair complete a series of excursions around the city, in an attempt to...

Carshalton, Wallington and BeddingtonBook InformationISBN 9780752403410Author John PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm

Trope Tokyo, the fourth volume in the Trope City Editions series, celebrates the architecture and urban landscapes of this dynamic metropolis fusing the ancient and the ultramodern. The collection highlights the photographic images of emerging and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969990261Author Gordon ParksFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780565094874Author Rosamund Kidman CoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Natural History MuseumPublisher The Natural History Museum

Avedon 100 celebrates Richard Avedon's enduring influence on photography and makes clear his profound impression on visual culture worldwide.Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Gagosian, New York, in 2023, this striking...

Sunderland enjoys a good hark back. Mackems (Sunderland natives) take great pleasure in sharing their knowledge - pointing out what used to be where and why. Author Marie Gardiner uncovers some of the hidden history behind this remarkable city by the...

Including handy maps and photographs, this illustrated guide tells the story behind the many and varied plaques to be found adorning buildings, monuments and statues around the university city of Oxford. This is a unique publication, featuring the lives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860040Author Dan DisorboFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

An immersive photographic tour of the legendary Chelsea Hotel, whose residents share their stories and reveal the delirious history of this landmark. Jackson Pollock, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Bob Dylan, Arthur C...

During their 40-year career, Bernd and Hilla Becher created their own architectural typology as they photographed buildings in a unique style. 'Basic Forms' represents the culmination of their career. Although the subject matter is unglamorous-mine...

We have all felt the frustration of wasting time, paper, and effort when our prints or web images don't match the images we see on our monitors. Fortunately, you're holding the resource that will help solve these problems. This book guides you through...

"I would hope that I am one of a kind." -Rodney Smith Mystery and manners, romance and fun-the sophisticated compositions and stylish characters in the extraordinary pictures of fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016) exist in a timeless world...

Rhododendrons are seen from a very different perspective in this beautiful new book from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Rhododendron Dissected features photographs that capture the macro and micro floral and leaf characteristics of rhododendrons,...

'The Fair City' of Perth is aptly named. Situated on the banks of Scotland's longest river, the Tay, Perth and its surrounding area boast some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. Perth was once the capital of Scotland and there are many...

In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use...

'Before I ever thought of a project, I began photographing whatever struck me as beautiful, amazing, worth telling about ... In all of my work, testimonies have been an important element of the projects.' Born in Finland, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen...

In this book, popular Fuji Rumors "X-Pert Corner" columnist Rico Pfirstinger teaches you about the little-known capabilities of the Fujifilm X-T3, which he's discovered through months of in-depth research and experimentation with the camera. After a...

Since the invention of photography in the nineteenth century, Africa has been defined largely by Western images of its cultures and traditions. From the colonial carte de visite and ethnographic archive to the rise of studio portraiture and social...

The North London town of Edgware has a parish dating back to the Middle Ages and links further back to the ancient Watling Street. It gives its name to the Edgware Road and the former village served as the first/last stopping point to travellers riding...

This book provides a thorough introduction to and exploration of deep sky astrophotography for the digital photographer. With over 280 images, graphs, and tables, this introductory book uses a progressive and practical style to teach readers how to image...

Over 100 years of speculation and controversy surround claims that the great seventeenth-century Dutch artist, Johannes Vermeer, used the camera obscura to create some of the most famous images in Western art. This intellectual detective story starts...

Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never recreate. In this book, photographer Horst A. Friedrichs opens the door to the...

The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science,...

For fans of Humans Of New York and The Pursuit of Happyness.'A big-hearted and world-shaking idea' - Nick Cave 'Turn a common, everyday act into something potentially transformative.' - Michael Sheen'Moving and inspiring' - Johann Hari'Small acts of love...

7 Reece Mews, South Kensington, was Francis Bacon's home and studio for over thirty years. After he died in 1992, access was granted to award-winning photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this riveting record of the...

Take professional-quality photos with your Canon EOS 80D Your Canon EOS 80D gives you pro-level photo power. All you need is some know-how about your camera's capabilities and a little experience to start capturing brag-worthy photos and the expert tips...

The birth of photography opened the doors to a new kind of art, one that recorded events with the immediacy not possible with painting and drawing. This volume is a chronologically arranged compendium of memorable images of unforgettable people, places,...

Alf Townsend is a London cabbie with nearly fifty years' experience. In his new book, he gathers together for the first time the complete history of London's cabs in wartime - not just in the Second World War when cabs were converted for other uses...

A collection of previously unpublished postcards from the former Eastern Bloc - sinister, funny, poignant and surreal, they depict the social and architectural values of the period. Brutal concrete hotels, futurist TV towers, heroic worker statues -...

Acclaimed photographer Randal Ford celebrates our fascination with and love of animals through his engaging portraits of the animal kingdom. A young male lion cub seems to sport a rebellious mohawk; a chimpanzee adopts a pensive pose; a curious duckling...

Buxton History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this Derbyshire spa town. Author Alan Roberts guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the...

Upon closer inspection, inconspicuous things that are frequently taken for granted tend to reveal a whole universe of fascinating details and unusual features. You just have to have the right eye for them. This is absolutely the case with William Mullan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741177190Author Emilie RistevskiFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 780g