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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887766Author Heidi M. SandsFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

For its millions of readers, the National Geographic has long been a window to the world of exotic peoples and places. In this fascinating account of an American institution, Catherine A. Lutz and Jane L. Collins explore the possibility that the...

Collects over 150 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred photographs taken from 1850 to present The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most...

Allied victory in the Second World War owed much to air power. The success of military and naval operations invariably hinged on control of the skies, and the rise to dominance of the Allied air forces meant that the Nazi war machine was effectively...

Photo-Graphics: Exposure looks behind the lens at the science of light, colour and lenses, and then applies this to the practical matters of such essentials as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, depth of field, metering, movement, histograms, exposure...

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (always known as Ellis) was born in Wales but lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway collection. In the 1960s a few of Ellis's photographs were published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781714448180Author Linda UllathorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681889238Author Jeff LeathamFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museum's photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and...

Why are the autumn colours of Kyoto described as the most beautiful in Japan? The secret of Kyoto's autumn beauty lies in a perfect harmony of the natural and the man-made, the culmination of centuries of history. This book introduces 49 Kyoto locations...

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

"If you're a lover of wildlife imagery, this is worth adding to your wishlist" -Amateur Photographer "...an amazing new photobook on the giants of the animal kingdom..." -Examiner USA "This is the type of book that makes a handsome gift for any...

"Each photograph is like a diary entry of my life." -Patti Smith This captivating selection of 70 intimate black and white photographs conveys Patti Smith's singular experience as a photographer as it relates to many facets of her fascinating...

All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The images are submitted in one of the following categories:* Earth and Space* Our...

"In celebration of a long, sun-soaked legacy, the new coffee-table book Light of the Riviera collects many of these photographs. Together, they toast la belle vie." -Air Mail "This stunning volume encompasses some of the biggest names in photographic...

Straddling the worlds of fashion and hip-hop, Nigo is a giant of streetwear culture. One of the pioneers of the highly influential Harajuku style movement, Nigo is the founder of *A Bathing Ape(R). Currently the creative director of Kenzo and a partner...

A photographic leap into cooling waters. Dive into the cultural history of artificial ocean As long as already five thousand years ago, the allure of the sea inspired humans to recreate its essence in miniature, artistic forms, as public baths where...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576874295Author Helen LevittFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1830g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841146706Author Fleur HallamFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

The first monograph on the first photographer to be awarded the Prize for Editorial, Advertising & Fashion Photography by the Royal Photographic Society, this extraordinary collection celebrates David Stewart's surreal eye and his literal focus on the...

Many of Magnum's most renowned photographers - beginning with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson on assignment in the 1930s - have been captivated by China. They've returned time and again, their fascination growing in line with China's burgeoning...

Eric Mindling has been travelling the back roads of Oaxaca, Mexico, for over two decades. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth shows not only his love, but his respect for that dramatic geography and the people who have made it their home. More than 100 sensitive,...

Photographers Darren and Elliott Bloom had a remarkably close working relationship with Amy Winehouse. Their photos appeared in the recent acclaimed documentary Amy and now they have opened up their archive for this lavish photo book. Five-time Grammy...

'My mind constantly rearranges everyday objects into faces. I've conditioned myself not to see them. Occasionally they break through. When that happens, I make polaroid photos. Nothing sought, nothing staged.' The phenomenon of recognising faces in...

This is the souvenir book of the exhibition Photography: A Victorian Sensation at National Museums Scotland June - November 2015. Meet the pioneers of photography and discover how the Victorian craze for the photograph transformed the way we capture...

Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught in the middle... When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leaves her young son Jack with her sister for a few days so she can visit Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, they both know the...

The Gurkhas are an elite fighting force from Nepal who have served the British Crown since 1815. They occupy a unique place in the public's imagination, and are renowned for their loyalty, professionalism and resolve. Through stunning photography, Arc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952116Author David MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

A bold new study of Julia Margaret Cameron's Victorian photographs, charting the legacy of colonialism following the 1857 Indian Uprising. Julia Margaret Cameron, the celebrated Victorian photographer, was a child of the colonies. Born in 1815 in...

Lancashire-based multi-award-winning photographer and film-maker Alastair Lee once again turns his lens to his spiritual home: Pendle Hill. After the success of Alastair's previous local publications, Forgotten Landscape (2004) and Pendle, Landscape of...

A stunning collection of the winning, commended and shortlisted photographs from the 2017 Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition. Outdoor Photographer of the Year (Portfolio III) presents a stunning collection of the winning, commended and...

We are a nation obsessed with sport. From the local GAA club, which is at the heart of so many Irish communities, to the racehorses that are trained and raced throughout the country; from our national football teams to our boxers, cyclists, athletes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916385108Author Revd Len AbramsFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Season ImagesPublisher Season ImagesDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 16mm

In The Intimacy of Making Swiss French photographer Helene Binet takes us on a visual journey through a world of stone, walls and gardens that define and celebrate the Korean art of making. In pure and calm photographs we discover traditional Korean...

Riverwise, a volume of slow river prose centred around Afon Teifi, is a book of wanderings and wonderings, witnessings and enchantments, rememberings and endings. Weaving memoir, poetry and keen observation into its meandering course, it shifts ...

In this thought-provoking anthology, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum has partnered with the Prix Pictet, the world's leading prize for photography and sustainability, to show a different side to humanitarian photography. Co-editors...

To celebrate the acquisition of the Tom Phillips archive, the Bodleian Library has asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards. These encompass the first half of the...

In Maldicidade, the city never sleeps. By dawn or dusk, in New York, Havana, Salvador da Bahia, or Tokyo, it is an environment fraught with yearning, aching with solitude, and fretful with fortunes never made. This searing urban portrait from visual...

Thomas Annan (1829-1887) was the preeminent photographer of Glasgow in the mid-nineteenth century, a period when the rise in industry and population dramatically altered the landscape of the "second city" of the British Empire. Often working in...

Twenty-One Years is published on the occasion of the twenty-one year anniversary of Cheim & Read. The book features a comprehensive record of exhibitions, including installation views and seminal artworks.About the AuthorThe gallery was founded in 1997...