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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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957044791Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

A beautiful Christmas gift for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike A beautiful giftable, coffee-table book, showcasing the most spectacular space photography of its kind, taken from locations across the globe. Marvel at the wonders of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952185079Author Bob CroxfordFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Atmosphere PublishingPublisher Atmosphere Publishing

Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then abandoned Hotel du Palais d'Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and without any pre-established method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over 5 years. As...

Be transported to New York during the Gilded Age and experience daily life in one of the world's most vibrant cities through mesmerizing, contemporary 3D photography and exciting tales of the time.Black Dog & Leventhal has partnered with the New-York...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566756Author Orlando GiliFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Although best known for large liners and capital ships, between 1914 and the completion of the wartime programmes in 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built a vast range of vessels - major warships down to destroyers and submarines,...

In 1984 Sebastiao Salgado began what would be a fifteen-month project of photographing the drought-stricken Sahel region of Africa in the countries of Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan, where approximately one million people died from extreme malnutrition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807068809Author Mary OliverFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 244mm * 13mm

Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist who became a legendary icon for his antiestablishment and counter culture lifestyle. Known for his contribution to American political writing, he is best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,...

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the techniques, methods, and processes of photographic conservation and preservation available today. In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among the broad public, from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781320323796Author Poonam PariharFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 218g

California, the Golden State, is steeped in cliche like almost nowhere else: palm trees, beach-blonde surfers, aspiring actors and tail-finned cars, all bathed in endless sunshine. Sally Davies, acclaimed New York street photographer and author of New...

In Ireland you are never far away from the border between land and sea and the coast is an integral part of the country. It is a place of natural beauty and vibrant history. Carsten Krieger takes the reader, chapter by chapter, through a virtual tour...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993319334Author Andrew WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Unity Print and Publishing LtdPublisher Unity Print and Publishing Ltd

A visual and conceptual conversation between two leading US photo-artists famed for their mutual explorations of race, class and power Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems met in New York in the late 1970s, and over the next 45 years these close friends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958291256Author Keith F. DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1740g

Luxury - the name of this opulent coffee table book alone says it all. It's all about aesthetics, decadence, beauty, trends, glamour, and money. The well-known photographer, journalist, brand and communications consultant Michael Koeckritz has taken a...

As the 1950s dawned, a new level of sexual openness developed in behavior and dress. In magazines and on beaches, women appeared in revealing two-piece bathing suits called bikinis. Bunny Yeager, model and commercial photographer, forged a unique role in...

Presence is a thrilling immersion into the personal collection of photographer and humanitarian Judy Glickman Lauder. Nearly 160 images by some eighty photographers, selected from Judy Glickman Lauder's collection of over 650 prints, explore the idea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040852Author Prix PictetFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

In this curated collection of art and photography from his personal archive, Graham Nash's life as a musician and artist unfolds in vivid detail. Best known as a founding member of the Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, Nash developed a love...

In 2020, for the first time in centuries, heavy red curtains swept closed on stages across the West End; all theatres were closed. Two actors, keenly feeling the loss of their theatre homes, turned to a form of art that could still thrive over the...

A warm, inviting celebration of beloved keepsakes and the stories they hold.A set of old apartment keys, a pair of worn running shoes, a declaration of love scribbled on a restaurant receipt. Beautiful stories that celebrate the power an object can hold...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398811966Author Dr Gareth MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857231754Author Olga SviblovaFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1460g

Pictures for Charis offers a groundbreaking new work by artist Kelli Connell, synthesizing text and image, while raising vital questions about photography, gender, and portraiture in the twenty-first century. Pictures for Charis is a project driven by...

Roller skating means community freedom, diversity and love of life. The world of roller skating is colourful and full of life. Set in scene by professional photographers, international professional and amateur skaters show breathtaking stunts on the...

Furbex: A Dog's Life of Urban Exploration is a dazzling photographic record of Claire's adventures among the abandoned spaces of Europe. It captures her ghostly presence in ruined hotels and grand houses; crumbling castles and palaces; broken down...

Contributions by Megan Abbott, Michael Almereyda, Kris Belden-Adams, Maude Schuyler Clay, William Dunlap, W. Ralph Eubanks, William Ferris, Marti A. Funke, Lisa Howorth, Amanda Malloy, Richard McCabe, Emily Ballew Neff, Robert Saarnio, and Anne Wilkes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857100290Author Fleur HallamFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995695764Author Linda Parkinson-HardmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Hysterectomy AssociationPublisher Hysterectomy AssociationWeight(grams)...

The Library at Trinity College Dublin dates back to the establishment of the college by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592. The library is the largest in Ireland, containing more than 6.2 million volumes and an extensive collection of early manuscripts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906887247Author Rachael CravenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint PiXZ BooksPublisher PiXZ Books

How Meatyard made a stage set of his native Kentucky to portray his circle of friends and compose his eerie tableaux Stages for Being examines the photography that Ralph Eugene Meatyard created in and around Lexington, Kentucky, where he found...