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A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian period In an era that saw the birth of photography (c. 1839) and the rise of the illustrated press (c. 1842), the British experience of their empire became...

Breathing new life into Ireland's history once again, this carefully restored and colourised collection of wonderful black and white images captures the beauty of the nation's fascinating past. This sequel to the bestselling The Colour of Ireland...

"The blue and white print has the night-time glow of a Joseph Cornell ice-cube box or a Stan Brakhage film, the poppy glows candescent but is gone. Anna Atkins' dirty fingernails are pressing the damp skin of the poppy into cotton wadding and blotting...

Comet presents the amazing story of the Rosetta space probe and its interstellar voyage to the comet Tchoury. Its mission - to find clues to the origins of our solar system and the emergence of life on Earth. Following a ten-year voyage and a journey...

Although known worldwide as the 'Home of Golf', St Andrews was also the ecclesiastical powerhouse in Scotland for centuries prior to the Reformation. Author Gregor Stewart takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the town's past, unearthing...

Why did Henri Cartier-Bresson nearly have a posthumous exhibition while still alive? What led Stephen Shore to work with color? Why was Sophie Calle accused of stealing Vermeer's The Concert ? And what is Susan Meiselas's take on Instagram and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899235179Author Bruce GildenFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1132g

Autochromes were the first commercial colour photographs. Invented in 1904 by the Lumière brothers Auguste and Louis in Paris, colour photographs caused a great sensation at the time. They were an innovation and the first way to depict the world in...

Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041187Author Lucia BondarFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

David Busch's Canon EOS R Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the exiting new Canon EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera. It sports a high-resolution 30 MP sensor embedded with 5,655 Dual-Pixel phase...

In a brand-new approach, this book presents photography in all its principal forms of experience, to portray the unique characteristics of this accessible and universally appealing medium. Arranged chronologically, legendary photographs are discussed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566282Author Sophie Harris-TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

A fast and easy way for visual learners to get a grip on Photoshop Elements Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer a single, crystal-clear screenshot showing you how to do something to a long-winded explanation telling you how to do it? If so, then this...

There are countless books on war photography, most of these focusing on dramatic images made by photojournalists in combat zones. Photography and War instead proposes a radically expanded notion of war photography, one that encompasses a far broader...

"Through these travels and the photographs, I got to love the United States more than I could have in any other way." - Jack Delano Amid the ravages of the Great Depression, the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) was first founded in 1935...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards. ...

The second edition of Why Art Photography? is an updated, expanded introduction to the ideas behind today's striking photographic images. Lively, accessible discussions of key issues such as ambiguity, objectivity, fiction, authenticity, and...

You have the camera, you have the skills, and you have the pictures. Now what? Author Shirley Read expertly leads you through the world of exhibiting your photography one minute detail at a time. From finding a space and designing the exhibition to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188113450Author Stephan CrasneansckiFormat HardbackImprint Libraryman Co., Ltd.Publisher Libraryman Co., Ltd.

This ground-breaking book situates research at the heart of photographic practice, asking the key question: What does research mean for photographers? Illuminating the nature and scope of research and its practical application to photography, the book...

Northampton has rather more going for it than is often realised. Its industrial exploits have left it with a unique townscape, at last being properly appreciated. It has medieval roots, some remarkable buildings and an important place in the pageant of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914314254Author Hoxton Mini PressFormat HardbackImprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958294974Author Manfred HeitingFormat HardbackPage Count 516Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 3420g

George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye is a life of the gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s to 1955. From age 18, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080204110Author Mary RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 460g

If you were to stand in one spot at an iconic location for 30 hours and simply observe, never closing your eyes, you still wouldn’t be able to take in all the detail and emotion found in a Stephen Wilkes panoramic photograph. Not only does Wilkes shoot...

Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe. With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up...

Following on from London Bus Routes One By One: 1-100 and London Bus Routes One By One: 101-200, this third volume in the series explores what used to be the old London Transport's highest-numbered block of routes. These numbers were once reserved for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000977Author Eva SzombatFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Action, beauty, adventure, and art start capturing memories today! Canon EOS Rebel T7i/800D For Dummies is your ultimate guide to taking spectacular photos no photography experience required! The EOS Rebel offers professional features that camera phones...

While there are many books that teach the "how-to" of photography, Science for the Curious Photographer is a book for those who also want to understand how photography works. Beginning with an introduction to the history and science of photography,...

The V&A Photography Library is a new series of accessible, introductory volumes to the key themes, works, objects and individuals in photography, illustrated with unprecedented access to the V&A's photography collection, the oldest held by a public...

For the people of Byzantium, their architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, ivories, chalices, bejewelled gospel covers and qlany other opulent works of art were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. The vast range...

For the people of Byzantium, their architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, ivories, chalices, bejewelled gospel covers and qlany other opulent works of art were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. The vast range...

The story of the life and work of the visionary poet and artist, William Blake.About the AuthorKathleen Raine wrote a number of books of poetry, and her Collected Poems appeared in 2000. Her other books include From Blake to a Vision (1979), Blake and...

Adobe Photoshop 2020 for Photographers by acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been revamped to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop on Adobe's Creative Cloud, including significant new features such as...

A study of Soviet factography, an avant-garde movement that employed photography, film, journalism, and mass media technologies. This is the first major English-language study of factography, an avant-garde movement of 1920s modernism. Devin Fore...

The water vole is one of Britain's most endangered mammals. A native of the British Isles, and popularised in modern culture as 'Ratty' in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, the water vole is a cherished resident of our rivers, canals, streams...

Color isn't 'just there' in photography, an ordinary fact of life. It's much more special and can be a subject and pursuit in its own right, because it triggers an emotional and aesthetic response like no other. Color is processed not in the eye, but in...