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On one of Spencer Ostrander's early visits to Times Square, the rain began to fall. The people in the crowd, suddenly draped in plastic, were transformed into abstract, brilliant reflections of the massive advertising that surrounded them. Designed to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306825Author Robert GumpertFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

"To my mind, Koen is the photographer of the instant. Whatever the subject, the format, the colour may be, the emotion that is implied is always expressed vigorously; either with a sense of humour, seriousness, or with lots of tenderness. Unlike...

Electricity in its myriad forms has intrigued people for centuries. In our modern era it powers nearly every machine and modern convenience that defines contemporary life. However, by hiding power lines underground or in the walls of our homes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857241173Author Roberta TenconiFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1220g

Lucien Herve (1910-2007) was one of the great architectural photographers of the 20th century. His methodological and conceptual patterns were reflected in his work, which includes a long collaboration with Le Corbusier. In 1958 he launched the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000113Author Carissa DorsonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 210g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869309941Author Brian WallisFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 2740g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306559Author Charles RozierFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910401194Author Jordan BaumgartenFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint GOST BooksPublisher GOST BooksWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 292mm * 224mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960700890Author Peter BialobrzeskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Hartmann BooksPublisher Hartmann Projects

Freedom, adventure, romance; a spellbound audience, bright-eyed children, rolling drums, a brass band playing lively music; intrepid acrobats in colourful costumes and garishly made-up clowns. The same old stereotypes about the world of the circus are...

The photographs in Nicholas Pollack's new book Meadow were made between 2015-2020 in and around Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. Inspired by the landscape of the New Jersey Meadowlands, Meadow is a body of work about a small plot of land and the friendships...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783958299139Author Joseph BeuysFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1280g

American photographer Donald Blumberg (b. 1935) began his career making black-and-white photographs of the streets and people of New York. He first gained national attention and widespread recognition for his 1965-67 series In Front of Saint Patrick's...

How does an artist respond to the horrors of war and the genocide of his or her people? Can art play a role in the fight for justice? These are key questions for understanding the work of Guatemalan photographer Daniel Hernandez-Salazar. Since the...

How should you portray a collective? Roland Fischer shows us in his latest large-format photo project. 1,000 students from Tel Aviv University agreed to take part and to be photographed by him. The result is a multi-faceted collective portrait of young...

There are few parts of the world that Christian Maillard (*1944) has not yet seen. His journeys throughout Europe, the United States, South America, the Far East, and Africa have influenced his photographic gaze: for him, travelling and taking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306726Author Andy WienerFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 248g

SPOOR comprises groups of colour photographs made by Roger Palmer while following rail routes between towns and settlements of South Africa. The photographs were accumulated between 2014 and 2018 as Palmer drove along mostly minor roads through the...

Comprehensive overview of a highly influential contemporary artist's work Victor Burgin counts among the most versatile figures within art and visual culture since the late 1960s. His artwork both connects with and reacts to minimalism, conceptual art,...

Collapsing industrial buildings and overgrown wastelands suggest that Berlin's Schoeneweide district once experienced a different present. Today, the numerous abandoned sites provide a place for many young people to meet in secret. Over three years,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171265401Author Lisen StibeckFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bokforlaget Max StromPublisher Bokforlaget Max StromWeight(grams) 240g

Walker Evans said in his 1958 introduction to Robert Frank's The Americans, 'For the thousandth time, it must be said that pictures speak for themselves, wordlessly, visually, or they fail.' The images revolutionized post-war American photography. With...

Sara Davidmann's father was never able to talk about his experiences growing up in Nazi Berlin, the traumatic events that occurred before he left, the family members who were murdered, or his evacuation. These experiences formed a space in his life...

Between 1955 and 1965 Ramon Masats toured the geography of Spain with his camera. A commission on national values for an illustrated Gazette that allowed the development of a new, synthetic language, accurate in content and splendid in its graphics. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171265555Author Aili MarkeliusFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bokforlaget Max StromPublisher Bokforlaget Max StromWeight(grams) 500g

"I am often asked what is the most memorable photograph I have ever taken. This is difficult to decide because many photos meant personal involvement. My Inuit photos to me are most meaningful. They were taken under difficult conditions. I came to know...

Tickety-Boo is a block of a book with more than two hundred images edited from smart phone photographs taken during Charles H. Traub's everyday ramblings over the last four years. The English expression tickety-boo loosely translates 'Everything is okay,...

A Different Light is the first in-depth study of the work of Sebastiao Salgado, widely considered the greatest documentary photographer of our time. For more than three decades, Salgado has produced thematic photo-essays depicting the massive human...

Working with ordinary people who answered ads in local papers, posing them in their nondescript homes or unexceptional landscapes and using relatively simple equipment, Katy Grannan alchemizes these factors into extraordinary photographs. Disarming for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960700357Author Fredewric PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Hartmann BooksPublisher Hartmann Projects

From her hand-colored, machine-stitched photographic prints to her artist's books and well-known Mountain Dream Tarot card deck (the first-known photographic treatment of the tarot) Bea Nettles's work has always upended tradition. Bea Nettles: Harvest of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306597Author Catherine BaletFormat HardbackPage Count 127Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 907g

State of Change provides an overview of the artistic work of Karen Irmer (b. 1974). In her photographs and film installations, which are as poetic as they are analytical, Irmer reflects upon the relationship between illusion and reality, but also between...

This book analyses Anton Corbijn's diverse work through parameters such as image composition, structure, lighting, and viewer perspective, while also establishing references to art history. Artists in front of Corbijn's camera appear undisguised and...

In recent years, photographer Bieke Depoorter developed an overriding interest in astronomy. She sought out amateur stargazers, visited state-of-the-art observatories and researched the history of the field. Gradually, it became clear that her interest...

Nuances is Maigler’s first photographic work on the subject of ballet; it is a sensitive study of the body and movement, focusing on the exploration of those fleeting spaces that are hidden in such movement. Text in English and German.

The Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf cemetery on the outskirts of Berlin is the 10th largest in the world. Much of the site is forested, with more wild flora and winding paths than perfectly trimmed hedges and asphalt roads. Over a period of two years, the...

This volume includes 77 photographs taken by Gabriele Basilico (Milan, 1944-2013) between 1978 and 2012, virtually spanning the Milanese photographer’s entire career. Reprising the title of a well-known short story by the Italian writer Edmondo De...