Monographs

The photographer behind Life magazine's first ever all-color photographic essay, Ernst Haas made-and captured-history as an early adopter of Kodachrome film. The Austrian-born artist had already established himself as a black and white photographer...

Understanding Photobooks is a user-friendly guide to engaging with the photographic book- or, as it is widely known, the photobook. Despite its importance as a central medium in which many photographers showcase their work today, there is surprisingly...

"The real charm of Byways isn't playing spot-the-location as Deakins dabbles between takes, but the window it opens onto his youthful eye. You can trace his drive from an early age to catch the light at its best - or wait for it - all night if necessary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493039995Author Christoph RuysFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint LudionPublisher LudionWeight(grams) 1460g

In July 2016, Mary McCartney travelled to Paris for a special photo shoot. Over two days, McCartney would stay with her subject Phyllis Wang at her St Germain apartment and photograph her in the nude. A mixture of black and white and colour, the...

The year 1972 brought together two legends of rock 'n' roll at the peaks of their careers: Jim Marshall and the Rolling Stones. Selected by LIFE magazine to photograph the Stones' EXILE ON MAIN ST. tour, Marshall had a week of unlimited access. The...

The English illustrator Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was in every respect a modern woman. For the publication of her plant collections she used the latest technology, the recently invented cyanotype. In 1843 she used the process to create the first photo book...

Timeless, evocative and hauntingly beautiful: a retrospective monograph by a truly innovative image maker whose female gaze transformed fashion photography. American photographer Deborah Turbeville defies classification. She belongs to no school or...

"This modern, refreshing examination of today's American cowboys and cowgirls is something people will want to revisit time and time." - Yahoo "...captures the pioneering spirit of modern cowboys and cowgirls, turning the camera on high-stakes rodeos,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788799297887Author Soren SolkaerFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Edition CirclePublisher Edition Circle

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869658952Author Sebastiao SalgadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint ContrastoPublisher ContrastoWeight(grams) 520g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647221423Author Suzi EszerhasFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Earth Aware EditionsPublisher Earth Aware Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969993132Author Edward BurtynskyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl PublishersWeight(grams) 1760g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525573883Author Vikki TobakFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

The vivid colours of Morocco as seen by master of colour photography Harry Gruyaert. When Harry Gruyaert first visited Morocco in 1972, it was love at first sight. On every return visit, he has tried to relive that initial feeling of enchantment, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904794424Author Sirkka-Liisa KonttinenFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Northumbria University PressPublisher McNidder & Grace

A full-career retrospective on the work of Vivian Maier, bringing together a selection of key works from throughout her life and career. When Vivian Maier's archive was discovered in Chicago in 2007, the photography community gained an immense and...

London in Transit captures commuters in motion, humanizing the daily grind of moving between work and home. As Bal Bhatla – better known online as Mr. Whisper – photographed his fellow Londoners, he fell in love with all the stories around him in the...

For his photographs and films, the Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf creates a world that has been staged down to its smallest detail. It seems very similar to ours, but its artificiality give it an enigmatic sense. Still, with their visuals borrowed from...

Edward Weston is a collection of 125 photographs from the renowned fine art photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958). This comprehensive monograph features the artist's iconic and classic still lifes, nudes, and landscapes. The book also features 125...

Reproduced in exquisite black and white, the images in this book range from Henri Cartier-Bresson's earliest work in France, Spain, and Mexico through his postwar travels in Asia, the US, and Russia, and even include landscapes from the 1970s, when he...

"...a charming, beautiful and extremely aesthetically pleasing travelogue." -Roger Lush, Amateur Photographer "Stunning photography." -Outdoor Photography What does winter look like in the far north? According to the cliches: as dark and cold as a...

New in the Photofile series, a mini-monograph on Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert. Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was a pioneer of European colour photography in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1972, he created TV Shots, a series of images created...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938461453Author Susan WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Pointed Leaf PressPublisher Pointed Leaf Press

"We must remember that in the brutality of battle another such apocalypse is always just around the corner." -Sebastiao Salgado In January and February 1991, as the United States-led coalition drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein's troops...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868289664Author Fred SteinFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

For over two decades, legendary British photographer David Yarrow has been putting himself in harm s way to capture immersive and evocative photography of some of the world s most revered and endangered animal species. With his images heightening...

Candid and personal, dazzling with color and immediacy, this first and only monograph of a rising star of the photography scene features work from major labels and magazines, outtakes from shoots, and newly commissioned texts by Edward Enninful and Ekow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526129Author Jonathan KaneFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art PressWeight(grams) 2373g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857200613Author Filippo MaggiaFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1660g

"The star-studded images are one thing, but their candid context is what makes them special." - Joy Ling, Esquire Singapore "...many famous names have stepped in front of his camera, captured quickly in his distinctive, clean style, with the images...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955481765Author Stuart BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Soul Jazz RecordsPublisher Soul Jazz RecordsWeight(grams) 1250g

The first publication of Ernest Cole's photographs depicting Black lives in the United States during the turbulent and eventful late 1960s and early '70s After the publication of his landmark 1967 book House of Bondage on the horrors of apartheid,...

"Terry was everywhere in the '60s - he knew everything and everyone that was happening" - Keith Richards Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) was one of the world's most celebrated and collected photographers. No one captured the front line of fame so broadly -...

When Diane Arbus died in 1971 at the age of forty-eight, she was already a significant influence-even something of a legend-among serious photographers, although only a relatively small number of her most important pictures were widely known at the time...

Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks-the best examples of...

In Instanton, photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn presents a series of images, most of which have never been published previously. Corbijn gained his fame and reputation with his portraits of famous figures including Nick Cave, Tom Waits, The...

This book considers the film stills of Ernst Haas, one of the most accomplished photographers of the twentieth century, transgressing the borders between still photography and the moving image. Haas worked with a variety of eminent directors- from...

'I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I've never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something.' - William Eggleston William...

In Dreams. Scenes from the Archive adds to our understanding of Dennis Hopper's personal vision as an artist by tracing the threads of Hopper's life through photography, and connecting his roles as an actor, husband, father, and photographer. In Dreams...