Monographs

A colorful, insider portrait of '70s surf culture, with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Finnegan If you were there, even just for some of it-Hawaii, California, surfing, the '70s-the memories and stories will flow freely from these...

Fairytales is an erotic folklore collection of Petra Collins and Alexa Demie s illustrated short stories. As children, Petra and Alexa were both enamoured with fairy tales, which provided an escape from their own painful realities. The two collaborated...

Published to coincide with the UK release in November 2023 of the film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a biography described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit.' Lee Miller, 1927 - New York: A...

First published in 1968, The Bikeriders explores firsthand the stories and characters of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The journal-size title features original black-and-white photographs and transcribed interviews made from 1963 to 1967, when...

The 'Masters of Photography' series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their...

Man Ray (1890-1976) was a polymath modernist, working in painting, sculpture, film, printmaking, and poetry. But it was his work in photography, with nude studies, fashion work, and portraiture that saw him pioneering a new chapter in the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907893230Author Charles FregerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 984g

Instant Newton: A collection of Helmut Newton's test Polaroids Polaroids occupy a special place in the hearts of many photo enthusiasts who remember a time when "instant photography" meant one-of-a-kind prints that developed within minutes of...

The American photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) created a body of fascinating photographic works in a few intense years before her premature death. Her oeuvre has been the object of numerous in-depth studies and major exhibitions in recent years,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916041271Author Vince AlettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Self Publish, Be HappyPublisher MACK

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597114738Author Josef KoudelkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint AperturePublisher ApertureWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 163mm * 23mm

'Look beyond the obvious. Street photography is what you make it'. Craig Whitehead's shots of the streets are unique - his sense of colour, composition, storytelling and timing have earned him a hugely dedicated following. But how does he consistently...

"And now David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll With Me is out in the world - perhaps the closest you'll get to being on tour with Bowie in that era without a time machine and a backstage pass." - InsideHook "His photographic memoir reveals untold stories and...

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends, family, and lovers-collectively described by Goldin as her "tribe." Her work describes a world that is visceral, charged,...

Filled with meticulously constructed photographs that blur the boundaries between reality and imagination, this sumptuously produced retrospective features more than thirty years of work by one of America’s most influential photographers.For more than...

Hired in 1976 by Francis Ford Coppola as the still photographer for his masterpiece Apocalypse Now, Chas Gerretsen's private archive of hundreds of photographs propels readers immediately into the chaos and drama surrounding one of the most important...

"Terry was everywhere in the 60s - he knew everything and everyone that was happening" Keith Richards "Terry O'Neill rates rightly as one of the best photographers in the world. He captures something special" Sir Michael Caine "When it comes to...

A new collection of Saul Leiter's work, much of it published here for the first time. Saul Leiter remained relatively unsung until he was rediscovered by curators and critics in his early 80s, and his work has been drastically re-evaluated over the...

The first-ever volume of the photographs of German writer W.G. Sebald, exquisitely designed to shed new light on his creative process, as it chronicles the images and encounters that shaped his writing life. Shadows of Reality presents a unique, fully...

A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London. This collection of unique and evocative photography of Brutalist architecture by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, BRUTAL LONDON...

For more than two decades, legendary British photographer David Yarrow has created evocative photography of some of the world s most iconic personalities, sporting moments, and endangered wildlife. With his images raising huge sums for charity, he is one...

Iconic and rarely seen images retrace the story of Robert Capa's extraordinary life and work. Photographer and war reporter Robert Capa (1913-54) is a legend of photojournalism, and his work, widely recognized and sometimes controversial, shaped the...

Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world's most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed the first five of his seven films - Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror and Stalker - in the...

Ari Marcopoulos is an inveterate maker of zines. This project collects in one volume for the first time a selection of zines by Marcopoulos, many never before released, providing a unique insight and overview into an essential part of this influential...

Don McCullin's view of England is rooted in his wartime childhood and growing up around Finsbury Park in the fifties. His first published photograph was a picture of a gang from his neighbourhood, which appeared in a newspaper after a local murder;...

First published in 1967, Ernest Cole’s House of Bondage has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealing the horrors of apartheid to the world for the first time and influencing generations of photographers...

A testament to the art of colour composition, this book - art directed by Wong himself and produced to the highest printing standard - brings together a complete and refined body of images that are evocative, timeless and completely transporting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875773Author Vivian MaierFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1138g

Todd Webb is largely known for his skillful photographic documentation of everyday life and architecture in cities, most notably New York and Paris, as well as his photographs of the American West. This new book showcases a different side of Webb's work,...

A selection from McCurry's finest photographs, featuring vivid scenes of everyday life around the world - now in paperback The Unguarded Moment showcases 75 photographs that define the work of renowned documentary photographer Steve McCurry. Each image...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868282580Author Saul LeiterFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Photography is not only a medium, it is an artistic profession. Behind the mechanics of the camera is the sensitive eye of the master. It would hardly be possible to find a clearer expression of this than Frank Horvat's current illustrated book. From...

This is the first comprehensive, large-format monograph of Bob Willoughby's photographs of film and television stars from the 1950s to the 1970s. Considered the first on-set still photographer in the film industry, Bob Willoughby photographed numerous...

Liam Wong's debut monograph, a cyberpunk-inspired exploration of nocturnal Tokyo.'I want to take real moments and transform them into something surreal, to make the viewer question the reality depicted in each photograph. This body of work encompasses my...

At the turn of the 20th century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both artistically and scientifically...

Celebrating the centennial of Saul Leiter's birth, the official retrospective of a revolutionary figure in twentieth-century photography. Saul Leiter photographed and painted nearly every day for over sixty years, amassing an enormous archive, most of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857251059Author Jimmy NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1560g

Filled with more than 250 images of artists including Ice Cube, The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Naughty by Nature, Public Enemy, 50 Cent, N.W.A, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Kim, Flavor Flav, Lauren Hill, Queen Latifah, TLC, many that have never before been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526860Author Chris FloydFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

A contemporary reimagining of Alex Webb's long out-of-print, limited edition book Dislocations. Recognised as a pioneer of colour photography, Alex Webb is able to juxtapose gesture, colour and contrasting cultural tensions into a single beguiling...