Photoessays & Documentaries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944466336Author David HaberstichFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Smithsonian Institution Scholarly PressPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 2g

In Silent Witness photographs of private houses and public buildings in which war crimes—specifically rapes of women of all ethnic groups living in Bosnia and Herzegovina—were committed during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) are combined with testimonies...

Winky Lewis and Susan Conley, a photographer and a writer in Portland, tried an experiment. At the start of every week for a year, Winky sent Susan a photograph: of their children, of the street where they live as neighbors, and of other green places in...

A single image taken from a high-rise building in inner-city Johannesburg uncovers layers of history—from its premise and promise of gold to its current improvisations. It reveals the city as carcass and as crucible, where informal agents and processes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985995836Author Murray MossFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint August EditionsPublisher August EditionsWeight(grams) 1588g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984101405Author Peter GoinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Black Rock Institute PressPublisher Black Rock Institute PressWeight(grams) 560g

This slipcased, two-volume set includes: Yale College * Twentieth Century A History in Present Time Beginning in 1900 and concluding with the events of 2001, VOLUME I is a chronological history of Yale College in the twentieth century. Using excerpts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780960564682Author Paula ChamleeFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Lodima PressPublisher Lodima PressWeight(grams) 1610g

Over the course of several years, photographer Chris Enos travelled U.S. Route 285 from Santa Fe through south-eastern New Mexico into West Texas, documenting the nearly 500-mile corridor with its vestiges of another, more prosperous and hopeful era...

"Stone" captures the enduring quality and varied uses of stone: a building material, a medium for sculpture, and a part of landscape. Photographs from around the world -- including Roman ruins in Sicily, India's Palani Temple, Normandy,...

Ranching families reflect a deeply rooted agricultural tradition the day-to-day workings of which have changed little over generations. Many of these children are accomplished farm hands by the age of six or seven and already contributing members of the...

In this book, award-winning photographer Miguel Gandert records the sacred rituals and dances of the mestizo peoples of the upper Rio Grande in 130 exquisite black-and-white photographs. Included are images of the two great Indo-Hispano regional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878398126Author Doug WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint North Star Press of St. CloudPublisher North Star Press of St. CloudWeight(grams) 190g

In this ode to Connecticut's Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the region's legendary industrial history and ponder its legacy. The story begins in 1802, when two metalworking families joined forces to manufacture brass...

Since 1970, when world-renowned photographer Harvey Stein first turned his discerning eye toward Coney Island, his love affair with this New York beachfront amusement park began to grow. Over 200 compelling black and white photos tell the tale of his...

Photojournalist Dematteis took the photographs in this collection on trips to Vietnam from 1992 to 1995. He chose to photograph ordinary Vietnamese going about their daily lives during a period when their country was opening its doors to foreigners after...

Tibet was once home to thousands of thriving Buddhist monasteries. But in 1959, following a Tibetan uprising against China's long occupation, nearly all were destroyed by the Chinese military, the practice of Buddhism was outlawed, and the Dalai Lama was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774711156Author Jack ScrineFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Nimbus Publishing LimitedPublisher Nimbus Publishing LimitedWeight(grams) 717g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652295866Author Aliza AuerbachFormat HardbackPage Count 205Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 1748g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576879474Author Kevin BubriskiFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

A unique study of South African propaganda photography during apartheid.Throughout the apartheid era, South Africa maintained a wide-reaching propaganda apparatus. At its core was the information service that strongly capitalised on photography to...

This beautiful volume is both a tribute to and a celebration of the photographer who, more than anyone else, has given us a visual record of our mark on the land over the last half-century. David Plowden's beautiful black-and-white images reveal his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984101436Author Michon MackedonFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Black Rock Institute PressPublisher Black Rock Institute PressWeight(grams) 914g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984101429Author Michon MackedonFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Black Rock Institute PressPublisher Black Rock Institute PressWeight(grams) 920g

This book is a photographic documentation of Hispanic New Mexicans (Nuevomexicanos) taken between 1981-1983 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe and in several northern New Mexico villages. Kevin Bubriski, a New Englander, photographed people he met in their...

For too long people with intellectual disabilities have been shut out of most societies around the world, or more accurately, they have been shut in-forcibly confined in mental institutions, quietly hidden inside their families' homes, isolated from...

Central American nations have recently had the highest per capita homicide rates in the world-surpassing the per capita death toll even in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan-and gang violence has been the dominant explanation for this tragic...

"The traditional neighborly work of killing a hog and preparing it as food for humans is either a fine art or a shameful mess. It requires knowledge, experience, skill, good sense, and sympathy," writes Wendell Berry in the essay portion of this book. In...

Like migratory birds, most of Canada's 20,000 'guest' farm workers arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these temporary workers have become entrenched in the...

From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens," some with their families. Many communities in Canada where internees originated...

On 29 July 1776, Franciscan friars Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestro Velez de Escalante embarked on an expedition to seek an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, California. Although the Spaniards did not reach their final...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590791981Author Chip DuncanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Select Books IncPublisher Select Books IncWeight(grams) 929g

In this book, the authors document in photos and words the experience of looking closely, through the passage of one year, at their 70 acres of Maine woods. Readers who loved Our Point of View will learn how the couple fared when they moved from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780810927094Author Giannino MalossiFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc.Publisher AbramsWeight(grams) 1330g

"Border Film Project" is an effort to simplify and humanise the complexities of immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border by telling stories that no news piece, policy debate or academic study can convey. Three friends spent three months along the U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969001158Author Henry HorensteinFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is considered a pioneer of the Post-Minimal and Conceptual art movements. Perhaps best known for his paintings, sculptures, and drawings, Bochner became deeply involved with photography in the mid- to late 1960s, although most of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226278Author Dale MaharidgeFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 580g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868283709Author Frank Hallam DayFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 908g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868282009Author Andrej KrementschoukFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 1286g