Photoessays & Documentaries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306870Author Laia AbrilFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907893803Author Martin ParrFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 331g

Ghost Image is made up of sixty-three short essays - meditations, memories, fantasies, and stories bordering on prose poems - and not a single image. Herve Guibert's brief, literary rumination on photography was written in response to Roland Barthes'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875506Author Teruyoshi HayashidaFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 521g

Published to accompany an exhibition at MK Gallery, this is the first major survey of the work of contemporary British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard, nominated for the Turner Prize 2022. This publication provides the first overview of works...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorVivienne Gucwa is a New Yorker, born and bred. She began shooting the city in 2009 with no formal training and a simple point-and-shoot camera. In 2010 she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306054Author Richard SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 975g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525560029Author Lynsey AddarioFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306245Author Laia AbrilFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 246mm...

Culled from a collection of 70,000 negatives from the archives of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the images in this remarkable collection were taken by Amin's personal photographers between the 1950s and mid-1980s. Like many dictators, Amin used...

In this gloriously illustrated companion to her crime novels featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, Ann Cleeves takes readers through a year on Shetland. Discover its past, meet its people, celebrate its festivals and see how the flora and fauna of the islands...

"Venice Deserted is an exceptional photographic report of the most beautiful city in the world under the exceptional circumstances of the Corona virus lockdown in Spring 2020. During the Corona virus lockdown in March, April and May 2020, Venice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213559Author Diane BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 10mm

With an introduction by Hubertus von Amelunxen Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of...

A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy 'At the very beginning of the twentieth century, Zola said, ''In my view you cannot claim to have...

'One of the best things published about cinema.' Sight & SoundHerzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial actor Klaus Kinski - including the epics Aguirre, the...

Teryoshin deliberately obscures the faces of the business men and women present as it is not his intention to fix blame on individuals. Thea nonymised arms dealers can be seen as a metaphor for a business operating in the shadows and under the radar of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860606Author Eilon PazFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Prompted by the closing of New York s mythical CBGB music club in 2006 and her desire to capture it, photographer and artist Rhona Bitner set out to record the most iconic places of the American musical landscape the recording studios, concert halls,...

"If you're into space exploration, this stunning book is pretty much a must-have. It contains pretty much every legacy Apollo snap in one go, alongside some lesser-known pics that are just as spellbinding." - Amy Glover, BuzzFeed July 2019 marks the...

From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city's cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history. It...

How does a mudskipper fish manage to "walk" on land? Why is the Hoatzin also known as 'The Stinkbird'? And once the female Pipa toad has laid her eggs, where does she put them? The answers? The mudskipper can "walk" using its pectoral fins, the Hoatzin...

In Imaging Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary, Oscar-winning documentary-maker Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, Touching the Void) and leading broadcaster/historian Mark Cousins (The Story of Film) offer an expanded, revised edition of their...

A timeless, universal meditation on the meaning of love, based on the author's travels through France, accompanied by stunning full-colour photographs 'A collection of intimate and heartfelt confessions of what love means, each with a wonderfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581816Author Leighton BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

At no time has the humming energy of New York City been more passionately and extensively captured than right now, through the lens of Instagram. Spurred on by the vibrant and creative Instagram community, both amateur and professional photographers...

Cool. Whether it's a cool guy, cool sunglasses, or a cool film - the attribute 'cool', which until the early '90s was still the definitive identifier of rebellious youth culture speech, is now encountered globally and across all social classes in an...

Annette Kuhn's work as a theorist of culture has won her a wide reputation for dissecting film and other images in books such as Women's Pictures and The Power of the Image. In Family Secrets, she turns her attention to the deconstruction of pictures...

Now available in an updated and revised edition, 'Photos that Changed the World' gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one stunning volume. In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of history's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934429839Author Hugh HollandFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint AMMO Books LLCPublisher AMMO Books LLC

A flaneur and photographer at once, Eugene Atget (1857-1927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at painting and acting, the native of Libourne turned to photography and moved to Paris. He supplied studies for painters,...

Birds of Prey - or raptors - are some of the most captivating bird species in the world. Think of eagles and condors, vultures, hawks and kites, but also owls and ospreys. Think of the peregrine falcon, which, reaching speeds of up to 320km/h (200mph),...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868289732Author Tariq ZaidiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909889590Author Thomas MeaneyFormat PaperbackImprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 145mm * 20mm

This is a book about the depth of a daughter's love, and the breadth of a mother's life; it is about letting go, but never forgetting...A photographer's love letter to her late mother, whose five year struggle with Alzheimer's and devout passion for...

From the Edwardian golden age of steam to the present, the railway has captured the hearts and imaginations of the British people like no other mode of travel. In wartime and peace, along major routes and minor, steam, diesel and electric trains have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566879Author Lee ShulmanFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909889620Author Thomas MeaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 179gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 134mm...

Paris... so familiar and yet surprising. In pastel shades and dazzling details like the palette of French Impressionism, Serge Ramelli presents a unique and personal photo homage to the City of Lights. With romance and history in her blood, Paris shows...