Photoessays & Documentaries

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 9788072152346Author Eva DavidovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint TorstPublisher TorstWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789774165115Author Mia GröndahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint The American University in Cairo PressPublisher The American University in Cairo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783936711615Author Stefan BanzFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Verlag Fur Moderne KunstPublisher Verlag Fur Moderne KunstWeight(grams) 1216g

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...

diCorcia's curation of "disparate photographs," from his early career to his first solo shows "The disparate photographs assembled here were made over the course of twenty years. None of them were originally intended to be used in this book. By...

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 9780944092620Author Mark. MorrisroeFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Twin Palms PublishersPublisher Twin Palms PublishersWeight(grams) 1202g

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 fifteen years in Germany between the end of World War I and the National Socialists' rise to power in 1933 stand out as one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous periods. These years of political and economic upheaval famously spawned...

"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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576871928Author Iris Tillman HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 862g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576878651Author Anthony TafuroFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944092323Author Pablo Ortiz MonasterioFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Twin Palms PublishersPublisher Twin Palms Publishers

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576877968Author Thomas RomaFormat HardbackPage Count 98Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 237g

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 9788086970035Author Dorothea RitterFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint KantPublisher KantWeight(grams) 1474gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 234mm * 25mm

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 9783905929645Author Erich BachmannFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Edition Patrick FreyPublisher Edition Patrick Frey

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890761134Author Maurice BergerFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Centre for Art, Design and Visual CulturePublisher Centre for Art, Design and Visual...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868280142Author Venetia DeardenFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 1164g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868280067Author Andre LutzenFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 1020g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868280814Author Andrew PhelpsFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer VerlagWeight(grams) 996g