Photoessays & Documentaries

"Swiss explorer and photographer Stefan Forster admits that he is no stranger to dodging alligators and hiking for weeks in pursuit of the perfect photo. And an impressive new photobook shows that his efforts pay off handsomely." - Sarah Holt, Mail...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576879115Author Gregg SegalFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint 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 9781908211484Author Rebecca BathoryFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams)...

World War II is one of the first conflicts to be extensively recorded in detail by both combatants and journalists, and many iconic photos of the fighting and battlefields have been passed down to us today. But how do these battlefields look now,...

Take a photographic journey into Liverpool's often overlooked local, craft and advertising history. This intriguing book profiles hand-painted advertising from across the city and investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306962Author Stuart FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1800gDimensions(mm)...

Arriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion, unaffiliated with any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the way, Ashley Gilbertson was one of the first photojournalists to cover the disintegration of America's military triumph as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566732Author Hoxton Mini PressFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

"Through these travels and the photographs, I got to love the United States more than I could have in any other way." - Jack Delano Amid the ravages of the Great Depression, the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) was first founded in 1935...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262514392Author Collectif ArgosFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 178mm * 23mm

Beginning in 1962, the World Press Photo Foundation has had an annual book published, featuring all prize-winning entries. 2020's Yearbook will prove to be another must-have edition, bringing together the very best press photographs from 2019,...

At age eleven, Michael Kenna developed his first roll of black and white film in a makeshift darkroom at St. Joseph's College, Upholland, the seminary he attended with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest. Kenna abandoned his religious calling after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211163Author Rebecca LitchfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams)...

The London Eye at a standstill, against a brilliant blue sky. Venetian gondolas, resting beneath their tarps. The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Schloss Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York... all deserted, in the middle of the day. The...

'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...

There's no feeling in the world like a fresh shave. Experience the nostalgia of a new haircut with every turn of the page as you traverse the 50 states in this never-before-seen look at the barbershops of old. Chronicling commercial photographer Rob...

Frank Stewart s Nexus presents an overview of the career of this noted photographer, who since the 1960s has captured spontaneous and sensitive portrayals of African American culture in many forms, including art, food, dance, and music especially jazz...

Sheffield has built its worldwide reputation on steelmaking. For centuries the area was renowned for its cutlery and tools and from the mid-eighteenth century Sheffield began to build a reputation for the production of high-quality steels. A hundred...

The Poetry of Being expresses the photographers response to the fragility and perseverance of nature. Images of what was, things still hanging on, the effects of climate change, and the cycle of life make up this ever relevant monograph. The included...

Between 2012 and 2019 Francis Meslet photographed several hundred places of worship across Europe. Over time, these places have became enveloped in silence, the only thing heard there now an occasional gust of wind whistling though broken stained glass,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944092705Author William Eggleston, IIIFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Twin Palms PublishersPublisher Twin Palms Publishers

The interaction between photography and fashion has always been compelling how can artists balance commercial viability against their own creative vision? Anti-Glossy collects some of the most innovative photographers working in the field of fashion,...

In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare , Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years activists in the black freedom struggle have used photographic imagery both to gain political recognition and to develop a different visual vocabulary about...

A taxonomy we didn't know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they...

"Sue Kwon's undeniable hip-hop resume should be bowed down to! Sue is definitely one of the greats in visually capturing a culture." -Posdnuos of De La Soul A New York Magazine 2021 holiday gift guide pick The last decade of the 20th century into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306931Author Jean-Pierre GilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914314087Author The Anonymous ProjectFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Ballet is a breathtaking photographic collection, celebrating the precision, athleticism and artistry of classical and contemporary ballet. Live performances allow us to admire ballet's visual splendour from afar, but rarely are we given the...

"Scenic photography and vivid storytelling." - PhotoLondon website "Venice - as you've never seen it before." - Sarah Holt, Mail online "It's Venice as you've never seen her before as artist Federico Povoleri gives us a whole new perspective into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576879894Author Ruvan WijesooriyaFormat HardbackPage Count 323Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

Can film capture what our eyes can't see? There are many examples both historical and contemporary of photographs of spirits or ghosts. These images have been both derided as hoaxes or, at the other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld...

"...a terrific read for lovers of great music and vinyl" -Ruth O'Connor, Irish Examiner "Peppered with more than 200 colour and black and white images, this book shows off how photogenic the world of vinyl is for photographers." -Amateur Photography ...

Following on the heels of their incredibly successful The Ruins of Detroit, this major new project by the prolific French photographer duo Marchand/Meffre, poignantly eulogizes and celebrates the tattered remains of hundreds of movie theaters across...

"A little gem of a book chronicling that most gullible of all species, the human being" - Craig Brown, Books of the Year 2019, Mail on Sunday "Dafydd Jones has focused on one of the most dominant elements of the social life of our times - how the...

From majestic glaciers to vast frozen plains as far as the eye can see, ice is just as important to the world's ecosystems as water, air, and trees. And yet its presence and vital role on Earth is increasingly threatened by the effects of global warming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526778Author Leonard FreedFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

Illustrated with 200 outstanding photographs, Dangerous Animals presents an in-depth look at the natural world's most deadly creatures, from poisonous spiders and sea snakes to aggressive lions and man-eating sharks. The selection spans a broad spectrum...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566893Author Harry BordenFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

A celebration of a century of personal photo captions in all their forms, themes, and voices. Whether it's scripted words in pencil scrawled below an old Polaroid, or a pithy caption on a social media photo today, we've all felt a pull to the words and...

Beautiful yet haunting photographs of abandoned places in Lebanon - once thriving buildings now ravaged by nature and time are the subject of this fascinating, coffee table photo book. Lebanon is a country that still holds many secrets of what life was...