Photoessays & Documentaries

"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...

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)...

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 9780771001154Author Darren CalabreseFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

The Lomo camera, an icon of mid-20th century design, is perceived as unable to take a bad picture, due to the unique, glass lens and capability for handling low-light levels. This antidote to all things digital and slick has found a vast international...

Day by day, tweet by tweet, it often feels like our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series, Freeman's Love asks this question,...

Larry Towell first encountered the Mennonites near his home in Ontario, Canada, and his friendship with them gained him unique access to their communities. Rather than compromise their way of life, Mennonites have continually been forced to migrate...

Curated by the founders of Scopio, a community-based image marketplace, a stunning and unforgettable visual history that captures the world's response to major events that defined 2020: the COVID pandemic and the sweeping movements for racial and social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417975937Author Laia AbrilFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint RM Verlag SLPublisher RM Verlag SL

Though Alfons Mucha, known as Alphonse Mucha, (1860-1939) achieved lasting international acclaim as an Art Nouveau painter, graphic designer and decorator, his photography is not as well known. In this new, expanded edition produced in cooperation with...

Ever-changing Las Vegas, Nevada, a capital of casino gambling and showgirl entertainment, contains an astonishing array of neon signs. They light up the night sky in endless displays of color and motion. With 235 brilliant color images and engaging text,...

The story of life and death in America as told through beautiful cemetery art photography accompanied by meaningful epitaphs from cemeteries up to 300 years old. View 68 cemeteries in 170 beautiful photographs that breathe life into existence of those...

Cuba is one of the most enticing, exotic, and romantic places that photographers can hope to find. The lucky ones get to spend a week or two just in Havana, while others go on day-trips to the tobacco farms in the Valle de Vinales, or take a tour to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899235346Author Martin ParrFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 365g

In 2002, the same year that Edelstein had discovered Minna's photograph, she was commissioned to photograph the South African Sangoma shamans, whose rituals employ the intermediary healing powers of their ancestors. A shaman told Edelstein that her own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986304514Author George S W DuboseFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Wonderland PublishingPublisher Wonderland PublishingWeight(grams)...

Amanda de Cadenet blazes a new trail for women image makers with a hip, accessible, spirited book, offering a collection of works by young up-and-coming female photographers from all over the world who capture how young women see other women, the space...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063028746Author David KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Harper DesignPublisher Harper DesignWeight(grams) 203g

Stalking the streets of New York City at night alongside police detectives and barflies, the tough-talking, fedora-wearing, cigar-smoking photographer who called himself "Weegee" was ready at a moment's notice with his Speed Graphic to respond to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593579718Author Tomesha FaxioFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The Insta Grammar series explores the best of the best in amateur photography, focussing on the immensely popular social media site, Instagram. After Cats, City and Nordic, Green is the fourth and latest title in this series, which closely follows online...

Like Invisibles and Snapshots of Dangerous Women, Outsiders is an accessible visual tour through life experienced on the margins of mainstream society. Squired through the social turmoil of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s by artists like Diane Arbus and Nan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788419233271Author Quim VivesFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint RM Verlag SLPublisher RM Verlag SL

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645752745Author Stewart HellmanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904563853Author George OsodiFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Trolley BooksPublisher Trolley BooksWeight(grams) 260g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780917860829Author Judy CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.Publisher Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.

Home to over 20,000 mind-boggling anatomic specimens, plaster casts, wax models, and paintings, the Mutter Museum, founded in 1858, is part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. This book features over 100 photographs by a select group of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604863949Author Stewart Dean EbersoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 903g

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306979Author Paddy SummerfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm)...

Beautiful, haunting photographs of abandoned places in Belgium. The ultimate visual reference in Belgian urban exploration. These outstanding photographic reports aim to draw attention to the often dramatic fate of a country's abandoned heritage and its...

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

"On the eve of Christmas Eve..." Paul Auster writes, "Tyler Kobe Nichols collapsed onto the sidewalk with three knife wounds in the front of his torso and one in the back." His death soon followed. With it, the twenty-one-year-old joined the ranks of...

"Her stunning images push boundaries and feature portraits of a wonderfully diverse selection of strong, bold people of all ages, races, and body types." - Loeidela Photographie "Inspirational, feminine and colourful..." - Flair Mode Magazin "...[pays]...

From New England to the Deep South, photographers Susan Daley and Steve Gross have captured more than 100 forgotten buildings along America's old auto routes. Isolated in full-color and black-and-white portraits, the roadside cafes, feed stores, grange...

No other country has an institution quite like the Japanese love hotel: Hotels where couples can rent heavily decorated rooms by the hour for amorous liaisons, these spaces are steeped in fantasy; and rooms cater to diverse tastes through elaborate decor...

The history of humankind has always been marked by natural catastrophes, migrations, discoveries, revolutions, and wars. But there have also been speeches that marked an era; instilling hope in crucial moments, reawakening the collective conscience of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576877371Author George CarranoFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 821g

The third literary anthology in the series that has been called 'ambitious' (O Magazine) and 'strikingly international' (Boston Globe), Freeman's: Home, continues to push boundaries in diversity and scope, with stunning new pieces from emerging writers...

Taryn Simon's earliest body of work, The Innocents (2002), documents the stories of individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. The series centres on the question of photography as credible witness and arbiter of...