Photoessays & Documentaries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576878170Author Steve SchapiroFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

A culmination of four years of photographing throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northern California, Sawdust Mountain focuses on the tenuous relationship between industries reliant upon natural resources and the communities they support. Timber and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771603409Author Wayne SimpsonFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

The first book of photography that portrays Angola as it exists today. For a place that few can pin-point on a map or in their minds, Angola is quickly emerging as the most important economic leader in Africa. After almost three decades of civil war, the...

This handsome book captures in words and pictures the powerful emotions that circled around one man in Chicago in the early 1980s: Harold Washington. More than one hundred pictures, from candid shots on the campaign trail to triumphant public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783803022196Author Jong Soung KimmFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint WasmuthPublisher WasmuthWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 224mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602976Author George WebberFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

In Glen Canyon waters rose, inundating petroglyphs and creating Lake Powell. Now the Colorado River basin is experiencing the longest dry spell in modern history-one that shows alarming signs of becoming the new normal.In A New Form of Beauty ...

Affirms, validates, and reiterates the yearning for an orderly, peaceful and just world The old adage "One picture is worth ten thousand words" is definitely true for Faces of Freedom Summer. There are simply not enough words to describe the period in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783944669014Author Matthias HochFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353953Author Jeff SchwilkFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 201mm * 8mm

Justyna Koeke transforms children's fantasies into wearable sculptures, morphs fashion shows into performances. As a child the artist, together with her sisters, painted her heroes "princesses and saints" which she now translates into reality as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871569844Author Faith D'AluisioFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Sierra Club BooksPublisher Sierra Club Books

First published almost fifty years ago and long out of print, The Shoshoneans is a classic American travelogue about the Great Basin and Plateau region and the people who inhabit it, never before-or since-documented in such striking and memorable fashion...

A bittersweet cross-cultural friendship and the richness and melancholy of modern Cheyenne life are unforgettably recorded in the words and photographs of The Road to Lame Deer. In the 1970s photographer and writer Jerry Mader was drawn into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807013212Author Yaba BlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783863359416Author Wolfgang TillmansFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969000397Author Mary BerridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed...

A poetic artist's book of found photographs from the early to mid-20th century, sequenced thematically Photographer and bookseller Melissa Catanese has been editing the vast photography collection of Peter J. Cohen, a celebrated trove of more than...

In the mid-1950s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society. The resultant photo book, The Americans, represents a seminal...

Super 8: An Illustrated History is a coffee table art book showcasing the history of Super 8 filmmaking. In addition to featuring stunning photography documenting the sleek mid-century design of Super 8 cameras and projectors, the book also offers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908211491Author Seph LawlessFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Carpet Bombing CulturePublisher Carpet Bombing CultureWeight(grams) 1340gDimensions(mm)...

On Contested Terrain is published on the occasion of the first comprehensive exhibition of An-My Le's work, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art. Throughout her career, Le has photographed sites of former battlefields, spaces reserved for training for...

Theyyam is an extraordinary 2,000-year-old ritual of worship found only in the northern region of India's south-western state of Kerala. It is in this myth-wrapped land that empowered men become temporarily transformed into deities. Whilst the process is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875780Author Bill ButterworthFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 990g

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 9781904587972Author Jason BellFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 1761g

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the immediate aftermath was documented by Japanese photographers. For the most part the images they produced were censored or confiscated, but many were preserved in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080289254Author Magnum Photos with guest artistsFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1330g

"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...