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A photographic exploration of mathematicians' chalkboards "A
mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns,"
wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase,
photographer Jessica Wynne presents remarkable examples of this
idea through images of mathematicians' chalkboards. While other
fields have replaced chalkboards with whiteboards and digital
presentations, mathematicians remain loyal to chalk for puzzling
out their ideas and communicating their research. Wynne offers more
than one hundred stunning photographs of these chalkboards,
gathered from a diverse group of mathematicians around the world.
The photographs are accompanied by essays from each mathematician,
reflecting on their work and processes. Together, pictures and
words provide an illuminating meditation on the unique
relationships among mathematics, art, and creativity. The
mathematicians featured in this collection comprise exciting new
voices alongside established figures, including Sun-Yung Alice
Chang, Alain Connes, Misha Gromov, Andre Neves, Kasso Okoudjou,
Peter Shor, Christina Sormani, Terence Tao, Claire Voisin, and many
others. The companion essays give insights into how the chalkboard
serves as a special medium for mathematical expression. The volume
also includes an introduction by the author, an afterword by New
Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson, and biographical information for each
contributor. Do Not Erase is a testament to the myriad ways that
mathematicians use their chalkboards to reveal the conceptual and
visual beauty of their discipline-shapes, figures, formulas, and
conjectures created through imagination, argument, and speculation.
The spirit of Berlin: a photographic journey into the city's
history Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall
during the Cold War, and after the fall of the Wall was re-united.
The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From
1860 to the present day, this book presents the story of Berlin in
photographs, portraits, maps, and aerial views. With nearly 700
pages of emotional, atmospheric images, from giddy pictures of the
Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming
postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces?the Reichstag in
ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude?this is the
most comprehensive photographic study on Berlin ever made. More
than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic
history, this book especially pays homage to Berlin's inhabitants:
full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin's
undying soul. ? Including images by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut
Newton, Ren? Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang
Tillmans as well as well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as
Friedrich Seidenst?cker, Erich Salomon, Willy R?mer, and Heinrich
Zille. ? Quotations from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as
Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred D?blin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich,
Billy Wilder, Max Schmeling, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Simon
Rattle, and David Bowie. Also included: an index of photographers?
biographies. The author: Hans Christian Adam studied psychology,
art history and communication studies in G?ttingen and Vienna. As a
specialist in historical pictorial material, he has published
numerous articles and books, including titless on travel and war
photography. For thisbook he has researched in public and private
collections, viewed tens of thousands of images and also profited
from the rich collection of written material in the Berlin State
Library. He is also the author of TASCHEN's Edward Sheriff Curtis:
The North American Indian, Karl Blossfeldt, and Eug?ne Atget:
Paris.
If the termite were a human, its structures would be twice as high
as Mount Etna in Sicily... Our world is full of wonders and they
are all waiting to be discovered! Nature's many different habitats
are home to countless animal and plant species records -
superlatives which at times we only become aware of when we compare
them with human achievements. In the air, we follow the flight of
the largest, fastest and most resilient birds, while in the seas,
we encounter huge whales and fish - and it can all be recorded in
numbers and statistics, yet the true achievements of the sea giants
and why they don't sink are easier to understand if we take a close
look at the technical data for ships and submarines...
Phil Vinson grew up in Fort Worth, fascinated by the city's visual
icons: Mrs. Baird's Bakery on Summit Avenue, historic Thistle Hill,
the tower at the Will Rogers Complex, the Tarrant County
Courthouse, the Texas Electric smokestacks, the art-deco design of
the Texas & Pacific depot, the Paddock Viaduct. He started
making photographs while still in his teens but as an adult he
rediscovered the visual richness of his hometown. Once he started
photographing, he couldn't stop. For the past four decades, through
careers as a journalist, photographer, and teacher, he has spent
the weekends driving around taking pictures.Vinson has particular
respect for subjects that have been around for enough years to
acquire a certain dignity and nobility. Aware that the days of many
of these old structures may be numbered, he has tried to document
such buildings as the Seventh Street Theater before they
disappeared to the wrecking ball.Fort Worth is well documented in
photographs, but in many photographs Vinson has moved beyond
documentation to a more intimate, personal view of the city,
looking for dramatic light and compelling visual design, focusing
on architectural details and graphic possibilities not obvious at a
casual glance. While most of the photographs in this collection
focus on Fort Worth, Vinson, who lived in Childress as a small
child, is also drawn to rural or small-town subjects and includes
here pictures taken on weekend drives to small communities in North
and West Texas.
Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the
1970s--a medium in which he established the style that would bring
him international acclaim--are brought together in this new
paperback edition. Critically praised for his finely modeled and
classically composed photographs, Robert Mapplethorpe remains
intensely controversial and enormously popular. This book brings
together almost 300 images from the Robert Mapplethorpe
Foundation's archive and private collections to provide a critical
view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist, revealing the
themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career.
Included is a selection of color Polaroids and objects
incorporating his early "instant" photography. Some images convey a
disarming tenderness and vulnerability, others a toughness and
immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical
form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of
instant photography over a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975,
when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include
self-portraits; figure studies; still lifes; portraits of lovers
and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne
Faithful; and observations of everyday objects. Marked by a
spontaneity and creative curiosity, these fragile images offer an
illuminating contrast to the glossy perfection of the work for
which Mapplethorpe is best known, allowing us a more personal
glimpse of his artistry.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s French New Wave cinema exploded
onto international screens with films like Les quatre cents coups,
A bout de souffle and Jules et Jim. They were radical, artistic,
original and most importantly set up the director as a creative
genius; at the forefront were Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc
Godard. Today these films are credited with changing cinema
forever. For many film goers they command strong and passionate
respect and became the foundations on which a lifetime of
cinema-going is built. In the photographs of Raymond Cauchetier we
bear witness to the great artistic genius that was central to the
process of making these films. Cauchetier's photographs are a
culturally important documentary of the director at work, his
methods and processes. His photographs capture some of the most
memorable moments in film; Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg on
the Champs Elysees in A bout de souffle, Jeanne Moreau in the race
scene of Jules et Jim, Anna Karina in a Parisian Cafe in Une femme
est une femme. But Cauchetier's genius lies also in the fact that
his photographs are far above just a visual record of these films.
They clearly show the same spirit, the same freedom and the same
originality that made The New Wave so important. Cauchetier's
photographs are as much a part of The New Wave as the films
themselves. In the words of Richard Brody: In these images, Raymond
Cauchetier, a witness to art, made art by bearing true witness.
This is the first book published in English featuring the New Wave
film photographs of Raymond Cauchetier.
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
In 1989, Malcolm McLaren had his only number one hit with a single
called "Deep in Vogue." Early the next year, Madonna had one of the
biggest hits of her career, with the single "Vogue," and when
Jennie Livingston's film "Paris Is Burning" arrived in cinemas the
same year, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film
Festival, the mainstream got hip to New York City's extraordinary
ball culture, from which the film and McLaren and Madonna's songs
had arisen. "Paris Is Burning" documented a gay ballroom scene that
emerged in Harlem in the mid-1980s, which drew African American and
Latino gay and transgender communities to compete against one
another for their dancing skills, the verisimilitude of their drag
and their ability to walk on the runway. Photographer Chantal
Regnault spent many years recording this scene, from which the
dance style known as voguing arose. A visual riot of fashion,
polysexuality and subversive style, "Voguing and the Gay Balls of
New York City" is also an extraordinary document on sexuality and
race. The wild years of voguing are vividly captured in Regnault's
hundreds of amazing, previously unpublished photographs. The book
also features interviews with key figures from the movement,
essays, flyers and ephemera.
Photographer and documentarist Chantal Regnault was born in France.
She left Paris after the 1968 uprisings to live in New York, where
she lived for the next 15 years. At the end of the 1980s she became
immersed in Harlem's voguing scene. Also around this time, Regnault
developed an interest in Haitian voodoo culture and began to divide
her time between Haiti and New York. Her widely published
photographs have appeared in major magazines and newspapers,
including "Vanity Fair" and "The New York Times."
From tea fields to technology, women are the resilient, hardworking
backbone of their communities. Award-winning photographer Alison
Wright's 128 dynamic color plates portray women in more than 25
developing countries, whose perseverance is often overlooked. Women
from Nicaragua to Nepal share empowering experiences of rising
above their circumstances, be it poverty or oppressive cultural
conventions. The photos and the women's quotes express what work
means to them-creating financial independence, purpose, and
community, as well as deep-rooted cultural traditions. Grit and
Grace also celebrates the grassroots organizations committed to
finding creative solutions to the challenges these individuals
face. Give a woman a seed of opportunity, and she will grow a
forest.
From his childhood in Melbourne, David Neilson (b. 1946) has been
motivated by his twin loves of mountaineering and photography. He
has made multiple expeditions to southwest Tasmania, Patagonia, and
Antarctica, and published critically acclaimed photo books about
each of these places; he has also carried his camera into the
Karakoram, and the Alps of Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. In
this oversize volume, Neilson recounts his lifelong quest to
capture the mountain light and encourage the preservation of wild
places. His most spectacular images of jagged peaks, massive
glaciers, and hardy wildlife are reproduced as duotones of the
highest quality. A number of vertical double-page images even
invite readers to turn the book sideways to immerse themselves in
the mountain heights. Chasing the Mountain Light will delight all
lovers of the outdoors.
An engaging introduction to the work and the world of pioneering
photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, Arresting Beauty presents more
than 120 images from the V&A’s collection, the largest
holding of Cameron’s photographs in the world. Exploring her
unique artistry, this book reaffirms her position as one of the
most innovative and influential photographers of all time.
The "Illustrated History of Leicester's Suburbs" shows, through a
fine selection of photographs from the Leicester Mercury and
Leicestershire Record Office, how the countryside, farms and
villages developed into the urban streets, residential areas,
shopping districts and industrial estates that are so familiar
today. In the course of the last 150 years, the outskirts of the
city have been transformed, and they would have expanded in a way
that would astonish Leicester residents of just a few generations
ago.In this detailed and fully-illustrated account of the suburbs,
Christine Jordan offers a concise history of each district, but she
also features local anecdotes, myths and folklore, and she
remembers remarkable, sometimes bizarre, episodes and notable
individuals who played their part in the story. Her survey will be
essential reading and reference for everyone who takes an interest
in their neighbourhood and in the complex, surprising history of
the city itself.Leicester evolved over the centuries, gradually at
first, then swiftly during the 19th and 20th centuries. In the
space of a few generations, small villages on the periphery were
absorbed by the city's expansion. But Christine Jordan shows how
these villages retained an identity, and their names have lived on
in the urban areas that surround the centre. The origins and
development of districts as diverse as Aylestone, Braunstone,
Stoneygate, Evington, Spinney Hills and Clarendon Park are recalled
in her account, as are the stories of the many other communities
that make up the modern city.
'The ultimate traveller guilty pleasure, offering a look inside
some of the most compelling cabins around the world' Lonely Planet
Initially created by a group of friends as an online scrapbook,
Cabin Porn became a phenomenon following the publication of the
first volume of photographs of hand-made homes in breathtaking
natural landscapes around the world. This new book - now available
as a compact paperback - delves deeper into the best-loved homes
featured on the blog over the last ten years, offering close-ups of
the stunning architecture and interior design that make them truly
remarkable. With more timeless photography and compelling design
stories, Cabin Porn: Inside brings fresh inspiration for your quiet
place somewhere.
Eye on Africa: Thirty years of Africa images, selected by Salgado
himself Sebasti?o Salgado is one the most respected
photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of
dedication and powerful black and white images of dispossessed and
distressed people taken in places where most wouldn?t dare to go.
Although he has photographed throughout South America and around
the globe, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he
has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years.
From the Dinka tribes in Sudan and the Himba in Namibia to gorillas
and volcanoes in the lakes region to displaced peoples throughout
the continent, Salgado shows us all facets of African life today.
Whether he's documenting refugees or vast landscapes, Salgado knows
exactly how to grab the essence of a moment so that when one sees
his images one is involuntarily drawn into them. His images
artfully teach us the disastrous effects of war, poverty, disease,
and hostile climatic conditions. This book brings together
Salgado's photos of Africa in three parts. The first concentrates
on the southern part of the continent (Mozambique, Malawi, Angola,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia), the second on the Great Lakes
region (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya), and the
third on the Sub-Saharan region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Sudan,
Somalia, Chad, Mauritania, Senegal, Ethiopia). Texts are provided
by renowned Mozambique novelist Mia Couto, who describes how
today's Africa reflects the effects of colonization as well as the
consequences of economic, social, and environmental crises. This
stunning book is not only a sweeping document of Africa but an
homage to the continent's history, people, and natural phenomena.
More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of
essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his
work has influenced not only modern photography but also
literature, film and visual arts in other mediums. The original
edition of "American Photographs" was a carefully prepared
letterpress production, published by The Museum of Modern Art in
1938 to accompany an exhibition of photographs by Evans that
captured scenes of America in the early 1930s. As noted on the
jacket of the first edition, Evans, "photographing in New England
or Louisiana, watching a Cuban political funeral or a Mississippi
flood, working cautiously so as to disturb nothing in the normal
atmosphere of the average place, can be considered a kind of
disembodied, burrowing eye, a conspirator against time and its
hammers." This seventy-fifth anniversary edition of "American
Photographs," made with new reproductions, recreates the original
1938 edition as closely as possible to make the landmark
publication available for a new generation. "American Photographs"
has fallen out of print for long periods of time since it was first
published, and even subsequent editions--two of which altered the
design and typography of the book in small but significant
ways--are often available only at libraries and rare bookstores.
This version, like the fiftieth-anniversary edition produced by the
Museum in 1988, captures the look and feel of the very first
edition with the aid of new digital technologies.
Walker Evans (1903-1975) took up photography upon his return to New
York in 1927, following a year in Paris when his aspiration to
become a writer withered in the shadow of Fitzgerald, Hemingway and
Joyce. In 1935, Evans was commissioned by the Farm Security
Administration to photograph the effects of the Great Depression in
the Southeast. During this time he took many of the photographs
that appeared in his collaboration with James Agee, "Let Us Now
Praise Famous Men "(1941), a book which has become a defining
document of that era. Evans joined the staff of "Time "magazine in
1945 and shortly thereafter became an editor at "Fortune," where he
stayed for the next two decades. In 1964, he became a professor at
the Yale University School of Art, where he taught until his death
in 1975.
Originally intended as reference for his work as architect, sculptor and teacher, Blossfeldt's exquisite sharp-focus photo studies of plant form-leaves, buds, stems, seed pods, tendrils and twigs-won acclaim with publication of the 1928 edition of this book. 120 full-page black-and-white plates. Original introduction. Publisher's note. Captions.
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, or
the rhythmic drip of water leaking through the dilapidated roof
above a nave. Nevertheless, these muted places still draw an
occasional visitor. Once upon a time, prayers could be heard
recited in Latin in a German church; and in a French Catholic
college, the voices of children once resounded to the sound of the
bells. But who can imagine what sounds might be concealed behind
the walls of a crypt in the heart of the Italian mountains, or
within a tomb in a former convent in Portugal? In his spare time
Francis travels the world in search of places that have fallen into
disuse -- religious buildings where time has stood still since
their doors were closed for the last time. He returns with
incredible photographs, each a time capsule, a record of a parallel
universe. They prompt us to let our imaginations wander and ask
ourselves questions. With the greatest respect for the faithful who
regularly visited them long ago, he offers us an opportunity to
immerse ourselves in places that have been abandoned by faith, to
seek a divine light.
Now she turns her attention to our mysterious, playful and
surprisingly wise feline friends. Every page of this full colour
gift book pairs a charming photograph with just the right
sentiment, offering an inspiring life lesson we can learn from
cats. 'Rub people the right way.' 'Be fearless...but have an escape
plan.' 'Stay a little wild.' Whether they are hunting, snoozing,
playfully wreaking havoc, or showering us with affection, cats have
a lot to teach us about living a full life (after all, with nine
lives, they have a lot of experience!). As Copeland reminds us, all
we have to do is observe with an open heart and mind. Tender,
funny, and warm, Really Important Stuff My Cat Has Taught Me is a
loving tribute to the feline spirit.
Now available in Paperback. Get up close and personal with the
world's best street photographers as they capture the drama of
everyday life at 1/125 of a second. Prowl pavements and back
alleys, encountering comic absurdities, small acts of kindness and
scenes of unexpected beauty; let your eye be caught by a witty
billboard, a woman dressed as an angel, a businessman sprinting
through the crowd: the human carnival is in town and the streets
are alive. Street Photography Now presents 46 contemporary
image-makers noted for their candid depictions of everyday life.
Included are Magnum masters such as Bruce Gilden, Martin Parr and
Alex Webb, along with an international cast of emerging
photographers whose individual biographies illuminate the stories
behind their pictures of New York, Tokyo, Delhi or Dakar. Four
thought-provoking essays and a global conversation between leading
street photographers explore the compelling and often controversial
issues in the genre. A select bibliography and a resource section
for aspiring street photographers complete the book.
"Do Not Refreeze" charts a 'lost' chapter in the history of
European photography. These photographers developed their practice
in the former East Germany negotiating its omnipresent secret
police to create imagery, increasingly compared to that of
luminaries such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus and Robert
Frank. The stunning images convey a glimpse of day-to-day life and
evoke the claustrophobia, rage, envy and ideological pomp of the
Communist era as well as its unexpected personal warmth, tenderness
and exoticism. Had they been painters, sculptors, authors or
playwrights, these photographers would have been arrested or
imprisoned. Because photography was not considered to be 'art'
however, they were able to circumnavigate a rigid system of
censorship to produce the most insightful and openly critical
visual arts output in East Germany's 40-year history. This book is
published by Cornerhouse in association with the University of
Hertfordshire.
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