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The second half of the 19th century was a time of extensive
political upheaval in central east Europe that saw the negotiation
of conflicting territorial claims in the region by the Russian,
Austrian and Prussian empires. The post-WW1 settlement gave rise to
the formation of the independent nation states of Poland,
Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus. Less well know is that this
same period was also an era of keen photographic activity. During
this time of empire-, state- and nation-building, cultural heritage
was a potent vehicle and a provider of collective memory and
identity.This innovative account analyses the relationship between
politics, history, cultural heritage and photography in central
east Europe between 1859 and 1945. To understand the work
photographs 'do' in the construction of cultural heritage, the
author analyses a wide range of little-known photographic archives
created by contemporary professional and amateur photographers.
Their work was extensively exploited in contemporary debates,
appearing in albums, books, journals, exhibitions, museum exhibits,
postcards and newspapers aimed at both scientific and popular and
national and international publics. An extensive analysis of how
photographic practices and outcomes were applied, borrowed, copied,
appropriated and transmitted shows how photography was used to
exert or subvert power, on the one hand, and as a tool in
constructing and negotiating group identities on the other. By
weaving photography and its patterns of making, dissemination and
archival survival through major historical narratives, this volume
reveals the centrality of photography and visual discourse at
pivotal moments of modern history.
Dive deep into the world of sharks, the most fascinating and
misunderstood marine animals on the planet, in this stunning new
edition of The Shark Handbook, written by Shark Week expert, Dr.
Greg Skomal. Did you know that a whale shark's spots are as unique
as a fingerprint? Or that sharks can go into a trance when flipped
upside down? Or that the Megallodon's mouth was 6 feet across? With
The Shark Handbook, jump into brand new facts about these fierce
sea creatures! Explore all of the orders of sharks, such as: -
Ground sharks - Great white sharks - Mackerel sharks - Carpet
sharks - and more! Learn about over 400 profiles of every shark in
existence, from the first sharks living about 445 million years ago
to the ones lurking in the ocean deep today. Starring spectacular,
full-color photography that makes these jaw-dropping sharks come to
life, this is the perfect gift for the shark enthusiast in your
life. Dr. Greg Skomal, PhD is an experienced aquarist and Marine
Fisheries Biologist at Martha's Vineyard Fisheries, Division of
Marine Fisheries, Massachusetts. He's been keeping saltwater
aquariums since childhood and has shared his extensive knowledge
with viewers of National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, NBC's
Today, and other media.
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Anamnesis
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Aliki Christoforou
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We tend to think of silence as the absence of sound, but it is
actually the void where we can hear the sublime notes of nature.
Here, photographer Pete McBride reveals the wonders of these hushed
places in spectacular imagery from the thin-air flanks of Mount
Everest to the depths of the Grand Canyon, from the high-altitude
vistas of the Atacama to the African savannah, and from the
Antarctic Peninsula to the flowing waters of the Ganges and Nile.
These places remind us of the magic of being truly away and how
such places are vanishing. Often showing beauty from vantages where
no other photographer has ever stood, this is a seven-continent
visual tour of global quietude and the power in nature s own sounds
that will both inspire and calm.
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If I Had A Hammer
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Fotofest International; Edited by Steven Evans, Max Fields, Amy Sadao
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Whether pasted into an album, framed or shared on social media, the
family photograph simultaneously offers a private and public
insight into the identity and past of its subject. Long considered
a model for understanding individual identity, the idea of the
family has increasingly formed the basis for exploring collective
pasts and cultural memory. Picturing the Family investigates how
visual representations of the family reveal both personal and
shared histories, evaluating the testimonial and social value of
photography and film.Combining academic and creative,
practice-based approaches, this collection of essays introduces a
dialogue between scholars and artists working at the intersection
between family, memory and visual media. Many of the authors are
both researchers and practitioners, whose chapters engage with
their own work and that of others, informed by critical frameworks.
From the act of revisiting old, personal photographs to the sale of
family albums through internet auction, the twelve chapters each
present a different collection of photographs or artwork as case
studies for understanding how these visual representations of the
family perform memory and identity. Building on extensive research
into family photographs and memory, the book considers the
implications of new cultural forms for how the family is perceived
and how we relate to the past. While focusing on the forms of
visual representation, above all photographs, the authors also
reflect on the contextualization and 'remediation' of photography
in albums, films, museums and online.
Heritage, Photography, and the Affective Past critically examines
the production, consumption, and interpretation of photography
across various heritage domains, from global image archives to the
domestic arena of the family album. Through original ethnographic
and archival research, the book sheds new light on the role
photography has played in the emergence, expansion, and
articulation of heritage in diverse sociocultural contexts. Drawing
on wide-ranging experience across the heritage sector and two
international case studies - Angkor in Cambodia and the town of
Famagusta, Cyprus - the book makes a major contribution to our
understanding of the role photography has played and continues to
play in shaping experiences and conceptualisations of heritage. One
of the core aims of the book is to problematise and potentially
redirect the varied usages of photography within current practice,
usages which remain woefully undertheorised, despite their
often-central role in shaping heritage. Ultimately, by focusing
attention on a hitherto underexamined aspect of the heritage
phenomenon, namely its manifold interconnections with photography,
this book provides fresh insight to the making and remaking of the
past in the present, and the alternative heritages that might come
into being around emergent photographic forms and approaches.
Heritage, Photography, and the Affective Past uses photography as a
method of enquiry as well as a tool of documentation. It will be of
interest to scholars and students of heritage, photography,
anthropology, museology, public archaeology, and tourism. The book
will also be a valuable resource for heritage practitioners working
around the globe.
Andreas Muller-Pohle is an artist and publisher who has challenged
the limits of photographic, video, and computer images since 1977.
Interfaces surveys his entire career, including his early,
experimental work from the 70s and 80s and his latest video and
computer pieces, Face Codes and Sojourner II. Exquisitely presented
and printed, this book is edited and introduced by one of Europe's
most distinguished curators, Hubertus von Amelunxen. Anreas
Muler-Pohle has also served as the publisher of European
Photography since 1980 and is the editor of numerous publications
including the major books by media philosopher Vilem Flusser. As
von Amelunxen notes, "With its combination of analog and digital
technology, video and interaction installations, Interfaces
provides insight into photography as a tool for imaging ideas. For
Muller-Pohle, the medium of photography is located on the threshold
between human perception and the abolition of its limits by the
apparatus".
In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption, and
globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate their ethnic
identities? Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity
investigates the ways that Chinese Singaporeans shape their
Chineseness through wedding rituals and artefacts. Proposing a
framework of ethnic identity as a journey, this book will
Interrogate the processes underlying diasporic ethnicity-making
through weddings. Offer new concepts of transdiasporic space,
ethnic tastes, and aesthetic dissonance. Explore the intersections
between commercialism, ethnicity, and socio-economic divides. Map
the micro-social ramifications of ethnic and racial policy in
Singapore. As a former professional wedding photographer, Terence
Heng brings a sociological lens to the scripted and spontaneous
arena of social interactions that is the wedding day. By combining
ethnographic observation, photography, and poetry, Heng reveals the
many decisions and demands that underscore Singaporean Chinese
weddings, offering novel insights into the roles of the bridal
couple, their social networks, and the wedding industry.
Inspired by the podcast Dear Multi-Hyphenate, this book explores
how to be a multi-hypenate - an artist with multiple proficiencies
- in the entertainment industry. Answers questions about individual
mission-driven entrepreneurship in the Theatre industry. Each
chapter features an interview with a notable theatre artist.
Wild Light is a stunning panoramic exploration of the Scottish
landscape by photographer Craig Aitchison, winner of the inaugural
Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Produced
over seven years and shot entirely using a traditional Hasselblad
film camera, this remarkable body of work captures the essence of
the Scottish wilderness through the seasons and portrays the
Highlands and Islands at their most beautiful. Featuring over
eighty panoramas, this book celebrates the rich natural heritage,
incredible geodiversity and varied landscape for which Scotland is
internationally renowned. Among a glittering cast of many are the
dramatic heights of Suilven, An Teallach and Aonach Eagach, and the
otherworldly landscapes of the Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms and
Glen Etive. Craig Aitchison's Wild Light will delight anyone who
treasures the Scottish mountain landscape.
Distillations: Nancy Goldring Drawings and Foto-Projections
1971-2021 surveys 50 years of visual and conceptual explorations by
artist and writer Nancy Goldring. Material is arranged according to
predominating themes throughout her career: Thresholds, Sites,
Sets, Perspectives, Dreams and Visions, and Chiaroscuro. The book
reveals her unique process, how she devised her technique of
melding graphic and photographic material through projection, and
tracks its evolution from the sandwiching of black-and-white
graphic and photographic images through to the creation of her
"foto-projections" and large installation work. Included are
interviews with the artist and an introduction by Jarrett Earnest
with essays by writers and curators Paolo Barbaro, David Levi
Strauss, Michael Taussig, and Ellen Handy.
In a world where everyone is a photographer now, how do you stand
out? The answer can be found in this simple but profound book. It
will train your eye to see what others don't.' -- David Hieatt This
isn't a book about how to take the best pictures. It's not even
about the technical aspects of photography or how to 'make it' as a
photographer. In fact, it argues that you should take fewer
photographs. By sharing 10 practices honed over a lifetime spent
behind the lens working with clients such as Adidas, Levi Strauss,
and Apple, photographer Andrew Paynter encourages you to develop a
more considered approach to photography so that you craft pictures
with care. Do Photo teaches novice, intermediate and advanced
photographers -- and everyone in between -- how to use their
cameras to really connect with subjects, create memorable and more
impactful photographs, and to enjoy the process along the way. And
guess what? It all starts before you even pick up the camera.
When a young, naively confident Jurgen Schadeberg first arrived at
The Star news offices in Johannesburg with a Leica strung over his
shoulder, he was informed by the paper's chief photographer that he
would not last long in the industry with such a tiny camera. Never
before was the voice of professional prophecy proven so wrong. In a
career spanning over half a century, Schadeberg has come to
represent much more than the prototype of the visual storyteller.
He epitomises the very best in photojournalism – a photographer
with an uncanny sense of timing – momentarily and historically. He
possesses an instinctive, idiosyncratic way of seeing, coupled with
a rigorous sense of organisation. These attributes are combined
with an astute insight into the human condition. He occupies
nothing less than legendary status among contemporary
photojournalists. This timely publication presents an overview of
Schadeberg's impressive collection. Included are photographs in a
distinct South African context, juxtaposed with timeless images of
an international nature. The seminal works are represented,
together with photographs published never before.
“I’ve never understood the passion that my friends have for
hunting mushrooms. . . but now, after reading this gorgeous and
vivacious book, I get it.”  —Star Tribune Victoria
Romanoff picked her first mushroom — a brown-capped butterpilz or
sticky bun — at the age of four, at her family’s summer dacha
on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Little did she realise that her
newfound interest in mushrooming would soon become an essential
survival skill, as she and her mother spent eight years in
displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II, foraging
wild foods to supplement their diets. Resettled in the United
States, Romanoff has continued to pursue her mycological passion
ever since, deploying her considerable culinary skills to convert
friends and strangers to the joys of wild mushrooms. Now, in this
marvellously written book, rich with anecdote, she shares the
wisdom gathered from a lifetime on the hunt. Romanoff introduces
readers to 12 of the most easily foraged and delicious mushrooms,
including the chanterelle, the morel, and the oyster. She describes
the appearance, habits, and lore of each variety, and provides a
recipe for each; her recipes include both refined kitchen creations
and rustic dishes meant to be prepared over an open fire at the end
of a successful hunt. Romanoff also shares personal stories from
her eight decades of mushrooming. Detailed accounts of several of
her most memorable excursions bring alive the sensory experience of
the hunt, which offers a unique experience of nature as well as a
culinary reward. Illustrated throughout with Romanoff’s own
colour photos — which are instructive and sometimes whimsical —
these Mushroom Memoirs will be a friendly primer for novice
mushroom hunters and an unexpected delight for veteran mycophiles.
Buried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in
1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable
window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create
an intricate picture of how the ancient Egyptian people viewed the
perilous journey to paradise, a utopian Egypt that could only be
entered following the final judgment. When acclaimed photographer
Sandro Vannini started his work in Egypt in the late '90s, a
technological revolution was about to unfold. Emerging technologies
enabled him to document murals, tombs, and artifacts in
unprecedented detail. Using the time-consuming and strenuous
multi-shot technique, Vannini produced complete photographic
reproductions that revealed colors in their original tones with
vivid intensity. Through these extraordinary images, we discover
the objects' quintessential features alongside the sophisticated
and cleverly hidden details. This comprehensive guide marks the
centenary of Carter's first excavations in the Valley of the Kings.
These inestimable works endure through Vannini's photographs in
their full, timeless splendor. From offerings and rituals to Osiris
and eternal life, Vannini's portfolio covers all facets of ancient
Egyptian culture-but it is Tutankhamun's unique legacy that
dominates these images. With texts by the photographer, captions by
specialist Mohamed Megahed, and chapter introductions from scholars
in the field, King Tut. The Journey through the Underworld puts
much-debated mysteries to rest. The learned yet accessible
forewords come from distinguished Egyptologists including Salima
Ikram and David P. Silverman. Insightful narratives, resplendent
images, and a contemporary standpoint make this title a fitting
tribute to the Boy King's odyssey, illuminating an epoch that
spanned an unimaginable 4,000 years. About the series TASCHEN is
40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980,
TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping
bookworms around the world curate their own library of art,
anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we
celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our
company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the
stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still
realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
First published in 1981, In A Glamourous Fashion is not only a
fascinating look at film fashion portraying the glamour and glitter
of Hollywood's heyday; but is also an invaluable reference source
for any student of the film, of costume, or of the social history.
It documents some of the best work of the designers - names like
Adrian, Cecil Beaton, Edith Head - but tells the often-dramatic
story of their careers and their relationships with legendary stars
such as Garbo, Dietrich, Monroe and many more. Here are the stories
behind the screen's most famous costumes: Walter Plunkett's
'curtain dress' for Scarlett O'Hara; the red Jezebel gown
Orry-Kelly designed for Bette Davis; the slinky back satin sheath
Rita Hayworth wore in Gilda; and the extravagant gown - 15, 000
worth of mink - worn by Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark. The
photographs and original sketches are an essential and decorative
complement to the text; there is an index, bibliography, and a full
list of Academy Award winners for costume design.
This innovative text bridges media theory, psychology, and
interpersonal communication by describing how our relationships
with media emulate the relationships we develop with friends and
romantic partners through their ability to replicate intimacy,
regularity, and reciprocity. In research-rich, conversational
chapters, the author applies psychological principles to understand
how nine influential media technologies-theatrical film, recorded
music, consumer market cameras, radio, network and cable
television, tape cassettes, video gaming, and dial-up internet
service providers-irreversibly changed the communication
environment, culture, and psychological expectations that we then
apply to future media technologies. With special attention to
mediums absent from the traditional literature, including recorded
music, cable television, and magnetic tape, this book encourages
readers to critically reflect on their own past relationships with
media and consider the present environment and the future of media
given their own personal habits. 20th Century Media and the
American Psyche is ideal for media studies, communication, and
psychology students, scholars, and industry professionals, as well
as anyone interested in a greater understanding of the
psychological significance of media technology, usage, and adoption
across the past 150 years.
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