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The prospect of public speaking is daunting and often frightening for many people. Despite this, most students and professionals must make public presentations in one capacity or another over the course of their careers. What makes dealing with their fear difficult is that most have never been taught how to give a professional presentation. The purpose of this book is to provide some guidance in the 'how to's' of giving professional presentations in the behavioral sciences and related professions. The book is written specifically for students and professionals who have little or no experience of giving presentations and for those who are particularly anxious about public speaking. It gives concrete advice about designing, delivering, and defending presentations. This advice includes recognition of the appropriate goals of the presentation, using the appropriate fonts, projecting one's voice, and dealing with stage fright. Also included is advice on giving persuasive presentations, drawing on recent social psychological research, and advice on lecturing to students. Each chapter also includes summary tables to help readers organize their thoughts after each section. The book ends with some examples of good and bad overhead displays and slides.
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Peer behind the curtain and journey into Voodoo's hidden world. A
forbidden and often-misunderstood subject, Voodoo has never before
been photographically depicted in this way. The people and the
spirits of Voodoo are creatively conjured in dozens of photos from
world-renowned photographer Justice Howard, coupled with the
insightful words of Voodoo Queen Bloody Mary. Subjects include Papa
Legba, gatekeeper of the crossroads, and the revered priestess
Marie Laveau. See the realities behind Voodoo dolls and meet
graveyard rulers Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte. Voodoo priestess
Bloody Mary shares intriguing background information for each of
the concepts and explains the meaning of ritual items, from food
offerings to libation to the misconceptions of animal sacrifice.
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Uprising of 1857
(Hardcover)
Rosie Llewellyn-Jones; Contributions by Shahid Amin, Zahid R. Chaudhary, Susan Gole, Mahmood Farooqui, …
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Using rare archival material from the Alkazi Collection, together
with supplementary visuals, these essays re-evaluate the official
reading of the Uprising. Linked accounts negotiate Mutiny
landscapes and architecture: the internal dynamic of the rebellion
decoded through topography and monuments. Along with rebels,
British troops and their determined generals, and various
professional and amateur photographers, the dramatic vista of the
Uprising in these essays is also inhabited by a range of
significant characters central to the action, including the warrior
queen Lakshmi Bai, the exiled last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah
Zafar and the poet Mirza Ghalib. Published in association with the
Alkazi Collection of Photography.
This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider
the aesthetics of human disease, a dynamically powerful force of
nature that acts without regard to race, religion, or culture. Here
more than sixty medical science professionals present visually
stunning patterns of different diseases affecting various areas of
the human anatomy. Captured with a variety of imaging technology
ranging from spectral karyotyping to scanning electron microscopy,
we see beauty in the delicate lacework of fungal hyphae invading a
blood vessel, the structure of the normal cerebellum, and the
desperate drive of metastasizing cancer cells. However,
appreciation of the imagery produced by disease, which smacks of
modern art, is bittersweet; we simultaneously experience the beauty
of the natural world and the pain of those living with these
disease processes. Ultimately, this series of images will leave the
viewer with an understanding and appreciation of visual beauty
inherent within the field of modern medical science.
This selection of women's writings on photography proposes a new
and different history, demonstrating the ways in which women's
perspectives have advanced photographic criticism over 150 years,
focusing it more deeply and, with the advent of feminist
approaches, increasingly challenging its orthodoxies. Included in
the book are Rosalind Krauss, Ingrid Sischy, Vicki Goldberg and
Carol Squiers.
Perfect for fans of Portia MacIntosh, Mhairi McFarlane and
Catherine Walsh.Madison reckons she's a pretty good judge of
character. When a disaster at work brings professional photographer
Toby into her life, she has him all worked out within minutes. As
their work collaboration blossoms into friendship, her
preconceptions about him are only strengthened. The problem is that
Madison has got one aspect of Toby completely wrong, and it tears
their friendship apart when she finds out. How will she make sense
of his revelation and, more importantly, how on earth will she get
him to talk to her again?
"...a captivating book covering a wide spectrum of animal behaviour
and species... this is a book to make you re-think the role of the
female." -BBC Wildlife In the lion world, only the females hunt -
because they do it best! The boss of a hyena pack? An alpha female.
Even the lowest-ranking female of the pack is superior to her male
counterparts. As for praying mantises? They keep interaction with
men to the essentials, eating them right after mating for added
nutrition. The first photo book to focus exclusively on the female
of the species, Fearless Females is a fascinating account of
"feminine" strength throughout the animal kingdom. With some 150
photographs, accompanied by remarkable facts and extraordinary
stories, the book reveals the fierce, formidable, and fascinating
antics of she lions, elephants, and many other creatures. A
refreshing reappraisal of "feminine" behaviour and a long overdue
emancipation of nature and wildlife photography. Text in English
and German.
Photography of art has served as a basis for the reconstruction of
works of art and as a vehicle for the dissemination and
reinterpretation of art. This book provides the first definitive
treatment of the subject, with essays from noted authorities in the
fields of art history, architecture, and photography. The essays
explore the many meanings of photography as documentation for the
art historian, inspiration for the artist, and as a means of
critical interpretation of works of art. Art History Through the
Camera's Lens will be important reading for students, historians,
librarians, and curators of the visual arts. Readership: Academics
and professionals in the areas of art history, history of
photography, archival management, archaeology, historiography,
philosophy of art, and critical theory.
Dreich: (especially of weather) dreary; bleak. Complaining about
the weather is a national pastime for Scots - it's no surprise that
one of our favourite words is 'dreich'! This is another in
McCredie's series of photography books that celebrate of all that
is dreich. Fifty dreich images of Edinburgh, accompanied by fifty
equally dreich captions. To the author's mind the images in this
book are uplifting and joyful. There is nothing miserable about
dreich. A sunny day has no more right to exist than a dreich one.
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It's All Connected
(Hardcover)
Missee Nelligan; Photographs by Marija Hall
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Faces of Yangon was inspired by an image photographer Steve Golden
made of a monk at Shwedagon Pagoda in 2015. Drawn by the
captivating fearlessness of the gaze, the natural illumination of
the afternoon sun on his face, and the distinctly exotic
surroundings of the pagoda itself, Steve Golden began planning what
would be a two year photographic exploration of the city of Yangon,
in Myanmar. The result of his journey is this collection of fine
art images, each is a selfcontained vignette of real life in a city
of profound and numerous traditions on the brink of major change.
It is a snapshot in time... a catalog of the people the
photographer crossed paths with, and their environment. It is a
study of natural light, of color, and texture. Visiting
neighborhoods several times to record the subtle changes brought by
light and weather, the photographer traversed the city by foot and
was able to observe life at street level. He spent days encamped at
monasteries, and would often wander without a map seeking unplanned
routes and encounters. The work in Faces of Yangon is currently
being exhibited at the Leica Gallery in Marina Bay Sands in
Singapore and will travel to other countries. The images have been
carefully curated to give the reader the sense that they too are
strolling through Yangon's majestic and faded streets, relishing
chance encounters and observing one of Southeast Asia's
extraordinary cities.
As a visual medium, the photograph has many culturally resonant
properties that it shares with no other medium. These essays
develop innovative cultural strategies for reading, re-reading and
re-using photographs, as well as for (re)creating photographs and
other artworks and evoke varied sites of memory in contemporary
landscapes: from sites of war and other violence through the lost
places of indigenous peoples to the once-familiar everyday places
of home, family, neighborhood and community. Paying close attention
to the settings in which such photographs are made and used--family
collections, public archives, museums, newspapers, art
galleries--the contributors consider how meanings in photographs
may be shifted, challenged and renewed over time and for different
purposes--from historical inquiry to quests for personal, familial,
ethnic and national identity.
Annette Kuhn is Professor of Film Studies at Lancaster
University, UK, and an editor of the journal Screen. She has
written about photographs in "The Power of the Image: Essays on
Representation and Sexuality" (1985) and "Family Secrets: Acts of
Memory and Imagination" (1995). Her most recent book is "An
Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory" (2002).
Kirsten Emiko McAllister is an Assistant Professor of
Communication at Simon Fraser University in Canada. She has written
about photographs, visual culture and museum artifacts in "West
Coast Line, CineAction and Cultural Values," and is currently
writing a book on a memorial that marks the site of a World War II
Japanese-Canadian internment camp.
In Mont Blanc Lines, photographer and alpinist Alex Buisse has
travelled the Mont Blanc massif to capture images of all the major
mountain faces and to trace the classic climbing and skiing lines.
As well as Mont Blanc itself, also featured are other Alpine icons,
including the north faces of the Grandes Jorasses and the Droites,
the Aiguille du Midi, and the Grand Capucin. Whether on the ground
in crampons or on skis, or in the air by ultralight or paraglider,
he has captured the majesty of the range so that he can tell the
story of these classic lines and present them to us in the most
stunning way possible. Mont Blanc Lines features images taken
during over a decade of mountaineering while Alex worked as a
professional photographer based in Chamonix. Alex Buisse's story of
these iconic mountain faces is mixed with the stories of climbers
who have experienced great moments there. As a bonus feature, also
included are the legendary faces of the Matterhorn and the Eiger
North Face in Switzerland.
First published in 1991, "The History of Photography" explores the
people, technology, and imagery that have made photography such a
tremendous force in modern culture. As technology has improved, the
level to which society depends upon photography increases. Over the
past 150 years, photographers and their works have taught,
inspired, angered, and spurred several generations toward social
and political action. This interdependence between society and the
photographic image continues to strengthen and evolve.
This book develops specific themes from pre-photography to the
present. The reader will develop a deeper understanding of how
major photographers have viewed their work, how attitudes toward
photography have changed, and how photography has influenced world
perceptions and events.
Art & Fear is about the way art gets made, the reasons it often
doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so
many artists to give up along the way. Drawing on the authors' own
experiences as two working artists, the book delves into the
internal and external challenges to making art in the real world,
and shows how they can be overcome every day. First published in
1994, Art & Fear quickly became an underground classic, and
word-of-mouth has placed it among the best-selling books on
artmaking and creativity. Written by artists for artists, it offers
generous and wise insight into what it feels like to sit down at
your easel or keyboard, in your studio or performance space, trying
to do the work you need to do. Every artist, whether a beginner or
a prizewinner, a student or a teacher, faces the same fears - and
this book illuminates the way through them.
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