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The Lives of Images, edited by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, is a set
of contemporary thematic readers designed for educators, students,
practicing photographers, and others interested in the ways images
function within a wider set of cultural practices. The series
tracks the many movements and "lives" of images-their tendency to
accumulate, circulate, and transform through different geographies,
cultures, processes, institutions, states, uses, and times. Volume
2 in this series, Analogy, Attunement, and Attention, addresses the
complex relationships that the reproducible image creates with its
viewers, their bodies, their minds, and their sense of the physical
and metaphysical world. The selection addresses the image's role in
the social constitution of individual and collective identity, in
social practices of resistance to the structural violences of
racism, or in relation to state exercises of power. Of particular
importance in this volume are questions of our changing
relationship to space and to selfhood as mediated by the image and
by the many networked technologies and norms built around it.
Essays in the volume ask: what modes of attention are required of
us as viewers and agents of image circulation? The question of how
image technologies provide us with an array of freedoms is here
combined with and read against the many ways images are deployed to
reorient, repress, or reduce our field of vision-thus affecting our
capacity to see and to act in social space. Contributions by Victor
Burgin, Judith Butler, Tina Campt, Sarah Jane Cervenak, Harun
Farocki, Tom Holert, Thomas Keenan, Rabih Mroue, Vivian Sobchack,
and Tiziana Terranova
"See the Middle Kingdom in a whole new light, through the lens of
Annette Morheng. Several years in the making, Morheng's reportage
looks beyond the traditional tourist gaze of today's China." -
Digital Camera "Looking beyond the traditional tourist gaze, this
reportage explores China's rich culture and people." - Amateur
Photographer "...a fascinating and beautifully produced portrait of
the country that will appeal to anyone interested in Chinese
culture, and in travel photography in general." - Outdoor
Photography See China in a whole new light. For several years,
Luxembourgish photographer and travel journalist Annette Morheng
has documented everyday life in the Middle Kingdom, a country where
tradition and progress constantly collide. Gathered together in
this vibrant new illustrated book, her pictures document Chinese
people, villages, and hutongs; temples and skyscrapers; natural
wonders and mega metropolises; the most remote provinces and
diverse ethnic groups. With an eye for authentic details and
interactions, Morheng captures the rapid change, local customs, and
internationality that make up China today. With immersive
first-hand reports accompanying the images, this reportage looks
beyond the traditional tourist gaze and leading media narratives to
explore a China rich with nature, culture and people! Text in
English and German.
If you were to stand in one spot at an iconic location for 30 hours
and simply observe, never closing your eyes, you still wouldn’t
be able to take in all the detail and emotion found in a Stephen
Wilkes panoramic photograph. Not only does Wilkes shoot over 1,500
exposures from a fixed angle, he also distills this visual
information afterward in his studio, painstakingly composing
selected frames into a single image.Day to Night presents 60 epic
panoramas created between 2009 and 2022, shot everywhere from
Africa’s Serengeti to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, from the Grand
Canyon to Coney Island, from Trafalgar Square to Times Square. Each
composition is a labor of love as well as patience. Wilkes waited
more than two years to gain permission to photograph Pope Francis
celebrating Easter mass in the Vatican, ultimately producing a
vivid tableau in which the pontiff appears 10 times.The book also
features extraordinary details—works of art in their own right
that highlight the stories contained within each image. A bride
makes her way through Central Park; in Tanzania, zebras gather
around a near-invisible watering hole during a drought; in Rio de
Janeiro, surfers come and go while a man holds a sign reading “No
more than two questions per customer.” “It is exactly these
small stories, these details, that draw people into the
photographs,” says Wilkes. Once discovered, these mini narratives
lend each composition a personal, candid feel.This collection takes
us on a seamless trip from dawn to dark across the world’s most
iconic locations, unveiling the unique ebb and flow of man-made and
natural landmarks like never before.
‘Think about a tune … the unsayable, the invisible, the longing
in music. Here is a book of tunes without musical notes … It
wrings the heart’ John Berger ‘A masterpiece’ Robert
Macfarlane ‘O’Grady does not just respond to Pyke’s stark,
beautiful photographs: he gives voice to thousands’ Louise
Kennedy ‘The experience of Irish emigration uniquely and
powerfully illuminated’ Mark Knopfler ‘If the words tell the
story of the voiceless, the bleak lovely photographs show their
faces. Fiction rarely gets as close to the messy, glorious truth as
do memories and photographs. This rare novel dares to use both’
Charlotte Mendelson, TLS An old man lies alone and sleepless in
London. Before dawn he is taken by an image from his childhood in
the West of Ireland, and begins to remember a migrant’s life.
Haunted by the faces and the land he left behind, he calls forth
the bars and boxing booths of England, the potato fields and
building sites, the music he played and the woman he loved. Timothy
O’Grady’s tender, vivid prose and Steve Pyke’s starkly
beautiful photographs combine to make a unique work of fiction, an
act of remembering suffused with loss, defiance and an
unforgettable loveliness. An Irish life with echoes of the lives of
unregarded migrant workers everywhere. Since it was first published
in 1997, I Could Read the Sky has achieved the status of a classic.
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.
"Aperture" magazine was founded in 1952 by the photographers Ansel
Adams, Minor White, Barbara Morgan and Dorothea Lange, and the
photography historians Beaumont and Nancy Newhall. These
individuals wished to foster the development and appreciation of
the photographic medium. Today the magazine maintains the founders'
spirit, presenting a diversity of historical work, photojournalism
and portfolios by emerging photographers, thematic articles, as
well as interviews with important figures at work today. "Aperture"
has published the work of many iconic and emerging artists from
Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, and James Welling to
Walead Beshty, Sara VanDerBeek, and JH Engstrom. The magazine has
also showcased the writings of leading writers and curators in the
field including Vince Aletti, Geoffrey Batchen, Charlotte Cotton,
Greil Marcus and Luc Sante, among many others.
Inspiring new design ideas from multiple award-winning Danish
fashion and interior designer Malene Birger. In this third volume
of her successful interior design series, Birger showcases four
houses and apartments she has recently furnished in England, Italy,
Greece and Spain. Alluring before-and-after shots trace the path
from proverbial white canvas to feel-good oasis. In addition, the
versatile globetrotter shows her own artwork and a new line of
jewellery that reflects her unique aesthetic visual language. The
final chapter of the book is devoted to the beginnings of her
latest remodeling project, a townhouse in Felanitx, a town on the
Balearic Island of Majorca. Text in English, German, French and
Spanish Also available by Malene Birger: Move and Work, ISBN
9783832798093, and Live and Work, ISBN 9783832794170.
In The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion,
curator and critic Antwaun Sargent addresses a radical
transformation taking place in fashion and art today. The featuring
of the Black figure and Black runway and cover models in the media
and art has been one marker of increasingly inclusive fashion and
art communities. More critically, however, the contemporary visual
vocabulary around beauty and the body has been reinfused with new
vitality and substance thanks to an increase in powerful images
authored by an international community of Black photographers. In a
richly illustrated essay, Sargent opens up the conversation around
the role of the Black body in the marketplace; the
cross-pollination between art, fashion, and culture in constructing
an image; and the institutional barriers that have historically
been an impediment to Black photographers participating more fully
in the fashion (and art) industries. Fifteen artist portfolios
feature the brightest contemporary fashion photographers, including
Tyler Mitchell, the first Black photographer hired to shoot a cover
story for American Vogue; Campbell Addy, founder of the Nii Agency
and journal; and Nadine Ijewere, whose early series title, The
Misrepresentation of Representation, says it all. Alongside a
series of conversations between generations, their images and
stories chart the history of inclusion, and exclusion, in the
creation of the commercial Black image, while simultaneously
proposing a brilliantly reenvisioned future.
Photography: The Whole Story is a celebration of the most beautiful, meaningful and inspiring photographs that have arisen from this very modern medium. It begins with a succinct overview of photography, placing it in the context of the social and cultural developments that have taken place globally since its arrival. Organized chronologically, the book then traces the rapid evolution of photographic style, period by period and movement by movement. Illustrated, in-depth essays cover every photographic genre, from the early portraits and tableaux to the digitally manipulated montages, split-second sports images, and conceptual photographs of today. The ideas and works of key photographers are assessed to reveal what motivated them, who influenced whom, and what each was striving to achieve. Detailed cultural and individual artist timelines clarify historical context.
Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with
international case studies to investigate the display of death in
various types of museums-history, anthropology, art, ethnographic,
and science museums - and to understand the changing role of
photography in museums. Contributors explore the politics and
poetics of displaying death, and more specifically, the role of
photography in representing and interpreting this difficult topic.
Working with nearly 20 researchers from different cultural
backgrounds and disciplines, the editors critically engage the
recent debate on the changing role of museums, exhibition
meaning-making, and the nature of photography. They offer new ways
for understanding representational practices in relation to
contemporary visual culture. This book will appeal to researchers
and museum professionals, inspiring new thinking about death and
the role of photography in making sense of it.
Andre Kertesz is one of four new titles being published in Autumn
2007 in Thames & Hudson's acclaimed 'Photofile' series. Each
book brings together the best work of the world's greatest
photographers in an attractive format and at an easily affordable
price. Handsome and collectable, the books are printed to the
highest standards. Each one contains some sixty full-page
reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical
introduction and a full bibliography.
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The Lives of Images, edited by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, is a
series of readers designed for those interested in the ways images
function within a wider set of cultural practices. Volume I of the
series, Repetition, Reproduction, Circulation, addresses the
multiple life cycles of the image-its modes of dispersion,
reception, consumption, and aggregation-and the significance of
technological reproduction for contemporary forms of social,
cultural, and political life. Volume I of the series, Repetition,
Reproduction, Circulation, addresses the multiple life cycles of
the image-its modes of dispersion, reception, consumption, and
aggregation-and the significance of technological reproduction for
contemporary forms of social, cultural, and political life. The
image is considered both a tool for liberation and a means of
repression within the evolving structures of modern life. The
essays consider the implications of the nature and effect of the
reproducible image on the categories, shapes, and aims of
contemporary art and society. Further grounded by two interviews
with practitioners in the field, Repetition, Reproduction,
Circulation promises to be an accessible, rigorous, and timely
resource for all students, educators, and practitioners of
photography.
Photographer Bill Lea?known for his artistic documentation of deer
and bear behavior, the various moods of the Great Smoky Mountains,
and southern ecosystems?has captured in stunning photographs the
essence of Great Smoky Mountains wildlife. From rare red-cheeked
salamanders, ruby-throated hummingbirds, and playful otters to
graceful whitetails, regal elk, and inquisitive black bears, Great
Smoky Mountains Wildlife Portfolio is more than a collection of
beautiful wildlife photography; it is an inspired and sensitive
tribute to one of the world's most spectacular landscapes and the
wide variety of unique creatures that reside there.
From the secluded mountain hut to the luxury ski chalet, to the
resort reaching up to the sky, this unique and aspirational travel
book presents the best mountain hotels around the world. Author
Martin N. Kunz, an expert in the special hotel industry, shares
detailed insider information, as well as thrilling photographs of
these stunning mountain locations, from Aspen to the Atlas
foothills, from the Himalayas to Machu Picchu. Bonus digital access
take readers directly to each featured accommodation, where more
pictures, videos, and sometimes even soundtracks, await. Text in
English and German.
It was on a Malibu beach in 1988 that Peter Lindbergh shot the
White Shirts series, images now known the world over. Simple yet
seminal, the photographs introduced us to Linda Evangelista,
Christy Turlington, Rachel Williams, Karen Alexander, Tatjana
Patitz, and Estelle Lefebure. This marked the beginning of an era
that redefined beauty, and Lindbergh would go on to alter the
landscape of fashion photography for the decades that followed.
This edition gathers more than 300 images from forty years of
Lindbergh's career. It traces the German photographer's cinematic
inflections and humanist approach, which produced images at once
seductive and introspective. In 1980 Rei Kawakubo asked Lindbergh
to shoot a Commes des Garcons campaign, one of his earlier forays
into commercial photography. Kawakubo gave him carte blanche. The
following years brought forth collaborations with the most
venerated names in fashion and resulted in a relationship of mutual
reverence; Lindbergh's respect for some of the greatest designers
of our time is palpable in his portraits. Among those photographed
are Azzedine Alaia, Giorgio Armani, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano,
Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint
Laurent, Jil Sander, and Yohji Yamamoto. Widely considered a
pioneer in his field, Lindbergh shirked the industry standards of
beauty and instead celebrated the essence and individuality of his
subjects. He was pivotal to the rise of models such as Kate Moss,
Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Mariacarla
Boscono, Lara Stone, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Nadja
Auermann, and Kristen McMenamy. Lindbergh's reach also extended
across Hollywood and beyond: Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling,
Richard Gere, Isabelle Huppert, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Brad Pitt,
Catherine Deneuve, and Jeanne Moreau all appear in his works. From
the picture chosen by Anna Wintour as the cover of her first Vogue
issue to the legendary shot of Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, it
is never the clothes, celebrity, or glamour that takes center stage
in a Lindbergh photograph. Each picture conveys the humanity of its
subject with a serene melancholy that is uniquely and unmistakably
Lindbergh. From the outset of his career, Lindbergh was well-known
in the contemporary art world, where his photographs were exhibited
in galleries long before they appeared in magazines. This edition
features an updated introduction adapted from an interview in 2016,
allowing a glimpse behind Lindbergh's lens, where the photographer
recounts his early collaborations, the tenuous relationship between
commercial and fine art, and the power of storytelling. 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.
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The Uncertain Image
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Ulrik Ekman, Daniela Agostinho, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, Kristin Veel
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Citizens of networked societies are almost incessantly accompanied
by ecologies of images. These ecologies of still and moving images
present a paradox of uncertainties emerging along with certainties.
Images appear more certain as the technical capacities that render
them visible increase. At the same time, images are touched by more
uncertainty as their numbers, manipulabilities, and contingencies
multiply. With the emergence of big data, the image is becoming a
dominant vehicle for the construction and presentation of the truth
of data. Images present themselves as so many promises of the
certainty, predictability, and intelligibility offered by data. The
focus of this book is twofold. It analyses the kinds of images
appearing today, showing how they are marked by a return to modern
photographic emphases on high resolution, clarity, and realistic
representation. Secondly, it discusses the ways in which the
uncertainty of images is increasingly underscored within such
reiterated emphases on allegedly certain visual truths. This often
involves renewed encounters with noise, grain, glitch, blur,
vagueness, and indistinctness. This book provides the reader with
an intriguing transdisciplinary investigation of the uncertainly
certain relation between the cultural imagination and the
techno-aesthetic regime of big data and ubiquitous computing. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Digital
Creativity.
Journeys Exposed: Women's Writing, Photography and Mobility
examines contemporary literature written by women that are all
related to Italy in different ways. It argues that photography
provides women with a means to expose aspects of their nomadic self
and of others' mobile lives within and beyond the writing process.
By resorting to the visual, women individualistically respond to
forms of hegemonic power, fragmentation, displacement, loss and
marginality and make these experiences key to their creative
production.
If you are a digital photographer who's new to PaintShop Photo Pro
or digital imaging in general, or have recently upgraded to the
all-new version X3, this is the book for you! Packed with full
color images to provide inspiration and easy to follow,
step-by-step projects, you'll learn the ins and outs of this
fantastic program in no time so you can start correcting and
editing your images to create stunning works of art. Whether you
want to learn or refresh yourself on the basics, such as effective
cropping or simple color correction, or move on to more
sophisticated techniques like creating special effects, everything
you need is right here in this Corel-recommended guide. Useful
information on printing and organizing your photos and a fantastic
supplemental website with tons of extras rounds out this complete
PSPP learning package. The awesome companion website -
http://www.gopaintshoppro.co.uk/ - is packed full of practise
files, bonus tutorials and other fabulous resources.
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