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For the first time, iconic fetish photographer G. Elliott Simpson
is showing his works in a monograph. This book features
cutting-edge fetish photography showcasing rubber and latex,
aesthetically appealing and skillfully made. The Toronto-based
photographer manages to approach the topic in a tasteful way,
allowing viewers from the outside to explore an unknown world of
lust and desire.
I'm not saying I'm a sculptor, I just make images. I don't take
photographs, I make them. And now I'm making something else.
Renowned as one of the world's most illustrious photographers,
Bailey shocked viewers as he presented a dark and rugged collection
of cast silver and bronze sculptures alongside a body of new
photographs, underlining the stark contrast between the two media
and emphasizing his versatility as an artist. This book, designed
by Bailey, showcases these new works. The book explores the idea
that image-makers should not be confined to one discipline, a
freedom that Bailey fully justifies with these powerful works.
Think you know photography? Think again. Through a carefully
curated selection of quotes and images, this book reveals what
matters most to the masters of photography. With 50 iconic images
and accompanying text by Henry Carroll, author of the
internationally bestselling Read This If You Want To Take Great
Photographs series, you'll learn what photography actually means to
the giants of the genres and how they developed their distinctive
visual styles.
It has been almost a generation since Sebastiao Salgado first
published Exodus but the story it tells, of fraught human movement
around the globe, has changed little in 16 years. The push and pull
factors may shift, the nexus of conflict relocates from Rwanda to
Syria, but the people who leave their homes tell the same tale:
deprivation, hardship, and glimmers of hope, plotted along a
journey of great psychological, as well as physical, toil. Salgado
spent six years with migrant peoples, visiting more than 35
countries to document displacement on the road, in camps, and in
overcrowded city slums where new arrivals often end up. His project
includes Latin Americans entering the United States, Jews leaving
the former Soviet Union, Kosovars fleeing into Albania, the Hutu
refugees of Rwanda, as well as the first "boat people" of Arabs and
sub-Saharan Africans trying to reach Europe across the
Mediterranean ea. His images feature those who know where they are
going and those who are simply in flight, relieved to be alive and
uninjured enough to run. The faces he meets present dignity and
compassion in the most bitter of circumstances, but also the many
ravaged marks of violence, hatred, and greed. With his particular
eye for detail and motion, Salgado captures the heart-stopping
moments of migratory movement, as much as the mass flux. There are
laden trucks, crowded boats, and camps stretched out to a clouded
horizon, and then there is the small, bandaged leg; the fingerprint
on a page; the interview with a border guard; the bundle and baby
clutched to a mother's breast. Insisting on the scale of the
migrant phenomenon, Salgado also asserts, with characteristic
humanism, the personal story within the overwhelming numbers.
Against the indistinct faces of televised footage or the crowds
caught beneath a newspaper headline, what we find here are
portraits of individual identities, even in the abyss of a lost
land, home, and, often, loved ones. At the same time, Salgado also
declares the commonality of the migrant situation as a shared,
global experience. He summons his viewers not simply as spectators
of the refugee and exile suffering, but as actors in the social,
political, economic, and environmental shifts which contribute to
the migratory phenomenon. As the boats bobbing up on the Greek and
Italian coastline bring migration home to Europe like no mass
movement since the Second World War, Exodus cries out not only for
our heightened awareness but also for responsibility and
engagement. In face of the scarred bodies, the hundreds of bare
feet on hot tarmac, our imperative is not to look on in compassion,
but, in Salgado's own words, to temper our behaviors in a "new
regimen of coexistence."
The photobook visually and materially contextualizes arrangements
of photographs and brings them into a sensually tangible form. The
book format, the materiality of the paper, and the type of binding
have just as much effect on the viewer as the selection of images,
their positioning in the layout, typography, and texts. The artist
and theorist Bettina Lockemann provides an approach to the medium
from a research perspective: considering the photobook as an
independent subject of art studies, phenomenological discussions
complement methodological lines of thought. An important
contribution to the photobook as an independent field of research,
Lockemann elaborates precise terms for analyzing this medium of
renditions. Through a practice-based examination of contemporary
photobooks, this reader gets to the root of the field of photo
books.
Singapore: small tropical island and dynamic city, where some of
Asia's Tallest buildings tower over modest quayside shophouses. Few
landscapes, coastlines have been transformed as rapidly as those of
Singapore. Seen from the air, the island revealed as a spectacular
landscape of intricate patterns, rich textures and diverse colors.
Stunning images show the true and unexpected variety of this
city-state, providing a fresh perspective from which to view its
landmarks and to explore the less-well-known sights of its
industry, agriculture and outlying islands. In Over Singapore,
award-winning Singaporean photographer Richard W. J. Koh showcases
the dynamism of this ever-changing nation. His photographs are
complemented by the insightful fext and captions of diplomat and
international lawyer Professor Tommy Koh who prvides reavealing
historical introduction to the book and an insider's guide to the
north, south, east and west of the country.
Australia is a collection of iconic images collaged to create a
quintessential Australian experience, showing the cities and
countryside on offer. This book of photographs is designed to take
the viewer on a trip around Australia and would appeal to the
tourist and local alike. Having travelled through Europe as a
tourist taking photographs of any thing and everything, Susan
Peters wondered what it would be like to do the same in her own
country. Australia is the result. Starting her tour in Sydney, then
Canberra and on to Melbourne. Queensland is well represented with
images of Brisbane, the Gold Coast, The Whitsundays and Cairns.
Darwin and Uluru, Perth, South Australia and Tasmania are all
included. A key figure in the establishment of the Greater
Newcastle Building Society. This book sets out to chart the
remarkable career of this inspirational Novocastrian.
Humphrey Jennings was one of Britain's greatest documentary
film-makers, described by Lindsay Anderson in 1954 as 'the only
real poet the British cinema has yet produced'. A member of the GPO
Film Unit and director of wartime canonical classics such as Listen
to Britain (1942) and A Diary for Timothy (1945), he was also an
acclaimed writer, painter, photographer and poet. This seminal
collection of critical essays, first published in 1982 and here
reissued with a new introduction, traces Jennings's fascinating
career in all its aspects with the aid of documents from the
Jennings family archive. Situating Jennings's work in the world of
his contemporaries, and illuminating the qualities by which his
films are now recognised, Humphrey Jennings: Film-Maker, Painter,
Poet explores the many insights and cultural contributions of this
truly remarkable artist.
To celebrate the acquisition of the Tom Phillips archive, the
Bodleian Library has asked the artist to assemble and design a
series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000
photographic postcards. These encompass the first half of the
twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper
medium of photography, 'ordinary' people could afford to own their
portraits. Readers shows people reading (or pretending to read) a
wide variety of material from the Bible to Film Fun, either in the
photographer's studio, in their own home or holidaying on the
beach. Each book contains 200 images chosen with the eye of a
leading artist from a visually rich vein of social history. Their
covers will also feature a thematically linked painting, especially
created for each title, from Tom Phillips' signature work, A
Humument.
The first major publication dedicated to one of Norway's most
important photographers Working in a signature modulating gray
scale, the late Norwegian photographer Tom Sandberg spent decades
rendering the world according to an exacting vision, training his
eye on the shapes and forms of the everyday-dark abstractions of
asphalt and sea, the hard edges of an automobile, an ominously
curved tunnel, an anonymous figure casting a shadow-to plumb the
nature of photographic seeing. His pictures are subtle yet
transformative, studies of stillness that radiate mystery. A
perfectionist in the darkroom, Sandberg was acutely sensitive to
the rich spectrum of black and white, and his handmade prints, at
times printed on aluminum and canvas, project a powerful physical
presence. Although Sandberg is esteemed in his native Norway and
throughout Scandinavia and Europe, his oeuvre is less known in the
United States and other parts of the world. This monograph,
produced in close collaboration with the Tom Sandberg Foundation in
Oslo, is a long-overdue celebration of this distinguished artist.
A spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the
hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining
thoughtful essays and more than 100 gorgeous landscape photos-half
fan favorites, and half never-before-seen. "Each photograph really
does come down to a split second when you decide to freeze that
moment in time. . . . You ask yourself what the story is that you
want to tell, and let the rest unfold: Click."-from the
introduction Joe Greer never imagined he would become a
photographer. Raised in Florida by an aunt and uncle after his
mother's death when he was four, Joe had a seemingly normal
childhood, spending summers at church camp and dreaming of going to
college. But nearly fifteen years later, the ground shifted beneath
his feet when he discovered a family secret that would impact the
rest of his life. Trying to make sense of that revelation and what
it meant for his future, Greer set his sights on becoming a pastor
at Spokane's Moody Bible Institute. There, he discovered
Instagram-and a passion for photography. His pictures of the lush,
wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape attracted a large
following that has grown to more than three quarters of a millions
fans and continues to expand. The Lay of the Land is Joe's story in
words and pictures. In this stunning compendium, he reflects on the
trauma of his early life and what photography has taught him: how
to find his light; how to slow down; how to appreciate the world
around him, a reverence for the nature world that that both
nurtures and amplifies his creativity and faith; how to love-his
photography led him to his wife, Madison-and how to heal. For Joe,
photography has been a way to find purpose, better understand his
faith, and express himself. Though he began with landscapes,
meeting his wife sparked a new love of portraiture, and he turned
to making photos of street scenes that explored his complicated
feelings about family. A love letter to the natural world, to
faith, and to finding your calling in the most unexpected places,
The Lay of the Land is a window into the beautiful mind and heart
of one of the internet's favorite photographers. Moving and
inspiring, it is a creative and spiritual journey that offers
lessons on life and living. As Greer reminds us all, whatever it is
you want, it's up to you to make the moment (and the photograph).
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Veruschka
- From Vera to Veruschka
(Hardcover)
Johnny Moncada; Contributions by "Veruschka", Hamish Bowles, Valentina Moncada; Edited by Antonio Monfreda
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Capturing the romance and beauty of la dolce vita, this volume
features intimate and rare moments of Veruschka, the iconic face of
1960s glamour, from the forgotten and unpublished photographic
archive of Johnny Moncada. When fashion photographer Johnny Moncada
unlocked a trunk he had left sealed for forty years, he and his
daughter discovered ten thousand of his unpublished negatives. They
revealed the world of 1960s Italian fashion in all its languid
glamour, personified by the iconic Veruschka. In three thousand
images, Moncada captured the German-born model in both beautifully
staged and informal poses. A selection of these photographs is
presented in this lavish volume. They were taken over the course of
a year in Rome, including seaside shoots in Capri, Sardinia, and
other locales of la dolce vita. While serving as an invaluable
source of inspiration to aficionados of 1960s style, Moncada's work
also presents a rare glimpse of a young woman, known to friends as
Vera, transforming in front of the camera into the image of
perfection that we know as Veruschka.
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- Celebrating the Perfect Imperfect
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Angelika Buettner; Designed by Dagny Emiliani; Edited by Patty Labozzo; Photographs by Angelika Buettner; Interview by Karen Williams
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Following on from Terence Donovan: 100 Fashion Photos, this new
compact edition of collected photographs features over 100 of
Terence Donovan's best portraits. Terence Donovan (1936–1996) was
one of the foremost photographers of his generation, with a career
spanning four decades. He came to prominence as part of a post-war
cultural renaissance in Britain, representing a new force in
photography. Donovan had an eye for taking captivating portraits,
and this book is a collection of one hundred of his best, from
royalty to musicians, politicians, actors and more. Gifted with an
unerring eye for the iconic as well as the transformative, Donovan
was a master of his craft and was an acclaimed portrait
photographer. Featuring some of his most striking and memorable
portraits from a vast array of people, including iconic images of
Sophia Loren, Jimi Hendrix, Jazzy B, Bryan Ferry and Mary Quant,
this small edition is an affordable yet luxurious introduction to
Donovan's work, perfect for lovers of photography.
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 tension between social reform photography and photojournalism
is examined through this study of the life and work of German
emigre Hansel Mieth (1909-1998), who made an unlikely journey from
migrant farm worker to Life photographer. She was the second woman
in that role, after Margaret Bourke-White. Unlike her colleagues,
Mieth was a working-class reformer with a deep disdain for Life's
conservatism and commercialism. In fact, her work often subverted
Life's typical representations of women, workers, and minorities.
Some of her most compelling photo essays used skillful visual
storytelling to offer fresh views on controversial topics: birth
control, vivisection, labor unions, and Japanese American
internment during the Second World War. Her dual role as reformer
and photojournalist made her a desirable commodity at Life in the
late 1930s and early 40s, but this role became untenable in Cold
War America, when her career was cut short. Today Mieth's life and
photographs stand as compelling reminders of the vital yet
overlooked role of immigrant women in twentieth-century
photojournalism. Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine draws
upon a rich array of primary sources, including Mieth's unpublished
memoir, oral histories, and labor archives. The book seeks to
unravel and understand the multi-layered, often contested stories
of the photographer's life and work. It will be of interest to
scholars of photography history, women's studies, visual culture,
and media history.
A magisterial study of celebrated photographer Walker Evans Walker
Evans (1903-75) was a great American artist photographing people
and places in the United States in unforgettable ways. He is known
for his work for the Farm Security Administration, addressing the
Great Depression, but what he actually saw was the diversity of
people and the damage of the long Civil War. In Walker Evans,
renowned art historian Svetlana Alpers explores how Evans made his
distinctive photographs. Delving into a lavish selection of Evans's
work, Alpers uncovers rich parallels between his creative approach
and those of numerous literary and cultural figures, locating Evans
within the wide context of a truly international circle. Alpers
demonstrates that Evans's practice relied on his camera choices and
willingness to edit multiple versions of a shot, as well as his
keen eye and his distant straight-on view of visual objects.
Illustrating the vital role of Evans's dual love of text and
images, Alpers places his writings in conversation with his
photographs. She brings his techniques into dialogue with the work
of a global cast of important artists-from Flaubert and Baudelaire
to Elizabeth Bishop and William Faulkner-underscoring how Evans's
travels abroad in such places as France and Cuba, along with his
expansive literary and artistic tastes, informed his
quintessentially American photographic style. A magisterial account
of a great twentieth-century artist, Walker Evans urges us to look
anew at the act of seeing the world-to reconsider how Evans saw his
subjects, how he saw his photographs, and how we can see his images
as if for the first time.
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