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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
A Scotsman Best Photography Book of 2017 Texts by Filippo Grandi,
UN High Comissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and Robert Del Naja,
Massive Attack In October 2015, Giles Duley was commissioned by the
UNHCR to document the refugee crisis. Over the next seven months,
he was to criss-cross Europe and the Middle East attempting to put
a human face to one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies of our
time. Duley visited fourteen countries to tell the stories of
individuals and families forced to flee their homes. He chronicled
the turmoil of Lebanon, the camps of Jordan and Iraq, hellish
scenes on the beaches of Lesvos and the refugees arrival in
Germany. Bringing together over 150 original photographs, this book
captures how even in the midst of such horror and tragedy there is
humour, the unexpected and, above all, humanity.
Juxtaposing the albums of Lady Brassey, an overlooked figure among
Victorian women travelers, with Brassey's travel books, Nancy
Micklewright takes advantage of a unique opportunity to examine the
role of photography in the 1870s and 1880s in constructing ideas
about place and empire. This study draws on a range of source
material to investigate aspects of the Brassey collection. The book
begins with an overview of Lady Brassey's life and projects, as
well as an examination of issues relevant to subsequent discussions
of the travel literature, the photographs, and the albums in which
the photographs are assembled. Lady Brassey is next considered as a
traveler and public figure, and the author gives an overview of
Brassey's travel literature, placing her in her social and
political context. Micklewright then considers the seventy volumes
of photographs which comprise the Brassey album collection, taking
an especially close look at the eight albums devoted to the Middle
East. Analyzing the specific contents and structure of the albums,
and the interplay of text and image within, she explores how the
Brasseys constructed their presentation of the region. While
confirming some earlier work about constructions of the Orient by
the British during the time, this book offers a much more detailed
and nuanced understanding of how photographic and literary
constructions were related to individual experience and identity
within a larger British identity. The first appendix explores the
illustrative relationship between the photograph albums and Lady
Brassey's travel books, yielding an understanding of the processes
involved in transferring the photographic image to a printed one,
at a particular moment in the development of book illustration. A
second appendix lists the contents and named photographers of all
seventy albums in the Brassey collection. All in all,
Micklewright's study makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of the complex and unstable social, political and
imperialist discourses in the nineteenth century.
For over two decades, legendary British photographer David Yarrow
has been putting himself in harm s way to capture immersive and
evocative photography of some of the world s most revered and
endangered animal species. With his images heightening awareness of
endangered species and also raising huge sums for charity and
conservation, he is one of the most relevant photographers in the
world today. Featuring his 150 most iconic photographs, David
Yarrow Photography offers a truly unmatched view of some of the
world s most compelling and threatened species. This collection of
stunning images, paired with Yarrow s first-person contextual
narrative, offers an insight into a man who will not accept second
best in the relentless pursuit of excellence. David Yarrow
Photography offers a balanced retrospective between his spectacular
work in the wild and his staged storytelling work that has earned
him wide acclaim in the fine art market. The intricacy and balance
in these considered vignettes reinforces the work ethic in his
research-based natural work. Yarrow rarely just takes pictures he
almost always makes them. Whether it be in the wilds of Alaska or
an old saloon bar in Montana, there will always be a preconception
of what he is looking for in the final work. The consistency of
this approach sets him apart from others in the field. Yarrow s
work will awaken our collective conscience and true to form he has
agreed to donate all the royalties from this book to conservation.
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Ulica Nowa 3
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Stefan Kielsznia; Edited by Ulrike Grossarth
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Mona Kuhn: Works
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Mona Kuhn; Contributions by Rebecca Morse, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Avedon, Chris Littlewood, …
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Mona Kuhn: Works is the first retrospective by one of the most
respected and widely exhibited contemporary art photographers of
today. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, Kuhn's
underlying theme involves humanity's longing for spiritual
interconnectivity. She is renowned for developing close
relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable
intimacy. Kuhn employs a range of playful visual strategies that
reveal glimpses into the psyche as it is expressed through the
human form, ultimately reinterpreting the nude in the canon of
contemporary art. This new volume features images from throughout
Kuhn's career, including previously unseen work, and will introduce
her distinct aesthetic to a wide, popular audience. Accompanied by
insightful texts by Rebecca Morse, Chris Littlewood, Darius Himes
and Simon Baker and an interview with Elizabeth Avedon, the reader
is provided with insights into Kuhn's creative process and the ways
in which she works with her subjects and settings, and achieves the
visual signature of her imagery. Mona Kuhn: Works is an essential
volume for anyone with an interest in the human form in
contemporary art. With 155 illustrations in colour
"A stunning collection of photographs by Alex Saberi, which
illustrate the rich diversity of wildlife in Richmond Park
throughout the seasons." - Discover Wildlife.com "Alex's ethereal,
fairy-tale-like images are a real wonder. His grasp of light,
location and atmosphere make these photographs ones that border on
the unique." - Amateur Photographer Sir David Attenborough has
described Richmond Park as "A very special place" - and with good
reason. This vast oasis of green, just eight miles from the centre
of London, is an ecological pearl in the midst of sprawling
urbanisation. The park, most famous for its herd of 630 Fallow and
Red Deer, is not only Europe's largest park, but is as big as the
seven other royal parks combined. Since King Charles I enclosed the
park in 1637, it has provided a haven of tranquillity and diversion
for all its visitors. Today, some 77 million people pass through
its gates each year. In this beautiful book, Alex Saberi captures
Richmond Park's unique blend of rare and diverse wildlife, plant
life and rolling landscapes. From a crow perching on a bench in the
morning haze to a foolhardy Labrador, breaking impatiently away
from its owner, the photographs capture its inherent beauty as well
as those rare moments of wildlife action and majesty that only
yield themselves to the most patient and knowledgeable of
observers.
Street photography may look like luck, but you have to get out there and hone your craft if you want to shake up those luck vibes. Matt Stuart never goes out without his trusty Leica and, in a career spanning twenty years, has taken some of the most accomplished, witty and well-known photographs of the streets.
From understanding how to be invisible on a busy street, to anticipating a great image in the chaos of a crowd, Matt Stuart reveals in over 20 chapters the hard-won skills and secrets that have led to his greatest shots. He explains his purist and uniquely playful approach to street photography leaving the reader full of ideas to use in their own photography. Illustrated throughout with 100 of Stuart's images, this is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the finest street photographers around.
On 31st January 2020, Newcastle Hospitals became the first hospital
in the UK to receive patients suffering from a new illness -
Covid-19. At the time Tom Warburton was a senior director at
Newcastle City Council and was directly involved in organising many
of the city's responses to the Covid pandemic. As a keen amateur
photographer, he knew he would be in a unique position to try and
make a photographic record of the pandemic's effect on Newcastle
and its people during one of the most difficult periods in recent
history. Over the next two years, and with controlled access to
some of the most sensitive and strategic areas of the battle
against the virus, Tom recorded both the sadness and desperation as
well as the achievements and sacrifices of those in the frontline
fight against the pandemic. Tom's photographs will serve as an
important historical reminder of one of the most significant and
strange times in Newcastle's history and as a fitting tribute to
those who took risks to help others and provide life-saving
services. A proportion of the book's sales revenue will go to
Newcastle Hospitals Charity and West End Food Bank.
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Mona Kuhn: Kings Road
(Hardcover)
Mona Kuhn; Text written by Silvia Perea, David Dorenbaum; Designed by Holger Feroudj
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The Palm House
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Amelia Stein; Foreword by John Banville; Brendan Sayers
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A monograph of duotone photographs, taken in the Palm House at the
National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin, beautifully
illustrate this building as it was prior to its restoration. The
photographs capture the cluttered green jungle, worn by time and
held high in affection by the enchanted visitors who stepped inside
its lofty paradise. By bringing the reader around the house as it
was, drawing the eye to detail upwards, along its unique metal
walkway and into the smaller treasure, the orchid house; to look at
the intricate glass panels, metal structure, the wooden frames with
their own unique patina of the passage of time, The Palm House
tells its story visually. Meanwhile, in an accompanying text,
Brendan Sayers relates how a visitor felt on entering and exploring
this exotic world, the history and the origin of the planting, the
unique pot and tub culture, and the importance of the collection.
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Terrywood
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Terry Richardson
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This volume compiles all of the photographs from Terry Richardson's
wildly successful 2012 show "Terrywood," held at the OHWOW gallery
in Los Angeles. "Terrywood" is the photographer's vision of
everything that Hollywood has meant and continues to mean in the
public imagination: grand-scale glitz, big-budget glamour-and of
course the awards ceremonies, in homage to which Richardson
produced a series of ten award statuettes for the show, fashioned
in his own bespectacled likeness. These works and all of the
photographs included in the exhibition are reproduced here,
alongside documentation of the year-long process of planning the
exhibition, and coverage of the opening night, which was attended
by celebrities such as Tom Ford, James Franco, Odd Future, Sasha
Grey, Paris Hilton, Paz de la Huerta, Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan and
Frank Ocean, and which has already become legendary as one of the
glitziest opening nights in recent memory. "Terrywood" also
includes texts by Jeffrey Deitch and Al Moran.
Born in New York City and raised in Hollywood, Terry Richardson
took up photography while attending Hollywood High School and
playing in a punk rock band. His work has been the subject of
numerous group and solo shows throughout the world, and he has
published several monographs, beginning with "Hysteric Glamour" in
1998, followed by the print retrospective "Terryworld" and most
recently, "Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson."
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Day Sleeper
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Dorothea Lange; Edited by Sam Contis
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In this book Sam Contis presents a new window onto the work of the
iconic American photographer Dorothea Lange. Drawing from Lange's
extensive archive, Contis constructs a fragmented, unfamiliar world
centred around the figure of the day sleeper - at once a symbol of
respite and oblivion. The book shows us one artist through the eyes
of another, with Contis responding to resonances between her and
Lange's ways of seeing. It reveals a largely unknown side of Lange,
and includes previously unseen photographs of her family,
portraiture from her studio, and pictures made in the streets of
San Francisco and the East Bay. Day Sleeper will be featured
alongside other works of Contis' in the exhibition Dorothea Lange:
Words & Pictures at the Museum of Modern Art, February-May
2020.
At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, it's fitting to
look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream.
Developed by Hawaiian Islanders over five centuries ago, surfing
began to peak on the mainland in the 1950s-becoming not just a
sport, but a way of life, admired and exported across the globe.
One of the key image-makers from that period is LeRoy Grannis, a
surfer since 1931, who began photographing the longboard era of the
early 1960s in both California and Hawaii. This edition brings back
Grannis's hair-raising, sold-out Collector's Edition, curated from
the photographer's personal archives, to showcase his most vibrant
work in a compact and affordable format-from the bliss of catching
the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahu's famed
North Shore. An innovator in the field, Grannis suction-cupped a
waterproof box to his board, enabling him to change film in the
water and stay closer to the action than any other photographer of
the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from "surfer
stomps" and hordes of fans at surf contests to board-laden woody
station wagons along the Pacific Coast Highway. It is in these
iconic images that a sport still in its adolescence embodied the
free-spirited nature of an era-a time before shortboards and
celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.
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