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SPOOR
(Hardcover)
Roger Palmer
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R1,613
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SPOOR comprises groups of colour photographs made by Roger Palmer
while following rail routes between towns and settlements of South
Africa. The photographs were accumulated between 2014 and 2018 as
Palmer drove along mostly minor roads through the country's nine
provinces. A 'spoor' is the track or scent of an animal or person.
In Afrikaans it also refers to rail tracks.
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.
Jim Marshall created iconic images of rock 'n' roll stars, jazz
greats, and civil rights leaders. He had the power to look into the
soul of an individual and to capture the mood of an entire
generation. This deluxe, career-spanning volume showcases hundreds
of photographs: intimate portraits, heady crowd scenes, and
haunting street shots evoking the sights and sounds of the 1960s
and 1970s. Marked-up proof sheets offer insight into Marshall's
process, while in-depth essays from his contemporaries tell a
compelling story about this larger-than-life man. Nearly a decade
after his death, Marshall's legacy is the subject of a documentary
feature film. This gorgeous collection is a must-have for devoted
fans and newcomers alike; a fitting tribute to a true legend.
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Mona Kuhn: Works
(Hardcover)
Mona Kuhn; Contributions by Rebecca Morse, Simon Baker, Elizabeth Avedon, Chris Littlewood, …
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R1,320
R1,019
Discovery Miles 10 190
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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
"I never know what I'm going to capture, it's all spontaneous and
that's what I love the most. I often find myself walking the
streets for hours and hours taking photos. Every image I capture is
the result of a little flicker that happens to catch my eye in such
an overwhelming way that it becomes impossible for me to simply
ignore." ~ Lucy Hamidzadeh Lucy Hamidzadeh is a photographer and
writer from south east London with a deep affection for
unpredictable weather and the hustle and bustle of city life. Her
early career was spent working for the Monarch Travel Group, where
she spent 20 years honing her skill as a writer and developing her
penchant for travel - and photography. Unfinished Stories is an
extensive collection of photographs that capture the daily lives of
people: on the streets, in trains and at cafes, going through their
day, often without much thought or notice, but captured in an
indelible way by Lucy's eye and camera. Their "unfinished stories"
are the inspiration for her first solo book of words and pictures,
making for a lasting glimpse at the fleeting moments she encounters
on the streets of London.
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.
During the summers of 2017 and 2018, Karen Knorr was given a carte
blanche to photograph the building site of the disused Art-Deco
Department store in Paris, La Samaritaine. The resulting
photographs, infused with playful fantasy and surrealism, were
taken with a large format camera and transformed with solarization.
They are accompanied by lines from Brecht's poem: Questions from a
Worker Who Reads (1935). These photographs record and document a
labour in progress, yet the construction workers have exited and
the building is built as if by magic.
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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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R1,259
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The Palm House
(Hardcover)
Amelia Stein; Foreword by John Banville; Brendan Sayers
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R1,037
Discovery Miles 10 370
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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.
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a pioneering figure in 20th-century
photography. As well as being the first African-American
photographer to join the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and to
become a staff photographer for Life magazine, he was also a
writer, film director and composer. Although best known for
documenting issues such as poverty, race relations and civil
rights, he was remarkably versatile, turning his gift for visual
narrative to subjects as diverse as news coverage, fashion, art and
sport. He also captured prominent figures of his era, from Malcolm
X to Marilyn Monroe, in a series of memorable portraits. Working in
the US and around the world, he was driven by a commitment to
social justice: 'The common search for a better life and a better
world is deeper than colour or blood.'
Richard Long has been at the forefront of land art for more than
half a century. A pioneer of conceptual practices in the 1960s, his
expanded approach to sculpture has consistently taken the medium
out of the studio into the natural world and around the globe,
using time, space, distance, navigation, perception, the elements
and the geological forces that have shaped the landscape around us
as both his tools and his vocabulary. Many Rivers to Cross is a
thorough overview of Long's career, selected by the artist himself
and spanning the late 1960s to the present day. It covers his
practice in all its forms - walks, photographs, text works, large
installations, mud works and drawings, including some early
unpublished works as well as many seminal and celebrated projects.
A number of short 'back stories' written by Long not only provide
insight into the context and creation of key works, but also evoke
the sense of freedom and adventure of an epic journey across
foreign landscapes. Texts include a recent conversation between
Long and internationally acclaimed composer and musician Nitin
Sawhney; a dialogue about the recreation of Muddy Water Circle
(1994) at Frieze Masters in London with Lisson Gallery in 2013; and
a discussion with curator Alkistis Dimaki on the occasion of the
presentation of Athens Slate Line at the Acropolis, Athens, in
summer 2020. The book also includes documentation of works
presented internationally in museums and galleries. Using earth,
rocks, sticks and other natural materials and forces ranging from
water and gravity to clouds and constellations of stars, over the
course of his distinguished career Long has represented the primal
relationship between humankind, art and the landscape. In a modern,
post-industrial, digital world, his poetic and often profound
practice is a poignant reminder of the origins of life, of human
development and civilization, and of the fundamental, primordial
drive to create.
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Day Sleeper
(Paperback)
Dorothea Lange; Edited by Sam Contis
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R1,220
Discovery Miles 12 200
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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.
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Ash Kolodner: Gayface
(Hardcover)
Ash Kolodner; Foreword by Jordan Roth; Text written by RuPaul; Interview by Kimberly Peirce
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Discovery Miles 10 370
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Baobab
(Hardcover)
Beth Moon
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R1,263
R891
Discovery Miles 8 910
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"Baobab is photographer Beth Moon's tribute to the magnificent,
threatened trees upon which cultures and ecosystems depend. . . In
the face of such monumental losses, the photographs in Baobab
amount to an 'act of defiance.'" -Foreword Reviews, starred review
A spectacular oversize photo book celebrating Africa's most
majestic trees which are now facing an unprecedented ecological
threat Baobabs are one of Africa's natural wonders: they can live
more than 2,000 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can
grow to more than one hundred feet in circumference. They serve as
a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of
spiritual life. But now, suddenly, the largest baobabs are dying
off , literally collapsing under their own weight. Scientists
believe these ancient giants are being dehydrated by drought and
higher temperatures, likely the result of climate change.
Photographer Beth Moon, already responsible for some of the most
indelible images of Africa's oldest and largest baobabs, has
undertaken a new photographic pilgrimage to bear witness to this
environmental catastrophe and document the baobabs that still
survive. In this oversize volume, Moon presents breathtaking new
duotone tree portraits of the baobabs of Madagascar, Botswana,
South Africa, and Senegal. She recounts her eventful journey to
visit these monumental trees in a moving diaristic text studded
with color travel photos. This book also includes an essay by
Adrian Patrut, leader of a research team that has studied Africa's
largest baobabs and alerted the world to the threat these majestic
trees are facing. Baobab is not only a compelling photo book and
travel narrative, but also a timely ecological warning.
Jeff Lowdermilk's passion for World War I and of military history
began as a lad when he listened to his grandfather, George A.
Carlson, tell his life's stories about serving as a 'doughboy' in
Europe during the Great War. When his grandfather passed away in
1982, his mother gave to Jeff her father's amazing diary, which
included not only lengthy descriptions of the landscapes, towns,
and battles he experienced, but also heartfelt observations and
insights about what life as a soldier on the road and in battle and
in the trenches meant to all of Mr. Carlson's buddies. Thus began
Jeff Lowdermilk's life-long quest to tell his grandfather's
story.As one can imagine, the young Lowdermilk became fascinated
with the diary and how long and detailed it was. He transcribed it
and then plotted his grandfather's path through France, Belgium,
and Germany as part of the American Expeditionary Forces. And he
immersed himself in the history of the Great War and in the
geography of the places where his grandfather and other doughboys
walked and fought. He also dedicated himself to becoming a
first-rate photographer, and thus his career path as a writer and
photographer and lecturer of World War I and II was securely in
place."Honoring the Doughboys: Following My Grandfather's World War
I Diary" is a unforgettable tribute to all the doughboys, the foot
soldiers, who served during World War I. Integrating passages from
his grandfather's diary with his own anecdotes and photographic
survey of the places his grandfather traveled and fought over,
Lowdermilk has composed an enduring compilation of how the reality
of battle and of war can be reconciled through commemoration and
memorialization and even a pilgrimage such as his, in which he
walked and drove thousands of kilometers during many decades
retracing his grandfather's journey.This book provides a rich
visual and historic tour of Europe's landscapes, towns,
battlefields, memorials, cemeteries, and monuments of World War I.
And it offers the reader that rare chance to share in the
experience of thousands of America's doughboys who, like Mr.
Carlson, gave it their all in the fight to keep Europe free of
tyranny and oppression. Jeff Lowdermilk has done the nation a real
favor with his moving expression of gratitude to American veterans
of World War I. And Helen Patton, granddaughter of General George
S. Patton, Jr., adds her voice of appreciation for Jeff
Lowdermilk's effort in her heartfelt foreword.
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