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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections
When the Peoples' Republic set up its Special Economic Zones in the
1980s communist China entered into global trade and international
capital. The goal was financial but new money also brought new
values and new ways of life. Polly Braden's photography is an
intimate response to the material and psychological effects of the
changes experienced by the country's new urban class. Shot over
three years in Shanghai, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Kunming, "China
Between" is a revelatory portrait. No longer will images of epic
scenes dominate our view of this country. Braden shows how a casual
glance, a moment of doubt or a quick trip to the shopping mall can
tell us as much about modern China as any image of a dam, a protest
or a teeming workforce.
On his nighttime rambles through the City of London-i.e., its
historical and financial heart-Andreas Schmidt (born 1967)
documents the icy glamour of its epic-scaled financial palaces, in
which empty lobbies, conference rooms and endless corridors
proliferate. Schmidt's portrait of these eerily alienated realms
restore the understanding that such environments, in their
oversized grandeur, are very far from the civic good.
There is always a sense of adventure when going on a railway
journey. Whether it is aboard the Orient Express from London to
Istanbul, or travelling the Transcontinental railroad through the
Canadian Rockies to the Pacific coast, or riding the Serra Verde
Express through the Brazilian rainforest, Rail Journeys takes the
reader on a journey through some of the most unusual, romantic and
remarkable landscapes in the world. Find out about the Coast
Starlight, which carries passengers from Los Angeles along the
Pacific coast to Seattle and all points in between; or the 7,000
kilometre Trans-Siberian, crossing the entirety of Mongolia and
Russia from Beijing to Moscow; or 'El Chepe', the Mexican Copper
Canyon railway, a line which took 90 years to build and negotiates
87 tunnels, 36 bridges and sweeping hairpin bends as it climbs from
sea level to the rim-top views it offers at 2,400m; or enjoy the
engineering excellence of the Konkan Railway in India, connecting
Mumbai with the port of Mangalore via some 2,000 bridges and 90
tunnels; or experience the Shinkansen 'Bullet Train' as it races at
speeds of more than 300 km/h between Tokyo and Kyoto, passing the
iconic Mount Fuji on the way. With 200 outstanding colour
photographs, Rail Journeys takes the reader to some of the most
historic, spectacular and remotest locations in the world, places
where trains still offer romantic and astounding experiences of
rail travel at its best.
"This elegant approach to his chosen medium is evident in an
alluring new book from German luxury publisher teNeues, Vincent
Peters: Selected Works" - Jared Paul Stern, Maxim "With his
signature black-and-white photography and exquisite lighting, his
portraits look like snapshots from classic movies." - Square Mile
Vincent Peters' photographs have left the fast-moving trends of
fashion photography behind and become timeless works of art. Born
in Bremen in 1969, Peters has been one of the most sought-after
fashion and portrait photographers for over 25 years. With his
signature black-and-white photography and exquisite lighting, his
portraits look like snapshots from classic movies. Supermodels,
stars, and legends have all stood before his camera - from Penelope
Cruz and Rosamund Pike to Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon. This new
Collector's Edition with luxurious linen finish expands on Peters'
bestselling book with 30 new images, all personally selected by
Peters. A collection of astonishing portraits, in which the
intimate urgency of the moment creates a timeless image.
Farming – whether domestic crops, forestry, fish or livestock –
is one of the pillars of human civilization, dating back to the
early settlements of Neolithic times. Today, approximately one
billion people work the land, providing food and other products for
our ever-increasing human population. Arranged geographically,
Farming explores the many types of farm and farming that exist
today. See how farmers in Malaysia extract milky latex from the
bark of rubber trees, used to make everything from protective
gloves to vehicle tires; be amazed at the gorgeous stepped rice
fields of Bali, where the traditional subak irrigation system is
created around ‘water temples’ and managed by Hindu priests;
marvel at the vast corn and soya bean fields of Ontario, much of it
used for animal feed to support Canada’s beef industry; learn
about nomadic pastoralism in low rainfall areas such as Somalia,
where herders move camels, cattle, sheep and goats in search of
grazing; explore the wineries and vineyards in Bordeaux, where more
than 700 million bottles of wine are produced each year by more
than 8,500 châteaux; and see how freshwater prawns are harvested
for export in the watery deltas of Bangladesh. Presented in a
landscape format and with more than 180 outstanding photographs of
farming from every part of the planet, Farming offers a pictorial
celebration of mankind’s deep connection with the land that
sustains us.
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