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Audrey Hepburn once said "I never thought I'd land in pictures with
a face like mine." Nothing could be further from the truth. As one
of the 20th century's most loved icons, her face is instantly
recognisable the world over. Here, for the first time, ACC Art
Books and Iconic Images proudly present the work of six wonderful
photographers - Norman Parkinson, Milton H. Greene, Douglas
Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny - who were
fortunate enough to capture the star at different moments of her
life. In addition, former Curator of Photographs for the National
Portrait Gallery and co-curator of the Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of
an Icon exhibition, Terence Pepper, opens up his personal archive
of vintage press prints, making this ode to Hepburn truly unique.
Throughout the book, Douglas Kirkland, Terry O'Neill and Eva Sereny
share their memories of working with the icon. They present a
wonderful mix of on-set, fashion, portrait and behind-the-scenes
photographs, including contact sheets and never-before-seen images.
With an introduction by Terence Pepper, Always Audrey is sure to
delight any Hepburn fan.
America's southernmost state is a place of great diversity and
energy. The United States' fourth largest economy and home to more
than 20 million people, Florida also hosts more than 100 million
visitors every year, most of whom arrive to enjoy the beaches, warm
weather and entertainment of 'The Sunshine State'. Images of
tanning tourists, retired seniors and Mickey Mouse give an
incomplete picture of Florida. The state is also home to the
Everglades, a vast area of sub-tropical wetlands and swamps filled
with alligators and flamingos; Miami's Cuban culture and cuisine;
the international race course at Daytona Beach; the Kennedy Space
Center, which has been launching NASA space shuttles since 1964;
and the famous Florida Keys, a coral archipelago stretching out
into the Gulf of Mexico. Presented in a handy, pocket-sized
landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each
photo, Florida is a stunning collection of images bringing to life
the vitality of this sunny American state.
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This series is each devoted to a decade of British life and
contains around 300 photographs which were hand-picked by PA
Photos' own archivists. Most have lain unseen since they were first
used as news pictures and each image has been scanned especially,
many from glass plates, to ensure the best possible quality of
reproduction. These photos tell a fascinating story: alongside the
major events that constitute formal history are found the smaller
things that had significance for ordinary people at the time. These
cameras have recorded for posterity everything in their view and
each picture tells an eloquent tale, of occurrences big and small,
which have shaped the people and the face of Britain today.PA
Photos is the photography arm of the PA Group, which also owns the
The Press Association, the UK's national news agency. Established
in the late 19th Century, the PA has been capturing editorial
photography for 140 years, resulting in an extraordinary archive of
over 15 million images recording British life over more than a
century.
"With each day spent outdoors I am reminded of what a beautiful
world we all call home, and the challenges that face ecosystems
across the world." - Alfie Bowen "The photographs are outstanding,
and the story behind them inspirational. Given the odds stacked
against Alfie throughout his life, this book is a significant
success and bodes very well for a continued and very inspiring
career as a world-class photographer." - Chris Packham Alfie Bowen
is an exceptionally talented young autistic photographer and
wildlife activist. His latest project offers a glimpse into the
private lives of numerous wild animals from across the globe and
reveals the highs and lows of living as an autistic environmental
campaigner. Bowen's photographs are truly breath-taking. Hours are
invested into every piece to ensure the results are exactly as
Bowen envisioned, and Bowen conducts in-depth research on every
animal he captures, believing it is of the utmost importance to
understand his subjects. In this book, Bowen discusses overcoming
the limitations of technology and how autism has given him the
obsession needed to persevere in often cold, lonely and difficult
circumstances. From Bowen's relation of his struggle to capture the
perfect picture of a cheetah, to his majestic portraits of some of
the most beloved animals on the planet, this book captures the
powerful sensory experience Bowen enjoys whenever he immerses
himself in nature. Featured animals include: lions, cheetahs,
leopards, tigers, snow leopards, Geoffrey's cats, red pandas,
chimpanzees, monkeys and colobuses, lemurs, elephants, rhinos,
giraffes, zebras, deer, flamingos, eagles and other birds, and koi.
America's most populous state is often seen as a west coast
paradise by those who live there - and those who desire to live
there. Anchored around the urban centres of Los Angeles in the
south and San Francisco in the north, California is a place of
idyllic beaches, cutting-edge architecture, spectacular national
parks and Hollywood dazzle. In the pages of California, find out
about the Big Sur, the precipitous, beautiful windy drive along
Route 1 in the central coast; Yosemite National Park, home to the
imposing Half Dome and El Capitan mountains, and offering stunning
views from Glacier Point; San Jose and Silicon Valley, centre of
the world's tech industry; Santa Monica Beach, a mecca for sun
seekers; Rodeo Drive, the home of luxury goods stores in Beverley
Hills; and Death Valley in the Mojave Desert, one of the hottest,
driest places on Earth. Presented in a handy, pocket-sized
landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each
photo, California is a stunning collection of images that brings to
life the vitality of this iconic west coast American state.
If Sir Elton John wrote the Foreword and director John Waters wrote
the Afterword, then we're surely dealing with a major talent. In
this 400-page retrospective, award-winning photographer Greg Gorman
presents the finest shots of his half-century in Hollywood.
Throughout his star-studded portfolio entitled, It's Not About Me,
you'll find the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp at the
beginning of their careers, as well as the iconic posters Gorman
created for films such as Scarface and Tootsie, record covers for
David Bowie, and magazine covers for Andy Warhol.
Jo Spence was one of Britain's pioneering photographers. Born into
a working-class London family, she worked for many years as a
studio photographer. Her political concerns led to documentary
photography. Soon after completing her degree in the theory and
practice of photography, she discovered she had breast cancer.
Through her struggle to come to terms with the illness, to find
non-invasive treatments and to share her experience with others,
she developed unique ways of using photography.
"Cultural Sniping" brings together a wide range of Jo Spence's
photographs and writings for the first time. Through images and
texts she explores complex issues of gender, class, health and the
body, and their impact on her understanding of personal history and
the construction of identity.
"Cultural Sniping" includes images from Spence's early work in
documentary photography and from her pioneering photo-therapy
projects, undertaken in collaboration with other photographers. In
her later work Spence faces up to the experience of illness and
dying, and "Cultural Sniping" reproduces work from her "Return to
Nature" and "Death Mask" series, in which she tries to come to
terms with the reality of death. Jo Spence's commitment to engaging
with personal experience, political understanding and critical
theory make her writing and photography a vital contribution to our
understanding of the politics of representation.
"The photographs of William Claxton define the essence of cool." -
Jason Ankeny (AllMusic) "Claxton's innovative choices and airy
style, which he called 'jazz for your eyes', worked sublimely to
document and promote the rise of trumpeter and singer Chet Baker,
especially." - Howard Mandel Born in Pasadena, California,
photographer William Claxton (1927-2008) is best known for his
dozens of splendid portraits of jazz stars (especially those of
Chet Baker, of whom he made the first professional photos) and
Hollywood stars (such as his friend Steve McQueen). In 1952, while
shooting Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker at the Haig Club, he met
Richard Bock, founder of Pacific Jazz, who quickly hired him as art
director and house photographer. During his time at the label,
Claxton snapped and designed album covers at a rate of roughly one
per week, in the process establishing the visual identity of the
West Coast jazz movement. Where previous jazz photographers
captured their subjects in the dark, smoky environs of nightclubs,
Claxton capitalised on the sun and surf of southern California,
posing artists in unorthodox outdoor settings to represent a new
era in the music's continued evolution. Claxton's images graced the
covers of numerous music albums, and his work regularly appeared in
such magazines as Life, Paris Match and Vogue. Claxton wrote 13
books, held dozens of exhibitions of his photographs around the
world, and won numerous photography awards. This book presents a
selection of more than 150 superb images by the great photographer.
Among the multiple artists portrayed are Louis Armstrong, Chet
Baker, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles,
Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Stan Getz,
Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charles Mingus, Thelonious
Monk, Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Dinah
Washington, and Muddy Waters. Text in English, with an introduction
in English, French and Spanish.
The author came to London from Lancashire as a nine-year old,
having developed an interest in buses and trams at a very early
age. He remained in south-west London for the next forty-five
years. As a young teenager he took up locospotting, joining a small
group of fellow enthusiasts who met regularly by the lineside at
Clapham Junction, and avidly followed this hobby for roughly ten
years. For the first half of that decade, his hobby was centred
largely close to London because of age and money restrictions, and
his trips further afield were rare. In this book, he describes his
experiences: visiting stations, lineside watching, bunking sheds,
and making more official trips to depots and works. He gives us a
spotters-eye view of the changes to British Railways at the time:
new steam locomotives still arriving; the early days of the
Modernisation Plan; and seeing elderly locomotives at the end of
their service life. Towards the end of this period, he acquired his
first camera and uses these photographs to illustrate his exploits
in the early years of his hobby.
Illustrated with over 100 original photographs taken on the cameras
shown, as well as high quality images of the cameras themselves;
Hints and tips on the restoration and use of vintage cameras and
lenses; Anecdotes from the history of photography and Ellwand's
personal experience; An explanation of some important photographic
terms and techniques; Advice on good buys, film availability and
techniques for combining analogue and digital photography.
Singapore is a microcosm of the many and varying cultures found in
Asia. Everywhere you look you see a different face, another style
of dress, a different building style: it's a layered country, full
of contradiction, yet homogenised. Like the country this new book
showcases these particularly Singaporean sights: the contrasts and
contradictions as well as the parallels. In a way no other book has
achieved. This book, like Singapore is unique and a perfect memory
of time, profitably spent and must have purchase for vistors and
resident alike.
When Alexander Noble established his boatyard in 1898, he probably
didn't realise he was also establishing a new Noble tradition.
Alexander's yard would soon be handed over to his eldest son
Wilson, who would set up Wilson Noble & Co. to build fishing
boats - although he would branch out into minesweepers when needed
in the Second World War. Meanwhile, second-youngest son James would
break out on his own, thinking that the future of boatbuilding lay
in yachts. Altogether, these companies built almost 400 boats, some
of which are still working today, and would be a fixture on the
Fraserburgh shoreline for nearly a century. Packed with images,
interviews and recollections from the crew, The Noble Boatbuilders
of Fraserburgh is a thoroughly researched tribute to these men and
their boats, and is a fascinating look into an industry that once
peppered our island's shorelines.
"An extraordinary tale of derring-do told in a mesmerising new book
via fascinating archive pictures - and worthy of a Hollywood movie
too." - Daily Mail In the late 19th century, the Norwegian Artic
explorer Fridtjof Nansen undertook a pioneering expedition: he
wanted to reach the North Pole with the specially designed ship
Fram. The Nansen Photographs recounts this expedition, from the
launch in 1890 through to the end of Nansen's international lecture
tour in 1897, using original photographs alongside personal diary
entries from Nansen and seven of his crew members. Together, they
illustrate in a poignant and sometimes disconcerting way how the
expedition members went about their daily lives and conducted their
research, the conflicts they faced, and how they ultimately brought
their daring undertaking to its successful conclusion. This book
brings new life to previously known facts and introduces the reader
to hundreds of previously unknown photographs from the expedition.
The large format of the book brings the smaller details in the
photographs to the forefront, providing new insight into the work
and life on board, the equipment and the clothing. Opposing diary
entries from Nansen and the men about the same situations show that
life on board was not always easy and tell a gripping story of
survival and the human condition. Nansen's lack of empathy and
practical skills caused frustration among the men, and several of
them resorted to fists to sort out their differences, but
nonetheless they all pulled through and set a new standard for
arctic expeditions to come. When Nansen leaves the ship for his
legendary 18 month journey with Hjalmar Johansen towards the North
Pole, we follow both Nansen and Johansen and the crew left on board
through their photographs and diaries. The return to Norway and the
spectacular celebration is told in detail through photographs,
newspaper reports, speeches, menus and ephemera. This stunning
712-page book comes with an illustrated dustjacket and contains 850
photographs and illustrations, 35 ship drawings and 25 maps.
Two acclaimed South African artists offer a cross-generational
dialogue on history, memory, and the power of self-narration Three
decades after the dismantling of apartheid began, South Africa’s
so-called “born free” generation has reached adulthood and its
artists have used their work to navigate their difficult
inheritance. At the same time, the historical distance between
their experience and that of an older generation grows. This book
brings together two of South Africa’s most acclaimed contemporary
artists to reflect upon this moment. In their respective practices,
Sue Williamson (b. 1941) and Lebohang Kganye (b. 1990) incorporate
oral histories into film, photographs, installations, and textiles
to consider how, just as formal statements determine collective
histories, so the stories our elders tell us shape family
narratives and personal identities. Exploring the complexities
involved in the passing down of memories, their works implicitly
and explicitly address racial violence, social injustice, and
intergenerational trauma. This richly illustrated catalogue
features essays that consider themes of voice, testimony, ancestry,
and care, and a dialogue between Kganye and Williamson that
explores how art can mobilize the healing powers of conversation.
Distributed for the Barnes Foundation Exhibition Schedule: The
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (March 5–May 21, 2023)
People magazine's top reason for Hope in America. Curated
from a grassroots social movement, The Front Steps Project is an
inspiring, uplifting portrait series capturing how people coped
with living in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Front
Steps Project™ demonstrates that even in the most challenging of
circumstances, kindness, love, courage, and hope exist to build,
bind, and connect communities around the globe. Created on March
18, 2020, The Front Steps Project™ began when friends Kristen
Collins and Cara Soulia sought out to unite their neighbors through
photographs of life in quarantine. In addition to incorporating
work from other local photographers, the women traveled to
neighborhoods around Needham, Massachusetts to photograph residents
in front of their homes in exchange for donations to their local
food pantry. Within days, #TheFrontStepsProject became a grassroots
social mission, connecting thousands of people across the globe and
raising over $3,250,000 for vital non-profit organizations and
local businesses including food pantries, frontline workers,
homeless and animal shelters, hospitals and so much more. Through
their noble efforts, hundreds of thousands of images and stories of
love, sacrifice, compassion, kindness, perseverance, and –
ultimately hope – flooded social media. Featured on Good
Morning America, The Today Show, People
Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston
Globe and more, The Front Steps Project brings communities
together virtually, despite being – and maybe feeling –
isolated. The Front Steps Project contains over 400 photographs and
dozens of stories of families during the COVID-19 pandemic. This
heartwarming keepsake commemorates a massive effort of courage,
unity, and goodwill. As a tribute to the good work of The Front
Steps Project, a portion of book sales will be donated to The
United Way to help people impacted by the pandemic.
Abandoned Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: California Revealed is
an unforgettable nocturnal journey through secret locations hidden
in the deserts of California. California has more than its share of
abandoned planes, trains, and automobiles. Famous for its aviation
and aerospace, the completion of the First Transcontinental
Railroad, and car culture, California has long been at the
forefront of transportation. Wander with Ken through rarely seen
locations as he illuminates these forgotten scenes with light,
creating haunting dreamlike exposures of several minutes or more.
Immerse yourself in the experiences and adventures. Discover
precisely how these night photos are created. If you are a fan of
creative photography, transportation history, or vivid travel
stories, this exploration of California's abandoned planes, trains,
and automobiles is for you.
Why DO people look like their dogs? Is it shared personality
traits, an expression of self-love, or do they grow together over
time like old married couples? This book explores the intense bonds
we develop with our dogs, which are far from only skin, or even
fur, deep. 50 photos by renowned animal photographer Gerrard
Gethings present insightful and fun depictions of dogs and their
humans, and humorous texts are included in the booklet to provide
clues about these 25 people and their furry best friends. The book
also includes behind the scenes photos and an interview with the
photographer.
"All the photos of David Bowie you could possibly ever need. The
most noteworthy collection of David Bowie images ever accumulated.
Whether you want to own the book as a collector's item or display
it on your coffee table, this definitive work is a tribute fit for
an icon." - Interview magazine David Bowie: Icon gathers the
greatest photographs of one of the greatest stars in history, into
a single, luxurious volume. The result is the most important
anthology of David Bowie images that has ever been compiled. With
work by many of the most eminent names in photography, this book
showcases a stunning portfolio of imagery, featuring the iconic,
the awe inspiring, the candid and the surprising. An astonishing 25
photographers from around the world have contributed to this
celebration. Their images are accompanied by personal essays and
reflections about working with this astonishing artist. From
memories of the earliest days at the Arts Lab in Beckenham to what
it was like touring the world with Bowie, each contributor shares
their experiences of working with - and knowing - this most
extraordinary figure. From portraits and album covers, performances
and rehearsals, to rarely seen private moments and candid
snapshots, this collection is at once powerful, sentimental and
inspiring. The thoughts and reminiscences of the photographers,
many sharing their memories for the first time, give us an insight
into this artist unlike any other. Photography and text by:
Fernando Aceves, Brian Aris, Philippe Auliac, Alec Byrne, Kevin
Cummins, Chalkie Davies, Justin de Villeneuve, Vernon Dewhurst,
Gavin Evans, Gerald Fearnley, Lynn Goldsmith, Greg Gorman, Andrew
Kent, Markus Klinko, Geoff MacCormack, Janet Macoska, Terry
O'Neill, Denis O'Regan, Norman Parkinson, Mick Rock, John
Scarisbrick, Steve Schapiro, Barry Schultz, Masayoshi Sukita and
Ray Stevenson. Features an introduction by Bowie's life-long
friend, the artist George Underwood. When David Bowie passed away
on 10 January 2016, the world lost a musical hero. But his legacy
lives on. While his sound and style evolved throughout his career -
from Ziggy to the Thin White Duke - two facts never changed: he was
an innovator; and photographers adored him. This book pays homage
to this ultimate icon.
A second volume of photos from the archive of the oldest off-road
cycling club in the world is a further look into an unseen corner
of cycling, social history and outdoor culture. Since 1955 the
members of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship - the world's oldest off-road
cycling club - have explored the 'rough stuff' where the roads end.
From tight thickets to sheer rock faces and the wide open spaces of
the mountains, these pioneers of riding off the beaten track have
recorded their adventures at home and abroad in stunning photos and
ride reports.
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The first species to be domesticated, dogs have been selectively
bred over thousands of years. Today they’re man’s best friend
– but while many are pets, many, too, are working animals: for
the police, for the blind, as guard dogs, as sheepdogs, pulling
sleds and as therapy animals. Arranged in chapters covering
physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle, communication,
behaviour and working dogs, Dogs is a hugely informative visual
celebration. From huskies to German shepherds, from collies to
Chihuahuas, Shih Tzu to Jack Russell Terriers, Labradors to
Bullmastiffs to Dachshunds, the book includes a huge range of
breeds. With fascinating captions on every page, even dog lovers
will learn something new. Dogs is a brilliant examination in 150
outstanding colour photographs.
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