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Amelia is 14 years old. In many ways, she is your average American
teenager: since she was three years old, she has been her mother's
muse, and the subject of her photographs. However, not every mom is
a world-class photographer with a predilection for photographing
animals. And it's not every teenager who has portraits of herself
with elephants, llamas, ponies, tigers, kangaroos, chimpanzees and
endless dogs, cats, and other animals--portraits that hang in the
collections of major art museums around the world. "Amelia and the
Animals" is Robin Schwartz's second monograph featuring this
collaborative series dedicated to documenting her and Amelia's
adventures among the animals. As Schwartz puts it, "Photography is
a means for Amelia to meet animals. Until recently, she took these
opportunities for granted. She didn't realize how unusual her
encounters were until everyone started to tell her how lucky she
was to meet so many animals." Nonetheless, these images are more
than documents of Amelia and her rapport with animals; they offer a
meditation on the nature of interspecies communication and serve as
evidence of a shared mother-daughter journey into invented
worlds.
Robin Schwartz (born 1957) earned an MFA in photography from Pratt
Institute, and her photographs are held in the collections of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, in New
York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Brooklyn Museum; Chrysler Museum of
Art, Norfolk, Virginia; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; and Museum
Folkwang, Essen, Germany. She is an assistant professor of
photography at William Paterson University and lives in New Jersey
with her husband, Robert Forman, daughter, Amelia, and five
companion animals.
Carolyn Jones's vivid and life-affirming portraits capture people
from all backgrounds -- children and grandmothers, men and women of
all races -- living with HIV and AIDS.
It is estimated that over one million people in the United States
would test positive for the Human Immune Virus, and many others are
already suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A
common-and harmful-misconception holds that AIDS is an instant
death sentence but, in fact, testing positive for HIV does not mean
immediate illness. Carolyn Jones has collaborated with George
DeSipio, Jr., and Michael Liberatore (co-founders of the project),
and the seventy-three people who volunteered to pose for these
photographs in an inspiring effort to change the way we think about
AIDS. Jones's compelling portraits have the power to profoundly
alter perceptions about this disease, and about the way we all live
and die. AIDS poses challenging questions that we must each grapple
with, whether healthy or not. These captivating pictures illustrate
the self-confidence and wisdom of ordinary people coping with an
extraordinary fate, facing their mortality, questioning their
priorities, and living life to the fullest. Their energy, courage,
and dignity in the face of such adversity offer a vital lesson in
how to embrace life, day by day. Their faces and their stories are
proof that AIDS doesn't look like anyone -- it looks like, and
ultimately is, all of us.
Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA) is the sole recipient
of the royalties from the sale of "Living Proof." For additional
information regarding "Living Proof" and the Design Industries
Foundation for AIDS, please call DIFFA, (212) 727-3100.
The complete, comprehensive resource for any photographer seeking
the best poses, this book features one thousand images, specially
selected to help photographers position models in an array of
different poses. Photographs and poses are placed in context within
the text, with reasons why they do (or sometimes don't) work. A
handful of poses are also accompanied by lighting diagrams, to give
an understanding of how the photo was created. The content is
organised into sub-sections, including standing and seated poses,
bodywork, movement, exaggerated poses, and expressions, for easy
navigation when preparing shots. Photographing Models features both
models and non-models of different ages, shot using different
lighting rigs and settings, making this book suitable for a vast
range of commercial and editorial applications.
The exuberant, exhilarating photographs of dogs underwater that
have become a sensation
From the water's surface, it's a simple exercise: a dog's leap, a
splash, and then a wet head surfacing with a ball, triumphant.
But beneath the water is a chaotic ballet of bared teeth and
bubbles, paddling paws, fur and ears billowing in the currents.
From leaping Lab to diving Dachshund, the water is where a dog's
distinct personality shines through; some lounge in the current,
paddling slowly, but others arch their bodies to cut through the
water with the focus and determination of a shark.
In more than eighty portraits, award-winning pet photographer and
animal rights activist Seth Casteel captures new sides of our old
friends with vibrant underwater photography that makes it
impossible to look away. Each image bubbles with exuberance and
life, a striking reminder that even in the most loveable and
domesticated dog, there are more primal forces at work. In
"Underwater Dogs," Seth Casteel gives playful and energetic
testament to the rough-and-tumble joy that our dogs bring into our
lives.
In The Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow,
Chris Knight addresses portraiture with a unique approach to both
light and shadow that allows you to improve and elevate your own
portraiture. Without light, there is no photograph. As almost every
photographer knows, the word "photograph" has its roots in two
Greek words that, together, mean "drawing with light." But what is
less commonly acknowleEAed and understood is the role that shadow
plays in creating striking, expressive imagery, especially in
portraiture. It is through deft, nuanced use of both light and
shadow that you can move beyond shooting simply ordinary, competent
headshots into the realm of creating dramatic portraiture that can
so powerfully convey a subject's inner essence, communicate a
personal narrative, and express your photographic vision. In The
Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow, Chris
Knight addresses portraiture with a unique approach to both light
and shadow that allows you to improve and elevate your own
portraiture. He begins with the history of portraiture, from the
early work of Egyptians and Greeks to the sublime treatment of
light and subject by artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and
Vermeer. Chris then dives into a deep, hands-on exploration of
light, shadow, and portraiture, offering numerous lessons and
takeaways. He covers: - The qualities of light: hard, soft, and the
spectrum in between - The relationships between light, subject, and
background, and how to control them - Lighting patterns such as
Paramount, Rembrandt, loop, and split - Lighting ratios and how
they affect contrast in your image - Equipment: from big and small
modifiers to grids, snoots, barn doors, flags, and gels - Multiple
setups for portrait shoots, including those that utilize one, two,
and three lights - How color contributes to drama and mood,
eliciting an emotional response from the viewer - How to approach
styling your portrait, from wardrobe to background - The
post-processing workflow, including developing the RAW file,
maximizing contrast, color grading, retouching, and doEAing and
burning for heightened drama and effect - How all of these elements
culminate to help you define your personal style and create your
own narrative
Great portraits go beyond a mere record of a face. They reveal one
of the millions of intimate human moments that make up a life. In
"Beyond Portraiture," renowned photographer Bryan Peterson shows
how to spot those "ah-ha!" moments and capture them forever. A
teary child...old people laughing together...a smiling girl with
big, big hair. Everyone remember pictures like these, usually taken
by a mother, a father, a friend holding a camera, forever
preserving small yet revealing vignettes of our personal histories.
But we always relied on pure luck and chance to catch those
moments. Peterson's approach explains what makes a photo memorable,
how to spot the universal themes that everyone can identify with,
and how to use lighting, setting, and exposure to reveal the wonder
and the joy of everyday moments. "Beyond Portraiture" makes it easy
to create indelible memories with light and shadow.
Put on a pot of your favorite coffee, perk up, and enjoy nostalgic
black-and-white photos that celebrate screen icons from the Silent
Era through the eighties, making and drinking their own cups of
joe, java, pour-overs, and percolated brews. Hollywood Cafe bridges
the vibrant coffee culture of right-now with the glamorous coffee
culture of the star-studded past. A dream cast of nearly 200
stars-Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly,
Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Clara Bow, Charlie
Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope,
Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jackie Gleason, Lucille
Ball, Elvis Presley, Jayne Mansfield, Sammy Davis Jr., William
Holden, Lauren Bacall, John Wayne, and many more-is captured on the
set, on the run, in costume and out, behind-the-scenes and at the
kitchen table, refilling and refueling, sipping and savoring,
drinking the good stuff, just like us.
Three decades of fashion brought together in one Collection, worn
as originally intended by the Collector herself, and developed over
five years by established fashion and portrait photographer
Frederic Aranda: this is Electric Fashion. But why is it electric?
It is the story of how the Collector, Christine Suppes, blazed an
indelible trail into online fashion editorial whilst developing a
unique collection in the heart of Silicon Valley. Electric Fashion
is essential viewing, punctuated with academic perspective,
comprehensive technical references, and archival text from the
collection's accompanying website, fashionlines.com. This timeless
tome boasts a double vantage point; on the one hand, each garment
is photographed in a studio setting to enhance critical academic
understanding, whilst on the other, worn by the collector herself
at locations around the world to depict the garments as they were
originally intended to be worn. The finished product is a 360
degree view of fashion, from historical, cultural, and practical
standpoints.
*** 'Are you aging fabulously? Here's how.' Anna Murphy, The Times
'A lovely book celebrating female beauty over 40.' Top Sante 'You
become what you see. What you see determines what you believe - and
the most powerful way of inspiring people is with images. My goal
with AndBloom is to motivate women to embrace life without fear. To
provide examples of women between the age of 40 and, currently,
100, so that any woman can open this book and see themselves
recognized.' Denise Boomkens launched the AndBloom project on
Instagram in 2018, to create a 'happy place for women over 40' - a
community where women can be themselves and where aging is
celebrated instead of feared. In this, her first book, she shares
her own experiences of aging and brings together portraits and
interviews with more than 100 extraordinary 'ordinary' women to
create both a gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty
over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily.
In Dark & Dystopian Post-Mortem Fairy Tales, Mothmeister pays
homage to the muses who have sparked their alienating dream world.
From artists worldwide, legendary figures, their collection of
taxidermy to lurid places where their figures were born, such as
the catacombs of Palermo, Pyramiden or the disaster area around
Chernobyl. A special fairy tale world that flirts with the morbid,
religious and grotesque and in which stuffed animals are brought
back to life in an extraordinary way.
From the early days of The Rolling Stones, with a relatively
baby-faced 'Keef' sporting a hounds-tooth jacket, to his heroic
piratical look of the present day, rock's indestructible hero has
been photographed by many people over half a century. Featuring
more than 300 photographs in colour and black-and-white.Among those
who took the pictures in this book are legendary photographers Jim
Marshall, Terry O'Neill, Deborah Feingold, Neil Preston and Mark
Seliger.If many of Keith Richards' adventures have passed into
folklore, never before has there been quite such a comprehensive
collection of portraits and candid shots collected to match the
passing moments: police busts, global superstardom, a legendary
Glastonbury set, a satisfying appearance in the Pirates Of The
Caribbean movie franchise and an unlikely 2008 advertising stint as
a lifestyle icon for Louis Vuitton, as photographed by Annie
Leibowitz.Beautifully produced and elegantly designed, Keith
Richards: A Life In Pictures is simply the must-have book of the
year.
Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth,
Marilyn Monroe-the brightest stars of the silver screen couldn't
resist curling up with a good book. This unique collection of rare
photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style.
The Hollywood Book Club captures screen luminaries on set, in
films, in playful promotional photos, or in their own homes and
libraries with books from literary classics to thrillers, from
biographies to children's books, reading with their kids, and more.
Featuring nearly 60 enchanting images, lively captions about the
stars and what they're reading by Hollywood photo archivist Steven
Rea, and a glamorous stamped case design, here's a real page-turner
for booklovers and cinephiles.
100 women bare all in an empowering collection of photographs and
interviews about Womanhood. Vagina, vulva, lady garden, pussy,
beaver, cunt, fanny... whatever you call it most women have no idea
what's 'down there'. Culturally and personally, no body part
inspires love and hate, fear and lust, worship and desecration in
the same way. From smooth Barbie dolls to internet porn, girls and
women grow up with a very narrow view of what they should look
like, even though in reality there is an enormous range. Womanhood
departs from the 'ideal vagina' and presents the gentle
un-airbrushed truth, allowing us to understand and celebrate our
diversity. For the first time, 100 brave and beautiful women reveal
their bodies and stories on their own terms, talking about how they
feel about pleasure, sex, pain, trauma, birth, motherhood,
menstruation, menopause, gender, sexuality and simply being a
woman.
The magnificent costume of the Herero of Namibia, southern Africa,
is a stark reminder of the country's tumultuous past. In the late
19th century, the influence of missionaries and traders in German
Southwest Africa led to the adoption by the Herero of the European
dress of the day. Over time, the voluminous gowns, completed by a
cattle-horn-shaped headdress, came to represent the cultural
identity of the Herero women. The men's ceremonial dress also harks
back to colonial times: following the brutal war of 1904, the
Herero adapted the uniforms of German soldiers for their own
Otruppe ('troops') movement. In Conflict and Costume, acclaimed
photographer Jim Naughten captures the colourful Herero attire in a
series of spectacular portraits. Set against the Namibian
landscape, these dramatic images show the striking costumes and
their proud owners to full effect: men in elaborate, home-made
paramilitary uniforms, and women in floor-length frocks with
matching horns. Dr Lutz Marten contributes an insightful text that
places the dress in its historical context.
Ericson was motivated to begin photographing the Roma community
during a visit to the southern part of Czech Republic where he
witnessed vast discrimination. He has documented the lives of Roma
people across multiple countries including Czech Republic, France,
Sweden, Kosovo, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Switzerland, Spain and
Slovakia bearing witness to a group of people deprived of
political, economical, cultural and social rights.
In every crisis situation, children are the greatest victims.
Physically weak, they are often the first to succumb to hunger,
disease, and dehydration. Innocent to the workings and failings of
the world, they are unable to understand why there is danger, why
there are people who want to hurt them, or why they must leave,
perhaps quite suddenly, and abandon their schools, their friends,
and their home. In this companion series to Exodus, Sebastiao
Salgado presents 90 portraits of the youngest exiles, migrants, and
refugees. His subjects are from different countries, victims to
different crises, but they are all on the move, and all under the
age of 15. Through his extensive refugee project, what struck
Salgado about these boys and girls was not only the implicit
innocence in their suffering but also their radiant reserves of
energy and enthusiasm, even in the most miserable of circumstances.
From roadside refuges in Angola and Burundi to city slums in Brazil
and sprawling camps in Lebanon and Iraq, the children remained
children: they were quick to laugh as much as to cry, they played
soccer, splashed in dirty water, got up to mischief with friends,
and were typically ecstatic at the prospect of being photographed.
For Salgado, the exuberance presented a curious paradox. How can a
smiling child represent circumstances of deprivation and despair?
What he noticed, though, was that when he asked the children to
line up, and took their portraits one by one, the group giddiness
would fade. Face to face with his camera, each child would become
much more serious. They would look at him not as part of a noisy
crowd, but as an individual. Their poses would become earnest. They
looked into the lens with a sudden intensity, as if abruptly taking
stock of themselves and their situation. And in the expression of
their eyes, or the nervous fidget of small hands, or the way frayed
clothes hung off painfully thin frames, Salgado found he had a
refugee portfolio that deserved a forum of its own. The photographs
do not try to make a statement about their subjects' feelings, or
to spell out the particulars of their health, educational, and
housing deficits. Rather, the collection allows 90 children to look
out at the viewer with all the candor of youth and all the
uncertainty of their future. Beautiful, proud, pensive, and sad,
they stand before the camera for a moment in their lives, but ask
questions that haunt for years to come. Will they remain in exile?
Will they always know an enemy? Will they grow up to forgive or
seek revenge? Will they grow up at all?
145 photos capture the stars from 1926-49-Gable, Harlow, Bogart, Bacall, Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Veronica Lake-94 stars in all. (Portraits do not duplicate those found in Kobal's Movie Star Portraits.) Introduction. Captions.
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