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This eye-opening study of Civil War photography traces the
introduction of the camera into the battlefield and shows its
influence on history and our responses to war Six hundred thousand
lives were lost between 1861 and 1865, making the conflict between
North and South the nation's deadliest war. If the "War Between the
States" was the test of the young republic's commitment to its
founding precepts, it was also a watershed in photographic history,
as the camera recorded the epic, heartbreaking narrative from
beginning to end-providing those on the home front, for the first
time, with immediate visual access to the horrors of the
battlefield. Photography and the American Civil War features both
familiar and rarely seen images that include haunting battlefield
landscapes strewn with bodies, studio portraits of armed
Confederate and Union soldiers (sometimes in the same family)
preparing to meet their destiny, rare multi-panel panoramas of
Gettysburg and Richmond, languorous camp scenes showing exhausted
troops in repose, diagnostic medical studies of wounded soldiers
who survived the war's last bloody battles, and portraits of both
Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Published on
the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg
(1863), this beautifully produced book features Civil War
photographs by George Barnard, Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner,
Timothy O'Sullivan, and many others. Published by The Metropolitan
Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition
Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art(04/01/13-09/02/13) The
Gibbes Museum of Art (09/27/13-01/05/14) New Orleans Museum of Art
(01/31/14-05/04/14)
"The richness of David Drebin’s distinctive oeuvre defines him as
a master in his area." — CelebMix In Before They Were
Famous, multidisciplinary artist David Drebin gathers his best
shots of world-famous celebrities, before they hit the big time —
whether Charlize Theron before her Oscar win or Steve Jobs before
the first iPod. Limited to 1,200 copies, the book is a delightful
and fascinating collection of pre-digital era Polaroids, contact
sheets, and many of Drebin’s most famous images before they were
sold out — Central Park, Girl in the Red Dress, or I love you
with Girl. We see famous faces every day: campaign shoots,
promotional pictures, and paparazzi photos plaster the pages of
print and digital media. But how did these well known
personalities present in front of the camera before they made it
big, becoming the highly recognised celebrities of today? In
Before They Were Famous, David Drebin has rummaged through his
archive to curate some of his best pictures of today’s most
familiar faces. Whether Charlize Theron before her Oscar win, John
Legend before he stormed the charts, or Steve Jobs just before the
introduction of the legendary first iPod, David Drebin
photographed them all on their path to fame. With this
captivating line up, the New York City based multidisciplinary
artist not only offers an intimate and original look at now world
famous celebrities, but also shares his own career beginnings
presenting images before they were sold out. These limited edition
photographs were all created before Drebin, too, became famous,
providing a unique and rare document of his own creative journey.
Alongside the portraits, the book also shows original works, from
femmes fatales to landscapes, which would come to define his
practice and are today sold as limited edition photographs in the
finest galleries worldwide. Text in English and German.
On two cold grey days in 1966, LS Lowry was joined by a young
photographer on one of his first assignments for Nova Magazine.
Clive Arrowsmith had been commissioned to photograph Lowry at home.
Perhaps it was Arrowsmith's youthful exuberance that resulted in
him taking as many photographs as possible, so that by the end of
the two days the range of images was considerable. Views of Lowry
inside and outside his home in Mottram-in-Longdendale - described
as "going dilapidated at the corners" by Barrie Sturt-Penrose,
Nova's art critic - were joined by others taken on the streets of
Salford. When the shoot was finished, Nova chose the pictures they
wanted and, due to Arrowsmith's subsequent career in fashion
photography, the others were forgotten. In 2016, their chance
discovery in Arrowsmith's attic revealed a treasure trove of unseen
pictures, which gives us a fascinating insight into the life of one
of Britain's best-known artists.
In ancient times, older women were the keepers of primal mysteries and were revered for their special wisdom. For this very special book, Joyce Tenneson traveled throughout America to photograph and interview women ages 65 to l00. What she found was a revelationwomen who were vital, energetic, and deeply beautiful, inside and out. The 80 portraits are of women from all walks of life from the famous, such as Sandra Day O'Connor, Julie Harris, and Angela Lansbury, to the ordinary, such as our mothers and grandmothers. Tenneson's compelling and compassionate portraits, accompanied by short poignant statements from these remarkable women about the experience of aging, will help to reawaken us to the power and wisdom of our elders.
Between 1847 and 1935 the Maya on the Yucatan peninsula rebelled
against their oppression and were eventually defeated by Mexican
troops. The Canadian photographer Serge Barbeau has visited the
descendants of those Maya rebels. This volume reproduces in
oversize format his expressive portraits documenting their desire
for independence. Serge Barbeau, who has lived in Mexico for many
years, visited the descendants of those militant Maya. They
continue to experience the consequences of the dispute to this day
and lead a life full of economic, social and cultural
disadvantages. The full-page portrait photos are full of detail and
show in a moving way the traces of life which have become engraved
in the faces of the portrait subjects, the oldest of whom was 107
years old. Their tales remind us of the exploitation, forced labour
and the confiscation of land at the time and document the desire
for independence which remains unbroken to this day. They also tell
of their deep roots in their faith, which unites the Maya heritage
and the Christian religion. An impressive act of homage to the Maya
of Yucatan.
This title includes helpful, step-by step photo ideas & tips
and an engaging voice that will inspire new parents and
grandparents. In this beautiful book, acclaimed photographer Me Ra
Koh shows new parents how to capture the story of their baby's
first year with 40 easy 'photo recipes' anyone can do, with any
camera. The first year of a baby's life is full of precious,
fleeting moments and heart-tugging change. In this book, new
parents and grandparents are inspired with easy, step-by-step photo
ideas for capturing developmental milestones and special moments,
from tiny yawns to first smiles, learning to sit up and much more.
Unlike most books on photographing children, which are written by
photographers for photographers, ours is written by a mother in a
friendly, nontechnical voice. With helpful tips and an engaging
parent-to-parent voice, Me Ra shows how easy taking great photos
can be.
Only Us is a comprehensive, photographic portrait of humanity; a
tapestry of mankind. As a species we are incredibly diverse, yet
remarkably similar in so many ways. Our ability to adapt is
unrivalled; from the four corners of the planet there are few
places we have not succeeded in inhabiting. Only Us is a unique
look at what essentially makes us human. Intended to expand the
appreciation of its audience, drawing upon parallels we all have,
transporting the viewer from their living room to far flung lands
full of colour, inspiration and natural beauty.
In northwest Russia, in a small village called Alekhovshchina,
Nadia Sablin's aunts spend the warmer months together in the family
home and live as the family has always lived-chopping wood to heat
the house, bringing water from the well, planting potatoes, and
making their own clothes. Sablin's lyrical and evocative
photographs, taken over seven summers, capture the small details
and daily rituals of her aunts' surprisingly colorful and dreamlike
days, taking us not only to another country but to another time.
Alevtina and Ludmila, now in their seventies, seem both old and
young, as if time itself was as seamless and cyclical as their
routines-working on puzzles, sewing curtains, tatting lace, picking
berries, repairing fences-and as full of the same subtle mysteries.
Sablin collaborated with her aunts to recreate scenes she
remembered from her childhood and to make new images of the
patterns of their days. In these photographs, Sablin combines
observation and invention, biography and autobiography, to tell the
stories of her aunts' life together, and in the process, quilts
together a thoughtful meditation on memory, aging, and belonging.
Candid and personal, dazzling with color and immediacy, this first
and only monograph of a rising star of the photography scene
features work from major labels and magazines, outtakes from
shoots, and newly commissioned texts by Edward Enninful and Ekow
Eshun on the importance of authentic diversity behind and in front
of the camera. From major portraits of the likes of Kendall Jenner,
FKA Twigs, and Tyler, the Creator to cover shoots for leading
magazines such as Time, Rolling Stone, and Garage, Campbell Addy
has quickly become one of the most in-demand photographers of his
generation. The book opens with a foreword by British Vogue's
editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, discussing the powerful
intersection of photography, race, beauty, and representation. This
is followed by a broad selection of Addy's striking photographs,
which range from prominent fashion and magazine commissions to
candid portraiture. Featuring recognizable cover shots alongside
unpublished outtakes and unseen photography, viewers are afforded
insight into Addy's creative process on set. Quotes from leading
Black figures including Naomi Campbell and Nadine Ijewere are woven
between Addy's striking imagery, in which these trailblazing Black
creatives reflect on the first time they felt seen in their
industry. The book closes with a deeper exploration of Addy's more
personal imagery and influences, paying tribute to the heritage of
Black photographers through the work of Ajamu and James Barnor. In
conversation with curator and writer Ekow Eshun, Addy balances his
own experiences as a queer, Black photographer who left his
Jehovah's Witness family home at sixteen with broader questions of
identity, intimacy, and art which face many creatives today.
Charged with energy, compassion and authenticity, this inaugural
monograph signals a major talent whose influence and stature will
only grow with time.
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William Coupon; Foreword by Walter Isaacson; Text written by Anthony Bannon
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This long overdue monograph presents a panorama of portraits from
the photographer William Coupon. Coupon was given wide access to
artists, musicians, politicians, authors, and the world's
indigenous people on assignment from major publications like Time ,
Rolling Stone , The New York Times , Esquire , and The Washington
Post . He photographed his subjects against a mottled backdrop of
hand-painted Belgian linen, often in a classically lit medium shot
format, inspired by Dutch masters such as Rembrandt and Holbein.
Coupon has remained true to this method, whether working in the
Oval Office in Washington D. C. or a tribal hut amongst the Pygmy
in the Central African Republic, or the Caraja in the Brazilian
Amazon. Environmental images compliment the more formal portraits.
Portraits includes iconic images of Mick Jagger, Miles Davis, Elie
Wiesel, David Byrne, Presidents Nixon, Carter, Bush, Trump, George
Steinbrenner, Jean Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Prince Philip
among many others from Haiti, Panama, Holland, Northern
Scandinavia, Australia, Malaysia, Turkey, Italy, Peru, Mexico and
other places. Coupon has created a collection that documents his
times but also captured his generation in all its vibrancy. In his
work, he seeks to present a truly egalitarian portrait of humanity
integrating common people with the wealthy, powerful, and famous.
Real Pictures is the result of many decades of photographs
recording the day- to- day workings of a large family. As Chris
Wiley of the New Yorker says “there is a tenderness and a
sensitivity in these pictures of family that cannot be faked. Nolan
is not embedded with her subjects, she is entwined. As such, the
pictures not only show that she has an eye, but also a heart.”
A startlingly powerful collaboration reimagines female beauty What
is beauty without pain? Compromise is what our culture offers
women: cinching, pinching, cutting, shaving, scraping, starving,
and, of course, lifting and separating, all in service of one
sharply circumscribed model purported to be pleasing-but not to
most, if any, women. This extraordinary book reimagines beauty at
its most provocative and fetishized locus: the female breast.
Artist, writer, and scholar Joanna Frueh scrutinizes ideals of
beauty and sensuality, often motivated by her experiences with
breast cancer. Frances Murray, her friend and collaborator for more
than thirty years, documents Frueh's journey of unapologetic beauty
in a series of intimate, dazzlingly original photographs before and
after her bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy. Reflecting with
insight, directness, and humor-and with contributions from a breast
surgeon, an oncologist, and artists and scholars who have had
breast cancer-Frueh arrives at a new, liberating view of beauty and
of the sensual pleasure found in transformative self-acceptance.
Central to this reckoning is her documentation and critique of the
notion of hyperbeauty (the flash of flesh appeal, hyperthin,
hyperfeminine, hyperbosomy, hypersexy, and hyperyoung sold at the
global 24/7 beauty bazaar) and her playful, inventive presentation
of tools for remaking minds and hearts disfigured by self-denying
ideals. In its bracing critique, passionate argument, and
compelling narrative-all illustrative of its own unapologetic
beauty-this collaboration is a performance of startling power,
stirring to consider and a pleasure to behold.
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