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This full colour book to the Historic Cotswolds takes you
alphabetically through the fascinating and mostly hidden side to
the Cotswolds. 100s of pen and ink line drawings by Peter Reardon
matching 100s colour photos of the same thing by his son Nicholas
Reardon, so one can see things such as a stone crocodile head, with
a spring gushing out of its mouth at Compton Abdale, as both a line
drawing and colour photograph. The book travels all over the
Cotswolds from its very own Stonehenge (Rollright Stones) in the
North of the Cotswolds, to a Sham Castle in the South, with lots of
strange or old odd things to see on the way, with this book you
will soon find the Cotswolds have something of interest for anyone.
These discussions between legendary painter, film-maker, and poet
Marcus Reichert and Edward Rozzo, professor of photographic
semantics and visual culture and renowned professional
photographer, are a revelation for their intimacy and honesty.
Reflecting on subjects as diverse as technique, eroticism,
spirituality, and the dictates of an increasingly powerful
bureaucracy of galleries and museums, Reichert and Rozzo come to
some startling and compelling conclusions. Generously illustrated
in colour with works by such visionary artists as Antonin Artaud,
Francis Bacon, Nan Goldin, and William Eggleston, ART & EGO is
essential reading for anyone drawn to confessional writing of a
disarming and amusing nature.
The career of a Fleet Street photographer can be made or stalled in
an instant...the millisecond it takes for the camera shutter to
capture an iconic image that speaks a thousand words or just yet
another frame destined to be discarded on the darkroom floor.
Stephen allows the photographs to speak for themselves but
brilliantly lets us in on some of the circumstances, opportunities
and fortune that framed the story behind the story. Charles Wilson
Editor of The Times 1985-1990 Stephen Markeson is, undoubtedly, one
of the legendary photojournalists of the golden era of Fleet Street
and his lens a witness to the making of history. Ron Morgans
Picture editor Daily Express 1967-73, Today 1985-93, Daily Mirror
1993-2000.
Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent
generation of photographers from across Africa, including both the
Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. It is both a summation of new
photographic practice from the last decade and an exploration of
how contemporary photographers from the continent are exploring
ideas of 'Africanness' to reveal Africa to be a psychological space
as much as a physical territory - a state of mind as much as a
geographical place. Dispensing with the western colonial view of
Africa in purely geographic or topographic terms, Ekow Eshun
presents Africa State of Mind in four thematic parts: Hybrid
Cities; Inner Landscapes; Zones of Freedom; and Myth and Memory.
Each theme, introduced by a text by Eshun, presents selections of
work by a new wave of African photographers who are looking both
outward and inward: capturing life among the sprawling cities and
multitudinous conurbations of the continent, turning the legacy of
the continent's history into the source of resonant new myths and
dreamscapes and exploring questions of gender, sexuality and
identity. Each of the photographers seeks to capture the experience
of what it means, and how it feels, to live in Africa today.
A book of evocative and atmospheric photographs taken by Dick
Hawkes to create a representative record of this precious and
ecologically unique habitat - before much of it is lost to the many
threats it faces. Chalk streams have been described as England's
"rainforest". Around 85% of the world's chalk streams are in
England. They are beautiful, biologically distinct and amazingly
rich in wildlife, but are under threat from man-made issues of
abstraction, pollution from chemicals and effluent, development for
housing, and climate change. Included in the book are images of
typical habitats and species of wildlife found in chalk streams and
water meadows, highlighting those that are rare or most under
threat.
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Franklin
(Paperback)
Joe Johnston
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R609
R552
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Students of the Civil War know Franklin, Tennessee, for the major
battle that happened here, but there is a lot more to the story. In
fact, Main Street in Franklin is a glimpse into 250 years of
history. Within a few blocks surrounding the public square, some of
the city's original buildings now house the newest and most popular
shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues in Middle Tennessee.
Franklin has been a center for agriculture and manufacturing. It is
a place where families can enjoy small-town life on the interstate.
It is home to a college. It has always been the seat of Williamson
County. Franklin's small businesses have a habit of sticking around
for decades, often passing through generations of the same family.
Franklin is as quaint and picturesque as it is exciting and
progressive, because it continues to attract the kind of people who
have always made it that way.
Eye-opening and candid, David Bailey's Look Again is a fantastically entertaining memoir by a true icon.
David Bailey burst onto the scene in 1960 with his revolutionary photographs for Vogue. Discarding the rigid rules of a previous generation of portrait and fashion photographers, he channelled the energy of London's newly informal street culture into his work. Funny, brutally honest and ferociously talented, he became as famous as his subjects.
Now in his eighties, he looks back on an outrageously eventful life. Born into an East End family, his dyslexia saw him written off as stupid at school. He hit a low point working as a debt collector until he discovered a passion for photography that would change everything. The working-class boy became an influential artist. Along the way he became friends with Mick Jagger, hung out with the Krays, got into bed with Andy Warhol and made the Queen laugh.
His love-life was never dull. He propelled girlfriend Jean Shrimpton to stardom, while her angry father threatened to shoot him. He married Catherine Deneuve a month after meeting her. Penelope Tree’s mother was unimpressed when he turned up on her doorstep. ‘It could be worse, I could be a Rolling Stone,’ Bailey told her. He went on to marry Marie Helvin and then Catherine Dyer, with whom he has three children.
He is also a film and documentary director, has shot numerous commercials and has never stopped working. A born storyteller, his autobiography is a memorable romp through an extraordinary career.
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Rihanna
(Hardcover)
Rihanna
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R4,123
R3,326
Discovery Miles 33 260
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Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography.
From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never before been published.
This large-format book is 504 pages with 1,050 color images on 3 paper stocks and 7 single- and double-page gatefolds, 9 bound-in booklets, 1 tip-in sheet, and a double-sided, removable poster.
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