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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs
Abandoned Melbourne presents a collection of photographs of the
perennially awarded world's most liveable city rendered empty,
abandoned and in Covid lockdown during 2020. Abandoned Melbourne
depicts Melbourne vacant, with the CBD's places and spaces,
customarily buzzing, rendered motionless and without life.
Landscape photographer Gavin John, a long-term resident of
Melbourne, turned his camera and his focus onto vistas of a
different nature and reveals downtown Melbourne as it has never
been witnessed before.
Abandoned buildings are a viewfinder into our heritage and often
offer a story to tell us, but not everyone will be lucky enough to
hear these stories before these buildings are gone forever. It was
this line of thinking that grew the author's passion for
discovering and exploring abandoned buildings, heritage sites and
locations not normally seen by the public eye. With camera in my
hand, he set out to find, visit, photograph and document as many of
these locations as he could before their stories are lost forever.
With over 140 eye-catching images from abandoned places such as
eerie old factories, crumbling asylums, untouched country theatres,
forgotten homes, all mixed with a small insight into their history,
Abandoned Brisbane is a showcase of just some of the amazing
locations within a few hours' drive of Brisbane.
Ons praat Afrikaans – diverse mense – een taal is meer as net nog
’n fotoboek: dit is die eindproduk van ’n projek wat sy ontstaan
gevind het in een individu se liefde vir die Afrikaanse kultuur en
taal, Douw Greeff. Die projek is geloods in 2016 toe fotograwe
(amateur en ook professioneel) genader is om werke in te skryf wat
hulle voel die Afrikaanse kultuur en taal raakvat. Verskeie
inskrywings is ontvang en die top foto’s het deurgegaan na ’n
beoordelings-rondte, waar ’n paneel die beste foto’s gekies het om
in hierdie pragpublikasie te pronk.
In this beautifully photographed book, the author has captured
abandoned places in emotive form: places as dark as time; history
forgotten in the folds of the subconscious mind; beauty in decay, a
presentation of life open to our personal interpretations.
Atmospheric scenes unfold before the light of torches, with glass
crunching underfoot, complementing the unremitting sound of
dripping water. Creative wall art decorations attract attention,
bordering the natural and unnatural worlds with a broad range of
colours and exuding micro-organisms with compelling effects. The
author describes urbexing - the pursuit of images of the abandoned
and ruined - as a drug, a way of life as powerful as a state of
mind. This is her world - this is Perth.
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Glen Allen
(Hardcover)
Cary Holladay
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This beautifully presented coffee table book includes a 50,000 word
narrative by Mike Scott telling the full story of the Waterboys
seven-piece band and the making of their album Room To Roam.
Covering an 18-month period between Spring 1989 to Summer 1990, The
Magnificent Seven includes a vast collection of previously unseen
photos of the band on the road, recording at Spiddal House in the
West of Ireland, as well as maps, lyrics, manuscripts, and other
archival memorabilia.
Illustrated throughout with 200 outstanding colour photographs,
Endangered Animals presents an in-depth look at around 100 species
of animal from around the world, all of which are currently
endangered or threatened according to the annual list drawn up by
the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The selection spans a broad
spectrum of wildlife, from large, charismatic mammals such as the
Bengal tiger to lesser-known species such as New Zealand's kakapo,
the world's only flightless parrot, which was once presumed to be
extinct. Each continent is covered, with examples carefully drawn
from every habitat - from the mysterious aye-aye of Madagascar's
shrinking rainforest, to the shy spectacled bear of the high Andes.
Arranged geographically, each photographic entry is supported by a
fascinating caption, which explains the animal's current plight and
whether it is critically endangered or classified as vulnerable.
From the Ethiopian wolf to the Bengal tiger to monk seal and
dugong, Endangered Animals is a fascinating introduction to some of
the most threatened species on the planet.
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Walk With Me
(Hardcover)
Kev Howlett; Photographs by Kev Howlett
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Whitesbog
(Hardcover)
Sarah E Augustine, Kiyomi E Locker, Dennis McDonald
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