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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs
Botswana's rapid transition between 1965 and 2016 from one of the
poorest countries in the world to one rated as middle income has
been extraordinary. Fifty years of change has seen the widespread
disappearance of coal-fired locomotives and popularly used
passenger trains, and ox drawn wagons. Blacksmiths, paraffin lamps,
rondavels and thatched buildings, lime, women carrying buckets of
water, metal water tanks have gone. The list goes on: the
displacement of the round by the rectangular, migrant labour, hand
cranked telephones and party lines, older men in army great coats,
school children with bare feet, guttering and down pipes,
granaries, the decoration of the lelapa, indigenous foodstuffs, the
sub-language fanagalo, the crafts made for domestic needs. Yet
more: changes in clothing, housing, property and vehicle ownership,
means of entertainment, untarred main roads, do it yourself housing
and in many places, general stores. The majority of the photos
selected are of people. This is deliberate. It means that this book
has no photographs that are routinely included in other books - the
country's marvellous wilderness and wildlife, the Okavango and the
Kgalagadi, the sand dunes and places of great natural beauty.
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Ripon
(Hardcover)
John P. Mangelos
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R706
Discovery Miles 7 060
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Tails of Tasmania
(Hardcover)
Caitlin J. Mccoll; Photographs by Caitlin J. Mccoll; Designed by Caitlin J. Mccoll
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R1,314
Discovery Miles 13 140
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Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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Travelling from the edge of our Solar System, through the Milky Way
and to the outer edges of the observable universe, Deep Space is a
spectacular photographic guide to galaxies, nebulae, supernova,
clusters, black holes and quasars. Learn about the birth of stars
in our own galaxy, planets beyond our own solar system, when they
were first discovered and how we have managed to photograph these
places. Ranging from the Magellanic Clouds within the Milky Way to
stellar life cycles, from other spiral galaxies such as the
Andromeda Galaxy, to the Sombrero Galaxy, and from nebulae such as
the Pillars of Creation to black and white dwarfs, this is
accessibly written for the general reader to grasp the science and
magnitude of deep space. Featuring 200 outstanding colour
photographs and expert captions, Deep Space is most certainly out
of this world.
This truly global and visually stunning compendium showcases
some of the most breath-taking pieces of street art and graffiti
from around the world. Since its genesis on the East Coast of the
United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to nearly
every corner of the globe, morphing into highly ornate and vibrant
new styles. This unique atlas is the first truly geographical
survey of urban art, revised and updated in 2023 to include new
voices, increased female representation and cities emerging as
street art hubs. Featuring specially commissioned works from major
graffiti and street art practitioners, it offers you an insider’s
view of the urban landscape as the artists themselves experience
it. Organized geographically, by continent and by city – from New
York, Los Angeles and Montreal in North America, through Mexico
City and Buenos Aires in Latin America, to London, Berlin and
Madrid in Europe, Sydney and Auckland in the Pacific, as well as
brand new chapters covering Africa and Asia – it profiles more
than 100 of today’s most important artists and features over 700
astonishing artworks. This beautifully illustrated book, produced
with the help of many of the artists it features, dispels the idea
of such art as a thoughtless defacement of pristine surfaces, and
instead celebrates it as a contemporary and highly creative
inscription upon the skin of the built environment.
The Siege of Sarajevo remains the longest siege in modern European
history, lasting three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad
and over a year longer than the Siege of Leningrad. Reporting the
Siege of Sarajevo provides the first detailed account of the
reporting of this siege and the role that journalists played in
highlighting both military and non-military aspects of it. The book
draws on detailed primary and secondary material in English and
Bosnian, as well as extensive interviews with international
correspondents who covered events in Sarajevo from within siege
lines. It also includes hitherto unpublished images taken by the
co-author and award-winning photojournalist, Paul Lowe. Together
Morrison and Lowe document a relatively short but crucial period in
both the history of Bosnia & Herzegovina, the city of Sarajevo
and the profession of journalism. The book provides crucial
observations and insights into an under-researched aspect of a
critical period in Europe's recent history.
The Forth Rail Bridge is one of the world's great engineering
feats, and one of its most well-known. When it opened in 1890, the
cantilevered bridge had one of the world's longest spans, at 541
metres. Its distinctive and innovative design marks it as an
important milestone in bridge construction during the period when
railways came to dominate long-distance land travel. Spanning the
estuary of one of the country's great rivers, the Forth Bridge
revolutionised travel within Scotland, and it continues to carry
and freight more than 130 years after its official opening. This
view of the Forth Rail Bridge features the Gresley A4 Class Pacific
Plover locomotive and was painted by Terence Cuneo (1907-1996) for
British Railways in 1952. Cuneo withstood gales of over 50 mph as
he sketched the scene from a girder above the track.
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