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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs
In this album, Mick Webber gathers some beautifully evocative
photographs showing buses, trams and trolleybuses of London
Transport at work during the period from 1933, when the
organisation was formed, until 1969. In doing so he shows changes
not only to transport in the capital but to London itself. Whilst
primarily a black and white album, there is also a 1950s colour
section. Much of the period covered by this book is looked back
with nostalgia as a golden age for transport interest, but the
times were often far from golden to live in. As the 1930s
progressed the threat of war increased, only to become reality at
the end of that period. With Britain at war in the first half of
the 1940s and struggling to recover in the second half, that decade
was difficult to live through for most Londoners. Poverty and
slum-dwelling was widespread and it was only in the 1960s that the
country fully recovered from the damage suffered by war. This was a
period of mass rebuilding - often in a style not appreciated today
- and parts of London were to change their appearance dramatically
from then on. Many of the places shown in this album are still very
recognisable today but others have changed completely.
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Scarti
(Hardcover, First)
Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin, Gigi Giannuzzi
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R1,038
Discovery Miles 10 380
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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"This collection of 28 oversize photographs transforms ordinary
advertising posters into richly layered tapestries." - The New York
Times The Billboard Papers is the fourth book of photography by
award-winning screen and stage actor Joel Grey. Twenty-eight
full-color photographs of various torn and decaying billboards from
the streets of New York resemble paper collages, revealing the
strange and unexpected layers of billboards past. Grey's striking
photographs are of tapestries of embedded memories - constantly
fleeting and subject to change, or demolition, or renewal. This
unique collection, designed by Sam Shahid, features an introduction
by Grey and a preface by American artist Ross Bleckner; it is
published in a limited edition of 600 numbered copies.
Autobiographical memory and photography have been inextricably
linked since the first photographs appeared during the 19th
century. These links have often been described from each other's
discipline in ways that often have led to misunderstandings about
the complex relationships between them. The Handbook of Research on
the Relationship Between Autobiographical Memory and Photography
covers many aspects of the multiple relationships between
autobiographical memory and photography such as the idea that
memory and photography can be seen as forms of mental time and the
effect photography has on autobiographical memory. Covering key
topics such as identity, trauma, and remembrance, this major
reference work is ideal for industry professionals, sociologists,
psychologists, artists, researchers, scholars, academicians,
practitioners, educators, and students.
The Marina Bay Sand, the Changi Jewel and the fast-paced, high-rise
city are what immediately comes to one's mind about Singapore. This
is 'The Weekender's' first flight into the Asia Pacific region and
this issue will present Singapore in a different and more laid-back
perspective than you might be used to. However, it will still
showcase the iconic architecture and landmarks that juxtapose with
a melting pot of diverse heritages/cultures and remnants of the
city-state's colonial past. And at the same, this issue explores
the blurred boundaries between the old and the new, the hardscapes
and the softscapes. From starting the weekend with breakfast at a
local enclave, rich in history and culture, to wandering the
grounds of the UNESCO Heritage listed Botanical Gardens and then
ending the day sipping a cocktail along Keong Siak Road, a trendy
neighbourhood littered with eateries and bars, Matthew aspires for
the book to bring about a more local and intimate experience of
what the city-state has to offer for a weekend getaway or a
pit-stop to explore the rest of region. Whilst the flow of the book
will incorporate the weekend trajectory, the mixture of content
will mean that a reader is both influenced by Matthew's imagery of
the city, without explicitly having to follow a specific route but
allow them to adventure at will.
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