Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisCarole A. Feuerman is celebrated as one of America's major hyper-realistic sculptors, alongside Duane Hanson and John De Andrea. Born 1945, she was educated in New York and Philadelphia and began as an illustrator before turning to sculpture in the 1970s, which soon earned her much recognition and early success. A pioneer of hyper-realism in sculpture, her work has been displayed in many group shows and solo exhibitions at private galleries and public museums, as well as at the major art fairs, in America, Europe, and Asia. Over five decades, Feuerman has created visual manifestations of stories telling of strength, survival, and balance. She works in marble, bronze, vinyl, painted resins, and stainless steel. Her work is marked by her thorough understanding of materials' characteristics and her ability to control them in the studio. Her subject matter is the human figure, most often a woman in an introspective moment of exuberant self-consciousness shaded by erotic lassitude. Feuerman's works represent a state of female mind rather that an alluring body meant to attract the male gaze. They suggest that women look at themselves differently from men looking at them, that a woman is more innately creative than a man. Many of Feuerman's figures have a fragmented quality, recalling those by Auguste Rodin, and the aesthetics of Surrealism. This is the most comprehensive survey of Feuerman's work in sculpture to date. Lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, it demonstrates the variety of materials and media she uses and highlights the specific qualities of her figures.

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Book SynopsisRevealing the best of Lonely Planet’s travel photography from across the globe, this pictorial does more than display beautiful photographs of classic scenes and locations. Our photographers – in their words – share the backstories of how they got the perfect shot, making this an inspirational and illuminating photography book for every kind of traveller.Featuring over 200 photographs from renowned photographers such as Philip Lee Harvey and Jonathan Gregson, discover the stories behind what makes a good photo and exactly how each photograph was taken. From off-the-map locations barely touched by tourism to iconic cityscapes and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, be transported on a photographic journey all around the world. From the Temples of Angkor to the enchanting Faroe Islands, no corner of the world will be left unturned.This must-have pictorial book is a celebration of classic travel photography and the stories behind the images; get inspired to escape.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world’s number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You’ll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, eBooks, and more.

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Book SynopsisMartina Mondadori is the founder and editor of limited-edition design magazine Cabana. She grew up in Milan, where her father was chairman of one of Italy's biggest publishing houses. After an early career in publishing and luxury branding, she launched Cabana in 2014 to great acclaim. She lives in Milan. Aerin Lauder is the style and image director for Estee Lauder Companies and founder of the global luxury lifestyle brand Aerin, which develops curated collections in the worlds of beauty, fashion accessories, and home decor.

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Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year.BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy.THE ARTIST. In a letter to his sister Wilhemina, Van Gogh wrote: 'Often it seems to me night is even more richly coloured than day.' In this night painting, the sky is Prussian blue, ultramarine and cobalt, with sparkling yellow gaslights and stars. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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Book SynopsisThe psychological impulse to discern faces in random patterns on inanimate objects is known as pareidolia. It has brought us the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich, the shroud of Turin, Elvis in a cup of coffee, the man in the moon, and Aunt Mary in a cloud formation. In this delightful and funny gift book, you can test your ability to find faces in all kinds of places, including building façades, electrical sockets, and fruit. Examples of pareidolia are all around us, and you will be amazed at what you will see!

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Book SynopsisThis first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734–1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769. He went on to become Marie-Antoinette’s favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality. Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener’s name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture. His pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide. Based on the extensive collections of Riesener furniture in the Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor and the Royal Collection, the authors examine the objects and their history, and highlight the changing tastes of the nineteenth-century collectors who acquired so many former French royal pieces. The new illustrations and visual glossary add another important resource for art historians, decorative arts enthusiasts and furniture lovers.Trade ReviewThe first serious Riesener monograph. -- Alexandre Pradère * The Art Newspaper *This authoritative tome is both an enjoyable read as well as a scholarly compilation of original research [...] it is extremely refreshing to be presented with such a clearly written and entirely unapologetic celebration of one of the creative geniuses of the French eighteenth century. This publication would do Watson, Bellaigue and Verlet proud. More, please. -- Wolf Burchard * The Furniture History Society *Table of ContentsThe Riesener, Oeben & Vandercruse families THE CABINETMAKER Jean-Henri Riesener: a portrait sketch Christian Baulez A German in Paris Laura Langelüddecke Jean-Henri Riesener and the business of furniture-making Carolyn Sargentson A question of language: the royal furniture administration’s accounts Lindsay Macnaughton ‘Executed in the taste of painting’: Riesener’s marquetry designs Mia Jackson Jean-Henri Riesener: the portraits Juliet Carey THE COLLECTORS From Versailles to Windsor Castle: George IV and Riesener Rufus Bird Alteration and appropriation: the 4th Marquess of Hertford and the taste for Riesener Helen Jacobsen Riesener and the Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor Ulrich Leben Buying from Britain: the development of a new market Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide THE FURNITURE Works in the Wallace Collection, the Royal Collection & Waddesdon Manor THE MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES Materials and techniques Jürgen Huber Visual glossary Alexander Collins

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Book SynopsisPart of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps and two bookmarks. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example is Hokusai's The Great Wave. The most notable period in Hokusai’s artistic life was the latter part of his career, beginning in 1830 when he was 70 years old. He began the series of landscapes he is most famous for: ‘Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’, which included The Great Wave, off Kanagawa, probably his most iconic image.

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Book SynopsisPrepare for the cutest world tour ever with this miniature, portable, and even cuter version of Kawaii Doodle Cuties! YouTube celebrity artist Pic Candle shows you how to draw kawaii characters from every stop on the map! The Japanese word kawaii translates to “cute,” and this how-to book is chock-full of super-adorable images from your favorite spots around the globe. With doodles of food, nature, animals, architecture, fashion, and more, you will learn to draw cute artwork from countries all over the world! Learn how to draw a darling Eiffel Tower, macaron, and beret from France. Or master how to draw precious natural wonders like Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and enchanting architecture like India’s Taj Mahal. Or sketch fashion fun like a K-pop skirt from South Korea and charming transportation like a tuk tuk from Vietnam. Mini Kawaii Doodle Cutiesfeatures over 100 lovable, huggable characters and includes simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions, search-and-find puzzle patterns that you can color, and inspiration pages. Thanks to this adorable crash course in doodling all things kawaii, you’ll soon be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and everything with unbelievably adorable illustrations! Learn how to draw even more cute things with these other fun books in the Kawaii Doodle series: Kawaii Doodle Class, Kawaii Doodle Cuties, Mini Kawaii Doodle Class, and Mini Kawaii Doodle Cuties.Table of ContentsKawaii Doodle Cuties - Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Nature & Natural Wonders Maple Leaf (Canada) The Alps (Switzerland) Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Orchid (Singapore) Tulip (Holland) Lily (Kazakhstan) Great Barrier Reef (Australia) Bamboo (China) Cherry Blossom Tree (Japan) Volcano (Costa Rica) Galapagos Island (Ecuador) Shamrock (Ireland) Sunflower (Ukraine) Chapter 2 - Food & Drink Pretzel (Germany) Waffle (Belgium) Yogurt (Greece) Tamales (Mexico) Crepes (France) Macaron (France) Pizza (Italy) Steamed Buns (China) Ramen (Japan) Halo-Halo (Phillippines) Satay (Indonesia) Pho (Vietnam) Kiwifruit (New Zealand) Meatballs (Sweden) Chocolates (Switzerland) Chapter 3 – Architecture & Monuments Statue of Liberty (USA) Neuschwanstein Castle or Brandenburg Gate (Germany) Parthenon (Greece) Belfry Tower (Belgium) Telephone Box (England) Eiffel Tower (France) Louvre (France) Taj Mahal (India) Merlion (Singapore) Rondovel (South Africa) Thatched Cottage (UK) Yurt (Central Asia) Stilt House (Bangladesh) Tiny Colorful Homes (Haiti) Sydney Opera House (Australia) Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) Macchu PIccu (Peru) Easter Island (Chile) Tikal (Guatamala) Chapter 4 - Animals & Birds Flamingo (Cuba) Three-toed Sloth (Brazil) Toucan (Brazil) Puffin (Iceland) Giant Panda (China) Camel (Africa) Penguin or Seal (Antarctica) Sheep (New Zealand) Reindeer (Finland) Mountain Gorilla or Zebra (Africa) Hummingbird (Ecuador) Koala (Australia) Bearded Tamarin Monkeys (Peru) Chapter 5 - Transportation Vintage Car (Cuba) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/361390 Double Decker Red Bus (England) Wings of Tatev (Turkey) Longtail Boat (Thailand) Gondola (Italy) Toboggan (Portugal) Habal Habal (Phillippines) Tuk-Tuk (Thailand) Felucca (Egypt) Hot Air Balloon (New Mexico, US) Cyclo (Vietnam) Tanga (Pakistan) Totoro Boat (Bolivia) Chapter 6 – Fashion Fur Hat (Russia) https://www.furhatworld.com/raccoon-full-fur-russian-hat-p-251.html Sombrero (Mexico) Flamenco (Spain) KPop Skirt (South Korea) Kimono (Japan) Tracht (Austria) Conical Hat (Vietnam) Cowboy Hat (USA) Beret (France) Sari (South Asia) Clogs (Netherlands) Fez (Morocco) Poncho (South America) Chapter 7 – Everyday Cute Windmill (Netherlands) Lego Bricks (Denmark) Matryoshka Doll (Russia) Floating Lantern (China) Arabian Coffee Pot (Saudia Arabia) Bagpipes or tartan plaid (Scotland) Yin Yang (China) Chopsticks (China) Hockey (Canada) Swiss Army Knife (Switzerland) Yoga (India)

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Book SynopsisAn indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. How to Read Buddhist Art introduces this complex visual tradition to a general audience by examining sixty seminal works. Beginning with the origins of representations of the Buddha in India, and moving on to address the development of Buddhist art as the religion spread across Asia, this book conveys how Buddhist philosophy affected artistic works and practice across cultural boundaries. Reliquaries, sculptures, and paintings produced in China, the Himalayas, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia provide insight into the rich iconography of Buddhism, the technical virtuosity of their makers, and the social and political climate in which they were created. Beautiful photographs of the artworks, maps, and a glossary of the major Buddhist deities offer an engaging and informative setting in which readers—regardless of their familiarity with Buddhism—can better understand the art related to the religion’s practices and representations.Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

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Book SynopsisAn easy-to-follow, step-by-step manga drawing instruction book from fan favourite manga artist and painter Camilla d'Errico, which features 32 lessons on illustrating cute, cool and quirky characters in the Pop Surrealist style with pencils.

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Book SynopsisA new poster book featuring art from one of the greatest games of all time.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and filmmaker Blain Brown.This 4th edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to include detailed information on the latest lighting and camera equipment, as well as expanded and updated discussion on the following areas: shooting on a budget, color spaces with emphasis on the new UHD standards, the decision-making process in choosing what lights and equipment to use, considerations concerning power issues, safety and what electrical supply is needed for various types of lights, an examination of the cinematographerâs role in preproduction, and much more. Topics Include:â Visual storytellingâ Continuity and coverageâ Cameras and digital sensorsâ The tools and basics of film lightingâ Methods of shooting a sceneâ Continuity and coverageâ Exposureâ Colorâ Understanding digital imagesâ Using linear, gamma, and log videoâ Image control and grading on the setâ Data management and the DITâ Optics and focusâ Camera movementâ Set operationsâ Green screen, high speed, and other topics.Whether you are a student of filmmaking, someone just breaking into the business, working in the field and looking to move up the ladder, or an experienced filmmaker updating your knowledge of tools and techniques, this book provides both the artistic background of visual language and also the craft of shooting for continuity, lighting tools and methods, and the technical side of capturing images on digital or on film.The companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/brown) features additional material, including lighting demonstrations, basic methods of lighting, methods of shooting a scene, using diffusion, and other topics.Trade Review'It’s been a painful transition from film to digital for many cinematographers. Brown takes the mystery out of it and presents the technical aspects of this change seamlessly. It is, after all, about art!'Judy Irola, ASC, Conrad Hall Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing, USC School of Cinematic Arts'As a practicing cinematographer who also teaches, I consider The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging essential reading for my students. Blain Brown demystifies the technical processes of digital cinematography from the most basic to the more complex. Given the recent rapid development in this field, working professionals too will find this is a must-have guide. I’m one of them.Anthony Jannelli, Head of Graduate Cinematography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University‘Just when you think a textbook can’t get any better, Brown comes up with this. Explanatory diagrams and illustrations from films give insight into the thought process and methods of the cinematographer. Brown illuminates both the large gestures and the finer points of the art and craft of cinematography.’James Henderson, Filmmaker/photographer/educator‘This is a welcome updated version of Cinematography: Theory and Practice, which keeps the traditional approaches to camerawork, and includes additional chapters on technological developments, such as Cameras, Image Control including a section on LUTs, and DIT & Workflow. This is an essential book for teaching camera techniques to students in the changing world of cinematography technologies.’Jeremy Bubb, Chair of NAHEMI. Filmmaker, and Academic.'It’s been a painful transition from film to digital for many cinematographers. Brown takes the mystery out of it and presents the technical aspects of this change seamlessly. It is, after all, about art!'Judy Irola, ASC, Conrad Hall Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing, USC School of Cinematic Arts'As a practicing cinematographer who also teaches, I consider The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging essential reading for my students. Blain Brown demystifies the technical processes of digital cinematography from the most basic to the more complex. Given the recent rapid development in this field, working professionals too will find this is a must-have guide. I’m one of them.Anthony Jannelli, Head of Graduate Cinematography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University‘Just when you think a textbook can’t get any better, Brown comes up with this. Explanatory diagrams and illustrations from films give insight into the thought process and methods of the cinematographer. Brown illuminates both the large gestures and the finer points of the art and craft of cinematography.’James Henderson, Filmmaker/photographer/educator‘This is a welcome updated version of Cinematography: Theory and Practice, which keeps the traditional approaches to camerawork, and includes additional chapters on technological developments, such as Cameras, Image Control including a section on LUTs, and DIT & Workflow. This is an essential book for teaching camera techniques to students in the changing world of cinematography technologies.’Jeremy Bubb, Chair of NAHEMI; Filmmaker, and AcademicTable of Contents'It’s been a painful transition from film to digital for many cinematographers. Brown takes the mystery out of it and presents the technical aspects of this change seamlessly. It is, after all, about art!'Judy Irola, ASC, Conrad Hall Chair in Cinematography and Color Timing, USC School of Cinematic Arts'As a practicing cinematographer who also teaches, I consider The Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging essential reading for my students. Blain Brown demystifies the technical processes of digital cinematography from the most basic to the more complex. Given the recent rapid development in this field, working professionals too will find this is a must-have guide. I’m one of them.'Anthony Jannelli, Head of Graduate Cinematography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University‘Just when you think a textbook can’t get any better, Brown comes up with this. Explanatory diagrams and illustrations from films give insight into the thought process and methods of the cinematographer. Brown illuminates both the large gestures and the finer points of the art and craft of cinematography.’James Henderson, Filmmaker/photographer/educator‘This is a welcome updated version of Cinematography: Theory and Practice, which keeps the traditional approaches to camerawork, and includes additional chapters on technological developments, such as Cameras and Image Control including a section on LUTs, and DIT & Workflow. This is an essential book for teaching camera techniques to students in the changing world of cinematography technologies.’Jeremy Bubb, Chair of NAHEMI; Filmmaker, and Academic

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Fast Track to Super Snaps 5 Chapter 1: First Steps, First Shots 7 Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings 53 Part 2: Beyond the Basics 79 Chapter 3: Taking Charge of Exposure 81 Chapter 4: Controlling Focus and Depth of Field 137 Chapter 5: Mastering Color Controls 165 Chapter 6: Putting It All Together 187 Chapter 7: Recording Video 203 Part 3: After the Shot 231 Chapter 8: Playback Mode: Viewing Your Photos 233 Chapter 9: Working with Picture and Video Files 253 Part 4: The Part of Tens 275 Chapter 10: Ten More Customization Settings 277 Chapter 11: Ten Retouch Menu Tricks 287 Chapter 12: Ten Features to Try on a Slow Day 297 Appendix: Intro to Nikon SnapBridge 305 Glossary of Digital Photography Terms 321 Index 329

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Book SynopsisHow do you divide a line into three? Or five? Or seven? Is there a simple way to marry harmony and geometry? What is the secret diagram alluded to by writers of antiquity? In this groundbreaking book, philosopher Adam Tetlow reveals the long lost Helicon, the master diagram of the ancient arts and crafts.Watch in astonishment as this magical geometric figure produces simple fractions, musical harmonies, Pythagorean triangles, perspective and more. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

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Book SynopsisGreat Houses of London tells the stories of some of the grandest and most fascinating houses in this historic city, from their famous owners and occupants to their renovations and the many riches held within each. Trade Review"This is a truly magnificent book. The wonderful text tells the story of the architects, owners and occupants, restoration, adaptation and change. And the photographs are exceptional." - Good Book Guide "A treasure ... Best of all are the authors personal asides on builders and those who inspired them" - Economist "Stourton writes elegantly and absorbingly about both architects and owners" - Marcus Binney, The Times "The deft weaving of architectural, social and contemporary history will reveal unexpected pleasures" - Art Quarterly "Writing in a deceptively simple style, Stourton concentrates on architects and artists, on awners and occupants. Idiosyncratic and amusing, he makes you see everything in a new light." - The Tablet "This magnificent book, with illustrations of breathtaking beauty specially taken by Fritz von der Schulenburg, is the fullest account ever written of its absorbing subject. It will come as a revelation, even to those who think they are familiar with London . . . The book is . . . not only about architecture, but about people, whose social, artistic and political ambitions, and manner of living, are vividly brought to life . . . We are familiar with the depressing list of great houses demolished in the 20th century, from Devonshire House to Londonderry House, but this book can surely cheer us up during the recession with its visions of surviving splendour." - David Watkin, Country Life “This sumptuously illustrated volume...extends its reach both sociologically and chronologically... James Stourton's text is very readable, deftly mingling the architectural history and the social, and on the whole reliable, and it is completemented by Fritz von der Schulenburg's specially taken photographs.” - Historic House “This lavishly illustrated compendium suggest that the age of elegance endures.” - Mail on Sunday “The true fascination resides in the less well-known interiors” - RA Magazine "...thanks to sumptuous images captured by award-winning photographer Fritz von der Schulenburg along with Stourton’s vivid storytelling, readers of Great Houses of London get to be lookie-loos inside 41 of the city’s most dazzling dwellings, from elaborate baroque properties to futuristic visions in glass and steel.” * Frommers.com *Table of ContentsLambeth Palace; Ashburnham House; Marlborough House; 4 Cheyne Walk; 44 Berkeley Square; 1 Greek Street (House of St Barnabas); Wimborne House; 10 Downing Street ; 3 Grafton Street; Spencer House; 106 Piccadilly; 20 St James's Square; Home House; Mansion House; Dover House; Apsley House, No. 1 London; Stratford House; Soane Museum; Regent's Park houses; Seaford House; 4 Grosvenor Square (Italian Embassy); Lancaster House; Bridgewater House; Kensington Palace Gardens; Speaker's House; Leighton House; 18 Stafford Terrace; Astor House; 4 St James's Square; Tower House; Debenham House; Emery Walker's House; 46 Grosvenor Street; 54 Mount Street (Brazilian Embassy); 64 Old Church Street (Hamlyns); 2 Willow Road (Erno Goldfinger); St Leonard's Terrace (Richard Rogers); 6-9 Carlton House Terrace (Royal Society); Spitalfields; Malplaquet House

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Book SynopsisDelve into the world of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his Glasgow School of Art-trained contemporaries who forged a unique and distinct vision in both art and architecture at the end of the Victorian era. The Glasgow Style is the name given to the work of a group of young designers and architects working in Glasgow from 1890–1914. At its centre were four young friends who had trained at Glasgow School of Art; two architects and two artists – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Margaret Macdonald and Frances Macdonald – who were simply known by their friends and contemporaries as ‘The Four’. Their work was a personal vision in the new international style of the 1890s, Art Nouveau, and is perhaps best known for Mackintosh’s architecture and furniture. But at the root of this new style was a graphic language which all four shared.Charles Rennie MackintosTable of ContentsPreface 1 Beginnings 2 Art School 3 Ghouls and Gaspipes 4 Collaborations 5 Art and Craft 6 Recognition 7 Partnerships 8 Turin and Beyond 9 Hardships 10 Solace 11 France Epilogue Select Bibliography Abbreviations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisNow available in paperback, this definitive book explores the multidisciplinary career of one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century. Encompassing the entirety of Isamu Noguchi's work in sculpture, ceramics, photography, architecture, design, as well as the artist's playscapes, gardens and stage sets for modern dance and theatre performance, this survey explores Noguchi's creative process and lesser-known aspects of his practice, his engagement with a wide range of mediums and cultures, and his innovative achievements over six decades. Brimming with imagery and contributions from an international range of authors, this book helps readers grasp the diversity and patterns of Noguchi's work both in situ and in galleries. Archival photographs of the artist's studios offer glimpses into his experimental attitude towards sculpture. Themes of harmony and dissonance, which were central to his practice, are explored in a series of essays that consider the artist's dual heritage, the Japanese American experience, his worldwide travel and his many influences. It also pays tribute to Noguchi's fruitful collaborations with creatives from a range of industries, such as R. Buckminster Fuller, Martha Graham and Louis Kahn. Throughout the monograph Noguchi's own words provide a critical backdrop towards understanding an artist who embraced many schools of thought, and whose entire life and career set an example for partnership and cooperation across artistic, political and cultural boundaries.

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Book SynopsisFilled with expert advice and inspiring images, this informative guide by Grazia lifestyle editor Rachel Loos will give you the confidence to buy and display art, whatever your budget. Art brings colour, life and personality to a home, yet so many of us feel daunted by it. We may believe we can't afford to buy art, feel unconfident about our taste or be unsure of how best to arrange the pieces we own. This expert guide will help you to enjoy the process. In the first chapter, Rachel Loos asks: What Is Art? She explains the difference between prints, limited-edition prints and original works, which include vintage paintings and fine-art photographs. Rachel then explores How to Start a Collection, including tips on matching art to the mood of a room and buying on a budget. How to Frame Your Art and How to Hang Your Art cover everything you need to know about putting art on your walls, even in unlikely spaces. Finally, in Art Is Not Just Paintings, Rachel considers how to display objects that you may not think of as art, such as decorative plates, hats or finds from nature. In each chapter, experts and art lovers open the doors to their own homes and offer insights gleaned from years of collecting, combining and curating works of art.Trade ReviewYou'll be choosing art like a pro in no time! - Homes & Antiques

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Book SynopsisShrink-wrapped set of 3 standard A5 notebooks, each with a different design. Stitched spine, with ruled and blank pages. High-quality production makes a stunning gift. Ideal for personal use too.A collection of three A5, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each notebook has a different beautiful design from Angela Harding. With a sturdy cover and rounded corners, they are perfect to be carried everywhere!Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator based in Rutland, UK. She specialises in lino prints and her work is inspired by British birds and countryside. ls in 1935 and her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations.Flame Tree: The Art of Fine Gifts.

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Book SynopsisJoel Denot (b.1961) is a French photographer. His images are centred on the essential elements of photography: light, colour and shape. They are neither figurative nor abstract, with coloured surfaces floating in a void, framing each other and projecting shadows of overlapping colours: orange then pale pink then blue then bright pink; red then green then pink then grey-blue. Produced entirely during the shoot, they are a purely photographic gesture, created without laboratory work. This is the first monograph on his career. Text in English and French.

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Book SynopsisThe debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, today's interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for the successful development of the next generation of designers. Forty-five step-by-step exercises take the student from the simple three-dimensional forms of furniture, to interiors, to complex building exteriors and cityscapes. Technical topics covered include tools, line weights, perspective, proportion, composition, shading, serial views and context. Exercises are illustrated with beautiful sketches specially created by the author.Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design is an indispensable and practical guide for students wishing to master the art of looking and sketching.

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Book SynopsisStunningly illustrated by David Squires (as featured in the Guardian), The Illustrated History of Football is a wry look at the highs and lows of the beautiful game. Laugh-out- loud and occasionally moving, it's the perfect gift for anyone who loves football.'Squires is the master of the football comic strip and this collection is recommended reading for enlightened football fans everywhere' -- Late Tackle'No one captures the absurdities and ugliness of football better than him ... hilarious' -- Coach Magazine'[Illustrated History of Football] is the funniest football tome since Viz's Billy the Fish Football Yearbook, published 26 years earlier' -- Esquire'Simply brilliant - my favourite football book' -- ***** Reader review'Completely amazing cartoons with beautiful insight as to the how, why, when & wow' -- ***** Reader review'Simply wonderful' -- ***** Reader review'One of the funniest books I've read in a very long time. A must for anyone who loves football' -- ***** Reader review*********************************************************************************************Football and comics. Once a hearty Saturday combination to match cartoons and cereal, in recent years they've drifted apart. Thankfully for us, illustrator Squires is here to change all that.In The Illustrated History of Football, his first book, Squires relives some of football's most glorious moments and meets its greatest figures. In a sport full of handsome paycheques and corporate sponsors, he also casts a critical eye over corrupt backroom workings and helps pierce football's overblown balloon.Funny, good-looking and preternaturally astute, this book is everything Sepp Blatter wishes he could be.More than the archetypal loo book, this is a satirical look at the highs and lows of football and the perfect gift for all fans...Trade ReviewA ruddy good artist * The Telegraph *Squires exhibits his personal knowledge of the game in a way that is thoughtful and, as with all comic satirists, really very funny . . . On the face of it this may look like a perfect lavatory book for dad for Christmas. But it is a lot more than that and well worth the read. * Daily Express *David is unparalleled in his ability to highlight how ridiculous modern football can often be with his unique brand of caustic satire. -- Mike Hytner * The Guardian *You will really want to buy it * Football365 *Squires is the master of the football comic strip and this collection is recommended reading for enlightened football fans everywhere. * Late Tackle *Brilliant * The Set Pieces *If you’re not familiar with the work of David Squires, then you really have been deprived up to now * The Final Third *No one captures the absurdities and ugliness of football better than him … hilarious * Coach Magazine *A bloody funny read * Adam Peacock, Fox Sports *Squires’ opening lines sets the tone for a lively, tongue-in-cheek history of the beautiful game, accompanied by some excellent illustrations. * Dorset Echo *This is an absolute landmark of football literature – worthy of the same status as Football Grounds of Europe , Inverting the Pyramid and All Played Out . This is not least because of the mind boggling amount of work involved – all the more prodigious given that Squires is a regular provider of comic strips for The Guardian . . . this is a genuinely funny book * The Two Unfortunates *[Illustrated History of Football] is the funniest football tome since Viz's Billy the Fish Football Yearbook, published 26 years earlier. * Esquire *

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Book SynopsisPhaidon's much-loved monograph on the legendary Italian designer and architect, Ettore Sottsass The re-release of this highly acclaimed title demonstrates the continual fascination, from both fans and collectors, with the life and work of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. The designer's work is popular and influential in equal measure, from his designs for Olivetti (such as the striking, bright red, manual typewriter, the Valentine, with its ingenious carry-case) to the post-modern brilliance of the work of the Memphis Group, founded by Sottsass in Milan in 1980. Packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, the book explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his ceramics, sculpture, and graphics. Trade Review'I love everything about Sottsass's work - it's modern, optimistic, humorous, functional, and intelligent. The designs in this book make me feel proud to be Italian.' – Donatella Versace 'Here is a suitable memorial to an exceptional life: eclectic, serious, and detailed as well as delightful, surprising, and utterly inspiring. The production is faultless, and superlative pictures illustrate, both precisely and anecdotally, the vast range of Sottsass's work.' – Spectator 'Sottsass's work, as the book makes evident, is so vibrant and comprehensive that one feels caught in the spell of his creations.' – Surface 'Surveys the career of one of Italy's more distinguished 20th-century designers. But 'distinguished' hardly fits Sottsass's striking yet playful output.' – ELLE Decor 'A new edition of Phaidon's Ettore Sottsass, these sketches offer a fascinating peep inside the brain of a master... His illustrated autobiography makes for quite the exploration.' – Cool Hunting '...For the full, deeper story... Flip through Ettore Sottsass.' – Fast Company's Co.Design '[A] monumental 500-page doorstop of a book... This volume will more than help you appreciate the greatness of the man... [A] visual feast.' – MODERN '[C]hronicles the life work of the imitable 20th-century designer Ettore Sottsass... Readers can explore Sottsass's quirky, rebellious modern designs through this nearly 500 page, richly illustrated tome.' – The Culture Trip 'A new edition of the legendary Memphis designer's monograph.' – New York Magazine 'Now available in a new format, this book, packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his jewellery, sculpture, and graphics.' – Dwell 'A book any aesthete will covet.' – Domino

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Book Synopsis'Magnificent ... Dressed for War works on many levels: as an evocation of an uncommon time; as a celebration of an uncommon woman; as pure, unalloyed fun.' Lucy Davies, Daily TelegraphDressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of Vogue’s mothership in New York, and her often sticky relationship with its formidable editor, Edna Woolman Chase, became a strong dynamic in the Vogue story.   But Vogue had a good war, with great writers and to

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to designing services according to the needs of the customer or participants, this book addresses a new and emerging field of design and the disciplines that feed and result from it.Despite its intrinsic multidisciplinarity, service design is a new specialization of design in its own right. Responding to the challenges of and providing holisitic, creative and innovative solutions to increasingly complex contemporary societies, service design now represents an integrative and advanced culture of design. All over the world new design studios are defining their practice as service design while long established design and innovation consultancies are increasingly embracing service design as a key capacity within their offering. Divided into two parts to allow for specific reader requirements, Service Design starts by focusing on main service design concepts and critical aspects. Part II offers a methodological overview and practical tools for the servicTrade ReviewThe book covers a needed niche of bibliography in Service Design and it completely achieves the goal set ... We would recommend it to anyone curious to know more about the field, as an essential introductory book to Service Design or for educators teaching this crucial and exciting discipline. * The Design Journal *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1: INTRODUCTION TO SERVICES Chapter 1: Defining Services Chapter 2: The Service Economy Chapter 3: Digital Services Chapter 4: Services for Public Interest Chapter 5: The Politics of Service Design Chapter 6: Designing for Services Part 2: THE SERVICE DESIGN PROCESS Chapter 7: Getting Started in the Service Design Process Chapter 8. Research and Analysis Chapter 9. Generating Service Design Concepts Chapter 10. Prototyping, Testing, Iterating Chapter 11. Implementing and Evaluating Services Chapter 12. Service Design Core Capabilities Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSilversmithing is an exciting and developing craft, which combines traditional techniques with contemporary design and technology. This practical book introduces the craft with a guide to the workshop and its tools, then emphasises the importance of drawing and design before explaining key techniques and showing how they can be used in clearly illustrated projects. By keeping the individual pieces small, it explains a range of skills that can be developed and combined to make more adventurous items. It discusses transforming silver sheets or rods into three-dimensional shapes using sinking, raising and forging techniques. It teaches how to silver solder and attach handles to the rounded body of a bowl and create well-fitting seams. Nine projects illustrate the techniques in use and include making spoons, round boxes, hinged lids, drinker beakers and candlesticks.

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Book Synopsis Minimise waste and maximise creativity with 14 stylish freehand dressmaking projects from Chinelo Bally. Making your own clothes is a sustainable, ethical and fun craft that is brought alive by bestselling author and designer Chinelo Bally. Using the freehand cutting method for which she has become so well known, Chinelo shows how to upcycle and make stunning new items from old garments as well as making clothes using interesting new fabrics, without the need for sewing patterns. The book features eleven projects for stylish women’s clothes and three projects for children’s clothes. Learn to turn a man’s shirt into a fashionable dress and old pair of jeans into a sassy tutu skirt. Other projects include a one-shoulder jumpsuit and Chinelo’s signature collared top. Throughout the book, Chinelo encourages the reader to make clothes to suit their own style and achieve results that are beautifully distinctive – and a far cry from throwaway fast-fashion. Projects include: • Women’s Clothes: 2nd Date Night Dress, Angled-overlay Pencil Skirt, Asymmetric Peplum Top, One-shoulder Jumpsuit, Shirt to Button-back Dress, Jeans to Sassy Tutu Skirt, Pencil Dress Refit, Signature Collared Top, Versatile Maxi Dress, Showstopping Maxi and Strapless Wrap Dress. • Children’s Clothes: Child’s Peekaboo-back Dress, Shirt to Child’s Dress, Jeans to Child’s Dress Packed with tips, techniques and inspiration, Sew Chinelo reveals the secrets to producing sustainable and wearable clothes with style, feminine glamour and a professional finish that fit perfectly every time.Trade Review‘We particularly love the skirt on the front cover, but this is just one of many stylish garments in the book’ -- The Pattern Pages‘Packed with tips, techniques and inspiration throughout, Sew Chinelo is a must-have for eco-conscious fashionistas’ -- Craft Focus

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Book SynopsisUnlock the secrets to creating stylized animals that enchant and entertain their audience, resulting in characters that follow in the popular paw-prints of much-loved creatures from Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, and other great studios. Creating Stylized Animals focuses on the art and craft of developing stylized characters from the animal kingdom, both real and imagined. Some of the best professional illustrators and animators dedicated to creating characters for video games, TV, and books, guide the reader through accessible step-by-step tutorials. These experts create specially commissioned animals, demonstrating their process from the all-important research stage and experimenting with thumbnails, to manipulating shape language, exploring gesture, and assessing color palettes. Animal-focused design fundamentals include anatomy and anthropomorphism, and how to imbue these animals with the personality and characteristics essential to capturing the attention of audiences of all ages. This book is perfect for artists of all mediums, ensuring newcomers to drawing the animal kingdom are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to create their own eye-catching characters. Whether tasked with creating an adorable comedy critter to captivate the audience, or an imaginary creature to carry an adventure-packed narrative, this book is the artist’s best friend from start to finish.

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Book SynopsisA general introduction for artists and makers looking to incorporate textiles and textiles techniques into their work. This book introduces you to basic textile techniques and encourages you to experiment with your chosen medium to create your own piece of work. Works by featured artists and designers give you plenty of inspiration, with tips to achieve similar styles and effects. Each section also includes many stimulating ideas for source and reference material. Through colourful images and detail instructions, learn techniques such as transferring images onto fabric, creating fabrics, wireframe construction, 3D wire construction, using a heat tool, materials manipulation, adapting traditional techniques as well as joining, seaming, bonding, layering, mould-making, casting and forming.Trade ReviewThe projects are amazing and huge fun ... It's an ideal book if you're new to creative textiles, but more experienced stitchers will also a got a lot out of it - and the photos are very inspirational * Workshop on the Web *A range of projects that offer a general introduction to textile techniques that can realise impressive results * Embroidery *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. Brooch 2. Necklace 3. Flowers 4. Boil-away flowers 5. Casting latex shapes 6. Mixed media panel 7. Bird 8. Heads 9. Story boxes 10. Dead cosy Illustrated glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA glittering display of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s finest pieces of jewellery and metalwork. The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, holds stunning examples of jewellery and metalwork from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This exceptional period of design covers the neo-Gothic and historicist designs of the mid- to late nineteenth century, the groundbreaking work of British Arts and Crafts designers, sinuous curves influenced by the European Art Nouveau movement and the structural modernity of the 1930s. The collection contains jewellery by some of the finest historicist designers, including the Castellani and Giuliano families and John Brogden, as well as a spectacular decanter by William Burges. There are important pieces of jewellery and silver by the most famous of Arts and Crafts designers, including C.R. Ashbee, Henry Wilson, Gilbert Marks and John Paul Cooper. Unique pieces designed by the artist Charles Ricketts hold a special place in the history of queer art in Britain, having been designed for his friends Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper, a couple known collectively as Michael Field. Modernist silver is represented by leaders of the field Omar Ramsden and H.G. Murphy. This beautifully illustrated volume reproduces 70 of the Museum’s most important pieces from this period, many previously unpublished, with comparative illustrations of some of the original designs. Importantly, the book is arranged chronologically by designer and includes biographies, a description of their work and how it changed over time, as well as commentary about the specific works in the Museum’s collection. The book brings together for the first time the Fitzwilliam’s exceptionally fine holdings of jewellery and metalwork from this highly popular and fruitful period of design.Table of ContentsDirector’s Foreword Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Designers Catalogue Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGet ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies's Becoming a Successful Illustrator. This edition features even more Spotlight on' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission them. You can enjoy added coverage in fields such as moving image, character illustration and social media. There are also new exercises to get you started planning and building your business, and over 200 inspirational examples of artwork, most of which are new to this edition. You can expect practical tips on how to seek work, how to market yourself and how to run your illustration business in an enterprising way, with advice that will prove useful long after your first commission. Building on the resources of the first edition, this continues to be the must-have guide to practicing professionally as an illustrator.Featured illustrators include: Millie MarottaMark UlriksenNatsko SekiEllen WeinTrade ReviewI think it’s a great book, exactly the kind of thing that you need when you are starting out in illustration, really informative and helpful. * David Roberts, illustrator *This is a comprehensive book, and along with its glossy pages and accessible layout, it’s a winner for anyone you know, including students, seriously considering the profession. * Digital Arts *[The authors] understand their subject and audience perfectly and do a wonderful job in communicating one to the other. * Dwayne Bell, Lecturer in Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Cumbria *I never make my students buy books, unless they are books they’ll keep on their shelves after graduating. This is one of those exceptions * Marius Valdes, University of South Carolina, USA *Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: ILLUSTRATION ENTERPRISE Understanding illustration Where do illustrators work? Spotlight on... Nancy Liang Spotlight on... Tommy Doyle Spotlight on... Marcos Chin Skills in art and design Attitude Spotlight on... Ben Newman Knowledge Spotlight on... Rebecca Mock Evaluating your strengths and weaknesses CHAPTER TWO: THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD OF THE ILLUSTRATOR Your commissioners Professionalism Journalistic awareness Spotlight on... Sarajo Frieden How to contact potential clients Spotlight on... Gabrielle Adamson CHAPTER THREE: THE ART OF SELF PROMOTION How do I get myself known? Spotlight on... Alexandra Zsigmond Setting goals Spotlight on... Sarah Williams The different forms of promotion Spotlight on... Jack Teagle Promoting yourself online Spotlight on... Sarah McIntyre Competitions, exhibitions and trade fairs Internships and work experience Spotlight on... Mark Smith Spotlight on... Libby McMullin Spotlight on... Matthew Shearer, Bernstein & Andriulli CHAPTER FOUR: GETTING YOUR WORK SEEN Organizing your folio and website Visual literacy Spotlight on... Tad Carpenter Agent representation Spotlight on... Ulla Puggaard Spotlight on... Andrea D’Aquino Spotlight on... Cachetejack CHAPTER FIVE: SECURING WORK The stages of forming a contract The terms of an agreement Who owns the rights? Spotlight on... Caroline Attia Larivière CHAPTER SIX: FINANCE AND RUNNING A BUSINESS Freelance work vs employment Spotlight on... Laura Hughes Managing your business Managing your finances Additional sources of income Activities Appendix

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Book SynopsisAn illustrated and highly practical guide to the technique of making collagraphs. Collagraphs are prints that can be made in a number of ways: from collages, relief sculpture, caste plaster plates, carved, stripped and layered plates, plates painted with glues or even from a combination of all these methods. The flexibility of this process means that it is one of the most fluid approaches to printmaking which gives you greater creative freedom than other methods. In this book, explore a wide range of techniques with practical hints about choosing materials and printing methods to achieve the best results. You can also learn all about the historical use of collage in printmaking, looking at the work of artists like Picasso, Georges Braque and Kurt Schwitters. With illustrations of the work of many different British and international collagraph artists, this book is the perfect practical and inspirational guide for printmakers of all levels.Trade ReviewThis useful handbook gives an interesting, informative account of Hartill's approach to materials and processes in an attractive, precise manner. * Printmaking Today *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Origins of Collagraph as an Art Form The Use of Collage in Printmaking Materials The Artists Heavenly Bodies – Collaborative Collagraph Works Appendix 1: Collagraphs – Kids and Schools Appendix 2: Papers Selected Bibliography Useful Addresses Websites of Interest to Printmakers Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book to address the thrilling new developments in the field of biological design, now fully revised and expanded.Trade Review'Insanely weird and absolutely fascinating … I defy you to come away not knowing something new' - BiosphereTable of ContentsBeyond Biomimicry, by Paola Antonelli • The Architectural Hybrids: Living Structures and New Ecological Integrations • Object Engineering: Replacing Industrial and Mechanical Processes • Functions: Speculative Objects, Teaching Tools and Provocations • Dynamic Beauty: Crawling off the Auction Block • Profiling Programs and Collaborations • Interviews • Biographies

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Book SynopsisThis gorgeous book delves into the elusive world of traditional Japanese tattooing!

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Book SynopsisThe definitive monograph on one of the most revered artists of our time.Trade Review'For the consummate minimalist, here's a maximalist book on 92-year-old artist Ellsworth Kelly's lifetime of groundbreaking work. Curator Tricia Y. Paik guides us through the artist's color-soaked career in 400 illustrations and scholarly essays. It's a must for any Kelly fan: the only book, in fact, to completely span the artist's entire oeuvre.' –Bloomberg Pursuits'This work of beauty and scholarship proves that Kelly is one of the great master artists of the last century.' – Publishers Weekly'The wonderfully eloquent and illustrated book maps the projects from the earliest in the 1940s to his final few projects in 2015. What's really mesmerizing about the book is that it feels very personal and insightful at the same time...Phaidon's Ellsworth Kelly is an absoloute must-have for those who want to understand thorough, modern minimalism at its finest.' – Cent Magazine'A comprehensive celebration of all that distinguishes Kelly's work from his peers.' – Wallpaper

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Book SynopsisOriginally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on postwar architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style. Neutra had a keen appreciation for the relationship between people and nature; his trademark plate glass walls and ceilings which turn into deep overhangs have the effect of connecting the indoors with the outdoors. His ability to incorporate technology, aesthetics, science, and nature into his designs brought him to the forefront of Modernist architecture. In this volume, all of Neutra’s works (nearly 300 private homes, schools, and public buildings) are gathered together, illustrated by over 1,000 photographs, including those of Julius Shulman and other prominent photographers.Trade Review“…the definitive volume on the Viennese-born architect.” * Los Angeles Times *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Ways of Looking at Pictures • 2. Land and Sea • 3. Portraits • 4. Everyday Things • 5. History and Mythology • 6. The Christian World • 7. Creating Patterns on Flat Surfaces • 8. Tradition • 9. Design and Organization • 10. The Depiction of Space • 11. Formal Analysis • 12. Hidden Meanings • 13. Quality

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Book SynopsisAt a time when surfing is more popular than ever, it’s fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream. Developed by Hawaiian Islanders over five centuries ago, surfing began to peak on the mainland in the 1950s—becoming not just a sport, but a way of life, admired and exported across the globe. One of the key image-makers from that period is LeRoy Grannis, a surfer since 1931, who began photographing the longboard era of the early 1960s in both California and Hawaii. This edition brings back Grannis’s hair-raising, sold-out Collector’s Edition, curated from the photographer’s personal archives, to showcase his most vibrant work in a compact and affordable format—from the bliss of catching the perfect wave at San Onofre to dramatic wipeouts at Oahu’s famed North Shore. An innovator in the field, Grannis suction-cupped a waterproof box to his board, enabling him to change film in the water and stay closer to the action than any other photographer of the time. He also covered the emerging surf lifestyle, from “surfer stomps” and hordes of fans at surf contests to board-laden woody station wagons along the Pacific Coast Highway. It is in these iconic images that a sport still in its adolescence embodied the free-spirited nature of an era—a time before shortboards and celebrity endorsements, when surfing was at its bronzed best.Trade Review“Grannis’s pictures are startling. The scenes they record and breaks they document are pristinely beautiful and impossibly vacant.” * The New York Times *

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Book SynopsisFeaturing 200 black-and-white and colour images, this book includes her iconic portraits and extensive photojournalism from the Greenham Common evictions to the Iranian embassy siege. Bown's pictures allow us to walk back in time as she captured - with curiosity, respect and wit - the people of the UK: you'll find heroic strikers, soulful miners, proud dogwalkers, busy fishermen, dancing girls, picnicking postmen and excited daytrippers side by side with the Queen, Mick Jagger, Charlie Chaplain, Margot Fonteyn, Sinéad O'Connor, the Beatles and Spike Lee. This definitive collection not only presents Jane's well-known shots, it includes substantial material that has never been seen before. This book presents the most comprehensive collection of the photographer's work - created during the 1940s through the 2010s. The book will be edited by friend and curator Luke Dodd.A cloth bound, slipcased limited edition which includes a print of Samuel Beckett is available from The Guardian Bookshop (£150.00)

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