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Terra Uitgeverij Man Made: Aerial Views of Human Landscapes
Book Synopsis‘I spend a lot of time on Google Earth looking for places with an interesting or unusual aesthetic. My shooting days are usually quite simple. I shoot at sunrise and at sunset to capture the best light.’ - Sébastien Nagy Award-winning Brussels-based photographer Sébastien Nagy has travelled all over the world, capturing bridges, towers, houses, roads, monuments and other structures from above with his drone camera. In a spectacular series of images, he shows the architectural footprint that humans leave behind on earth. From Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and from the ‘cycling through water trail’ in Belgium to the Dubai Frame in the United Arab Emirates, Nagy invariably captures these well-known and lesser-known structures at the perfect time of day, as if they are all bathed in golden light. The approximately 120 photos are divided into four themes: Water, City, Desert and Nature.Table of ContentsIntroduction – 08 About Sébastien Nagy – 248 Index – 250 Credits – 256 NATURE – 12 DESERT – 62 WATER – 92 CITY – 160
£40.50
Trema Forlag Sulphur
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£12.00
Kult Books My Man Mitch: 2022
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£29.75
Kult Books Il Malocchio: 2022
Book SynopsisAccording to old pagan beliefs Il Malocchio or the evil eye' is a curse causing bad luck and misfortune. In his debut book Il Malocchio Italian photographer Andrea Simonato depicts the quiet villages of his home region of Vicenza in the Northern Italy as upon this curse of unluckiness causing decay and abandonment. On his walks through sleeping villages and their empty buildings, dark woods and resting groves Simonato makes extraordinary findings in the seemingly common surroundings. The work echoes both longing and hope, creating a beautiful and poetic, yet mysterious ode to a place called home. When photographing I try to keep an open mind to whatever I come across. What I look for in a subject is to catch its enigmatic character, what it seems to be hiding rather than what it lets you see. Photographing in black and white helps me to abstract reality more easily by creating a sort of parallel world that is precisely that of the photographic narrative itself. Il Malocchio creates a conceptual frame for my work, as it is inherent for me to explore the mysterious side of things.
£29.45
Om Publications India the Journey of a Thousand Miles
Book SynopsisFollmi looks beyond the noise, chaos, and sensory overload of the Indian streets to examine deeper truths surrounding the people and their culture. His compelling photographs convey beauty and stillness, reflection and contentment, and express a philosophy and an approach to life that is radically different from that of the West.
£42.74
Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd Bombay Talkies: An Unseen History of Indian
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£49.50
Lannoo Publishers The Rage of Staging: Wim Vandekeybus
Book Synopsis"Vandekeybus brought into focus a whole new genre of modern dance... Combat rolls, breakneck sprints and savagely wrestled duets became the defining vocabulary of a new generation." The Guardian In 2016, Wim Vandekeybus' company Ultima Vez celebrates its 30th birthday. Never before has his oeuvre been recorded in a book. Until now. This extraordinary book is a visual trip through the most powerful images from his repertoire, a quest for the ideas and themes that inspire him. It also contains unpublished texts, notes and scripts from his shows and films. A number of compagnons de route, such as David Byrne, Mauro Pawlowski, and Peter Verhelst, offer a personal textual contribution. Text in English, French, and Dutch.
£38.25
Lannoo Publishers Insta Grammar Dogs
Book SynopsisThe popular Insta Grammar series comprises the most beautiful - and interesting - thematic photos on Instagram, presented in a fresh, pleasing package at an affordable price. After Cats, City, Nordic and Green comes Graphic and Insta Grammar Dogs. The motto is: graphic design is the new art, and dogs are the new cats. Graphic includes the work of up and coming designers; Dogs includes, well, dogs. Off-beat and appealing, the books in this growing series take the doubt out of choosing the perfect gift for millennials. Quotes, sometimes quirky but always apt, are sprinkled throughout.
£7.88
Lannoo Publishers Insta Grammar: Cute
Book Synopsis"The books are true to the Polaroid aesthetic, and we 'like' it." - Elle Décor "Taking the best of Instagram and printing it, the Insta Grammar series of coffee table books prove there's a (physical) place for your favourite online images." - Vogue The Insta Grammar series steers clear of all clichés and shows you the most interesting corners of the highly popular social media website Instagram. After Cats, City, Nordic, Green, Graphic, Dogs, Unicorn and Cars, three new books now join the impressive series: Love, Cute and On the Road. Hitching a ride on the back of today's cute animal trend that's flooding Instagram, Cute shows you the most original posts and cutest images that will leave no one untouched. Love increases your heart rate and is the ultimate but just a little different wedding or Valentine gift, and On the Road compiles the coolest and most impressive travel images, scenic places, into the ocean or the northern lights.Trade Review"The books are true to the Polaroid aesthetic, and we 'like' it." Elle Decor; "Taking the best of Instagram and printing it, the Insta Grammar series of coffee table books prove there's a (physical) place for your favourite online images." Vogue
£7.99
Lannoo Publishers Nature View: The Perfect Holiday Homes
Book SynopsisWhether lakes, deserts or forest, nature is often a holiday destination, but not every nature traveller wants to camp or stay in cheap hotels. This book is for the discerning traveller who wants to stay in style and enjoy nature at the same time. Here are 50 of the most stylish homes, settled in spectacular landscapes from around the world. And each is available for holiday rental.
£40.50
Lannoo Publishers Flatland
Book SynopsisAn American football pitch as a skateboard ramp and the Aya Sofia as a rollercoaster: the images by Turkish photographer Aydin Büyüktas are literally mind-bending. After going viral, they are now finally also available in book format, including entirely new images and a making-of, which shows the photographer's working methods with drone technology. His brainchild Flatland is named after Edwin Abbott Abbott's satire book about a two-dimensional world populated by geometric figures, from which certain parts have been included in this book.Trade Review"Aydin Büyüktas' photographs are a bit like the first plunge on a rollercoaster. The scene plummets away from you, leaving you disoriented yet giddy and just a bit unsettled as you try to make sense of just what you're seeing" - WIRED; "Büyüktas creates Inception-like scenes by warping Istanbul's cityscapes" - Saatchi Gallery; "Aydin Büyüktas bends brains with dizzyingly distorted views of American landscapes." - Designboom
£14.96
Lannoo Publishers Insta Grammar Just Cats
Book Synopsis"The books are true to the Polaroid aesthetic, and we 'like' it." - Elle Décor "Taking the best of Instagram and printing it, the Insta Grammar series of coffee table books prove there's a (physical) place for your favourite online images." - Vogue The Insta Grammar series curates the most interesting themes trending on the popular social media site Instagram. This sequel to the immensely popular Insta Grammar Cats features a new selection of the cutest, funniest, most photogenic felines to be found on Instagram. With pithy quotes about cats from artists and writers interspersed throughout, this is the perfect gift book for all cat lovers. Also available: Insta Grammar Cats ISBN 9789401436953 Insta Grammar Dogs ISBN 9789401441605 Insta Grammar Unicorn ISBN 9789401449687 Insta Grammar Cute ISBN 9789401454384
£7.99
Lannoo Publishers Off-Grid Adventures: 20 Untamed Travel Stories
Book SynopsisOff-Grid Adventures brings together 20 exceptional travel adventures to special and surprising places all over the world. From a visit to the Japanese art islands of Naoshima and Teshima to surfing in Korea, horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan, and hang gliding over Canadian glaciers, this book is a source of inspiration for the modern adventurer who wants to stay far away from the beaten track and go in search of authentic experiences that respect the environment and the local population. Includes beautiful and awe-inspiring images from renowned travel photographers, travel tips and guidance for the best places to go and to stay.
£33.75
KIT Publishers Indonesian Splendour / Indische pracht: Four
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£17.59
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij David Bowie: On Stage in Holland
Book SynopsisAt the age of 11, in December 1975, I became interested in pop music. Aside from David Bowies music, I was tremendously fascinated by his strange hair and clothes. Santa Claus brought me my first single titles Fame and I played it again and again. When I saw the German film Christine F, in 1982, the soundtrack was filled with Bowies music. Heroes was my favorite song. From that time on Bowies was the only music playing on my record player. Ultimately I had some 30 LPs and 40 singles. In the summer of 1983, I went to Rotterdam to see the concert The Serious Moonlight Tour. That show left a big impression. Meanwhile, coinciding with my interest in Bowie, I also developed a profound interest in photography and started my internship in Amsterdam, aspiring to become a professional photographer. When the news of a new Bowie tour broke, it was early 1987 and the first European show was scheduled in Holland. My journal entry 30 March 1987 reads: David Bowies press conference at the Amsterdam pop temple Paradiso. With two cameras one loaded with a color film and one with black and white film I rode my bike to Paradiso to wait for David Bowie. From a distance I watched him enter the venue and then I waited for him to come out again. A large group of children attending the school across the street from Paradiso suddenly broke loose and ran inside. I hesitated a moment, then followed them until I was stopped and questioned by an EMI employee. Who are you? He demanded to know, and while my heart was pounding out of my chest, I told him I was a photographer for a local newspaper in the eastern part of the country and showed him my press card. Come with me he said, and instead of being sent away, I ended up right in the middle of the concert hall, with my hero for the first time at the other end of my camera. Over the years following this unique mini-concert, I frequently have had the chance to photograph David Bowie at various locations and venues. On 7 December, 2015 I saw David Bowie at what we know now was his last public appearance; the Lazarus musical premiere in New York. Although I did not know him personally, he was a constant source of musical inspiration and pleasure for me. In this book, which is a tribute to the singer who has inspired me over the years, there are pictures of the following tours: The Glass Spider, Sound and Vision, Tin Machine, Its my life, Outside, Outside Summer Festivals, and finally the Earthling Tour. It spans a decade of concerts which took place from 1987-1997 in the Netherlands. These photos of David Bowie mark the beginning, and also the breakthrough, of my career as a professional photographer. I am delighted to share these photos with you and I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do. To have been able to attend his concerts and photograph him was a feast. He is no more and thats very sad. But his music lives on forever! Bernard Rubsamen, 14 January 2016.
£14.36
APE Charlotte Lybeer - Epidermis Ll
Book SynopsisThe tension between the real world and the parallel world is intensified in these perplexing portraits of morphsuits. The design and theatricality of public space extends into the private realm. Self-design is a statement in the virtual arena that is the Internet. How do I present myself to the other's gaze? Which lifestyle do I use to construe an imaginary identity? How can I become someone else? In their Zentai suits these morphers succeed in escaping from the obligatory, omnipresent perception, the pressure of being seen, all the time, everywhere. They are encapsulated and unrecognisable in a completely enclosed form, vanishing into a trans-human identity that suddenly infiltrates reality in the home or hotel room where Lybeer portrays them. Inge Henneman
£19.80
MER Paper Kunsthalle Shooting Range: Photography & the Great War
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£35.10
MER Paper Kunsthalle Stillness
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£36.00
Gefen Publishing House Survivors
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£26.34
Gefen Publishing House Children of Israel
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£27.89
The American University in Cairo Press Messages from Tahrir: Signs from Egypt's
Book SynopsisOne of the many striking things about Egypt's 25 January Revolution as manifested in Cairo's Tahrir Square was the imagination and creativity of the posters, placards, and signs that the protesters wore, waved, or hung from buildings, fences, and lampposts day by day throughout the demonstrations. These emotive messages displayed a range of visual inventiveness and linguistic dexterity (in Arabic, English, and several other languages) that expressed very powerful feelings yet often entertained at the same time. Egyptian amateur photographer Karima Khalil here gathers images taken by herself and others of these messages, showing their great variety, from the simple and repeated Irhal ("Leave"), written in a hundred different ways, to poems, rhyming slogans, puns, jokes, and tributes to the martyrs killed by security forces in the protests. These messages form a compelling visual record of a people's long suppressed hopes and desires.
£16.99
Blacksmith Books Street Life Hong Kong: Outdoor Workers in Their
Book SynopsisHong Kong is famous for its vibrant, busy street scene. This book introduces us to two dozen people who provide its outdoor colour. Here you will meet a flower seller, a street musician and a tram driver; a bouncer, a shoe shiner and a gas canister delivery man; a security guard and a lifeguard; a man who makes a living climbing bamboo scaffolding, and a woman who ferries visitors around the harbour on a sampan. Among the interviewees are also mainlanders, and ethnic minorities including those from the Philippines, Africa and India, reflecting the diverse ethnic makeup of today''s Hong Kong. These are the working people who are always seen but rarely heard, and in this book they tell their life stories in their own words. Sharp black-and-white portraits immerse the reader in the dynamic streetscape of Hong Kong.
£10.79
Blacksmith Books Trading Places: A photographic journey through
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£48.00
Skira New York: 1962-1964
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£39.20
Mondadori Electa No_Code: Real Life in Silicon Valley
Book SynopsisNo_Code is an intersectional project conceived by the Italian luxury group Tod s that examines changes in contemporary society. It is a hybrid idea that fuses emerging technology with Italian craftsmanship. Tod s No_Code has commissioned the Iranian-American photographer Ramak Fazel to take a journey on the road in Silicon Valley. The aim of the trip is to represent real life in the Valley, going beyond common media narratives. What lies behind the official images of Big Tech? How do the inhabitants of this piece of California land below San Francisco live? Where do they live? What houses do they have? What restaurants do they eat at and what cars do they drive? How do they have fun? With his inseparable analog Rolleiflex around his neck, photographer Ramak Fazel takes us on his journey and discovers some secrets in one of the most protected enclaves. This unprecedented and surprising anthropological inquiry uses the medium of photography to reveal one of the most famous places in the world.Trade Review"Tod’s driving mocs have long been a staple in the wardrobe of international power brokers, so it’s fitting that the brand is honing in on the capital of the 21st century’s next-gen tycoons. While the larger initiative may be rooted in technology, the new book emphasizes the humanity behind all that sleek innovation. Fazel’s approach was as anthropological as it was artistic, turning his Rolleiflex camera on such idiosyncrasies as the garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed their first computer (as well as the elderly couple who still live across the street), the senior Apple employee who plays cowboy in his downtime and the suburban watering hole favored by coders and Cupertino locals alike." —ROBB REPORT"Entitled No_Code, Tod’s compiled a 190-page book to give a new point of view on the Valley, offering a tool that can investigate its true nature and lift the mystery that surrounds it, answering questions like: what kind of houses do its inhabitants live in? What cars do they drive? Where do tech moguls go to restaurants? Where do they meet to talk about business? How do they spend their free time?" —HYPEBEAST.COM"Fazel has documented the glamorous—the catamaran on Oracle's manmade lake or the ritzy new Apple headquarters—as well as the less than glamorous—passport studios for foreign nationals working at tech companies, the crush of development along freeways, and motorhomes filled with workers because of soaring home prices. Plus, there are all the "birthplace" sites where major companies had their humble start. Flipping through its pages, you really do get a sense of how simultaneously normal and abnormal life on this peninsula is." —THE DAILY BEAST"Photographer Ramak Fazel looks for lesser-known perspectives of the everyday in a new book called Silicon Valley No_Code Life, developed through the shoe company Tod’s editorial initiative No_Code and published by Rizzoli. The book, an investigation into the diverse realities of living in the San Francisco area, shows that the narrative of Silicon Valley as a high-tech vision of the future isn’t the whole picture." —FAST COMPANY"Tod's is unveiling a book, “Silicon Valley. No_Code Life," published by Rizzoli and also available on Amazon, with unexpected and surprising photos." —WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY
£38.40
Schilt Publishing b.v. If I Had A Hammer
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£44.00
Skira Rome. Eternal City: in the Photograph Collection
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£28.00
Skira Alfred Seiland (Bilingual edition): IMPERIVM
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£28.00
Skira Magnetic West: The Enduring Allure of the
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£32.00
Skira Io Milano: Carlo Mari
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£33.60
Skira Maurizio Galimberti. A gaze into the labyrinth of
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£25.50
Skira Photography: Two Centuries of History and Images
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£41.25
Skira Photographing Art: Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
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£30.40
Skira Gabriele Basilico: Spaces in Between
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£32.00
Skira Fulvio Roiter (Bilingual edition): High-Rise New
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£24.00
Skira Weston: Edward, Brett, Cole, Cara A Dynasty of
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£25.50
Skira Dreaming the Street
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£27.20
Skira Villa Margon: The Renaissance in Trento
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£32.00
Skira A Time of Distance: The COVID-19 Visual Project
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£33.60
Skira On the move: Reframing Nomadic Pastoralism
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£28.00
Skira On the move (Arabic edition): Reframing Nomadic
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£28.00
Damiani Chris Craymer: American Romance
Book SynopsisThe study and interpretation of relationships has been a lifelong passion of Craymer. As a British photographer living in the USA he wanted to explore this favorite subject of his this side of the pond. He has always been attracted to storytelling. He likes to explore the intimacy and connection between couples and seek to portray their love and attraction to one other. He creates these pictures by encouraging his subjects to express themselves in an authentic way. The idea of this new book is to verify that romance is alive and well in America as we head towards the end of this second decade of the 21st century. The photographer could only reach a small number of people but have attempted to reflect a cross section of relationships that include ethnically diverse, multigenerational, and LGBTQ couples. Love and laughter were the uniting qualities in every relationship he explored. “As a Brit I can say I found that romance reigns supreme in this wonderful land. My book is a celebration of human interaction and what it is to be alive and engaged with another person.” Chris Craymer
£27.20
Damiani Jean Pigozzi: The 213 Most Important Men In My
Book SynopsisCollector and photographer Jean Pigozzi is renowned for his eclectic art collection and for his social circle, which includes film icons, directors, authors and artists, rock stars, fashion designers and titans of industry. Following on from his previous bestselling book ME+CO: The Selfies 1972-2016, his latest collection introduces us to the men and mentors who influenced his life. From his father Enrico Pigozzi - who passed away when Jean was just a teenager - to Italian entrepreneur Gianni Agnelli, from rockstars Mick Jagger and Bono to architect Ettore Sottsass to name just a few, Pigozzi travelled the world and met many of these men during gallery openings, parties, or dinner conversations. Through The 215 Most Important Men in my Life, we are reminded of the power of single individuals of the 20th and 21st centuries who became true icons in their fields.
£60.00
Damiani Andrew Moore: Blue Alabama
Book SynopsisAndrew Moore’s new book, Blue Alabama, focuses on the American South, depicts the economic, social and cultural divisions that characterize the South and the love of history, tradition and land that binds its citizens. Following upon in-depth explorations of the economically ravaged city of Detroit (2007 – 2009) and the mythic high plains region along the 100th Meridian (2011 – 2014), Blue Alabama continues the artist’s investigation of “the inner empire” of the United States.
£42.75
Damiani Bonnie Briant: Lump Sum Lottery
Book SynopsisOver the course of a decade, photographer Bonnie Briant collected everything she saw, resulting in an extensive catalogue of photographs. Her first monograph, Lump Sum Lottery is quiet and subtle selection of images produced during those ten years. Self-reflexive and diaristic in nature, Lump Sum Lottery represents the many idiosyncratic, intimate moments that make up a life—the in-between spaces, the moments you feel but can’t necessarily put into words; time passing in a wild rush, with everything changing yet, somehow, staying exactly the same. The photographs become personal touchstones, a mode of organising, controlling (to an extent), and collecting the world. Each picture stands alone, infused with its own story, but quietly come together, like a steady stream, as a whole.
£25.50
Damiani Michal Chelbin: How to Dance the Waltz
Book Synopsis'These images were taken in last 5 years (some taken in military boarding schools, some in matadors schools, some in Israel) and explore the connection between “youth” and “uniforms” and dress codes: the place of the young individual in the group that appears to be the same, the heightened traditional roles of boys and girls that comes with the uniforms, the performance that the uniforms force on young people and more. Elements that appear in previous personal works of mine fascinated me into creating this body of work. First and foremost are the contrasts. While living a military life or being a young matador is associated with violence and cruelty, I find many of them to be fragile and weak. While it is considered a manly occupation, I found many of them to be gentle and feminine. I saw it in previous series I created, of wrestlers and prisoners. While we know these people made crimes or acts of violence and cruelty, they are also weak and vulnerable at the same time. This human contrast, the ability to be two so diffident things at the same time, fascinates me. It’s a vehicle for me to create images that evokes more questions than answers. I am also attracted to the glamorous or unique different outfits, which are a symbol of the “old world”, an element from a different era. While a boy dressed with shiny beautiful outfits, from a distance might almost appear as a super hero, but these outfits also come in contrast to the defenceless gaze of the sitter. While as a group the uniforms make them look identical, when in front of the camera, the personality and uniqueness of each is reveled behind the outfits. The outfits or uniforms they wear are connected to another element which interests me and is the component of “performance”. The children almost look like playing dress up, and the school is a big theatre. Under the unity which is heightened by the uniforms, a theatre like drama is unveiled. People are constantly performing, using masks, outfits, locations, which is intensified when children are performing. I think kids grow up very fast these days, taking up adult roles and behaviours without realising it. Especially youth in uniform, is expected to perform a certain role society has created, usually a role that is designed for a more mature age. That was the case when I shot in military boarding schools for teenagers, or in circuses or in a Jewish orthodox community. These young boys and girls are trained to perform a role, a role of preserving an old conservative practice; it is education used as a programmer, infused by an agenda, done in a way both modern yet old-style. They do so with rituals and costumes and this tension between traditional and modern interest me.'
£40.00
Damiani Michael Stipe
Book SynopsisPortraits of resilience and vulnerability, with QR-linked audio of comments and anecdotes from Stipe In this third, photo-based chapter of the Damiani series, Michael Stipe explores strength, courage and vulnerability, pausing the project abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What follows is a lockdown interpretation of a 21st-century portrait, with a resolute desire to show our resilience, our humour, our collective fortitude and our adaptability. Through unique QR codes, the book is enriched by free audio content which deepens and enhances the discovery of the images. Scanning the QR code opens access to the “making-of” anecdotes and the intention behind the book, as told by Stipe. As an undergraduate studio art major at the University of Georgia, Michael Stipe (born 1960) studied photography and painting before leaving school upon the formation of R.E.M., the band for which he served as frontman and singer/songwriter until its dissolution in 2011. The sensibility that he began to develop during his time as an art student transferred to the spectrum of his work for R.E.M., from art directing all graphic, video and stage design, to writing, composing and performance, and his iconoclastic personal style. Stipe’s visibility as a media figure in the popular culture of the 1980s and ’90s left an indelible mark on the aesthetic trends of the time, many of which have trickled down to contemporary culture.
£40.00
Damiani Roland Miller: Orbital Planes: A Personal Vision
Book SynopsisOrbital Planes: A Personal Vision of the Space Shuttle is Roland Miller’s intimate photographic view of the Space Shuttle Program. A unique collection of imagery, the book explores the Space Shuttle orbiters—both inside and out—along with related facilities including rocket engine test sites, Solid Rocket Booster and External Tank manufacturing facilities, orbiter manufacturing and maintenance facilities, launch sites, and more. Miller photographed the Space Shuttle starting in 1988. He began his focused work for Orbital Planes in 2008 and continued for the duration of the Space Shuttle Program through the decommissioning of the orbiters. Orbital Planes is part artistic invention, part space archaeology, and part historic documentation. Through a combination of documentary and abstract photographs made around the United States, Orbital Planes tells an expansive story of the Space Shuttle Program in a visually arresting style. Detailed imagery describes the distinctive design and engineering of these spacecraft and the facilities where they were maintained and launched. The drama and danger of spaceflight are seen in the wear and tear visible on the Space Shuttle orbiters. The book also chronicles the story of Miller’s interactions with Space Shuttle workers and the impacts of the Challenger and Columbia accidents.
£36.00
