Photographs: collections Books
ACC Art Books The London Youth Portraits
Book SynopsisThe London Youth Portraits (ACC Art Books), a sumptuous collection of never-before-seen photographs of punks, skinheads, New Romantics, goths, ravers, and fetishists. Huck MagazineA new edit of a beloved classic. Marc Jacobs InstagramAcross 176 pages, the oversized volume documents Ridgers' vision of England's seminal youth culture from the height of punk to the birth of acid house, each image a tribute to the trials and triumphs of youth.10 MagazineAs time passes, this kind of observational photography attains a new importance' Sean O'Hagan, The ObserverRidgers' portraits of young boys and girls are weighted with a raw poetry and beauty' Cory Reynolds, artbook.comBetween 1978 and 1987, renowned British photographer Derek Ridgers captured London youth culture in all its glory. With skinheads, punks and new romant
£40.00
Chronicle Books A Sense of Shifting
Book Synopsis Enter the groundbreaking world of queer dance in this gorgeous collection of stories and photographs.Two women hold each other tight as they dance the two-step. A fierce-eyed man in a long red dress performs flamenco. A dancer improvises in a blooming garden, blending diverse influences into a style all their own. This book showcases twelve individual artists and dance companies who are reclaiming traditional genres and building inclusive dance communities. Whether professionals or amateurs, ballerinas or experimental performers, pole dancers or line dancers, these artists embody the queer experience in unique ways. Photographer Yael Malka invites us into an intimate, visceral experience of rehearsals and performances, and writer Coco Romack offers wide-ranging reflections on the creative process drawn from in-depth interviews with the dancers. This beautiful book documents the rise of a new generation of artists and will inspire dance lovers, LGBTQIA+ creators, and
£18.69
PiXZ Books Spirit of Connemara
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£7.49
Jonglez Baikonur: Vestiges of the Soviet Space Programme
Book SynopsisThe first ever collection of photographs showing in detail the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world's most important urban exploration site. The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was created by the Soviets in the 1950s. It was from Baikonur in 1988 that the first Soviet spaceplane, Buran, was launched in response to the United States Space Shuttle. The Buran programme would officially end in 1993 during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, with only one Buran launch ever taking place, in 1998. Thereafter, parts of the Baikonur Cosmodrome fell into disuse, notably the sites connected with the launch of these Soviet craft. The two shuttles that were completed remain abandoned there, laid to rest in this atmospheric place. This is the first time that photographs of these spectacular locations have been published in a book. Jonk travelled 20km through the Kazakh desert under cover of night, entered the hangars clandestinely, and spent three nights there under the radar of military security to produce a truly incredible photographic reportage of what is considered today the world's most important urban exploration site. Jonk reveals his excellent collection of photographs taken in the disused part of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. As well as providing us with these amazing pictures, he describes the incredible adventure of visiting a location that is unique in the world.Trade Review"Jonk and Jonglez Publishing have brought together a spectacular record of images – concrete, metal and broken glass that tests to a once major and industrious site ... There is something quite mesmerising about seeing edifices that once were scenes of immense activity relegated to creaking skeletons – providing a different experience than in their heyday." - Tripfiction
£23.96
Lars Muller Publishers Super Normal
Book SynopsisThe designers Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa have compiled 204 everyday objects in search of "super normal design": alongside examples of anonymous design like the Swiss Rex vegetable peeler or a simple plastic bag, there are design classics like Marcel Breuer's tubular steel side table, Dieter Ram's 606 shelving system, or Joe Colombo's Optic alarm clock of 1970. With products by Newson, Grcic, the Azumis, and the Bouroullec brothers, it also represents the generation to which Morrison and Fukasawa belong. The phenomenon of the super normal is located, as it were, beyond space and time; the past and present of product design both point to a future that has long since begun. The super normal is already lying exposed before us; it exists in the here and now; it is real and available: we need only open our eyes; Fukasawa and Morrison make it visible for us. 264 illustrations
£19.80
Hatje Cantz Niko Luoma: For Each Minute, Sixty-five Seconds
Book SynopsisNo one uses the camera like the photographer Niko Luoma. He is not interested in capturing the world in front of his lens. He uses light to create his own visual spheres. Using up to a thousand multiple exposures he applies individual elements of color and form to the negative, layer by layer. Meticulous calculations and geometrical skills are the necessary foundation for this. The results are abstract photographs of impressive, colorful intensity and luminosity. This book of photos is based on the series Adaptions, which reproduces famous works by other artists. Luoma presents a fascinating visual game in which the independent charisma of the photographs acts in concert with its reverence toward Bacon, Hockney, Van Gogh, or Picasso. With tongue in cheek, Luoma thus realizes the avant-garde’s desire to liberate photography from reproducing reality, allowing it to become an art.
£43.20
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Paris Blues
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£44.96
RM Verlag SL Frida Kahlo: Her Universe
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£45.00
Little, Brown & Company Feast Your Eyes
Book SynopsisArtist Brittany Wright was stuck in a job she didn''t love and needed a new creative project to stay happy -- so she learned to cook. Inspired by the effortless beauty of her ingredients -- fresh fruits, vegetables, and more -- she created the hugely popular Instagram hashtag #foodgradients to showcase the splendor of nature''s edible rainbows. The vivid photographs in this book capture the diversity and beauty of the foods we love to eat, from heirloom tomatoes and hot peppers to ripe strawberries and frosted cupcakes. Inside, revel in the vivid neons of your favorite candies, the rich color of freshly picked greens, and the gorgeous shades you can even find in a single cup of coffee. Each exquisite, neatly ordered photograph is a pleasure to get lost in. With a sleek, minimalist design and more than a hundred high-quality photographs, Feast Your Eyes is a celebration of the earth''s bounty, a breath of fresh air for the busy mind, and an inspiration for everyone looking for joy in the simple things. The year''s most satisfying new book.-GrubStreet
£15.19
Thames & Hudson Ltd Africa State of Mind
Book SynopsisA mesmerizing, continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figures who are making it happen. Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent generation of photographers from across Africa, including both the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. It is both a summation of new photographic practice from the last decade and an exploration of how contemporary photographers from the continent are exploring ideas of âAfricannessâ to reveal Africa to be a psychological space as much as a physical territory â a state of mind as much as a geographical place. Dispensing with the western colonial view of Africa in purely geographic or topographic terms, Ekow Eshun presents Africa State of Mind in four thematic parts: Hybrid Cities; Inner Landscapes; Zones of Freedom; and Myth and Memory. Each theme, introduced by a text by Eshun, presents selections of work by a new wave of African photographers who aTrade Review'A thrilling view of a complex, beautiful place' - The Times Luxx'Stimulating' - Sunday Telegraph'[A] stylish survey of work by a new generation of photographers … a break from visions of Africa seen through Western eyes' - Tatler'Africa's changing landscapes are beautifully captured by a new generation of home-grown photographers' - Wallpaper*Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Hybrid City 2. Inner Landscapes 3. Zones of Freedom 4. Magic & Memory The Photographers Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou Leila Alaoui Kader Attia Atong Atem Shiraz Bayjoo Girma Berta Jodi Bieber Guillaume Bonn Filipe Branquinho Edson Chagas Kudzanai Chiurai Jabulani Dhlamini Omar Victor Diop Yagazie Emezi Andrew Esiebo Lalla Essaydi Hicham Gardaf Francois-Xavier Gbre Maïmouna Guerresi Eric Gyamfi Kiluanji Kia Henda Pieter Hugo Delio Jasse Keyezua Lebohang Kganye Phumzile Khanyile Namsa Leuba Michael Macgarry Osborne Macharia Sabelo Mlangeni Mohau Modisakeng Zanele Muholi Youssef Nabil Jehad Nga Nobukho Nqaba Musa N. Nxumalo Emeka Okereke Uche Okpa-Iroha George Osodi Ruth Ossai Dawit L Petros Athi-Patra Ruga Zina Saro-Wiwa Thabiso Sekgala Michael Tsegaye Nontisikelelo Veleko Lina Iris Viktor Zakaria Wakrim Alexia Webster Kyle Weeks
£25.50
Thames & Hudson Ltd Moments of Mindfulness The Wisdom of Asia
Book SynopsisDanielle and Olivier Föllmi have co-written over 15 books. They are the official photographers of the Dalai Lama and recipient of the prestigious World Press award.Table of ContentsPreface • c.130 photographs paired with a Asian saying or insight
£8.06
The History Press Ltd Southern Steam
Book SynopsisThese included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and Robert Urie of the London & South Western Railway, the Billintons and Earle Marsh of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and Harry Wainwright and Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
£14.24
Bantam Books Birds of Prey Oxford Scientific Films
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£4.38
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Caught on the Trail Natures Wildlife Selfies
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£22.09
Museum of New Mexico Press Third Views Second Sights A Rephotographic Survey
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£52.69
Museum of New Mexico Press Light in the Desert Photographs from the
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£46.79
Museum of New Mexico Press Black Place Two Seasons
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£41.39
Alpine Club Whympers Scrambles with a Camera A Victorian
Book SynopsisEdward Whymper is one of the most important figures in the history of mountaineering. This title lets us: visit the Zermatt valley and its peaks, passes and glaciers; experience Whymper's many attempts to climb the Matterhorn; explore the Mont Blanc region, including the ill-fated building of an observatory on the summit; and, more.
£15.20
Loom Press North South Ireland Before Good Friday the
Book SynopsisThe photographs in this book were taken between 1982 through 1985. At that time Ireland had one of the poorest economies and highest rate of emigration in Europe. And across the border the Northern Ireland economy was being crippled by ongoing sectarian violence, the English army occupation, and hunger strikes against Margaret Thatchers IRA policies. This all began to change in the mid-1980s with the rise of the Celtic Tiger, brought about by new economic policies that welcomed foreign high-tech companies to Ireland. And later, in the 1990s, the Good Friday Agreement finally brought peace to Northern Ireland. This book is a snapshot of life in the Irelands before Good Friday and the Celtic Tiger. Mostly gone now but not forgotten. With North & South Ireland: Before Good Friday and the Celtic Tiger, James Higgins adds to his remarkable photography portfolio a set of astonishing images of people and places on an island that was on the cusp of enormous change. Hes cracked open a time capsule to reveal the enduring beauty, emotional power, and arresting visual facts of a land in two parts whose boundary lines fade under the photographers eye. In the middle 1980s, Higgins travelled to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland several times. Initially, he was not searching for ancestors or out to explore a popular world destination. Rather, beginning with his first journey he was drawn in by Irish soulfulness. He did touch his roots among relatives in County Leitrim, but his curiosity sent him around the island to see what he could see, to find what he could find. He preserved what entered his mind. These images give us Ireland from top to bottom in those years before the giant tech companies transformed the economy and before the peace accords in the North, which calmed the Troubles that had destabilized the society there for decades. Many Americans, in particular, will recognise in these photographs the land of origin of their forebears or the place they themselves toured in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. In their fixed form, Higgins photographs are timeless in the way the Irish sea and fields and faces hold time.
£22.09
Clear Light Publishers Ancient Wisdom Living Tradition
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£30.59
Posing Productions Eyes Up A Pictorial Odyssey of Life and Landscape
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£19.99
Orange Palm and Magnificent Magus Publications Inc Buddhas Bodhisattvas Khadromas and the Way of the
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£39.94
Orange Palm and Magnificent Magus Publications Inc Our Ordinary Extraordinary Earth and Its
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£52.79
Massey University Press Observations of a Rural Nurse
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£38.69
Massey University Press Kiwi Bikers
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£42.50
Massey University Press A Queer Existence
Book SynopsisGROWING UP GAY IN NEW ZEALAND OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS
£31.50
Abrams Chateau Cantemerle The Place Where Blackbirds
Book SynopsisThe legendary and mysterious history of the great winery Château Cantemerle, beautifully illustrated with romantic views of this ancient French vineyard.
£26.25
Abrams Supreme Sirens
Book Synopsis A stunning photography book that explores the power, rebellion, and resilience held within the voices of trailblazing Black female musicians. From entertainment journalist and fashion stylist Marcellas Reynolds, the author of Supreme Models and Supreme Actresses, comes the third installment of the celebrated series, Supreme Sirens: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Music, the first-ever art book to honor the Black female singers and musicians who dominate the music industry. Supreme Sirens chronicles the most influential and successful Black performers—from legendary jazz chanteuse Billie Holiday to the queen of soul Aretha Franklin and from glamorous girl groups such as the Supremes to modern, iconic superstars including Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Janet Jackson. Through exquisite photographs, personal interviews, short biographies, and career milestones, Reynolds details how these women’s music and
£33.75
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd WellDressed Dogs
Book SynopsisWelcome to Well-Dressed Dogs, a photographic collection of the world's most stylish pups, from the creative minds behind Dog Photog. Get ready to sit, stay and smile as you flip through pages filled with pooches of all shapes and sizes decked out in fashion-forward looks to suit any occasion, from catwalk to classroom. And every photo and accompanying caption is unique, just like every dog. It's a paw-some keepsake for dog lovers everywhere and guaranteed to have you barking with joy. Perfect for fans of Menswear Dog, Tiny Gentle Asians and The Quokka's Guide to Happiness.
£9.49
Little, Brown Book Group UpsideDown Dogs
Book Synopsis''This charming little book captures man''s best friend at its silliest: upside down. acked with laugh-out-loud photographs, it has every breed imaginable and is sure to warm even a cat lover''s heart.'' Katya Edwards, Daily MailCelebrated pet photographer Serena Hodson''s silly, drooly, whimsical, and fun Upside-Down Dogs is sure to bring a smile to every dog lover''s face. Her unique perspective brings these sweet, full-color photos to life on the page.Hodson takes beautiful colour photographs of humankind''s best friend . . . but her furry subjects are always upside down. The results are stunning, charming, and laugh-out-loud adorable. No matter the breed, no matter the background, Hodson is able to capture the personality of each dog she works with. There''s no better book to help someone turn their frown upside down.Trade ReviewSerena Hodson is turning pet photography on its head. * Courier Mail *This charming little book captures man's best friend at its silliest: upside down. Packed with laugh-out-loud photographs, it has every breed imaginable and is sure to warm even a cat lover's heart. -- Katya Edwards * Daily Mail *
£9.74
Little, Brown Book Group The Adventures of Azuki the Miniature Hedgehog
Book SynopsisAzuki, the much-loved Japanese miniature hedgehog who became an Instagram sensation, with over 407,000 followers, sadly died on the 20th January 2019. His daughter, Monaka, born on the 8th April 2018, is following in her father''s footsteps. This is a collection of adorable photographs of Azuki, Monaka and their friends baking, playing pool, reading and enjoying other mini-adventures. In his heyday, Azuki was a mainstay of Bored Panda and was featured on Time magazine''s website. New York magazine called him ''the only pure thing left in this world'', and he appeared in the pages of the Independent and the Sun. He also had thousands of fans in Australia and New Zealand.The Adventures of Azuki the Miniature Hedgehog and Friends is the perfect gift book for the animal lover in your life who is over dogs and cats and into hedgehogs, for anyone who clicks on Cute Overload for a break from the news, and for Azuki and daughter Monaka''s sTrade ReviewJust got another push notification for Trump's tweets? Here's Azuki wearing a hat! Did reading the details of the latest sexual-assault scandal erode your last shred of hope in the human condition? This is a video of Azuki eating an apple! . . . one of the few pure joys left. - New York magazineI'm not a mouse, I'm a hedgehog!
£7.49
Clear Light Publishers Tibet: Between Heaven & Earth
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£34.84
Triumph Books Sports Illustrated The Boston Celtics at 75
Book SynopsisCelebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the Boston Celtics one of the most revered teams in basketballSports Illustrated™ celebrates basketball greatness with The Boston Celtics at 75, an extraordinary collection of classic stories and photographs from the pages of SI. This commemorative book salutes hall of famers like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Paul Pierce, and coach Red Auerbach.Fans will unearth countless gems from the Celtics' past on each page of this diamond celebration.
£27.86
Speedy Publishing LLC Photo Album for Confirmation: Becoming One with the Lord
£12.34
Triumph Books Boston Bruins: Blood, Sweat & 100 Years
Book SynopsisCelebrate the Boston Bruins' centennial with this essential coffee table book In celebration of the Original Six franchise’s 100th season, the Boston Bruins present a visually stunning retrospective featuring hundreds of archival images and vivid, in-depth writing. This official illustrated history tells the stories behind all the iconic moments, the legendary players and people, and so much more. Fans will treasure this commemorative book as a definitive portrait of Boston's rich hockey heritage.
£37.36
kozu books IMMERSIVE By Bill Ward
£38.00
University of Alberta Press The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World
Book SynopsisFrom 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as “enemy aliens,” some with their families. Many communities in Canada where internees originated do not know these stories of Ukrainians, Germans, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Alevi Kurds, Armenians, Ottoman Turks, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, and Slovenes, amongst others. While most internees were Ukrainians, almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated discrimination and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canada’s first national internment operations. Foreword by Jen Budney.Trade Review"To dwell in this book's pages is to experience dismay, sadness and sobering revelation. Finally though, a century later, internment stories are being told, making our nation's history more authentic." -- Steven Ross"The book is a melding of Semchuk’s personal journey, visual art, narrative, and recall.... The Stories Were Not Told is an intriguing composition, stimulating thought and offering an artistic integrative approach to history and culture.... This grounding of the human experience through a variety of approaches reveals more than history per se." [Full review at https://ormsbyreview.com/2020/05/13/823-regular-hinther-mochoruk-semchuk-black-internment/] -- Keith Regular, The Ormsby Review, May 13, 2020"[The author] underscores the linkage between the past and the present and the potential implications of not doing the individual and collective “memory work” that forces us to confront our personal and national histories in a meaningful and respectful fashion. It is a powerful invocation—and one we should heed." -- Jim Mochoruk * Prairie History *Table of Contents1 Learning from the Past The War Measures Act Enemy Aliens Families in Danger 2 Standing Where the Internees Stood 3 Stories from Internees and Descendants Mary Bayrak Jerry Bayrak Philip Yasnowskyj, excerpt from “Internment” Nikola Sakaliuk, “WWI Internment Account of a Ukrainian at Fort Henry,” an interview by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk Ferdinand Zieroth, as told by grandson David Zieroth Wasyl Bobyk, as told by son Albert Bobyk Emile Litowski, as told by niece Christine Witiuk Vasyl Doskoch, as told by daughter Anne Sadelain Stefa (Mielniczuk) Pawliw, as told by granddaughter Kim Pawliw Petro Witrowicz, as told by granddaughter Valdine Ciwko Anonymous, as told by a grandson Uncle’s Story, as told by nephew Andrew Antoniuk Yurko Forchuk, as told by son Marshall Forchuk Yuri Babjek and his brothers, John, Bill, and Theodore,as told by grandson Nick Topolnyski Mikhail Danyluk, as told by granddaughter Florence McKie Frederick, Hilda, and Fred Jr. Kohse, as told by son and brother Gerald Kohse Metro Olynyk, as told by son Fred Olynyk Maksym Boyko, as told by son Otto and daughter-in-law Kathleen Boyko William Sharun, as told by son Lawrence Sharun Harry Levitsky, as told by step-granddaughter Donna Korchinski 4 Spirit Lake Photographs 5 Engaging Memory Work A Loss of Identity They Were Kids Authorities Can’t Control Memory Telling the Story as Resistance Humiliation These Are the Last Flowers I Will See in My Life Healing Resilience The Doors Open
£26.99
Goose Lane Editions Everything Remains Raw: Photographing Toronto's
Book SynopsisBefore there was Drake, there was The 6. The genesis and rise of Toronto's Hip Hop culture.Amongst the algorithmic pulsations that remap informational networks at the whim of any giant tech company, hip hop culture produces ways of knowing (and being in) the world that continually disrupt the status quo.Guided by a sense of rawness -- an unsanitized speaking of truth to power -- hip hop culture thrives outside of the formal and institutional settings which are often used to confer importance. Hip hop has no use for such pedestals. Its inherent and purposefully self-critical nature ensures that hip hop is both a widely appealing form for youth protest and a self-calibrating system of quality control.A photographic excavation of Toronto's hip hop archive, ...Everything Remains Raw draws on photographs of Kardinal Offishall, Michie Mee, Dream Warriors, Maestro, Drake, Director X, and others by Michael Chambers, Sheinina Raj, Demuth Flake, Craig Boyko, Nabil Shash, Patrick Nichols, and Stella Fakiyesi to offer a deep dive in hip hop's visual culture. An intentional intersection of the taste-making skills of the DJ and the nuanced particularism of the curator, the book and the accompanying exhibition juxtapose never-before-seen images with photojournalism, street posters, and zines to reframe and enhance popular understandings of this thing called hip hop....Everything Remains Raw accompanies an exhibition organized at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
£22.94
Goose Lane Editions Slow Seconds: The Photography of George Thomas
Book SynopsisFinalist, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)The photographs of George Taylor (1838-1913) offer viewers a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century New Brunswick. Taylor's career coincided with a period when photographers began to provide Canadians with images of the "wilderness." Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of Indigenous guides, Taylor travelled not only through settled parts of New Brunswick, but also into the wilderness of the north, providing views of hitherto unfamiliar and unknown terrain and helping to popularize the outdoors as a venue for canoeing, hunting and fishing.Taylor's work is also a record of rural and farm life on the rich floodplains and intervals of the Saint John River valley, of daily life in Fredericton, and of the large-scale expansion of railways in the province. Captured in the "slow seconds" of his camera, George Taylor's photographs illumined landscapes, people, and the seismic changes taking place at the cusp of the new century.The first book of Taylor's photographs, Slow Seconds presents a curated selection of one hundred photographs together with an account of the beginnings of photography and Taylor's life and work.Trade Review"This beautiful collection ... invites readers to enjoy each image as it was captured — slowly." * Maritime Edit *
£24.29
Goose Lane Editions James Wilson: Social Studies
Book SynopsisA CBC New Brunswick Book List Selection"The same stage, but different actors," explains Wilson. "There is something interesting to me about separating people from their environment, about keeping the focus on the individual."James Wilson’s studio portraits capture subjects from all walks of life. They document soldiers and street people, builders and bakers, artists and labourers. There is an intimate intensity in his photographs, which together form a timeless collage of life and faces from the early twenty-first century.Wilson’s portraits are also the product of a purposeful gaze, distinctive observations in black-and-white. All window-lit, all photographed in his studio, all with the same black background, these photographic portraits open a door into the worlds and at times the unguarded emotions of the individual subjects.James Wilson: Social Studies accompanies an exhibition that will open at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, NB, in June 2020.Trade Review“Wilson shares portraits of the very old and the very young, of the socially prominent and of the outcasts. All of his models are photographed using only natural light against a neutral grey background, a leveling effect that takes nothing away from the inherent dignity of each subject.” * Billie Magazine *“The book attempts something that photographers have strived for since the advent of the camera — to represent a time and place. One hundred years from now, when a New Brunswicker picks up James’s book and asks: ‘Who am I? Were do I come from? Who came before me?’ they will have 80 answers staring back at them.” * CreatedHere Magazine *
£27.89
Goose Lane Editions St. George
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£18.89
Dalton Watson Fine Books My Life in the Movies
Book SynopsisA work of the first still photographer to be E voted into the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, who also took the last cinematic images of Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee.
£26.10
GMC Publications Sky
Book SynopsisThis title showcases the sheer beauty of the sky, with magnificent colour photographs. All aspects are covered from the golden colours of dawn to spectacular storms and cloud formations. This is a stunning book that will fascinate everyone from budding meteorologists to lovers of beautiful images. Packed with full colour photographs, "Sky" showcases the sheer beauty of the sky. All aspects are covered from diverse cloud formations, the golden colours of dawn and dusk, spectacular storms and unique weather, plus a wide range of meteorological phenomena. The book also details the wonders of our night sky from the beautiful constellations, to meteors and the moon. Each image is reproduced in full colour and often full page. An inspiration for every budding meteorologist, keen sky watcher or lover of beautiful images.
£12.74
Otago University Press Working Lives c. 1900: A Photographic Essay
Book SynopsisFor the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world.
£20.25
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Frank Gowen's Vancouver: 1914-1931
Book SynopsisCity of Vancouver Heritage award winner, 2003 Frank Gowen''s Vancouver extended from White Rock to the Sunshine Coast, as the photographer and his camera explored the playgrounds and edifices of a vibrant West Coast community. In the city itself, Stanley Park, and particularly the park''s famed Hollow Tree, became Gowen''s personal domain. In this era when the picture postcard was firmly entrenched as a popular means of communication, Gowen''s images travelled around the world, establishing an ever-growing awareness of one of the world''s finest harbours and the lands that surrounded it. The pictures selected for this book provide a testimonial to the heritage and natural beauty of BC''s Lower Mainland.
£32.79
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd British Columbia 100 Years Ago: Portraits of a
Book SynopsisIn an era when picture postcards became a unique new way to "call home," they quickly established a role in enticing an ongoing parade of tourists to British Columbia. This book features an impressive collection of black-and-white lithograph images that were sold to the public in the early twentieth century. Documenting life in British Columbia during this period of time, each image has a story to tell. Collectively they define the state of affairs in B.C. a century ago. The book is divided into geographic regions, with an introductory article and map for each. Fred Thirkell and Bob Scullion''s previous book of postcard images, Postcards From the Past (1996), won a City of Vancouver Heritage Award.
£14.39
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Beyond the Whales: The Photographs and Passions
Book SynopsisThrough a selection of her stunning photographs, Alexandra Morton portrays life on the central British Columbia coast.She arrived in the area in 1984 as a whale researcher, and at first, she was absorbed in studying the orca and admiring the magnificent scenery. It is a coast with a long history: dolphins have pulsed in and out for 10,000 years; First Nations people have lived here for almost as long; European settlers arrived a scant century ago. As time passed, Morton began to observe the lives of other creatures that share the sea and land--humpback whales, bears, salmon, eagles, deer, and humans--and understand how they are all interconnected. As one example, "Bears drag salmon beneath the trees of the forest, feeding the giant plants that shade the river nursery, protect its banks and allow it to make more fish." In Beyond the Whales, Alexandra explains what is going on beyond the beauty of the images: "One of the joys of watching a place for 20 years is being able to read the signs upon the sea--bubbles on the surface mean tons of herring below; three birds over an orca mean the whale has brought fish to the surface; shearwaters in Blackfish Sound mean autumn is here. The ocean feeds the rivers and the rivers feed the ocean."
£18.89
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Around One More Point: A Journal of Paddling
Book SynopsisAround One More Point is a journal sketchbook of writings, photographs and drawings that capture the adventures of B.C. artist and paddler Mary Gazetas, who has journeyed with family and friends on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Inside Passage and Haida Gwaii for almost 25 years. This work, with its powerful visual imagery, includes stories and art created when Mary first started taking ocean canoe trips in the ''80s with her twin sister and her children. Since those pre-Gore-Tex days of primitive beach camping and paddling in all kinds of weather, the trips, the people and the artwork have changed.What hasn''t changed, though, is her passion for the character of the coast, and she returns every summer, bringing home material to be transformed into a variety of artistic expressions. The journeys include paddle trips in Barkley, Clayoquot, Nootka and Kyuquot sounds, the Broughton Archipelago, the central coast and Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands). This evocative journal will take readers on a journey, inspiring some to go to these beautiful places themselves-to go around one more point.
£14.39
