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Book SynopsisIn an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images. By adapting and experimenting with the tried and tested techniques used by graphic designers every day, you can add dynamism and impact to your imagery, whatever the style or genre - something that today''s editors, curators and publishers are all crying out for.The second edition includes examples of unsuccessful compositions, annotated images highlighting key techniques and an expanded glossary. There's also a new section on movements in photography and their reflection in composition, including modernism, expressionism, and surrealism and interviews with international practitioners discussing how they've included design principles in their work. Featured topics: Basic design theory; the use of space; positional decisions; the elements of design; line; shape or form; space; texture; light; colour; pattern; rhythm; contrasTrade ReviewWebb offers a beautifully designed and very useful introduction to the creative composition of a photograph ... Provides readers with authoritative principles and superb photographic examples ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels, all libraries. - CHOICE (of the first edition)Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Basic Design Theory2. The Elements of Design3. First Design Principles4. Depth and Scale5. Movement and Flow6. Emphasis And Emotion7. Putting It All TogetherFurther ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisEmphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors. It invites informed conversations about meanings and implications of images, providing multiple and sometimes conflicting answers to questions such as: What are photographs? Should they be called art? Are they ethical? What are their implications for self, society, and the world? From showing how critics verbalize what they see in images and how they persuade us to see similarly, to dealing with what different photographs might mean, the book posits that some interpretations are better than others and explains how to deliberate among competing interpretations. It looks at how the worth of photographs is judged aesthetically and socially, offering samples and practical consideratioTable of ContentsPreface 1. About Art Criticism ; 2. Photography Theory: Is It Art? Is It True? Is It Moral? ; 3. Describing Photographs: What Do I See? ; 4. Interpreting Photographs: What Does It Mean? ; 5. Types of Photographs ; 6. Photographs and Contexts ; 7. Judging Photographs: Is It Good? ; 8. Writing and Talking About Photographs ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of photographs of the islands around Scotlandâs West Coast from the Firth of Clyde to the Outer Hebrides.

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Book SynopsisA unique insight into the events of the Great War 1916.

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Book SynopsisA consolidation of all the recorded images of the Red Baron, gathered here in an effort to tell his extraordinary story in pictures.

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Book SynopsisNext in the wildly popular Photo Ark franchise, this book uses Joel Sartore’s signature portraits to highlight the amazing features and behaviors of the world’s insects, spiders, and kin.When the pandemic year forced photographer Joel Sartore to stay home in Nebraska instead of traveling to zoos and wildlife centers around the world, what did he do? He went outside and explored bugs. This book reveals more than 100 species of insects, spiders, and related creatures—some exotic, but many common in fields, forests, and neighborhoods. Amazing portraits in Sartore’s signature style—against a black or white background—capture these creatures’ bulbous eyes, probing antennae, and iridescent bodies in living color. Alongside, entertaining text explains the basics of insect bodies, lives, and behavior, rich with unforgettable details. Who knew that a South American butterfly emerges from a chrysalis that glistens like gold? Or that one sp

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Book SynopsisThis unique collection of photographs immediately shows why Yorkshire is one of Britainâs best-loved destinations.

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Book SynopsisThis beautifully photographed selection of fifty of the region's most precious assets shows what makes East Kent such a popular destination.

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world.

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Book SynopsisA stunning collection of images showcasing the scenic splendour, intrinsic character and contrasting treasures of Wiltshire throughout the seasons.

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Book SynopsisA photographic ethnography book that features the stories and portraits of individuals across the UK who have been impacted by social issues such as austerity, Brexit, deindustrialisation, nationalism and cuts to public services.Trade Review"This book illustrates a truth we cannot ignore. Class conflict is at the heart of our society, the inevitable consequence of this economic system. This should be the first principle of our politics. Paul Sng also shows another eternal truth: in the end, people always fight back. Our task is to ensure that their resistance is not in vain." Ken Loach, Director"Here are the lives behind the stereotypes and the headlines. Here is the reality of lives lived large and small in marginalised communities all over the country. Lives that are invisible only to those in power but to those of us who’ve tasted disability, poverty, unemployment, illness and criminalisation all too familiar. This is a beautiful collection – not bleak – a portrait of humour, resilience and endurance. It’s brilliant." Kit de Waal"This is a class that have everything taken from them and are then derided for the want of it: denied a functional education they are typified as ignorant, robbed of their jobs they are called benefit scroungers and, while effectively silenced in any cultural or social debate, are seen as inarticulate. This magnificent and very timely book puts the lie to that with its sensitive portraits – some inspiring, some heart-breaking, some both at once – of a diverse, various and above all resilient people who, when given a voice, have stories that urgently need to be listened to. This is a profoundly important human document, haunting for all the right reasons, and must be read." Alan Moore"The images in Invisible Britain, together with each personal testimony, document the reality faced by many today, and give honest representations of the people involved and their communities. Through the validation of the different lives shown; vulnerable people living on the sidelines, alienated and neglected by our current government, will perhaps feel empowered to challenge harmful policies that disregard their well-being. They are no longer invisible. We can see their truth, and we do care." Ella Murtha, The Tish Murtha Archive"This is Britain in the decade of cuts – but these aren’t portraits of despair. They’re stories of defiance, of fight and of faith that a better country awaits us all. These are your friends, neighbours, family – and they’ve got stuff to tell you." Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian"The images in Invisible Britain, together with each personal testimony, document the reality faced by many today, and give honest representations of the people involved and their communities. Through the validation of the different lives shown; vulnerable people living on the sidelines, alienated and neglected by our current government, will perhaps feel empowered to challenge harmful policies that disregard their well-being. They are no longer invisible. We can see their truth, and we do care." Ella Murtha, The Tish Murtha Archive"This project is an important reflection of the reality of austerity measures in the UK. As a US resident, UK born, it is beyond saddening for me to watch the security net not supporting the British, but tightening around people’s necks; we have practically none in the US and I fear the direction in which the UK is heading cos it ain’t pretty over here." Julie Grahame, aCurator"Invisible Britain celebrates Britain in all its diversity, but also puts social justice to the forefront by directly confronting the cruelties of Austerity Rule and putting the forgotten people of Britain at its heart." Colin Pantall, Photographer"This is not just a collection of tender, beautiful photographs that give dignified people their rightful voice, but a record of austerity’s stain on our country. The invisibility of the people in these stories is how the government has got away with the last eight years of destroying our communities, our social security system and our public services. We must amplify their voices at every opportunity. Because when they speak out, they speak for all of us." Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror"This collection captures both the struggle and survival of the people across the country who have been hit hardest by austerity. In an era when the media frequently fails to show the impacts of government policy this kind of book is particularly important." Caroline Lucas"Photography enables a moment in the state of a nation to be captured and recorded with incisive focus. The portraits within this book offer a visual gateway to the stories of those unheard and invisible in Britain in this moment." Tracy Marshall, Director of Northern Narratives"One of the most shameful legacies of this Government will be the way in which it gave rise to a nasty culture of stigmatising working class communities and looking down on those just struggling to survive, who could be any one of us in different circumstances. These stereotypes don’t just demonise some of Britain’s most deprived communities, they are actively used to justify and excuse the damaging policies that are making people's lives worse. This book powerfully gives voice to the experiences and perspectives of people who we are used to being marginalised and silenced." Jeremy Corbyn"What the eye does not see is what they don’t want you to see, or think over, or act on. Stunning." Danny Dorling, Oxford University"Invisible Britain is an anthology of portraits and testimonials from the grassroots, from the everyday man and woman who have been forced to ride the rollercoaster of austerity. It captures the dignity and defiant spirit of resistance – the crescending voice of the invisible people who demand to be seen and heard." Ishmahil Blagrove, Writer and Filmmaker"Let the ears of those responsible for austerity and its war on the poor ring with the words of these stories of defiant hope. Paul Sng's extraordinary book helps us see and hear the people who have lived through this devastating period in our history on their own terms." Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths College"These are moving and powerful portraits of people up and down the country whose lives have been blighted by social class inequalities. These are human voices bravely fighting for a more equal society." Mike Savage, London School of Economics“… brings sociology to the masses, rather than being confined to a handful of academics… truly unique piece of work and the execution is beautifully done whilst the timing is prescient.” The Sociological Review * The Sociological Review *“A book full of warmth and solidarity, showing how the marginalized have voices that will not be silenced.” The Prisma * The Prisma *"...intimate and powerful, stories of hope and defiance in the face of adversity, of particular relevance at a time of uncertainty and political upheaval in the UK." OtimoTable of ContentsForeword by Michael Sheen; Introduction; Portraits.

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Book Synopsis***One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2022******One of The New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2022***'Exuberantly entertaining' NYT Book Review'Mark Braude's writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself.' Jim Jarmusch'A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously-researched romp of a book, Kiki Man Ray brings to life not just the kaleidoscopically talented Kiki herself, but the endlessly fascinating Montparnasse milieu over which she reigned.' Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHTThough many have never heard her name, Alice Prin - Kiki de Montparnasse - was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, and Marcel Duchamp. She also shepherded along the career of a then-unknown American photographer: Man Ray.Following Kiki in the years between 1921 and 1929, when she lived and worked with Man Ray, Kiki Man Ray charts their complicated entanglement and reveals how Man Ray - always the unabashed careerist - went on to become one of the most famous photographers of the twentieth century, enjoying wealth and prestige, while Kiki's legacy was lost.But this isn't a story of an overbearing male genius and his defeated muse. During the 1920s it was Kiki, not Man Ray, who was the brighter of the two rising stars and a powerful figure among the close-knit community of models, painters, writers and café wastrels who made their homes in gritty Montparnasse. Following the couple as they created art, struggled for power and competed for fame, Kiki Man Ray illuminates for the first time Kiki's seminal influence on the culture of 1920s Paris, and challenges ideas about artists and muses, and the lines separating the two.'Kiki de Montparnasse was more than a muse - she was a vivacious, independent woman whose talent and magnetism helped make Paris the center of the art world in the 1920s. In Mark Braude's riveting cultural history, the Queen of Montparnasse rises again. This is a lively and compassionate tribute to the chanteuse, model, and portraitist who held center stage in her life, and who inspired some of the finest Surrealist art of the twentieth century.' Heather Clark, author of Pulitzer Prize-finalist Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia PlathTrade ReviewA lively study of [Kiki de Montparnasse] who exemplified [a] cocktail of high spirits and a heedless self-destruction. * The Times *[Kiki is] a vibrant force in a colorful world - and the heart of Braude's history. A rich, affectionate look at bohemian Paris. * Kirkus Reviews *Mark Braude focuses on Kiki de Montparnasse and Man Ray . . . immersing the reader in a world where everyone was pushing their creativity in unimaginable directions. * The Spectator *Exuberantly entertaining . . . A riveting glimpse into the absinthe-fuelled Parisian jazz age * Lady Magazine *Finally, a detailed and entertaining account of Alice Prin, aka Kiki de Montparnasse, and her artistic and romantic relationship with Man Ray. Best known as a popular (and usually nude) artists' model, Kiki was a singer and performer, a painter, a writer, and the central female instigator for the avant-garde demimonde of Paris in the 1920s. Mark Braude's writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself. * Jim Jarmusch *The frank, lively voice that comes through in Kiki's vignettes makes a cornerstone for the case, which Braude renews, that she was far more than Man Ray's party-girl companion - that it was, in fact, her vitality, her connectedness in artistic networks, and her intuitive understanding of his creative process that hoisted Man Ray on to the highway to fame. * The Telegraph *Kiki de Montparnasse was more than a muse - she was a vivacious, independent woman whose talent and magnetism helped make Paris the center of the art world in the 1920s. In Mark Braude's riveting cultural history, the Queen of Montparnasse rises again. This is a lively and compassionate tribute to the chanteuse, model, and portraitist who held center stage in her life, and who inspired some of the finest Surrealist art of the twentieth century. * Heather Clark, author of Pulitzer Prize–finalist RED COMET: THE SHORT LIFE AND BLAZING ART OF SYLVIA PLATH *Kiki Man Ray is a thoroughly researched and gracefully written life of the (until now) underestimated model, performer, painter, actress, and influencer known as Kiki de Montparnasse. Mark Braude's biography brings her out of the wings and sets her firmly center stage in this evocative portrait of artistic life in the Paris of the 1920s. * Carolyn Burke, author of FOURSOME and LEE MILLER *A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously researched romp of a book, Kiki Man Ray brings to life not just the kaleidoscopically talented Kiki herself, but the endlessly fascinating Montparnasse milieu over which she reigned. -- Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHTMan Ray captured 1920s Paris in his photographs, especially those of a singular muse: Kiki de Montparnasse, a hostess, a celebrity, a cabaret performer, a woman whose bawdy, heartfelt songs were the pulse of Paris. Mark Braude turns the tables - and the lens - and gives us a unique portrait: Man Ray from the perspective of that celebrated muse and her ephemeral art of performance. * Tilar J. Mazzeo, New York Times bestselling author of THE HOTEL ON PLACE VENDÔME: LIFE, DEATH, AND BETRAYAL AT THE HOTEL RITZ IN PARIS *Kiki de Montparnasse - model, muse, artist - is the sole realist in a room of Surrealists. Unafraid of contradiction, she lived the fast life in the stillness of a pose, the intimacy of a public dream. Beautifully written, with a light touch and a wise eye, Mark Braude's Kiki Man Ray arranges the elements of Kiki's life, letting radiant patterns emerge. * Alexander Nemerov, author of FIERCE POISE: HELEN FRANKENTHALER AND 1950S NEW YORK *Exquisitely crafted . . . [S]harp and succinct . . . Kiki Man Ray rescues its protagonist from the dustbin of history and advocates eloquently for the vitality and importance of the world she helped to forge. * HAMILTON CAIN, Wall Street Journal *If the only 'Kiki de Montparnasse' you are aware of is a lingerie brand, please check out this top-notch, highly readable nonfiction from cultural historian Mark Braude right now. * CAT AUER, A.V. Club *[An] affectionate biography . . . As irresistible as it is overdue. * Chicago Review of Books *Mark Braude's exuberantly entertaining biography sets out to rebalance the much-told story of Left Bank Paris, in which Kiki - model, memoirist and muse - is usually cast as a bit player. * The New York Times *[A] heady romp through the galleries and nightclubs of interwar France * Vogue *I loved Mark Braude's entertaining dual-biography . . . Kiki entranced the American Surrealist Man Ray, and the book charts their tempetuous relationship. * Lady Magazine *2022 Bookshelf Christmas Special - The Lady's Pick of the Year's BEST BOOKS* *'Mark Braude's spirited and thoroughly researched account brings [Kiki] to life, highlighting her belligerent nature and generous spirit, as well as her activities as an artist and writer . . . Braude's colourful evocation captures the heady atmosphere of a Paris still traumatized by the First World War' * TLS *

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Book SynopsisThe Lives of Images, edited by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, is a set of contemporary thematic readers designed for educators, students, practicing photographers, and others interested in the ways images function within a wider set of cultural practices. The series tracks the many movements and “lives” of images—their tendency to accumulate, circulate, and transform through different geographies, cultures, processes, institutions, states, uses, and times. Volume 2 in this series, Analogy, Attunement, and Attention, addresses the complex relationships that the reproducible image creates with its viewers, their bodies, their minds, and their sense of the physical and metaphysical world. The selection addresses the image’s role in the social constitution of individual and collective identity, in social practices of resistance to the structural violences of racism, or in relation to state exercises of power. Of particular importance in this volume are questions of our changing relationship to space and to selfhood as mediated by the image and by the many networked technologies and norms built around it. Essays in the volume ask: what modes of attention are required of us as viewers and agents of image circulation? The question of how image technologies provide us with an array of freedoms is here combined with and read against the many ways images are deployed to reorient, repress, or reduce our field of vision—thus affecting our capacity to see and to act in social space. Contributions by Victor Burgin, Judith Butler, Tina Campt, Sarah Jane Cervenak, Harun Farocki, Tom Holert, Thomas Keenan, Rabih Mroué, Vivian Sobchack, and Tiziana Terranova

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Book SynopsisAnniversary issue features seven original commissions by leading photographers and artists, and seven essays about Aperture’s legacy by award-winning writers and critics This fall, Aperture celebrates seventy years in print with an issue that explores the magazine’s past while charting its future. Reflecting on the founding editors’ original mission and drawing on Aperture’s global community of photographers, writers, and thinkers, this issue features seven original artist commissions as well as seven essays by some of the most incisive writers working today––each engaging with the magazine’s archive in distinct ways. Among the original artist commissions, Iñaki Bonillas selects iconic images and texts from the Aperture’s archive from the 1950s to produce open-ended narrative collages. Dayanita Singh reflects on the 1960s and the family album as a serious photographic form. Yto Barrada enacts sculptural interventions to issues and spreads from the 1970s, using remnants of the late artist Bettina Grossman’s color paper cutouts. Mark Steinmetz draws inspiration from the magazine’s Summer 1987 issue, “Mothers & Daughters,” to compose a photo essay of his wife, the photographer Irina Rozovsky, and their daughter Amelia. Considering the matrix of censorship, art, and religion in the 1990s, John Edmonds creates a tableau about family, faith, and grief. Hannah Whitaker explores the turn of the century, and the ways in which our anxieties about technology create speculative worlds. And Hank Willis Thomas draws on Aperture’s issues from the 2010s to create a series of collages that reference traditional quilt patterning, revivifying history and remixing the present.Looking back upon Aperture’s legacy, Darryl Pinckney reconsiders the photographer and editor Minor White, whose vision shaped the magazine for nearly two decades, beginning in the 1950s. Olivia Laing writes about the 1960s and the tensions between reportage and artistry in the work of Dorothea Lange, W. Eugene Smith, and others. Geoff Dyer revisits to the 1970s, which he considers a decade of new ideas and deeper reflection on the medium, looking into the works of William Eggleston and Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Brian Wallis looks back at the politics, art, identity, and the “culture wars” of the 1980s, while Susan Stryker reflects on Aperture’s archive from the 1990s and its foregrounding of identity beyond the gender binary, evoking Catherine Opie, Elaine Reichek, and Aperture’s pathbreaking “Male/Female” issue. Lynne Tillman illustrates how photographers searched for the tangible in an increasingly digital world in the 2000s, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Salamishah Tillet shows how the photo album became a source of connection and narrative amid the information overabundance of the 2010s.

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Book SynopsisThis spring Aperture magazine presents “We Make Pictures in Order to Live” an issue that nods to the late, celebrated writer Joan Didion and looks at photography’s relationship to storytelling. “We live entirely, especially if we are writers,” Didion writes in her iconic essay “The White Album,” “by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the ‘ideas’ with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.” Brimming with visual stories that excite, surprise, and illuminate daily life, this issue asks how photographers create and question narratives, and features new work by Bieke Depoorter, a profile of Nick Waplington by Alistair O’Neill, as well as features on Adraint Bereal and Charles “Teenie” Harris.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing a foreword from legendary director Martin Scorcese,Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections combines stories, anecdotes, and perspectives from dozens of musicians and filmmakers about the making of the Academy Award-winning documentary Woodstock. Assembled by associate producer Dale Bell, the oral history takes readers behind the scenes—and behind the camera—at the decade-defining event.

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Book SynopsisAs both an art form and a universal language, the photograph has an extraordinary ability to connect and communicate with others. But with over one trillion photos taken each year, why do so few of them truly connect? Why do so few of them grab our emotions or our imaginations? It is not because the images lack focus or proper exposure; with advances in technology, the camera does that so well these days. Photographer David duChemin believes the majority of our images fall short because they lack soul. And without soul, the images have no ability to resonate with others. They simply cannot connect with the viewer, or even—if we’re being truthful—with ourselves.In The Soul of the Camera: The Photographer’s Place in Picture-Making, David explores what it means to make better photographs. Illustrated with a collection of beautiful black-and-white images, the book’s essays address topics such as craft, mastery, vision, audience, discipline, story, and authenticity. The Soul of the Camera is a personal and deeply pragmatic book that quietly yet forcefully challenges the idea that our cameras, lenses, and settings are anything more than dumb and mute tools. It is the photographer, not the camera, that can and must learn to make better photographs—photographs that convey our vision, connect with others, and, at their core, contain our humanity. The Soul of the Camera helps us do that.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionThe Place of CraftThe Discovery of VisionMindfulness of LanguageA Willingness to InterpretThe Need for OpennessPatienceCapturing the MomentRespect for the Creative ProcessA Willingness to SurrenderObedience to CuriosityImprovisationAbandon PerfectionThe Search for StoryThe Role of AudienceThe Rejection of ComparisonsAuthenticityCritiqueThe Need for LoveCourageThe Rejection of RulesA (Changing) Eye for BeautyDisciplineAfter the CameraThe Pursuit of MasteryConclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior, acclaimed bird photographer and author Marie Read shares techniques and stories behind her compelling images, offering fresh insights into making successful bird photographs, whether you're out in the field or in the comfort of your own backyard.

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Book SynopsisLearn to master your Nikon D780 and take full advantage of all its capabilities! Mastering the Nikon D780 by Darrell Young provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of the new D780 camera. Darrell is determined to help the user navigate past the confusion that often comes with complex and powerful professional ca

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Book SynopsisA photographic journey behind the opaque storefronts of shuttered retail spaces, and their magical worlds of compositions and modern ruins.In Capital, Mark Hage reframes the story of gentrification, and in photographic portraits of shuttered retail spaces captures the hidden soul of the city. Exploring the accidental compositions that emerge in the built environment, he invites us to view an alternative to increasingly over-mediated spaces in photographs of what is abandoned, altered, left behind, gutted.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the art of mindfulness through words, phrases, haikus and photographs that reflect the stillness and meditative nature of Japanese culture.

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Book SynopsisWhen you think of Paris do you picture the Eiffel Tower? The medieval city of Notre Dame? The elegant boulevards of Baron Haussmann? The Montmartre of Toulouse- Lautrec? The grandeur of the Louvre? The Art Nouveau of the Paris Metro? The Grand Projets of François Mitterrand? Or...? Yes, there is just so much beauty to Paris. In 150 striking images, Paris celebrates the French capital, from its world-famous landmarks to evocative alleyways and corners that might surprise you. You may have heard, for instance, about the Paris catacombs and sewers that you can visit, but did you know about La Petite Ceinture, a disused 19th century railway line that circumnavigates the inner city? From the medieval marvels of Sainte-Chapelle to the 1970s Pompidou Centre to the latest pop-up beaches beside the Seine, the book explores a great many sides to the city. In collecting these images of the city today, we come to understand something of its history – from the executions that took place at the Place de la Concorde during the Revolution to the Arc de Triomphe honouring those who served in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars to the skyscrapers of La Défense. Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Paris is a stunning collection of images celebrating the world’s most romantic city.Table of ContentsIntroduction Everyday Paris Painter, Fontaine de Médicis, Jardin du Luxembourg Approaching the Eiffel Tower, via the Champ de Mars Sunset at the Jardin des Tuileries Carrousel de la Tour Eiffel Paris in the rain Jogger passes Eiffel Tower Ice skating in front of the Hôtel de Ville Covered steps at the Parc de Belleville Escalator at the Pompidou Centre La marché aux fleurs, Île de la Cité The Clos Montmartre vineyard Parc des Buttes-Chaumont Boats for hire at the Bois de Boulogne Steps, Montmartre Mural painting at the Parc de Belleville Birds fly past the funnels of the Pompidou Centre Lunch on the steps of La Grande Arche de la Défense La Musée des Égouts de Paris Terminal 2 at Charles de Gaulle International Airport Platforms at Gare du Nord Canopy, the Forum des Halles Glass ceiling, Le Passage du Grand Cerf Antiquarian bookshop on the Rue Mazarine Abercrombie & Fitch, Champs-Elysées Escalators, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche Stairs and escalator, Bercy Commuter cycles past the Arc de Triomphe Vélib’ cycle rack Bicycle stands outside the Odette patisserie Window display, Paris boutique Shop window display of coloured women’s leather gloves Mannequin legs in the Printemps department store Shop window, Lancel, the Champs-Elysées Model of Pinocchio at La marché aux fleurs Librairie François Jousseaume, Galerie Vivienne Artists’ stalls at Place du Tertre, Montmartre Shakespeare and Company, Rue de la Bûcherie Antiques market, Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen Patisserie and café in Paris’s Jewish quarter, Le Marais A sunny day in Montmartre Passage du Chantier, Rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine The river Seine Bouquiniste stall by the Seine A Taste of Paris Maison Lacombe, Rue des Acacias Ice cream vendor smiles, despite the rain Donut and crepe stand, the Bastille La Rotonde, Montparnasse Eating outside at a Paris bistro Café, Le Marais Le Café Montmartre Le Bizuth, Boulevard Saint Germain La Chaise au Plafond, Le Marais Crêpe from a Paris street vendor Au Lys d’Argent Crêperie, Rue Saint-Louis en l’Île Androuet, Rue Mouffetard Barbès market on the Boulevard de la Chapelle Bouillon Chartier Waiter lights candles at Le Grand Vefour Café Marly Rum Baba ready to be served, Bistrot Paul Bert Baker making bread in a boulangerie in Saint Germain des Pres Fruit flan in the window of the Paul boulangerie and patisserie Sandwiches and Quiche Lorraine in a Montmartre shop window, Place du Tertre Parisian Landmarks, Ancient and Modern Small Pyramid, Louvre Palace Main Hall, Louvre Palace West Façade, Church of Saint-Sulpice Écoute, Place René Cassin Maman, Jardin de Tuileries, Paris Bulls’ heads, Lavirotte Building, Paris Le Stryge, Notre-Dame Ceiling and interior, Notre-Dame From the West, Île de la Cité Vendôme Column, Place Vendôme Colonne de Juillet, Place de la Bastille Luxor Obelisk, Place de la Concorde Looking down at the Parc du Champ-de-Mars, from the Eiffel Tower Looking up at the modern windows of the Institut du Monde Arabe View of the Eiffel Tower and Front-de-Seine, Paris Skyscrapers at night, La Défense Reflection in La Géode, Parc de la Villette Exterior, the Pompidou Centre Palais de Chaillot, Place du Trocadéro Waterfall, Parc de Bercy The grand staircase, the Palais Garnier Exterior, the Conciergerie Square Keep, Château de Vincennes Notre-Dame Cathedral from beneath Pont Saint-Michel, Île de la Cité Main Hall, the Musée d’Orsay Place des Vosges, Le Marais Sunset, le Jardin des Tuileries Dancing Fountains, Parc André Citroën Fontaine des Fleurs, Place de la Concorde Sunset, Arc de Triomphe View of the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe Dome, Galeries Lafayette Reading room, Bibliothèque Nationale de France Ceiling of the Grand Foyer, the Palais Garnier Place du Tertre, Montmartre Sacré-Cœur, Montmartre Clock, Conciergerie Gallery of Evolution, National Museum of Natural History Père Lachaise Cemetery The tomb of Oscar Wilde, Père Lachaise Cemetery Interior, the Pantheon Catacombs, Montparnasse Paris, the City of Light Electric street lighting on Pont Alexandre III Streetlight illuminated at night, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville Entrance to the Metro, Montmartre The Japan Bridge, La Défense The Eiffel Tower and Pont Neuf The Champs-Elysées, from L’Arc De Triomphe Exterior, La Cité de la Mode et du Design Parc de la Villette Clock face at the Musée d’Orsay La Grande Roue, la Place de la Concorde The Moulin Rouge, Montmartre The Eiffel Tower at night Exterior, Petit Palais View of the Arc de Triomphe from the Champs-Elysées La Grande Arche de la Défense Musician at the Louvre The Montparnasse Tower Exterior, Hôtel de Ville Sacré-Cœur and the Eiffel Tower Street cafes on the Île Saint-Louis Art Nouveau Metro sign in Place Saint-Michel Cour du Commerce Saint-Andre, Odeon The Café de Paris on the Left Bank Café de Flore, Saint-Germain-des-Pres Quai de Jemmapes, on the Canal Saint-Martin Le Consulat, Montmartre Winter evening at Au Relais, Montmartre Les Pipos wine bar, Place LaRue Townhouses on the Quai des Orfèvres Notre-Dame at night, from the Pont de la Tournelle The banks of the Seine in early evening Beauty and Function: Transport in Paris Pedestrian entrance to Pont de Bir-Hakeim, rue d’Alboni View of the Île de la Cité across Pont Neuf Nymph, Pont Alexandre III Metro train crossing Pont de Bercy The Seine glows with light, Pont Notre-Dame Art Nouveau metro station canopy, Abbesses Art Nouveau panelling, Porte Dauphine Staircase and platform, Cité Metro Station Stalingrad metro station View across the Seine, from Pont Alexandre III Grand Palais, from Pont Alexandre III Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir Aerial view of railway system at Gare Montparnasse Main hall clock; Gare de l’Est Gare de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Gare Saint-Lazare Metro station entrance, Saint-Lazare Interior, Viroflay-Rive-Droite Station Facade, Gare du Nord Night on the Montmartre funicular railway

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Book SynopsisThe places time forgot - stunning, eerie and atmospheric photographs of the most breathtaking abandoned places from around the world. A stunning gift package perfect for those interested in photography, history and the world around us. 'A book that makes you think' -- ***** Reader review'Beautiful' -- ***** Reader review'Spectacular photos' -- ***** Reader review'Stunning' -- ***** Reader review*********************************************************************From the magical empty theatres of Detroit to the lost playgrounds of Chernobyl, there are places across the globe that were once a hub of activity, but are now abandoned and in decay.With nature creeping in and reclaiming these spots, we are left with eerie crumbling ruins and breathtaking views that offer us a window into the past and capture our imagination. Abandoned showcases the very best photographs from around the world documenting this phenomenon. We see a disused stadium in the Czech Republic, a train wreck in the North Carolina mountains, factories in Hungary, a Welsh mental asylum and warehouses in Belgium, all depicted beautifully and sensitively. More immersive than a museum and more human that a lecture, abandoned photography has given the world an exciting way to look at our history and the places we have long neglected.Compiled and curated by photographer and former urban explorer, Mathew Growcoot.

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Book SynopsisDelve into the minds of Ireland's extraordinary personalities as writer and podcaster Róisín Ingle uncovers the stories behind their most treasured spaces.Including a huge array of talent such as Dara Ó Briain, Marian Keyes, Marty Morrissey, Daniel O'Donnell, Ardal O'Hanlon, Orla Kiely and more, each tale blends stunning scenery with personal anecdotes which will entertain and inspire in equal measure.In association with the mental health charity A Lust for Life, thirty influential figures relive fond memories in locations that have brought them solace, laughter and awe, providing a unique view of the relationship we have with special places and people we love.FEATURINGChris de Burgh - Niall Breslin - Deirdre O'Kane - Paul Howard - Anne Enright - Senator Lynn Ruane - Joanne O'Riordan - Dara Ó Briain - Colm Toibin - Marian Keyes - Marty Morrissey - Daniel O'Donnell - Ardal O'Hanlon - Orla Kiely - Professor Luke O'Neill - Maia Dunphy - Michelle Fairley - Tina Kellegher - Róisín Murphy - Liz Nugent - Ifrah Ahmed - Eamonn Coghlan - Senator Eileen Flynn - Neil McManus - Marguerite Penrose - Kevin Sharkey - Martin Beanz Ward - Keavy Lynch - Michelle Fairley

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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated.Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history, with a reign even longer than Queen Victoria. Her extraordinary life is expertly portrayed by Jennie Bond, former BBC royal correspondent, in this magnificent visually led biography. On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, became Queen on the death of her father, King George VI. The reign that was to see major changes both in the country and Commonwealth and in the role of the monarchy began far away from Britain in a game reserve in Kenya.Elizabeth: A Celebration in Photographs, looks at this remarkable period in the history of Britain's monarchy in lavish and fascinating detail, featuring over 250 photographs. Constantly under scrutiny the entire time she was on the throne, this book presents a balanced and absorbing account of the Queen's life and of her role as the head of state in a country and a world that have changed almost beyond recognition in the seventy years she held the throne.Table of ContentsFamily Tree • Introduction • Princess Elizabeth • New Queen • First Decade • The Second Decade • The Third Decade • The Fourth Decade • The Fifth Decade • The Sixth Decade • Chronology • Index • Acknowledgements.

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Book SynopsisIn the mid-1980s, one of British Rail's major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running its services with locomotives owned by them, rather than BR. Disappointment in the Class 56s on its routes led Foster Yeoman to look elsewhere for locomotives. They eventually agreed a deal with the US firm General Motors to provide them with the locos designated as Class 59s. The Class 59s surpassed everyone's expectations and other customers unhappy with the Class 56s decided to purchase the Class 59s as well. The locos are now over 30 years old and are still performing the work they were designed for. With over 230 images, this book shows the Class 59s through the years across the United Kingdom.

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Book SynopsisThe 1990s was the last golden era' of motorcycling in Britain particularly for today's nostalgia-driven, 50-something bikers. Ground-breaking sports bikes included the likes of Honda's original FireBlade, Yamaha's R1 and Ducati's iconic 916, with Britain's Carl Foggy' Fogarty taking the latter to glory in the new World Superbike championship. A new breed of hyperbike', first led by Kawasaki's 178mph ZZR1100 then Honda's CBR1100XX Super Blackbird and Suzuki's Hayabusa, took performance higher than ever before.It was also the decade that saw the return of historic British brand Triumph, Ducati's novel Monster 900, Honda's oval-pistoned NR750 and Yamaha's wacky hub-centre GTS1000. All of these and many more are remembered and celebrated in Motorcycles We Loved in the 1990s.

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Book SynopsisRising out of the depths of the North Atlantic, the great cathedral-like sea stacks of Stac Lee and Stac an Armin and the jagged outlines of the islands of Hirta, Dùn, Levenish, Borerary and Soay make up one of the most famous groups of islands in the world, the archipelago of St Kilda.The names we have given to the islands reflect our own impressions of a place which in the minds of many lie far off in the west, 100 miles distant from mainland Scotland, surrounded by the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic. From Britain's Loneliest Islands' to the Islands at the Edge of the World', the archipelago is often considered to be an outlier both physically and culturally from the British Isles, a place where a separate, supposedly more basic existence took place in an environment whose stark natural beauty is matched by its harsh and unforgiving location.

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Book SynopsisA hotspot in the North Atlantic, Iceland is one of the world's most unusual countries. It is Europe's second largest island but its most sparsely populated country. Sitting astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, linking the North Atlantic plate with the Eurasian plate, it is closer to Greenland than Europe. It lies just south of the Arctic Circle, but, warmed by Gulf Stream waters, has a temperate climate. It has fiery volcanoes and freezing glaciers, striking black sand beaches and hot geysers the word geyser itself comes from Icelandic. And a geologically young landmass, Iceland is still taking shape: a volcanic eruption in 1963 caused the formation of the new island of Surtsey. Iceland is a fascinating exploration of this most beautiful island. From volcanoes and lava flows to geysers and geothermal pools, from bird life to whale-watching, from national parks, verdant valleys to inland tundra, and from how waterfalls are used for hydro-electric power to Reykjavik's city life,

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Book SynopsisPhotography was invented between the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels's The Communist Manifesto. Taking the intertwined development of capitalism and the camera as their starting point, the essays in Capitalism and the Camera investigate the relationship between capitalist accumulation and the photographic image, and ask whether photography might allow us to refuse capitalism's violence-and if so, how?Drawn together in productive disagreement, the essays in this collection explore the relationship of photography to resource extraction and capital accumulation, from 1492 to the postcolonial; the camera's potential to make visible critical understandings of capitalist production and society, especially economies of class and desire; and propose ways that the camera and the image can be used to build cultural and political counterpublics from which a democratic struggle against capitalism might emerge. With essays by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Siobhan Angus, Kajri Jain, Walter Benn Michaels, T. J. Clark, John Paul Ricco, Blake Stimson, Chris Stolarski, Tong Lam, and Jacob Emery.Trade ReviewThese essays scrutinize the photograph from multiple angles to expose the image-capitalism of our ongoing Imperial Age. A treasure trove of contemporary approaches to critical visual studies. -- Susan Buck-Morss, CUNY Graduate CenterThis is the most original and ground-breaking collection of essays on photography that I have seen in many years, featuring notable critics and scholars at the height of their powers. Do not look for consensus here, but a refreshing take on the enduring contradictions that beset this essential medium of modernity. -- W. J. T. Mitchell, author of What Do Pictures Want?Scintillating ... [in Capitalism and the Camera] Coleman and James ask us to consider the primary destructive gaze of powerful companies. -- Shanti Escalante-De Mattei * Art in America *

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Book SynopsisIn this major work on landscape photography, extensively illustrated in colour and black & white, Liz Wells is concerned with the ways in which photographers engage with issues about land, its representation and idealisation. She demonstrates how the visual interpretation of land as landscape reflects and reinforces contemporary political, social and environmental attitudes. She also asks what is at stake in landscape photography now through placing critical appraisal of key examples of work by photographers working in, for example, the USA, in Europe, Scandinavia and Baltic areas, within broader art historical and political concerns. This illuminating book will interest readers in photography and media, geography, art history and travel, as well as those concerned with environmental issues.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Landscape: Time, Space, Place, Aesthetics2 A Northern Place: Land and Settlement3 After the Frontier: Environment and the West4 Pastoral Heritage: Britain Viewed Through a Critical Lens5 Views of the North: Landscape, Photography and National Identity6 Sense of Location: Topography, Journey, MemoryBibliographyIndex

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‘Before I ever thought of a project, I began photographing whatever struck me as beautiful, amazing, worth telling about … In all of my work, testimonies have been an important element of the projects.’ Born in Finland, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen studied in London, founding the Amber Film & Photography Collective with her fellow students, and then moved to North East England in the 1960s. She has been based in Newcastle ever since, deeply rooted in the local community. Focusing on two of her photographic series – Byker (1969–83) and Writing in the Sand (1978–98) – this book captures a working class neighbourhood and reveals the devastating impact that the redevelopment of Newcastle’s East End had on the community, but also the moments of joy of the group outings to the beach. Konttinen’s love for this part of the world is at the heart of these moving but never sentimental pictures. Her photographs and Amber’s films were inscribed in the British section of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2011. The Tate Photography Series is a celebration of international photography in the Tate collection and an introduction to some of the greatest photographers at work today. With the direct involvement of living photographers in collaboration with photography curators, these books showcase the best and most notable images taken across the globe, from city streets to seashores, moving across landscapes and through subcultures, in a visual travelogue of our world. Each book contains a new conversation between curator and photographer and is prefaced with a short introduction. The theme for the first four titles is Community and Solidarity. Also available in this series are: Liz Johnson Artur (978-1-84976-801-6) Sabelo Mlangeni (978-1-84976-802-3) Sheba Chhachhi (978-1-84976-803-0)

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Book SynopsisA showcase of London’s street nameplates – from the curious to the ornate. All around London, you can find a remarkable public archive of lettering in the city’s street nameplates. A unique collection of styles and forms that stretches back to the 17th century, these little labels hide in plain sight – we use their information daily, but too often fail to really notice them. And they aren’t just visual anchors, telling us where we are; but temporal anchors too, telling us where we’ve come from. This expertly curated collection documents the most significant, beautiful and curious street signs, from enamel plates to incised lettering, the simplest cast iron signs to gloriously ornamental architectural plaques. It’s a visual and typographical journey through the history of a great metropolis. Along the way, the fascinating stories behind these unassuming treasures are uncovered, revealing where they came from before being affixed to brick or stone for decades to come. We’re introduced to the iconic nameplates of the City of Westminster, the stunning tiled signs of Hampstead and the revival nameplates of Lambeth, as well as the ghost signs of the no-longer existent NE postal district. London Street Signs is a striking visual record of our collective history that will appeal to design and history enthusiasts alike.Trade Review'Recommended for enthusiasts of London history and graphic design.' * London Historians *'[Hall’s] images, detailed captions and entertaining text made me look at street signs with a renewed aesthetic appreciation and curiosity.' -- Catherine Croft * C20 Magazine *'Riddled with fascinating stories, themes, and learnings that can be taken from them. … There is no doubt that London Street Signs is, and will remain, the definitive work on this very niche topic.' * Better Letters *'Mr Hall writes in an informative way about an unexpectedly fascinating topic' * Times Literary Supplement * 'An absolute must for type fans – one of THE design books of the year' * Daniel Benneworth *

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Book SynopsisAtrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust were photographed more intensely that any before. In the time since the images were taken they have been subjected to a perplexing variety of treatments: variously ignored, suppressed, distorted and above all exploited for propaganda purposes. With the use of many photographs, including some never before seen, this book traces the history of this process and asks whether the images can be true representations of the events they were depicting. Yet their provenance, Janina Struk argues, has been less important that the uses to which a wide range of political interests has put them, from the desperate attempts of the war-time underground to provide hard evidence of the death camps to the memorial museums of Europe, the US and Israel today.Trade ReviewLondon Review of Books: "excellent book...wonderfully modest and informative." Rabbi Dr Charles H Middleburgh, executive director, Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues: "Photographing the Holocaust now numbers among the top ten books on the Shoah that I have ever read... seeks carefully and sensitively to explore the way in which photography has been used in connection with the Holocaust... Janina Struk forces the reader to think again... Photographing the Holocaust has a raw power that far exceeds its 216 pages of text and should be essential reading for all who seek an ever deeper understanding of an almost incomprehensibly evil series of events that have scarred the modern world forever." Source Magazine "brilliant book... poignant... Struk's book is a welcome counter to even great history writing that is innocent of the problem of representation. Her book is written with style and pace, uses theory without being weighed down by it, and is full of new research... Every historian should read this book and learn what it means to be literate in the present day."H-NET REVIEWS (Humanities and Social Sciences Online)'tells us a great deal about the production, circulation, use and misuse of photographic images of the Holocaust'Table of ContentsAtrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust were photographed more intensively than any others, before or since. These images have been subjected to a perplexing variety of treatments: variously ignored, suppressed, distorted and above all exploited for propaganda purposes or political interest. Struk suggests that their provenance - whether taken by the Nazis or their collaborators or by the Jews themselves, their sympathisers and the resistance movements in the occupied territories; or by the Allied forces at the end of the war - has been seen as of secondary importance to their meaning. She recounts the history of the use and abuse of Holocaust photographs and asks whether or not these images can serve as true representations of the events they depict. The questions explored are illustrated with a wide range of photographs, including a number never published before.

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Book SynopsisCotswold SeasonsThese glorious hills, rightly described as an area of outstanding natural beauty, along with flowers and wildlife just asking to be photographed. In the following pages I take you through the seasons, offering just a taste of what can be seen.

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