Photography: portraits and self-portraiture Books
Rizzoli International Publications The Cobrasnake
Book SynopsisA love letter to a time before Instagram and the legendary party scenes of the 2000s that brought together the new millennium’s rising stars of pop culture.Under the moniker the Cobrasnake, the photographer Mark Hunter captured the party scenes of Los Angeles and New York during the hipster-glam heyday of the 2000s—and in doing so defined the look of a generation. Armed with just a Polaroid and a primitive website, Cobrasnake captured pioneers of youth culture from Kanye West and Steve Aoki to Jeremy Scott, Katy Perry, and Virgil Abloh—icons of the indie pop world in the making. Intimately connected with the people around him and keyed-in to the edgier fringes of the fashion, music, and art worlds, Hunter photographed influencers before they were influencers, in the wild and at play from the streets of LA to NYC and beyond. Collected here for the first time
£24.61
Saqi Books Portrait Photographs from Isfahan
Book SynopsisThe establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 meant women were forced to wear the hijab and photographs of them uncovered were forbidden. As a result, many photographers'' studios were burnt to the ground, while remaining archives of invaluable glass-plate negatives were left to moulder in attics. Parisa Damandan spent over ten years accumulating an impressive collection of pioneering photographs from the early twentieth century, in her hometown of Isfahan. Recently emancipated women posing in various state of dress, Polish war refugees on their tortuous journey home after fleeing the Nazis, men in fashionable hats or in traditional turbans and cloaks - these portraits offer a remarkable window on the changing face of Iranian society during a period of transition from a traditional to a modern culture. Alongside these stunning images are essays on the development of portraiture in Isfahan, the social dimensions of portrait photography in Iran, and the power of the gaze.Trade Review'Excellent ... beautifully produced.' The Middle East in London 'Reveals as much about how photographers worked in the first half of the 20th century as it does about how people in those times saw themselves, how the identity of a nation took shape, fell apart and reformed against a backdrop of industrialization, modernity, political change and looming revolution and upheaval.' The Daily Star, Beirut 'A fascinating record of social change.' Saudi Gazette
£16.99
Trolley Books Reflex Contemporary Japanese SelfPortraiture
Book SynopsisIn this title 40 young artists realise the manifestations of modern Japan through their own unique brand of self-portraiture. These artists have provided the concerns of young Japan and illustrated the pressures of society.
£25.46
Ziggurat Books International Portrait of the Artists Wife Photographs 19662011
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£26.96
UEA Publishing Project The Last Hunters The Crab Fishermen of Cromer
Book SynopsisShort-listed for the 2013 New Angle Prize for Literature.BOOK OF THE YEAR - overall winner of the East Anglian Book Awards 2012A major piece of work, beautifully presented, on a subject familiar to us all but about which few of us have a deep understanding. Reading The Last Hunters is sure to change that - Eastern Daily PressI put it aside for late summer reading but couldn''t put it down. [Candy Whittome] has caught the voices and that East Anglian up-beat realism... Brilliant - Richard MabeyCandy Whittome and David Morris''s book pays tribute to the crabmen of Cromer. The photographs are beautifully composed, and the descriptions of the people interviewed full of affection. But what makes the book special is the range of voices we hear natural storytellers, recounting tales of triumph and catastrophe - long days, rough seas, terrible accidents, glorious homecomings with a full catch - Blake MorrisonThe Last Hunters is a contemporary portrait of one of the last surviving fishing communities in Britain. The book tells the stories of the Cromer crab fishermen and their families in their own words, accompanied by David Morris'' stunning black-and-white photographs. A compelling account of a community in danger The Last Hunters celebrates a way of living that is in tune with the environment, reliant on skill, resilience, and exceptional will. It is also an utterly human story of a group of ordinary people living out-of-the-ordinary lives.
£23.75
Abrams Waves Pro Surfers and Their World
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£21.25
Rizzoli International Publications Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits
Book SynopsisRandal Ford now focuses his portraiture lens on the one species that has been by our side for millennia: our best friend. Good Dog captures the warmth, humor, and unconditional love that is at the heart of every dog. From mutts beaming with charisma and charm to show dogs exuding grace and elegance, Ford s 150 dog portraits bring out the dog lover in all of us. With a compelling essay by W. Bruce Cameron, this warm, tender, playful, and heartfelt collection of dog portraits gives us a beautiful look into the lives of our most cherished companions.Trade Review“When in doubt, a coffee table book is always a fun gift, and any dog lover will appreciate Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits. This beautiful book is filled with 150 dog portraits taken by photographer Randal Ford, and it features pooches of all ages and breeds. The photograph-filled book is incredibly fun to flip through, and we think it would make a perfect addition to any dog enthusiast’s home.” —USA Today“Photographer Randal Ford has done it again. Good Dog: A Collection of Portraits is a humorous, silly, and heartwarming compendium of snapshots of man’s best friend. Ford, one of the most prolific animal photographers out there and highly admired for his stunning book Animal Kingdom—which features animal portraits taken in-studio—is back with a book worthy of much love. With 150 dog portraits spanning all breeds…there is no end to the joy emanating from these pages. An engaging foreword by W. Bruce Cameron, a much-loved newspaper columnist and New York Times best-selling author of the A Dog’s Purpose series, offers an unyielding stamp of approval. As he says ‘What Randal Ford can do with his lens is let dogs communicate their stories of love and loyalty, of dedication and devotion. If there is a creature more joyous than a dog, I don’t know what it is. And in this miracle of a book, all the mischief and happiness and love and fun come through the dogs’ eyes and straight as us.’ We’d have to agree. The joy a furry companion infuses into any life is unarguable, but with Good Dog, Ford has offered a new way to enjoy the comfort dogs bring. The book also serves as a fantastic stocking stuffer or holiday gift for new, constant, and soon-to-be ‘pawrents.’”— Downtown Magazine NYC"There's nothing standard about these poodles. Local photographer Randal Ford just released his second Rizzoli book, Good Dog, a stunning collection of portraits of man's best friend. Flip the pages for studio shots of four-legged character studies like bearded Ceelo, pictured above, Enzo—a rare black-splotched Golden—and adorable bi-color eyed Buckley. Photos are accompanied by Randal's beautiful prose about what made each canine captivating from behind the lens. Who's a good cover boy?" — DALLAS TIDBITS "Best Gifts for Dog Lovers... Photographer Randal Ford's collection of portraits features sweet furry faces of all breeds and is the perfect addition to any dog fan's coffee table." — Country Living"The Best Coffee-Table Books of 2020. Think your pup is practically human? These striking portraits of 150 soulful, expressive canines prove you might just might be onto something." —People Magazine"Design Goes to the Dogs—in the Best Possible Way! Ford’s lovely images in this Rizzoli volume have a classical simplicity to them, all the dogs posed like supermodels, some with wind in their fur, against plain backgrounds. Ford is a kind of Richard Avedon of dog art, in most cases avoiding the arty whimsy of William Wegman in favor of a more noble take that looks into the subject’s eyes for understanding; it wouldn’t be surprising if the dogs themselves had commissioned these flattering portraits." — 1st Dibs / Introspective Magazine “Photographer Randal Ford’s collection of portraits features sweet furry faces of all breeds and is the perfect addition to an dog fan’s coffee table.” – Country Living“The Absolute Best Holiday Gifts for Dogs and Dog Parents. From poodles to pitbulls, 150 good boys and girls are photographed in this sweet coffee table book—and yes, you’ll fall in love with each and every one of them.” --WHOWHATWEAR.COM
£25.50
Skyhorse Publishing Rebels Rogues and Outlaws
Book SynopsisAs an artist, Dan Fleuette has always identified with the marginal, the rebels, those at the margins of society. Traditionally, these characters have been artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers. Since the dawn of woke culture, where many of today's artists march in lockstep with the dominant, politically correct corporate news and political space, these marginal characters have taken a different look. Today's rebels would have been considered quite mainstream just a few years ago. Included in their ranks are the scorned, mocked, ridiculed and canceledthose who risk everything to dare to speak their mind and run counter to mainstream narratives. These are the people captured inRebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom. This is not just a portrait book, it is also a WarRoom historical document showcasing the brave souls who are courageous enough to stand up against a ceaseless and powerful battering of politicians, woke social media tyrants, school boards, editorial pages, and polite society in general. This book is Fleuette's small attempt to honor these people, who show us, day in and day out, what real courage is.
£54.00
Octopus Publishing Group ViewPoint: Human stories through the smartphone
Book SynopsisInternational in scope and full of beautiful and impactful imagery that highlights the immediacy of the genre, View/Point is a book of human experience stories as told through the medium of phone photography. Featuring more than 50 contributors from every corner of the globe, interviewed by the author about their lives and their photographic art, this book offers a definitive take on both the power of the still image to tell a story and the joy of personal expression that phone photography offers.
£27.00
Octopus Publishing Group David Bowie Mixing Memory Desire
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£396.00
National Portrait Gallery Publications Charles III: The Making of a King
Book SynopsisCharles III: The Making of a King highlights the most important portraits of King Charles III from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. Charles III: The Making of a King celebrates King Charles III in the year of his coronation. Follow Charles’ life from a baby, his investiture as Prince of Wales to becoming king through the National Portrait Gallery’s collection of portraits and photographs of Britain’s newest monarch. From the same publisher that brought to you Elizabeth II: Princess, Queen, Icon. The beautiful gift book includes a timeline of key events from King Charles’ life, and explores the future of the monarchy through photographs and paintings of the wider royal family, including Diana, Princess of Wales, Camilla, Queen Consort, William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales, Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and Prince George of Wales. Presenting family photographs alongside important formal portraits, this book features works by key artists who have depicted the King from 1948 to the present day, such as Nadav Kander, Cecil Beaton, Marcus Adams, Lisa Sheridan, Lord Snowdon, Joan Williams, Patrick Lichfield, Norman Parkinson, Bern Schwartz, Carole Cutner, Bryan Organ, Terence Donovan, Nicola Philipps and Mario Testino.
£13.46
Luath Press Ltd As Others See Us: Personal Views on the Life and
Book SynopsisAs Others See Us is based on a new photographic exhibition from Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie, who together form the renowned partnership broad daylight. It forms part of Homecoming 2009, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth. The exhibition consists of 20 portraits of prominent and influential Scots, including Eddi Reader, Edwin Morgan, Peter Howson and Janice Galloway. The portraits capture a unique insight into the sitter, enhanced by the accompanying text, as each was asked to contribute their favourite poem from Robert Burns, and to explain why it is special to them and what they think it means to Scots today.Trade ReviewIt is a celebration of Scottish culture, reflecting and conveying through words and pictures the work of this extraordinary man and his relevance today - not only to the people of Scotland but to a wider audience. THE DRUMTable of ContentsFEATURED SUBJECTS: Aamer Anwar (Human Rights lawyer), Alex Fergusson (Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament), Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland), Andrew O'Hagan (Novelist), Christopher Brookmyre (Novelist), Denise Mina (Novelist), Eddi Reader (singer and songwriter), Edwin Morgan (Scotland's Poet Laureate), Hardeep Singh Kohli (Author and Broadcaster), Janice Galloway (novelist), Jim McColl (Entrepreneur, Clyde Blowers), Liz Lochhead (Poet and playwright), Neil Gillon (Ayrshire farmer), Patrick Doyle (composer), Peter Capaldi (actor), Peter Howson (artist), Professor Janice Kirkpatrick (Designer, Curator and Writer), Professor Sir Ian Wilmut (Scientist), Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor (Clan Chief), Sir Moir Lockhead (Entrepreneur, FirstGroup Plc).
£9.49
Luath Press Ltd As Others See Us: Personal Views on the Life and
Book SynopsisAs Others See Us is based on a new photographic exhibition from Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie, who together form the renowned partnership broad daylight. It forms part of Homecoming 2009, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth. The exhibition consists of 20 portraits of prominent and influential Scots, including Eddi Reader, Edwin Morgan, Peter Howson and Janice Galloway. The portraits capture a unique insight into the sitter, enhanced by the accompanying text, as each was asked to contribute their favourite poem from Robert Burns, and to explain why it is special to them and what they think it means to Scots today.Trade ReviewIt is a celebration of Scottish culture, reflecting and conveying through words and pictures the work of this extraordinary man and his relevance today - not only to the people of Scotland but to a wider audience. THE DRUMTable of ContentsFEATURED SUBJECTS: Aamer Anwar (Human Rights lawyer), Alex Fergusson (Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament), Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland), Andrew O'Hagan (Novelist), Christopher Brookmyre (Novelist), Denise Mina (Novelist), Eddi Reader (singer and songwriter), Edwin Morgan (Scotland's Poet Laureate), Hardeep Singh Kohli (Author and Broadcaster), Janice Galloway (novelist), Jim McColl (Entrepreneur, Clyde Blowers), Liz Lochhead (Poet and playwright), Neil Gillon (Ayrshire farmer), Patrick Doyle (composer), Peter Capaldi (actor), Peter Howson (artist), Professor Janice Kirkpatrick (Designer, Curator and Writer), Professor Sir Ian Wilmut (Scientist), Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor (Clan Chief), Sir Moir Lockhead (Entrepreneur, FirstGroup Plc).
£7.99
Trolley Books Artists
Book SynopsisOver 150 portraits of young and emerging UK artists in their studios 2020 - 2023
£21.25
Luath Press Ltd As Others See Us: Personal Views on the Life and
Book SynopsisAs Others See Us is based on a new photographic exhibition from Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie, who together form the renowned partnership broad daylight. It forms part of Homecoming 2009, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth. The exhibition consists of 20 portraits of prominent and influential Scots, including Eddi Reader, Edwin Morgan, Peter Howson and Janice Galloway. The portraits capture a unique insight into the sitter, enhanced by the accompanying text, as each was asked to contribute their favourite poem from Robert Burns, and to explain why it is special to them and what they think it means to Scots today.Trade ReviewIt is a celebration of Scottish culture, reflecting and conveying through words and pictures the work of this extraordinary man and his relevance today - not only to the people of Scotland but to a wider audience. THE DRUM
£9.49
D Giles Ltd Everyday Beauty: Photographs from the National
Book SynopsisThis latest volume in the critically-acclaimed Double Exposure series presents a range of photographic styles by celebrated photographers as well as snapshots by unknown amateurs. It also features photos by, amongst many others, Wayne F. Miller, Arthur Rothstein, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Al Pereira, Frank . Stewart, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and Dawoud Bey, who has just been named as MacArthur Foundation 2017 `Genius' Grant Winner. There are remarkable images by African American photographer John Johnson- whose plate glass negatives offer a rare glimpse into the everyday life of African Americans in Lincoln, Nebraska before World War I-and studio portraits by the Calvert Brothers of Nashville, Tennesse, and William J. Kuebler, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the early twentieth century. Personal reflections by photographers Builder Levy and Zun Lee, and contributions from collector Adreinne Waheed and curator Rhea L. Combs are new features in this series.Trade Review"Though only 80 pages long, this wonderful work beams with a racial pride that radiates out well beyond its diminutive dimensions"--Publishers Weekly on Fighting for Freedom "The work in Through the African American Lens is compelling and historic"--Maurice Berger, The New York Times, Lens "Does a brilliant job of extracting the singularly unique experience of black women throughout the 20th century"--Nicole Crowder, The Washington Post, In Sight on African American Women "Though the collection features both portraits and candid shots, taken together they offer a window into both individual lives and the arc of American history"--Liz Ronk, TIMETable of ContentsForeword by Lonnie G. Bunch, III; Living Beauty by Robin Givhan; Photographs; Index
£10.40
Flood Gallery Publishing Portraits
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£25.50
GOST Books The Grind
Book SynopsisThe photographs in The Grind by Steve Madden show the strange beauty of anonymouscommuters behind the misty windows of the London bus network.
£38.00
TBW Books Men Untitled
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£42.75
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native
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£999.99
Holly Revell People Like Us
£27.00
Editions Flammarion Family: A Contemporary Portrait by Magnum
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£40.00
Kerber Verlag Eric Mistler: Sportives!
Book SynopsisSportives! is a collection of black and white portraits of women practicing a sport represented at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Women of all ages, of all origins, coming from all regions of France, amateurs in the first sense of Olympism. All Olympic and Paralympic sports are represented. The artistic vision is the encounter between women's sport and the gaze of a photographer. Eric Mistler combines all the emotions created by sport with the timelessness of black and white photography. For Mistler, each shooting session is a moment of complicity and empathy with the woman practicing her sport; he offers a subtle mix of pure portraits and portraits in action. By his vision he sublimates the splendour of sport. Text in English and French.
£37.60
Kerber Christof Verlag Susanne Junker
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£33.60
Kerber Christof Verlag Being Young
£30.40
Hatje Cantz Sven Jacobsen: Like Birds
Book SynopsisThe photo book Like Birds by photographer Sven Jacobsen takes us back to a carefree time of youthful self-awareness, to a summer full of adventure. In their immediacy, a timeless dimension develops in his photographs of youngsters experimenting; exuberantly jumping into the water; clambering around on fences, poles, and dunes; being silly; kissing; skateboarding; or simply lying in the tall grass. In this way, the lakes, dunes, or apartments depicted become places in a collective memory. The spherical landscapes captured in this way—the snapshots of free youth with its beauty, its chaos, its silence, and its loudness—quickly develop a narrative pull. What looks like a light-hearted summer snapshot on the surface may suddenly touch deeper layers of the subconscious.
£38.40
Hirmer Verlag Pavel Odvody (Bilingual edition): Photography
Book SynopsisThe black and white photographs by Pavel Odvody (*1953) fuse sensibility, memory and fantasy in an original manner. His exploration of the psyche, beyond the body, is what gets under the observer’s skin. Moments of nakedness, staged in magical double exposures, wraithlike patterns or silhouettes of light, reveal the human being in their multifaceted manifestation. The leitmotif in Odvody’s photography is the human being, their physicality, their movement. Odvody experiments with different – even “incorrect” – exposures times, associating rhythm and dance in his pictures: The figure frozen in the photograph turns into a dynamic gestural expression. This volume offers for the first time an overview of the fascinating work of the photographer, who utilizes the phenomenon of light in a balance between figuration and abstraction in an unmistakably personal way.
£27.20
Hirmer Verlag Abe Frajndlich: Seventyfive at Seventyfive: Lives
Book SynopsisSeventy Five at Seventy Five is about the visual working life of US photographer Abe Frajndlich, starting from the 1970s to the present. The book covers his myriad themes and obsessions from portraiture of the famous, the anonymous, to the erotic, and the fantastic. A triumphant compilation of black and white and color photographs, many of which have become icons.
£27.20
Kehrer Verlag Them
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£29.75
Kehrer Verlag To Survive On This Shore: Photographs and
Book SynopsisA nuanced view into the complexities of aging as a transgender person.
£41.60
Bierke Publishing PDA
£40.50
Steidl Publishers Timm Rautert: Germans in Uniform
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£24.00
Steidl Publishers Lee Friedlander: Workers: The Human Clay
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£44.00
Salzgeber From the Heart of Berlin
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£31.20
Salzgeber Desire
£47.20
Kehrer Verlag Conversations With Dad
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£23.80
Kehrer Verlag Come Get Your Honey
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£29.75
Kehrer Verlag Side Walk: 6' apart in New York City
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£22.10
Kehrer Verlag Faces Of Homelessness
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£25.50
Kehrer Verlag Semaphore
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£27.20
Kehrer Verlag It's Been Pouring: The Dark Secret of the First
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£36.00
Steidl Publishers Mitch Epstein: Silver + Chrome
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£52.00
Steidl Publishers Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers Juergen Teller, Dovile Drizyte: Auguri
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Collection of European
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£44.00
Steidl Bryan Adams shotbyadams
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£36.00
Skira Maurizio Galimberti. A gaze into the labyrinth of
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£25.50
Skira A Time of Distance: The COVID-19 Visual Project
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£33.60
