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Book SynopsisIn 2018 Caleb Cain Marcus completed twenty large-scale, unique photographs, all depict a shifting beam of light. Each print, a red monochrome, mixes two color spaces: digital and analogue to the exquisitely printed book. Light imbued with the color of flesh traces Caleb’s exploration of color, shape and spatiality.

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Book SynopsisWith Inadvertent Images, Peter Geimer explores all kinds of photographic irritation from throughout the history of the medium, as well as accidental images that occur through photo-like means, such as the image of Christ on the Shroud of Turin, brought into high resolution through photography.

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented exploration of the relationship between art, architecture, social history, and public policy in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles in the 1960s and '70sTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award, sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians. -- Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue * Society of Architectural Historians *

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Book SynopsisCompletely revised and updated, this book has become a standard work in this area and is widely used as a basis for lectures in universities and specialist institutions. It includes information on the latest digital and printing technologies and is illustrated with many new photographs and diagrams.Trade Review"Hunt's ability to transmit complex technical information in a communicable, easy reading manner is to be applauded…will make a difference n the careers of scientists, engineers, color developers, and color technologists, who undertake to study and learn from it." (COLOR research and application, December 2005) "…a standard…[that] is widely used in research, teaching, and lecturing." (CHOICE, July 2005)Table of ContentsSeries Preface xviii Preface to the Sixth Edition xx PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS 1 Spectral Colour Reproduction 3 2 Trichromatic Colour Reproduction and the Additive Principle 9 3 Additive Methods 18 4 The Subtractive Principle 25 5 Visual Appreciation 31 6 Tone Reproduction 47 7 The Colour Triangle 68 8 Colour Standards and Calculations 92 9 The Colorimetry of Subtractive Systems 126 10 Light Sources 139 11 Objectives in Colour Reproduction 163 PART TWO COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY 12 Subtractive Methods in Colour Photography 183 13 Reflection Prints in Colour 199 14 Quantitative Colour Photography 212 15 Masking and Coloured Couplers 244 16 Printing Colour Negatives 262 17 The Chemistry of Colour Photography 277 18 Image Structure in Colour Photography 300 PART THREE COLOUR TELEVISION 19 The Transmission of Colour Television Signals 335 20 Electronic Cameras 360 21 Display Devices for Colour Television 376 22 The N.T.S.C. and Similar Systems of Colour Television 393 23 The Use of Colour Film in Colour Television 427 24 Video Cassettes 443 25 Pictures from Computers 455 PART FOUR COLOUR PRINTING 26 Photomechanical Principles 475 27 Preparing the Copy and Checking the Results 492 28 Practical Masking in Making Separations 504 29 Colour Scanners 519 PART FIVE DIGITAL IMAGING 30 Bit Requirements 545 31 Camcorders and Digital Still Cameras 555 32 Digital Scanners 564 33 Digital Printing 569 PART SIX EVALUATING COLOUR APPEARANCE 34 Chromatic Adaptation Transforms and a Colour Inconstancy Index 589 35 CIECAM97s Model of Colour Appearance 596 36 Models of Colour Vision for Comprehensive Purposes and for Unrelated Colours 627 37 Colour Reproduction Indices 637 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Matrix Algebra 645 Appendix 2 Colorimetric Tables 650 Appendix 3 Photometric Units 663 Appendix 4 Photographic Parameters 666 Appendix 5 Advanced Colour Difference Formulae 670 Appendix 6 A Replacement for CIECAM97s 672 Appendix 7 Spectral Luminous Efficiency Functions 678 Index 681

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this text cover the practical, technical and theoretical aspects of documentary filming, from fundraising to exhibition. It discusses filmmaking styles and the assumptions that may hide unacknowledged behind them, as well as the practical and ethical issues involved.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: GETTING GOING 1. Documentary Styles 2. From Fieldwork to Filming PART TWO: NUTS AND BOLTS 3. Picture 4. Sound 5. Film or Video? Medium, Format, and Equipment PART THREE: STAGES OF FILMMAKING 6. Preproduction 7. Production 8. Postproduction 9. Distribution Appendix One: Release Forms Appendix Two: International Television Standards and Electricity Currents Appendix Three: Names and Addresses Appendix Four: Makes and Models Filmography Notes Acknowledgments Photo Credits Index

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Book SynopsisIllustrated throughout with archival photographs, this book examines the photographic and film practice of the Canadian government, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Hudson's Bay Company, the three major colonial institutions involved in the arctic and sub-arctic.Trade ReviewIn many ways, Geller’s Northern Exposures is ground-breaking. It is the first book to describe and document, with many superb illustrations, some of the extensive camera work done in the Canadian North; it is also the first book ... to provide a critique of certain key institutions and individuals whose images have constructed and conditioned southern Canadians’ perceptions of the North. But I want to begin with one aspect of this book that deserves special praise – the illustrations ... readers owe Geller and UBC Press much thanks ... each image is nicely subtitled and perfectly placed ... Geller concludes this study with an excellent bibliography. Bravo! -- Sherrill Grace, University of British Columbia * Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no.1 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Taking Pictures and Making History: Photographic Representation and the Canadian North2 More Than “A Mass of Ice and Snow”: Visualizing the State in “Canada’s Arctic”3 Pictures of the “Arctic Night”: Archibald Lang Fleming and Missionary Messages of the North4 The Business of Representing the North: Filmmakers, Photographers, and the Fur Traders of the Hudson’s Bay Company5 From Back to Baffin to Canada Moves North: Richard Finnie’s Northern Visions6 “Re-Making It Into Here”: Representation and Power in Northern ImageryNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official ‘non-period’ between sentencing and execution.Trade ReviewIf opponents of the death penalty were to choose one book for their cause, this could well be it. . . . Jackson and Christian write in a direct, journalistic style, poignant and to the point. This book will appeal to those with a specific interest in criminal justice and the death penalty as well as curious casual readers.""- Library Journal Starred Review;""Jackson and Christian's book gives some of those men a face. Therein lays its beauty.""- The Rag Blog;""All readers concerned about the U.S. prison system and capital punishment will benefit from this important work.""- ForeWord;""In This Timeless Time is as close to perfection as a publisher can produce.""- The Federal Lawyer;""An unflinching commentary on the judicial system and the fates of the men they met on the Row. . . . They made a body of work no one else could.""- Prison Photography blog;""A uniquely powerful contribution to the literature on prisons, criminal justice, and capital punishment in the United States. . . . Not to be missed.""- Journal of Southern History;""In this comprehensive, well-crafted book . . . Jackson and Christian build upon the photographs and interviews from death row in Texas that yielded their 1979 book and documentary Death Row (DVD included). Here, photos and text reveal inmate life, discuss capital punishment, and share the fate of each man: execution, a commuted sentence, parole, or after more than two decades, an innocent verdict. . . . [T]he book raises important questions about the judicial system and the practice of capital punishment in our society.""- Publishers Weekly;""The book deals in emotion magnificently. . . . A moving piece of photojournalism and a fitting argument against the death penalty.""- Texas Books In Review;""In This Timeless Time is a cry of the heart . . . and should become the definitive book on the medieval cruelty of our Death Rows. Once read, none of us can turn our view away and say, 'We did not know.""- Michael Ratner, attorney and president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional RightsIn This Timeless Time presents images and words of condemned men who are otherwise abstractions and provides a compelling history of death row over the last thirty years. Nothing like this book exists, or could ever exist again. I could not recommend this book more strongly.--Billy Sothern, death penalty lawyer and author of Down In New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned CityWith absolute fairness and profound honesty, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian carry us into the tragic world of a group of prisoners living on a Texas Death Row. Through unforgettable stories and photos, we come to feel the suffering, guilt, and confusion of these men, as well as their inextinguishable human dignity. We are also given a vital lesson in the strange element of chance that lies at the foundation of capital punishment, our correction system's 'most significant act.' This powerful book calls us to reflect on the extraordinary circumstance of prisoners not 'doing time' but waiting for time to run out on Death Rows all over America.--Sister Helen PrejeanIn In This Timeless Time, authors Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian have accomplished something quite remarkable. Granted virtually unprecedented access to one of the darkest, least-seen sectors of American society (Death Row), and they have emerged from this foreboding place with something terrible and beautiful. For what is more terrible than this modern-day place of skulls, this (to quote a former Supreme Court justice, Harry Blackmun) ""machinery of death""?Beauty? Where can beauty be in such a haunting, fatal place? And then one looks at photos, black and white, showing men at play, men in tight discussion, men with visages of hopelessness, loss, and hope. Yes, hope.The access shown here, to make such a project possible with few restrictions, would scarcely happen today. The authors reveal a Death Row (in Texas's infamous Ellis Unit) that was, as horrible as it was, light years better than the bitter present.A revelation came to me as I gazed at these pictures from the recent past, and over a thousand miles away: every death row is different; and every death row is the same.Jackson and Christian have pulled back the proverbial curtain so that all can see the American Way of Death.--Mumia Abu-Jamal, co-author of The Classroom and the CellIn the over twenty years since Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian's work on a Texas death row began, correcting the injustices of capital punishment has been much too slow. In This Timeless Time underscores how urgent and critical it is to give voice to the voiceless, hope to the hopeless. This first-rate work speaks to our shared need as Americans to right the wrong that is capital punishment.--John Lewis, U.S. congressman and civil rights leaderMost us us have formed whatever opinion we hold on the death penalty without any direct experience of what life is like inside an institution specially designed by trial and error to utterly dehumanize its inhabitants (and by inevitable, toxic osmosis, its employees) in order that WE THE PEOPLE are able to take their lives at a given time on a given date. Pray that In This Timeless Time is as close as you ever get.--Steve Earle, singer-songwriter and author of I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive""These photos rewind, then freeze, time, catapulting me back to a place that still invades the core of who and what I am today, nearly thirty-four years later. Most everyone in this book was executed. Most everyone said they were innocent. I did too . . . and I was. 'It's not about innocence or guilt, Kerry,' Bruce Jackson told me in 1979 as I peered out of my cell during our first interview. 'It's about what we do as a society.' I didn't get it back then, but I do now. With this book, Bruce and Diane have captured the face of America's death penalty machine.--Kerry Max Cook, former prisoner ""Cook, Ex: 600,"" exonerated through DNA testing after serving 22 years

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Book SynopsisLinda Solomon met Aretha Franklin in 1983 when she was just beginning her career as a photo journalist and newspaper columnist. The Queen Next Door is a book full of firsts as Solomon was invited not only to capture historical events in Aretha'smusic career showcasing Detroit, but to join in with the Franklin family's most cherished moments.Trade Review“Aretha and I grew up together. She was the sister I never had. Her parents were parents of both of us. She is more than a Queen of Soul. She’s a Queen of Caring, a Queen of Social Justice. She stood with Dr. King and she stood for Nelson Mandela. This beautiful book captures her essence.– Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Jr., founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition”Linda’s got ‘it’"—what a great artist!– Tony Bennett, entertainer”To most, Aretha Franklin is an icon. But to Linda, she was also a friend. And Linda’s intimate photographs of Aretha reveal the true lady beyond the legend. What a gift for all her fans!– Meredith Vieira, television journalist and host”A picture is worth a thousand words, and with Linda no words were needed with she and Aretha. A powerful, emotional journey of photos that are beyond words and inspires us all to ‘say a little prayer.’ Thank you, Linda Solomon!”– Isiah Thomas, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and Detroit Pistons champion”Linda Solomon is a Michigan treasure. She photographs celebrities and friends with equal enthusiasm, all the while devoting much of her time teaching others to enjoy the profession she loves.”– James J. Blanchard, former Governor for the State of Michigan”I feel like I’ve known Linda all my life. She intuitively seems to know how to catch that déjà vu moment with her camera lens—giving the pictures a unique and special touch like no other. She amazes me.”– Kim Novak, screen actress and visual artist”Her voice, her presence lives and breathes in her music which is kicking it to this day in my world. And now add some beautiful visuals. Thanks Linda for the wonderful images of the Queen of Soul.”– Tim Allen, actor and comedian”Aretha Franklin trusted very few journalists—a handful of us were lucky enough to be in that number, and that includes Detroit-based photojournalist Linda Solomon. You can see in the Queen of Soul’s soft, unguarded expressions in Linda’s photographs in The Queen Next Door that she was at ease with her. Linda had unprecedented access, but she didn’t overwhelm Aretha with a barrage of shots, instead capturing sensitive, evocative photos of a woman with the mystique of an icon, who was also the down-home woman ‘next door.’ This trove of beautiful images is a must for fans of the Queen.”– Susan Whitall, editor of Joni on Joni: Interviews and Encounters with Joni Mitchell and author of Fever: Little Willie John’s A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul”In The Queen Next Door, Linda Solomon gives us a rare photojournalistic glimpse into the life, lady, and legacy of one of the greatest talents of all time, Aretha Franklin—the Queen of Soul. Like Motown, Aretha Franklin is synonymous with the city of Detroit; she represented Detroit royalty and realness at the same time. While Aretha never signed to Motown Records, she was undoubtedly part of the Motown family and, like my grandmother, Esther Gordy Edwards, founder of the Motown Museum, Aretha used her celebrity to elevate the city she loved, Detroit.”– Robin R. Terry, chairwoman and CEO, Motown Museum”I met Linda Solomon in the early eighties while enjoying one of the Queen’s lavish parties. Linda was very charming and so professional in capturing that perfect and special moment. Linda will be always be special to all of us in the Queen’s court.”– Beverly Bradley, Aretha’s close friend”No one but Linda Solomon could have captured in moving words and photographs the real Queen, the Aretha Franklin who was sister-mama-daughter-friend, the woman who was larger-than-life star in her career, but down-to-earth Detroiter at home. Linda has given those who loved Ms. Franklin an intimate and needed tour of life off the stage.”– Rochelle Riley, essayist, arts advocate, and editor of The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery (Wayne State University Press, 2017)”[. . .] the 140 photographs collected in the volume reveal the Aretha Franklin who lived outside the spotlight, sure to intrigue music lovers and pop culture enthusiasts alike.”– Danielle Ballantyne, Foreword Reviews”A unique and inherently fascinating visual tribute to one of America's greatest vocal talents of her day, "The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait" is an extraordinary, coffee-table sized volume that should be considered a 'must' for the legions of Aretha Franklin fans, and would prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal, community and academic library collections.”– Mary Cowper, Midwest Book Review

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Book SynopsisWritten in a relaxed style and using terminology that is easily accessible for both beginners and more experienced mushroom enthusiasts, this book emphasizes identification based primarily on macroscopic field characters, including observational data based on the authors’ years of experience.Trade ReviewHere is a comprehensive guide to the mushrooms of Georgia and the surrounding myco-rich Southeast. It includes several species not featured in other field guides of the region, and the photo illustrations are consistently high quality. Many will appreciate that the scientific names of species reflect the most recent revisions of taxonomy. Whether this is your first or fifteenth identification guide to eastern North American mushrooms, this one belongs in your library. Highly recommended." - William C. Roody, author of Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians"This book is an outstanding contribution to Georgia mycology. The authors' extensive study of mushrooms in Georgia is evident, with hundreds of represented species from each part of the state. It is a perfect book for beginners and a must-have for seasoned Georgia mycologists." - Emily Cantonwine, biology professor, University of Georgia, and senior editor of the Plant Health Instructor"A very useful field guide to the macrofungi of Georgia. The authors' selection of species depicted in this field guide is excellent, including common and eye-catching species while steering clear of confusing species. The synoptic descriptions are also excellent. The color photographs are of high quality, making this a very attractive book." - D. Jean Lodge, adjunct botanist in plant biology, University of Georgia

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Book SynopsisBy exploring the "aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century and treating cinematographers and lighting designers as essential collaborators in moviemaking, Daisuke Miyao reinterprets Japanese film history.Trade Review"The Aesthetics of Shadow is sophisticated and superbly researched, breaking new ground with the richness of its historical detail. Daisuke Miyao's innovative approach opens up the field beyond the usual focus on genre, stars, and key authors. It will serve as an example for the writing of histories outside of Japanese cinema."—Frances Guerin, author of A Culture of Light: Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany"The Aesthetics of Shadow tracks through Japanese film history with an eye on the cultural and technological underpinnings of aesthetic change. Many people have written on the aesthetic transformations of Japanese film in the first half of the twentieth century, but no one has done it with such close attention to the material basis of cinema. It is a refreshingly new approach to Japanese history. Daisuke Miyao delivers a lively and fascinating account of cinematography in the first half century of Japanese cinema."—Abé Mark Nornes, author of Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary“Film-history texts can often be dull, lack real insight beyond a litany of factual information, and plod along to foregone conclusions, structured as simply a lecture, where content overrides form. Daisuke Miyao's The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema isn't only an exception to these rules, but establishes a benchmark for which contemporary film-history research should aim…[H]e achieves this, at least in part, by structuring his scholarship as more of a thriller, than merely the standard (and soporific) fact-upon-fact approach.” -- Clayton Dillard * Slant Magazine *“The book is grounded by exhaustive research; Miyao captures the debates surrounding shifts in lighting trends impeccably, … [it has an] interdisciplinary applicability to the fields of film, cultural studies and art history. The work articulates such a detailed understanding of cinematography and lighting practices that it would also be of great interest to cinematographers and related film practitioners.” -- Jessica Balanzategui * Media International Australia *"In conclusion, the central thesis of this book problematizes much of what has been published in English on early Japanese cinema to date. As such, the work is a welcome addition to existing studies by Joanne Bernardi, Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano, and Aaron Gerow." -- Isolde Standish * Journal of Japanese Studies *"This is a solid work, creating an insightful and persuasive argument for the relationship between a particular aesthetic and a particular ideological environment." -- Timothy Iles * Pacific Affairs *"[Miyao] provides an... abundance of detail, but the overall approach is revelatory, culminating in a chapter about Japan's most celebrated cinematographer, Miyagawa Kazuo..." -- Jasper Sharp * Sight & Sound *"The Aesthetics of Shadow is an important contribution to the scholarship on cinema and modernity in Japan.... Anyone with a basic knowledge of Japanese film history will find the book accessible, but specialists in particular will welcome this study as an important and comprehensive new reference, especially as it pertains to Shōchiku and Tōhō." -- Diane Wei Lewis * Monumenta Nipponica *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. What is the Aesthetics of Shadow? 1 1. Lighting and Capitalist-Industrial Modernity: Shochiku and Hollywood 15 2. Flashes of the Sword and the Star: Shochiku and Jidaigeki 67 3. Street Films: Shochiku and Germany 119 4. The Aesthetics of Shadow: Shochiku, Tohu, and Japan 173 Conclusion. The Cinematography of Miyagawa Kazuo 255 Notes 283 Bibliography 329 Index 365

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Book SynopsisNoted cultural critic Ilan Stavans and artist ADÁL analyze the selfie and its role in contemporary life by exploring it in the context of the history of Western self-portraiture, mythology, literature, art, and philosophy.Trade Review"Rather than seeing selfies as a symptom of modern decay and pathology, Stavans encourages us to see the explosion of selfies as a kind of collective art project, in which everyone’s individualism squeezes into the frame next to everybody else’s individualism." -- Noah Berlatsky * Quartz *"A book of absolute contemporary relevance, I Love My Selfie reminds us that nothing has ever been as hard as having a self, and that perhaps to better be true to it, one has to learn to conceal it, in a game of hide and seek that here gains a political dimension." -- Carlos Fonseca * TLS *"Stavans’ key intuition that selfies might be understood in dialogue with self-portraiture is significant, as putting pressure on the definitions of selfies and self-portraiture—whether in the present moment or across the history of photography—can yield rich insights." -- Nicole Erin Morse * boundary 2 *Table of Contents1. Chillin' 1 2. The Plight of Narcissus 10 3. "Decisive Moments" 18 4. Out of Focus 28 Go F_ck Your Selfie: A Portfolio / ADÁL 39 5. Alone with Others 91 6. Rembrandt's Instamatic 98 7. Tropic Noir 113 8. And Then Comes Darkness 122 Acknowledgments 129 Index 131

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Book SynopsisTo understand why a director prefers one type of shot over the other is to explore more than aesthetics: It uncovers assumptions about film as an art of intervention. Close-ups and Long Shots in Modern Chinese Cinemas is the first book to compare these two shots within the cultural, historical, and cinematic traditions that produced them.

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Book SynopsisThe powerful combination of pictures and stories of discovery will fascinate anyone interested in science, nature, wildlife biology, or photography.Trade ReviewA well illustrated introduction on the subject. The Birdbooker Report In this compelling book, biologist Roland Kays presents 600 remarkable camera-trap images and describes the scientific discoveries and conservation achievements that they have enabled...will particularly appeal to those who have felt the excitement of uploading footage to find that unexpected clip. BBC Wildlife Magazine Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and professionals; general readers. Choice ... the coverage of rare and rarely seen species is impressive and the book could be an inspirational gift for anyone interested in natural history- especially if given together Royal Society of Biology Candid Creatures: How Camera Traps Reveal the Mysteries of Nature as a great contribution to the current wildlife literature, and I would recommend this book for anyone's personal library. Landscape Ecologist All the excitement of animal life is captures within the 261 large-sized full-color photographed pages. M.G. Paregian ... full of fabulous pictures of weird and wonderful creatures... [Candid Creatures is] loaded with information and carrys a strong conservation message. Conservation BiologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTHE CRITTERSTigerAfrican LionLeopardSnow LeopardJaguarCougarClouded LeopardsCheetahBobcatChinese Mountain CatDomestic CatFlat-headed CatLeopard CatMarbled CatAfrican Golden CatJaguarundiOcelotFossaSpotted FanalokaRing-tailed VontsiraBroad-striped VontsiraServaline GenetMasked Palm CivetOtter CivetHose's CivetBanded CivetWolfCoyoteDingoDholeRed FoxBush DogShort-eared DogBlack BearBrown BearGiant PandaSpectacled BearSun BearWolverineFisherTayraMalay WeaselAfrican Bush ElephantAfrican Forest ElephantAsian ElephantBlack RhinoJavan RhinoBrazilian TapirMalayan TapirBearded PigPygmy HippopotamusGiant Sable AntelopeTamarawAsiatic Wild BuffaloAlpine IbexSouthern PudúWhite-tailed DeerChimpanzeeWestern GorillaBornean OrangutanGolden Snub-nosed MonkeyPig-tailed MacaqueAardvarkGiant ArmadilloGiant AnteaterGiant PangolinWombatTasmanian DevilSumatran Striped RabbitThomas's Flying SquirrelCommon Vampire BatSumatran Ground CuckooBlack CodANIMAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHChinese MountainsPanama Canal IslandsAustralian Rocky Reef FishRainforest CanopiesThe Wildlife of TokyoAmerica's Urban PredatorsThe Foggy, Forested Hills of YemenCattle and Wildlife in AfricaRocky Mountain TrailsAmerica's Hunting GroundsGaps in the Polish WoodsOil Palm PlantationsCAUGHT IN THE ACTHoles in the GroundWater HolesMovement CorridorsTreetop CorridorsRoad UnderpassesElectromatsFence Escape RoutesHighway Rope BridgesGlide PolesNest PredatorsNest ProtectorsCarcassesMineral LicksFruiting TreesBush versus ElephantBuried SeedsAnimal RobotsAnimal ModelsSurfing GenetFood on the RunMatingPoachersPhoto Credits and CitationsLiterature CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisChromatic Cinema Color permeates film and its history, but study of its contribution to film has so far been fragmentary. Chromatic Cinema provides the first wide-ranging historical overview of screen color, exploring the changing uses and meanings of color in moving images, from hand painting in early skirt dance films to current trends in digital color manipulation. In this richly illustrated study, Richard Misek offers both a history and a theory of screen color. He argues that cinematic color emerged from, defined itself in response to, and has evolved in symbiosis with black and white. Exploring the technological, cultural, economic, and artistic factors that have defined this evolving symbiosis, Misek provides an in-depth yet accessible account of color's spread through, and ultimate effacement of, black-and-white cinema.Trade Review“Chromatic Cinema provides a much-needed technological history of machines and techniques for producing moving images in color, as well as a cultural history of color films.” (BRIAN R. JACOBSON, Technology and Culture, July 2012) “An invigorating critical intervention into the history, theory and aesthetic analysis of colour in the cinema.” (JENNIFER M. BARKER, Screen, August 2012) “Chromatic Cinema provides a wealth of information and of examples of different approaches to colour in cinema and stimulates enough thoughts and reflections to be a worthy addition to any library on colour in cinema.” (NICOLA MAZZANTI, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, April 2012 "Chromatic Cinema is an excellent critical history of screen colour by Richard Misek, who teaches at the University of Bristol, near which, as I recall, is a plaque to mark the birthplace of William Friese-Greene, the somewhat unfortunate British movie pioneer, one of who patents was for his own colour system." (Times Literary Supplement, 25 November 2011) "The book touches on most of the important aspects of color cinema-from history to technology to ideology-and serves as an orientation course for a complex subject. It's a gateway read, neither intimidating nor frustrating. For a beginner (like me), it presented a smattering of philosophical ideas, a grounding in the why and how progression of color use, and a primer on the science of color technologies." (MUBI, September 2010)Table of ContentsList of Plates ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Film Color 14 Coloration in Early Cinema, 1895–1927 14 The Rise of Technicolor, 1915–35 25 Chromatic Cold War: Black-and-White and Color in Opposition 29 “Technicolor Is Natural Color”: Color and Realism, 1935–58 35 Chromatic Thaw: Hollywood’s Transition to Color, 1950–67 41 2. Surface Color 50 Color in European Film, 1936–67 50 Chromatic Ambivalence: Art Cinema’s Transition to Color 57 “Painting with Light”: Cinema’s Imaginary Art History 65 Unmotivated Chromatic Hybridity 68 Monochrome Purgatory: Absent Color in the Soviet Bloc, 1966–75 77 3. Absent Color 83 Black-and-White as Technological Relic, 1965–83 83 Black-and-White Flashbacks: Codifying Temporal Rebirth 89 Black-and-White Films, 1967–2007 97 Nostalgia and Pastiche 111 4. Optical Color 117 Cinema’s Newtonian Optics 117 White Light: Hollywood’s Invisible Ideology 122 Darkness Visible: From Natural Light to “Neo-Noir,” 1968–83 132 Cinematography and Color Filtration, 1977–97 139 Case Study: Seeing Red in Psycho 147 5. Digital Color 152 Crossing the Chromatic Wall in Wings of Desire 152 An Archaeology of Digital Intermediate, 1989–2000 155 Digital Color Aesthetics, 2000–9 164 Conclusion: Painting by Numbers? 179 Notes 181 Bibliography 195 Index 210

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Book SynopsisEudora Welty's Photographs, originally published in 1989, serves as the definitive book of the critically acclaimed writer's photographs. Photographs is a deeply felt documentation of 1930s Mississippi taken by a keenly observant photographer who showed the human side of her subjects.

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Book SynopsisMurder is an effective way to gain power over others. Kill its leaders, and a country can be yours. Kill the people or ruthlessly intimidate them, and you can control their territory. Kill the journalistsor the storyand the truth of what is happening can be buried.

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Book SynopsisThough photographers Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams were contemporaries and longtime friends, most of their work portrays contrasting subject matter. Lange’s artistic photodocumentation set a new aesthetic standard for social commentary; Adams lit up nature’s wonders with an unfailing eye and preeminent technical skill. That they joined together to photograph Mormons in Utah in the early 1950s for Life magazine may come as a surprise.In a Rugged Land examines the history and content of the two photographers’ forgotten collaboration Three Mormon Towns. Looking at Adams’s and Lange’s photographs, extant letters, and personal memories, the book provides a window into an important moment in their careers and seeks to understand why a project that once held such promise ended in disillusionment and is now little more than a footnote in their illustrative biographies. Swensen’s in-depth research and interpretation helps make sense of what they did and places their efforts alongside others who were also exploring the particular qualities of the Mormon village at that time.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing more than two hundred gorgeous color photographs of Indiana's champion trees and old-growth forest remnants, Magnificent Trees of Indiana is a celebration of the state's natural beauty. Seventy-four trees are featured as well as twenty old-growth woods. Each has been photographed to illuminate the grandeur of the natural world. Accessible to the outdoor enthusiast, this book details the changes that have occurred over the last two centuries in Indiana's forests, including the landscape geology and physiography. The forest is celebrated as a living community, with highlights including odd forms, curious trees, and unique occurrences—many of which can still be visited today. Magnificent Trees of Indiana makes for a beautiful coffee-table gift book for any Hoosier or nature lover, walking the reader through the geologic past, into early pioneer times, and onward to the present, all while covering the history, value, and economic importance of our hardwood forests.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Past to Present Chapter 2: Landscapes of Indiana and Their Relationships to Forests Chapter 3: The Forest as a Living Community Chapter 4: Big Trees and Champions Chapter 5: Oldest of the Old: Indiana's Wondrous Old-Growth Woods Chapter 6: The Odd and Curious Chapter 7: Sheer Beauty Chapter 8: Woodland Values Chapter 9: People and Trees Chapter 10: Protecting and Sustaining Our Forest Heritage Chapter 11: Inspirations and Reflections

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides a history of the most consequential 35mm motion picture camera introduced in North America in the quarter century following the Second World War: the Arriflex 35. It traces the North American history of this camera from 1945 through 1972--when the first lightweight, self-blimped 35mm cameras became available. Chronicle of a Camera emphasizes theatrical film production, documenting the Arriflex's increasingly important role in expanding the range of production choices, styles, and even content of American motion pictures in this period. The book's exploration culminates most strikingly in examples found in feature films dating from the 1960s and early 1970s, including a number of films associated with what came to be known as the ""Hollywood New Wave."" The author shows that the Arriflex prompted important innovation in three key areas: it greatly facilitated and encouraged location shooting; it gave cinematographers new options for intensifying visual style and content; and it stimulated low-budget and independent production. Films in which the Arriflex played an absolutely central role include Bullitt, The French Connection, and, most significantly, Easy Rider. Using an Arriflex for car-mounted shots, hand-held shots, and zoom-lens shots led to greater cinematic realism and personal expression.

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Book SynopsisFlowers have played an important role in human culture and survival for thousands of years. The final products of flowers—fruits and seeds—are vitally important as food. Flowers provide bursts of color to homes and gardens and they symbolize love, sorrow, and renewal. Yet we often overlook their real purpose. Why do flowers exist and why do they have certain colors, shapes, and smells? What function does a flower have in the life and survival of the plants themselves?In nature, flowers play an essential role in improving a plant's chances of survival. Some flowers are pollinated by wind or water but most are designed to attract and reward pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, birds, and bats, to carry their pollen from flower to flower. After being pollinated, flowers produce fruits and again take advantage of wind, water, and animals to disperse their seeds, ensuring a new generation of their species.Pollination and seed dispersal are fine-tuned systems, and their importance in sustaining a healthy environment cannot be overstated. And, as ongoing climate and other environmental changes apply new pressures, flowers must continue to adapt in order to survive.In this beautifully illustrated book with over 200 stunning photographs, Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden draw from existing research and their extensive field experiences all over the world to present a detailed but accessible introduction to the natural history of flowers. They discuss a representative sample of flowering and fruiting strategies, illustrating interactions between plants and their pollinators and dispersers, and conclude with descriptions of their favorite tropical flowers.

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Book SynopsisThe Mississippi Delta is known for many things. It is a land of stark contrast, in which rich soil produces an agricultural bounty as well as fearsome economic want. The Delta has compelled generations of writers, musicians, and artists to chronicle and engage its harsh and mysterious beauty. Seen through the penetrating lens of noted photographer Maude Schuyler Clay, the nearly deserted buildings and landscapes of the Delta are brought to life by the dogs that roam the wide fields and swamp-soaked shadows.For the past fifteen years, Clay has been driving the back roads photographing her native Delta. In the darkroom of her hundred-year-old family homestead in Sumner, Mississippi, she has developed hundreds of images of eroding architecture, misty bayous, small stands of woods, endless rows of crops. And dogs. Clay has spotted and captured the elemental spirit of dogs eking out existences from this majestic landscape. In her iconic book Delta Land, Clay introduced the ""Dog in the Fog,"" the muscular lab standing watch in the mist and trees of Cassidy Bayou. This photo became widely recognized, and Clay wanted to further explore the relationship between the land and the numerous dogs populating its fields, bayous, and abandoned spaces.This new book, Delta Dogs, celebrates the canines who roam this most storied corner of Mississippi. Some of Clay's photographs feature lone dogs dwarfed by kudzu-choked trees and hidden among the brambles adjacent to plowed fields. In others, dogs travel in amiable packs, trotting toward a shared but mysterious adventure. Her Delta dogs are by turns soulful, eager, wary, resigned, menacing, and contented.Writers Brad Watson and Beth Ann Fennelly ponder Clay's dogs and their connections to the Delta, speculating about their role in the drama of everyday life and about their relationships to the humans who share this landscape with them. In a photographer's afterword, Clay writes about discovering the beauty of her native land from within. She finds that the ubiquitous presence of the Delta dog gives scale, life, and sometimes even whimsy and intent to her Mississippi landscape.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time of its invention, photography has been used to visualize events that are either too fast or too slow for the eye to perceive, or subjects that are outside the spectral range of the human eye. This book shows how you can photograph a range of subjects and see the world as never before. Written with clear and accessible text, it explores and suggests techniques that expose new images in new ways, and pushes the boundaries of the photographer's creative potential. Techniques include: ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) photography; high speed and time-lapse photography; close-up, macro and photography with the aid of a microscope and finally, photography using polarized light. Most of the techniques are accessible to all photographers using readily available equipment (UV and IR will require some specialist items), and have been relatively unexplored so give the adventurous photographer great potential to experiment and produce unique images.

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Book SynopsisThe arrival of aerial photography came at a particularly significant moment in terms of the visual appearance of England. This selection of photographs makes use of the Aerofilms collection, acquired by English Heritage in 2007 and subsequently digitised and made available on the Britain from Above website. When Aerofilms fliers first went up in the skies in 1919, they captured a country that, with the obvious exception of some large scale structures such as aircraft hangers and munitions factories, had more or less been preserved in aspic in 1914. What we are looking at in many of the earliest photographs in this book is essentially Edwardian England, with towns and villages generally quite compact, with fields reaching almost up to the High Streets in many cases, and little sign of the sprawl that was to engulf them in the 1920s and 30s. The streets of many towns, especially the seaside resorts that provided the aerial photographers with many of their earliest subjects, have an orderly, almost pristine appearance to them, with the Victorian and Edwardian houses undisturbed by any out of place redevelopment. The purpose of this book is to show just how radically that position changed over the ensuing half century. We trace the outward expansion of places brought about by the availability of the car: the new suburbs and ribbon development. We see how new arterial roads came into being to meet the needs of motor transport and how the centre of cities start to be rebuilt to accommodate it. We witness the growth of sprawl around road junctions on the edge of built up areas and the arrival of new types of building there to service both cars and people: the filling station, the roadhouse. We see how the car encouraged more people to go further afield for sport and pleasure: to the seaside, the races or to new forms of attractions such as the amusement park in the country. And we see how public transport changes over the period from trams to buses with the advent of new facilities such as bus stations. The scale of traffic congestion becomes apparent by the late 1930s. In addition, the impact on the landscape of large motor factories and provision for motor sport is made clear.Trade ReviewIt's a lovely b/w trip back in time and beautifully set out, letting the images tell the story.Classic MotoringThis is a novel as well as instructive look at a previously neglected area of English motoring history, and is highly recommended.The AutomobileThis is an excellent glimpse into the unique archive that is the Aerofilms Collection and I commend it to anyone interested in our motoring heritage. If it doesn't send you scurrying to the Britain from the Air website I'll eat my flying helmet!Geoff Lancaster, Society of Automotive Historians in BritainThe quality of reproduction is excellent ... for the quality of production offered this book represents good value.Paul Lacey, Roads: Road Transport History AssociationIt really is an outstanding social history with each full-page picture telling more than the 1,000 proverbial words ...This EnglandTable of ContentsPreface Introduction England at the dawn of popular motoring Trams and tram depots Bus stations, garages and workshops Motor vehicle factories Garages and filling stations Out for the day By the seaside The growth of motorised suburbia The new roads Rebuilding the cities New towns, smaller towns and suburbs in the 1960s Towards the motorway age

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Book SynopsisAerofilms Ltd was born on 9 May 1919. An unprecedented business venture, it hoped to marry the still fledgling technology of powered flight to the discipline of photography. Its founders were Claude Grahame-White, an internationally-famous English aviation pioneer, and Francis Lewis Wills, a trained architect who had flown as an observer for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Together they embarked on a distinctively British tale of derring-do. From developing photographic glass plates in a hotel bathroom at the London Flying Club in Hendon, to producing many thousands of aerial images every year, they took a tool which had first been used for military intelligence, and repackaged it for the mass market. As a result, Aerofilms lived through and recorded one of the most tumultuous periods in British history. After surviving the worldwide economic crash of the Great Depression in the 1930s, and serving their country at the request of Winston Churchill during the Second World War, they were still on hand to help shape the Britain of the future, capturing the major reconstruction projects of the 1940s and 50s. Aerofilms: A History of Britain From Above draws on thousands of images, including many that are rare or previously unseen, to present a vivid picture of the nation in the first half of the twentieth century. Following the company’s enigmatic founders, daredevil pilots, skilled photographers and innovative advertisers, it explores how they manufactured and sold a potent sense of place and identity to the British people. The story of Aerofilms – the men and women behind the company and the photographs that they produced – is a story of innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, war, marketing and the making of ‘Brand Britain’. Trade ReviewAerofilms is an astonishing black-and-white history of our fair isle from above ... it captures astounding architecture, awesome natural wonders and even the brutal imprint of war.Emily Phillips, www.shortlist.com‘These pictures, of Britain from above, are a knockout.’Metro * Metro *'Clinging to tiny biplanes flying dangerously low, the pioneering band of former First World War pilots turned photographers were pushing new technology to the limit with dramatic results.’Daily Mail (Scotland) * Daily Mail (Scotland) *This book tells the story of much of 20th century Britain in stunning aerial photographs. The scale and detail of rapid social, architectural and industrial changes are shown through pictures of cities, towns, coastal areas, industrial scenes and breathtaking landscapes.Christy Lawrence, Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History SocietyThe selected images - from St Paul's Cathedral, its Baroque majesty captured as never before, to the South Bank in 1950, still a building site - are everything you'd expect: exciting, nostalgic and informative ... Many of the pictures can now be seen online via the dedicated website britainfromabove.org.uk - but I'd recommend reading the book too, for it really makes for a great story.Jack Watkins, OPTIMAMAGAZINEThis wonderfully written book starts with a broad insight into the world of early aviation. It tells the history of Aerofilms in an interesting and exciting way, illustrated by some rare and previously unseen photographs of Britain from above.Silvia Faggion, Architectural TechnologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, 1919-1929 2. Wot, No Depression? 1930-1936 3. Eyes in the Sky, 1937-1945 4. Brand Britain, 1946-1953 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisEngland has a long and involved relationship with the sea. It has provided a final line of defence against invasion, the route over which the country’s global trade has travelled, the source of a bountiful harvest of fish and seafood that has sustained the population, the essential links in the empire that saw Britain emerge as the world’s first ‘Great Power’, and, more recently, it has fostered the leisure industry. For many, the sea was to provide their final view of their homeland as emigration took them to far-flung corners of the world, while for others, perhaps fleeing religious or political persecution, the sea offered them a route to safety. For almost a century the photographers from the Aerofilms company recorded Britain from the air. Alongside the photographs taken of the great castles and abbeys of the country, the views also recorded industrial and commercial activity – including the docks and ports that were an essential part in maintaining Britain’s place in the world. In this book, Peter Waller has delved through the collection of Aerofilms photographs held by Historic England to explore the country’s maritime heritage. Selecting 150 images, the author looks at how the docks and ports have evolved since the years immediately after World War I, how traditional patterns of trade have changed, how the Royal Navy has shrunk and how the leisure industry has come to dominate.Trade Review'This volume is a worthy example of a Historic England publication. The book is a mine of visual information fully complemented by a generally extensive and well-informed text. It can be highly recommended.' Robert Carr, The International Journal for the History of Engineering & TechnologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Major ports and harbours 2. Smaller ports 3. Shipyards, ship breakers and ancillary industries 4. Port development 5. Royal Navy 6. Famous ships 7. Ferry terminals 8. Fishing ports 9. Maritime leisure 10. The downside

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Book SynopsisFor almost a century, from its inception in the years immediately after World War I, the Aerofilms company recorded the changing face of England from the air. At the start of the era, the railway was still the predominant form of transport, with a network of main, secondary and branch lines that stretched to virtually every corner of the realm. As the 20th century progressed, however, this dominance declined as the private motorcar and the lorry increasingly became the preferred mode of transport. The early railway builders — such as the London & Birmingham — had invested much in creating impressive stations for this new and revolutionary form of transport and, during the 19th century, many of the country’s leading architects undertook commissions on behalf of the burgeoning railway industry. After World War II, however, many of these buildings were were swept away. The Aerofilms collection provides a unique vantage point to explore the country’s railway heritage. It is only from the air that it is possible to appreciate fully how much the railway came to dominate the landscape; even in relatively small country towns, the railway station with its platforms and goods yard was significant. Add to this the construction of tunnels and viaducts, and the railway can be said to have shaped much of the landscape of modern England. Drawing upon some 150 images from the collection, Peter Waller explores various aspects of England’s unique railway heritage: from the major stations in cities like Birmingham to the humble goods yard and signal box.Trade Review'Perhaps even more than the motoring and maritime books that preceded it, the railway volume has a full text by this highly experienced author at each right-hand page opposite the beautifully printed images. It adds up to an account of the country’s topography, providing ample evidence of how the Victorians reshaped England both in town and country.' Graham Tite, Context, the Journal of the Institute of Historic Building ConservationReviews'This is not the first railways volume Peter Waller has compiled from the Aerofilms collection of oblique aerial views but it won't disappoint. The quarry is not worked out.' Stephen Rowson, Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Major Stations 2. Minor Stations 3. Locomotive and other Works 4. Viaducts, Bridges and Tunnels 5. Locomotive Sheds and Depots 6. Goods Yards and other Freight Traffic 7. Railway Offices and Hotels 8. Preservation

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Book SynopsisSuitable for those interested in photography and established photographers who need to refocus their photographic motivation, this book outlines field techniques for choosing the correct exposure, discusses depth of field, hyper-focal focusing, exposure bracketing and the use of appropriate filters.

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Book SynopsisA guide for those who aspire to capture beautiful wildlife images. It gives guidance on which types of camera to use, accessories such as zoom lenses and filters, and the equipment needed in the field. It also contains a section on the digital darkroom that teaches you about workflow and post-processing issues and how to output your images.

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Book SynopsisSo begins this lovely volume of exquisite photographs from Laos, a country whose remote regions are still hidden away to all but a few inquisitive scholars and venturesome travelers. The capital city of Vientiane and far-flung regions of the country are richly illustrated in 150 color images. The photographs recount the author's personal journey to towns and villages in the 1990s, portraying ethnic minorities and lowlanders, their traditional life and work, and the natural environment and terrain. Apart from a descriptive introduction, the captions provide the only text. The author observes signs of modernization with each subsequent visit--traditional dress replaced by Western clothing, forests destroyed by a new road. The book provides a rare and nuanced glimpse into the country and people of Laos as they stand at the crossroads of change.

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