Los Angeles Cocktails: Spirits in the City of Angels
by Andrea Richards
Author Haje Jan Kamps knows that you are travelling for two good reasons: to experience great things, and to get great photos of your travels. He also understands very well how people's eyes tend to glaze over when phrases like "Circles of Confusion" or the "Inverse Square Law" are brandished about, and focuses instead on great photographs, and how to take them. A realistic and easy-to-follow approach to travel photography puts the fun back into photography, and by following a series of simple e...
From trimming bed linen and hanging pictures to creating attractive table settings, there are many ways of decorating with ribbons, in range of textures, patterns and colours.'
Architecture has always been a natural subject matter for photographers, but for most of the twentieth century the practice of architectural photography has been a professional endeavor--anonymous photographs taken for clients for specific, commercial reasons. This book concerns itself with another aspect of the phenomenon: the photography of architecture as an art practice. It considers the work of seven contemporary photographers who use buildings in their work in a new way. In these photograp...
This is the first and definitive overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester-based Factory label, covering its iconic record sleeves, posters, ephemera, venues and packaging. After a foreword by the founder of Factory, Tony Wilson, an introductory essay discusses the label's role in bringing design to the mainstream. Thereafter, the book is organized as a generously illustrated catalogue, arranged by the famous Factory reference system. Factory Works, as part of the story, has been given i...
A collection of images that brings together the work of over 30 photographers, spanning a 30-year period. The pictures chart the history of popular music in the latter half of the 20th century, and include such illustious subjects as The Clash, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix and the Spice Girls.
Family of Man 1955-2001: Humanism and Postmodernism
by Jean Back and Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff