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A roster of prominent artists, curators, and scholars offers a new, entirely contemporary approach to our understanding of photography and media Focusing on the Art Institute of Chicago’s deep and varied collection of photographs, books and other printed matter, installation art, photobooks, albums, and time-based media, this ambitious, wide-ranging volume features short essays by prominent artists, curators, university professors, and independent scholars that explore topics essential to unde...

Fotografien sind kulturhistorische oder zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente mit einem schier unerschöpflichen Themenspektrum und damit für Forschung und Vermittlung zentrale Informationsquellen. Doch auch als Form des Kunstschaffens wird die Fotografie zum Gegenstand von Sammlungen und vielbeachteten Ausstellungen. Der Band stellt die Stufen der technischen Entwicklung der Fotografie bis zur Gegenwart vor. Die Lichtbild-Techniken von den Anfängen in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts werden in ihre...

Movements, Motions, Moments shows how African Americans have negotiated their participation and engagement in religious spaces. The book is divided into three sections—Movements, Motions, and Moments. Images of figures including Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, Noble Drew Ali, Father Divine, Prophet Elijah Muhammad, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Pauli Murray, Bishop Myokei Cain-Barrett, and others are depicted next to photographs of religious celebrations, ritual practices, and individual mo...

Decreazione is a Josef Koudelka’s project conceived for the Holy See Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2013. The author has been searching since a few years a focus on the relationship between Man and Nature and to show the influence of the men on the environment, as he wants to highlight that it is exactly this influence the very often cause of a kind of “destruction”, a de-creaction - Decreazione. The book is a leaflet with 9 panoramic photographies taken from Germany to Lebanon, from Slovak Republi...

A stunningly original portrait of one of England's grandest country housesNo house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen generations, this treasure house is filled with works of art and objects - from Nicolas Poussin's The Arcadian Shepherds and Antonio Canova's Endymion to great contemporary paintings by Lucian Freud and David Hockney - which have all, in their ti...

Published to mark the esteemed Fraenkel Gallery's 35th year, The Plot Thickens is an eye-opening expedition through the history of the medium, with approximately 90 wide-ranging photographs by artists as diverse as Diane Arbus, Christian Marclay, Robert Adams, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mel Bochner, Walker Evans, Sol LeWitt, Lee Friedlander, Alec Soth, Katy Grannan, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Richard Learoyd. In the tradition of Fraenkel Gallery's award-winning anniversary publications from years past (suc...

Significant and iconic photographs created over the last 100 years provide an essential history and new interpretation of the medium Beginning with Paul Strand’s landmark From the Viaduct in 1916 and continuing through the present day, Photography’s Last Century examines defining moments in the history of the medium. Featuring nearly 100 masterworks, it includes both rare and iconic examples of works by photography’s most renowned and influential artists, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, W...

"This book is here to remind long-time movie fans why these important 20th-century icons will forever remain the Fabulous Faces of our time." — The Eye of Photography "Enigmatic, dazzling and fabulous: the faces of Hollywood’s golden age." — The Times "A new book pulls together glamorous portraits of film stars from the 1920s to the 60s who could draw an audience with their name alone." — The Guardian Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood brings together some of the greatest portraits taken by lea...

For the majority of his decades-long career, Norman Rockwell relied on a camera to help him render the iconic scenarios born in his imagination. Photograph by photograph, he painstakingly assembled the specific features he sought for his envisioned illustration, projecting whole or partial pictures of amateur models, objects and settings onto drafting paper, and from there, onto canvas. Many of Rockwell's most famous works - including those reproduced for LIFE and the Saturday Evening Post -...

A highly original collection of high magnification photographs that unlock the hidden beauty of seeds and fruit, from the author of Microsculpture The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits is a photographic study that celebrates the wonders of nature and science in mind-blowing magnification. Levon Biss’ striking photography captures the breathtaking and beautiful details of the world of carpology, the study of seeds and fruits. Each picture reveals minute features and textures that are norm...

Meet the Quokka. Miniature marsupial, tourist attraction and the happiest animal on the planet.Unique to Rottnest Island and small areas of the West Australian coast, these cute little critters have featured in more selfies than the Kardashians - no pouting necessary, just an adorable smile! Featuring stunning photography from award-winning Alex Cearns, and uplifting quotes, The Quokka's Guide to Happiness is a gorgeous compilation sure to bring a cheeky little grin to anyone's face.