In Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, author of The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, found a sense of serenity and enrichment he couldn't find anywhere else. Here through more than a hundred color photographs and accompanying text, is a look at the Cuba he loved. Photographer Robert Wheeler takes us through the streets and near the water's edge of Havana, and closer to the relationship Hemingway shared with the Cuban people, their landscape, their politics, and their c...
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...
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.
Ottawa Winterlude Festival - Rideau Canal Skating Fun! Feb 17, 2007 Photo Album (English eBook C7)
Ottawa Winterlude Festival - Rideau Canal Skateway Fun! Feb 21, 2007 Photo Album (English eBook C6)
Seacliff Beach Fun! Santa Cruz Sunset - August 2, 2008 - Northern California Paradise Beach Series (English eBook C7)
Winky Lewis and Susan Conley, a photographer and a writer in Portland, tried an experiment. At the start of every week for a year, Winky sent Susan a photograph: of their children, of the street where they live as neighbors, and of other green places in Maine. By the end of that week Susan sent a tiny story back that talked to the photograph. Stop Here, This Is The Place tells the story of a year in which children's arms and legs get longer, and traces of babyhood fade--a year that feels intermi...
Edmund Clark and Crofton Black: Negative Publicity (Signed Edition)
by Crofton Black
Since the dawn of time, volcanoes have been both worshipped and feared. Celebrated by some cultures as a source of life and dreaded by others as the ultimate manifestation of the gods' anger, their volatile outbursts have left massive, indelible pockmarks on the planet's landscape. Today, scientists better understand the natural phenomena behind volcanic eruptions, but their impact is no less destructive. In Volcanoes, award-winning photographer Philippe Bourseiller documents the awesome power a...
In a thorough look at the most important global event of the 20th century, Richard B. Stolley takes readers on a journey from the escalating tensions of pre-World War II Europe to the shock of the Pearl Harbour attack, to the creation of the atomic bomb. With access to the extensive "LIFE" photographic archives as well as recently released government photos from countries such as Germany and Russia, this volume offers a fast-paced history in pictures. The images flow chronologically, beginning w...
The Equestrian World takes you on a journey into a world where there is always the scent of polished leather and fresh hay in the air. Peek behind the scenes at world-famous competitions-from heart-pounding head-to-head races and hard-hitting polo matches to exquisitely-controlled dressage riding. Horse expert and aficionado, Peter Clotten, takes the reins in this book and whisks us into the many sides of the equestrian sport world. Expressive portraits and informative accompanying text will acq...
For the first time, photographs from the Royal Photographic Society are gathered together in a fascinating, unique tribute to the art form. Highlights include one of the world's oldest photographic images; rare works by Stieglitz, Steichen, and Coburn; selections from the collections of Julia Margaret Cameron and Roger Fenton; extraordinary images from mid-nineteenth-century travelers who brought back "exotic" prints from the East; and eccentric and beautiful works from unknown professional and...
Ottawa Winterlude Festival - Rideau Canal Skating Fun! Feb 17, 2007 Photo Album (English eBook C8)
Ottawa Winterlude Festival - Skiing Ottawa Resorts Photo Album - Feb 2007 (English eBook C7)
Ottawa Winterlude Festival - Rideau Canal Skating Fun! Feb 18, 2007 Photo Album (English eBook C7)
Billie Holiday singing at the New Orleans Swing Club. Dexter Gordon hanging out at Bop City. Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane all swinging through for gigs. Was this slice of jazz history in New York or perhaps New Orleans? No, this was San Francisco's Fillmore District in its heyday. The Fillmore in the 1940's and 1950's was an eclectic, integrated and hopping neighborhood of streets full of restaurants, pool halls, theaters and stores - many minority-owned - and b...
In his first book in ten years, Franco Maria Ricci presents a rich and refined collection of photographs celebrating the art and mystery of mazes throughout the ages. Franco Maria Ricci--publisher, art collector, bibliophile, garden designer, visionary--presents this collection of beautiful, haunting photographs chronicling his latest project: a massive bamboo labyrinth near Fontanellato, Italy, scheduled to open in 2014. Beginning with the Minotaur, labyrinths have transfixed and enchanted us....