Alexander and Thomas Huber have set international standards with their spectacular ascents, overcoming the most challenging of obstacles while climbing at extreme altitudes. The Wall documents the expeditions of the Huber brothers through a series of extraordinary, breathtaking photographs, with insightful commentary by respected mountaineer Reinhold Messner. It's a compelling look at the skill, determination and thirst for adventure that few people ever experience.
New York (Mighty Marvelous Little Books S.) (Booklets S.)
by Gerald Hoberman and Marc Hoberman
Cook captures the compelling connections and subtle emotions between daughters, mothers, grandmothers an d great-grandmothers in stirring black and white group portr aits. The accompanying essays often divulge very personal in formation and feelings. '
The Great Barrier Reef stretches for more than 1,250 miles in a graceful crescent along Australia's northeast coast. Doubilet has dived along its length from north to south and has, over time, made a rare photographic portrait of its beauty and complex web of life. The book is richly illustrated with more than 135 photographs, accompanied by essays by Doubilet
At the age of 23, immediately following the Twin Tower attacks, Kate Brooks moved to Pakistan to photograph the impact of U.S. foreign policy in the region. It was the start of a 10-year odyssey covering world changing events, from the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora and the American invasion of Iraq, to Lebanon's disenfranchised Palestinian population and the countrys power struggles with Syria and Israel, the protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square and the beginning of the war...
The pop music icon's personal collection of master photographs of the twentieth century.
Over a ten-year period, Margaret Morton documented the inventive ways in which homeless people in New York City have created not only places to live but also communities that offer a sense of pride, place and individuality. Morton's camera reveals the ingenuity of builders who have constructed homes out of discarded materials such as warehouse pallets, junked auto parts and demolition scrap. Her luminous photographs bring to light the determination and aesthetic sensibilities of all but forgotte...
The story behind the most famous jazz photograph of all time--"a treasure everyone should read" (Quincy Jones) and "a joyous celebration of the spirit of jazz" (Nat Hentoff). And what a day it was, when nearly sixty jazz greats gathered on a Harlem street one morning in August 1958 for what was, incredibly, the photographer Art Kane's first professional shoot. Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Mary Lou Williams, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basi...
Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains - Volume 2 (Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, #2)
by Daniel H Wieczorek
Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains - Volume 7 (Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, #7)
by Daniel H Wieczorek and Kazuya Numazawa
For anyone wanting to look back at the world over the last 60 years from a specifically American viewpoi nt, Life 60 Years captures events as varied as natural disas ters, Ronald Reagan''s presidency and wars ranging from D Day to Desert Storm. '
When she was in her early sixties, Leni Riefenstahl began traveling frequently to the African continent, where she has worked on various film and photography projects over the last half century. Her favorite destination was in Sudan, where she lived with and photographed the Nuba tribes people, learning their language and becoming their friend. The Nuba were a loving and peaceful people, who welcomed Riefenstahl as one of their own. Her images of the Nuba, as well as of the Dinka, Shilluk, Masai...