Photography
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Under the Spell of ArabiaThe ravishing black-and-white images collected for this volume were hard won, In the early 1970s photographer Mathias Oppersdorff traveled to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, and Yemen. Many obstacles stood in his way: Oppersdorff spoke no Arabic, Islamic culture discourages photography,...
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Art Hack Practice: Critical Intersections of Art, Innovation and the Maker MovementBridging art and innovation, this book invites readers into the processes of artists, curators, cultural producers and historians who are working within new contexts that run parallel to or against the phenomenon of 'maker culture'.The book is a fascinating and compelling resource for those...
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Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing: A Complete Guide to the MediumSilverpoint, and metalpoint more generally, is the practice of marking with soft metal on a specifically prepared drawing surface. Practiced for centuries, the artform is experiencing a resurgence in recent years, with contemporary work exploring abstract as well as realist, conceptual as well as...
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Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in DetroitBuilding the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit by Michael H. Hodges tells the story of the German-Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty to become one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. Kahn's buildings not only define downtown Detroit, but his...
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Angels in the Architecture: A Photographic Elegy to an American AsylumIn the nineteenth century, perhaps no approach to mental illness was more compassionate than that of hospital administrator Thomas Story Kirkbride, whose asylum designs integrated beauty and nature as a method to treat patients. The Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City, Michigan, was one...
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Shenandoah: Views of Our National ParkThe only collection of photographs devoted to one of America's natural treasures, Shenandoah: Views of Our National Park documents one man's decades-long fascination with this uniquely beautiful region in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Hullihen Williams Moore has been visiting Shenandoah National Park since the...
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The Social Documentary Photography of Milton RogovinMilton Rogovin (1909--2011) dedicated his photographic career to capturing the humanity of working-class people around the world -- coal miners, factory workers, the urban poor, the residents of Appalachia, and other marginalized groups. He worked to equalize the relationship between photographer and subject in...
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Photographer's Guide to Yellowstone and the TetonsRevised and updated edition with new photos and digital techniquesHow to prepare for a photographic expedition through Yellowstone and Grand Tetons national parksIncludes products and services section to assist in planning a tripA wealth of wonderful images can be found at Yellowstone and Grand...
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Fine Art Flower Photography: Creative Techniques and the Art of Observation- A striking new collection from the author of Fine Art Nature Photography - Includes instructions for creating varied photographic effects - Detailed specs and equipment given for each picture with "before" and "after" versions provided for many images Acclaimed nature photographer Tony Sweet...
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Camera Trapping Guide: Tracks, Sign, and Behavior of Eastern WildlifeUsing a specially made, inexpensive and rugged heat- and motion-detecting camera, you can view wildlife up close. Camera Trapping Guide gives you the techniques and knowledge of animal behaviors so you can get the best possible photos and videos. Includes 41 species common to...
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Mary McCartney: From Where I StandFrom Where I Stand is photographer Mary McCartney's first book, introducing the very best work spanning her career from the mid-1990s to the present. These images are a reflection not only of Mary's personal world, but also of the unique relationships she establishes with...
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6 Billion Others: Portraits of Humanity from Around the WorldThe latest project from bestselling photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 6 Billion Others presents the photographic portraits and transcribed responses of 500 men and women, interviewed on video over the past six years. This understated yet compelling look at ways of life both familiar and strange...
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Conversations with CinematographersDavid A. Ellis has interviewed some of the most influential and highly regarded cameramen of the last half century and more, and he has assembled these exchanges in Conversations with Cinematographers. While their names may not be known by the general public, these men...
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Cabins in the LaurelIn 1928 New York native Muriel Earley Sheppard moved with her mining engineer husband to the Toe River Valley -- an isolated pocket in North Carolina between the Blue Ridge and Iron Mountains. Sheppard began visiting her neighbors and forming friendships in remote coves...
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Wishbone: Oklahoma Football, 1959-1985The Oklahoma Sooners dominated the world of college football during the 1950s. Under the leadership of Coach Bud Wilkinson, the team won three national titles and established an astounding record of forty-seven straight victories that still stands today. Yet by 1959, Wilkinson's Sooners were...
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Picturing Migrants: The Grapes of Wrath and New Deal Documentary Photographyvolume 18As time passes, personal memories of the Great Depression die with those who lived through the desperate 1930s. In the absence of firsthand knowledge, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and the photographs produced for the New Deal's Farm Security Administration (FSA) now provide...
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Columns of Vengeance: Soldiers, Sioux, and the Punitive Expeditions, 1863-1864In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars--the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an internal war against the Sioux. While the Civil War was more important to the future of the United States, the Dakota War of 1862 proved...
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Visions of the Big Sky, 5: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain WestFrom the Wind River Range to the Canadian border, the northern Rocky Mountain West is an outsized land of stunning dimensions and emotive power. In Visions of the Big Sky, Dan Flores revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness....
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Yellowstone and the Biology of Time: Photographs Across a CenturyEstablished in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest and one of the largest national parks in the world. In this remarkable book, scientists Mary Meagher and Douglas B. Houston present 100 sets of photographs that compare the Yellowstone of old with the park...
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Mexicos Sierra Tarahumara: A Photohistory of the People of the EdgeThe Tarahumara, people of the edge, live on the boundaries of civilization, in the mountains and canyonlands of Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara. There, in southwestern Chihuahua, terrain terminates at the edge of canyons; their mountains border the sky. In these pages, words by W. Dirk...
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