Photography
Discover the best photography books, including top titles and cool photography guides for photographers of all levels.
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Hidden History of Lorain CountyEarly pioneers braved countless dangers to start anew in what is now Lorain County. Some of their stories faded from memory along the way, waiting to be rediscovered. Uncover the origins of the Felons' Feast held by abolitionists in 1859. Celebrate the true story...
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Art and Architecture of InsectsClad in spiked and scaled armor, lance-like pincers at the ready, alien creatures are in our gardens, our floorboards, and our bedsheets. David M. Phillips has taken his life-long love of insect biology and microscopy and produced a mesmerizing look into the hidden world...
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Discovering Oak Island Camera-in-Hand: A guide to making more memorable photographs while exploring Oak Island North CarolinaWhether you are a visitor, newcomer, or native of Oak Island North Carolina, Discovering Oak Island: Camera-in-Hand will make you love her more and want to know her better. In addition to being an overview of Oak Island's varied offerings, this book provides a...
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Railroad Wars of New York StateNew York's railroads were born of the cutthroat conflict of rate wars, bloody strikes and even federal graft. The railroad wars began as soon as the first line was chartered between Albany and Schenectady when supporters of the Erie Canal tried to block the...
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Forgotten Tales of New MexicoNew Mexico, a place defined by a history of grand conflicts, conquistadores, Pueblo warriors, and nuclear scientists, will celebrate its state centennial in 2012. What better time for a collection of forgotten tales that recounts the adventures and exploits of priests, soldiers, witches, and...
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Adirondack Roots: Stories of Hiking, History and WomenThe Adirondack Mountains captivate inhabitants, fostering deep roots and rich memories. In this diverse collection, local author Sandra Weber celebrates this enduring bond with the region and explores its roots and routes--such as women's feats, the naming of mountain peaks and the fight to...
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500 Poses for Photographing Children: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait PhotographersFilled with images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, this collection is designed to solve any issues associated with photographing young subjects. From newborns and toddlers through grade school students and high school seniors, this resource addresses many issues faced by portrait photographers,...
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Baylor: A Legacy of Spirit, Tradition, BeautyThe grandeur at Baylor University has been enjoyed for more than a century. The only book of its kind, Baylor: A Legacy of Spirit, Tradition, Beauty presents handsome photography showcasing the campus' grand spires, beautiful Georgian architecture, and graceful landscapes. A true pictorial experience.Author:...
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Writing the Visual: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Composition and CommunicationWRITING THE VISUAL: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION offers a variety of creative and theoretically based approaches to the development of visual literacy. The book's introduction and twelve chapters provide an array of pedagogical perspectives, exceptional field-tested assignments for students...
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Finding Grace: The Face of America's HomelessStrength. Dignity. Humanity. Grace. These qualities are not commonly associated with America's homeless, so often overlooked or avoided on our city streets. Yet they are precisely the qualities that illuminate the faces pictured in this astonishing volume. These are our sisters and brothers, and...
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Asbury Park: A West Side Story - A Pictorial Journey Through the Eyes of Joseph A. Carter, SrNegatives Expose Positive Images A photographer's daughter preserved her father's archive of hundreds of black and white negatives. The Images are of a media neglected population of people living in Asbury Park, New Jersey's West Side. She shares her memories about the people and...
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The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969"Resplendent.... A masterwork of history."--Ron Jacobs, CounterpunchIn eyewitness testimonies and hundreds of remarkable photographs, The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969 commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most searing conflicts that closed out the tumultuous 1960s: the Battle for People's Park. In...
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Discovering Nature's AlphabetIf you stand in just the right place, at just the right time, you are going to see some pretty amazing things. Like three branches leaning against one another, creating the letter A. Or the spines of a cactus forming the letter F. Discovering...
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California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the SierraNo need to hop on a plane to the East Coast California has beautiful fall foliage, especially in the Sierra Nevada, which glows red and golden every year with aspens, cottonwoods, dogwoods, maples, and oaks. This compact, lively guide shows visitors where and how...
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Judy Glickman Lauder: Beyond the Shadows: The Holocaust and the Danish Exception"The photographs and stories in Beyond the Shadows are not just a reminder of how racism and anti-Semitism can foment violence and murder, but a warning for our uneasy present, when white nationalism and neo-Nazism are on the upswing. These stories are also a...
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The Many Lives of Erik KesselsThe Many Lives of Erik Kessels presents the highly anticipated first illustrated survey of this pioneering and influential curator, editor, and artist whose varied experiments with photography and photographic archives have allowed us to reconsider the medium's vernacular and narrative possibilities in today's inundated...
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Rinko Kawauchi: HaloIn recent years, Rinko Kawauchi's exploration of the cadences of the everyday has begun to swing farther afield from her earlier photographs focusing on tender details of day-to-day living. In her series and resulting book Ametsuchi (Aperture, 2013), she concentrated mainly on the volcanic...
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Edward Weston: The Flame of RecognitionThis classic monograph, first issued as a hardcover in 1965, began its life in 1958 as a monographic issue of Aperture magazine published in celebration of Weston's life. Drawing on a decades-long collaboration between the photographer and Nancy Newhall, Aperture cofounder and early MoMA...
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Tabitha Soren: Fantasy Life: Baseball and the American DreamIn 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A's--young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Since then, she has followed the players through their baseball lives, an...
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Robert Cumming: The Difficulties of NonsenseIn the 1970s, from his base in Los Angeles, artist Robert Cumming (born 1943) made functional-looking but ultimately useless constructions, created primarily to be photographed with his 8 x 10 camera. Playing with props, proportions, unusual angles, light and mirrors, Cumming invited viewers to...
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