Photography
Discover the best photography books, including top titles and cool photography guides for photographers of all levels.
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Naval Air Station OceanaA once-remote auxiliary air station that sprung from the mud flats of old Princess Anne County near the whistle stop of Oceana, from which it gets its name, Naval Air Station Oceana has advanced in the decades since World War II to become the...
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Lower Georgia Street-California's Forgotten Barbary CoastIt was a sailor's dream: more than 100 bars, casinos and whorehouses, just a short boat ride across the Napa River that separated the sprawling Mare Island Naval Shipyard from Vallejo, California. Why bother to head for San Francisco, about 25 miles to the...
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Old Chinatown: Turn of the Century Photographs of San Francisco's ChinatownThis volume is one of a number of Westphalia titles significant in the story of the not always happy and often controversial Chinese contact with Western society. In the American case, despite appreciation by scholars for Chinese civilization, cries against Chinese immigration began in...
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Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North AmericaThis stirring book of photographs introduces the many wolves that have been given sanctuary at Wolf Haven International near Mount Rainer in southeast Washington State. Annie Marie Musselman was given the rare opportunity to photograph the wolves at the Wolf Haven sanctuary. These captive-born...
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Mon Fabuleux Planificateur de MariageApr s que votre mariage ait t termin et que tous les cadeaux aient t ouverts, vous serez heureux d'avoir eu un livre de planification de mariage de qualit pour vous avoir aid pr parer le grand jour. La planification de mariage peut tre...
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Our Engagement Photo Album: A Keepsake of Great Memories and Special MomentsThe Benefits and uses of a 'Wedding Engagement Album The Photos that Will Last a Lifetime. If you are looking for the perfect place to store some of the shots that were captured on the day of your wedding engagement, then you need to...
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Speaking Out: Queer Youth in FocusSpeaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus is a photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages fourteen to twenty-four, identifying as queer (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning). Portraits are...
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The Command to Look: A Master Photographer's Method for Controlling the Human GazeThe Command to Look is considered one of Mortensen's most momentous and rare books. Until now, copies on the antiquarian book circuit sold for many hundreds of dollars. It is a crucial book for understanding both Mortensen's philosophy and his use of psychology in...
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Face of Madness: Hugh W. Diamond and the Origin of Psychiatric PhotographyToday the use of photography (and its extension, video) in psychiatry is a common practice. But in the 1850s, when pioneering medical photographer and psychiatrist Dr. Hugh W. Diamond was behind the camera, this technique was an innovative application of art to science, reflecting...
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Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First SuburbSettled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York's most historic neighborhoods.Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America's first suburb, where abolitionism flourished and one...
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Nordeast Minneapolis: A HistoryWhat began as the boom site for the mid-nineteenth-century Upper Midwest lumber industry quickly grew into the town of St. Anthony. In 1872, St. Anthony was annexed by its neighbor, Minneapolis, but the area retained its identity as Northeast Minneapolis, or Nordeast to future...
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Long Island and the Civil War:: Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties During the War Between the StatesAlthough no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents. More than three thousand men--white and black--from current-day Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to preserve the Union. While Confederate ships lurked within eight miles...
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The Big Bend Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of West TexasEarly settlers of the Big Bend honed a culture of self-reliance, resilience and creativity. Today, this is reflected in the diverse art, music and cuisine of the area that draw visitors undeterred by its isolation. Though sparsely populated, Big Bend is home to nationally...
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Historic Restaurants of TucsonTucson's culinary journey began thousands of years ago, when Native American tribes developed an agricultural base along the Santa Cruz River. In modern times, restaurants ranging from tiny taquerias to fine dining spaces all contributed to the local food culture. El Charro, serving Mexican...
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North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over SecessionBefore the Civil War, North Carolina was divided by the battle over secession. Some state leaders remained loyal to the Union because they saw the potential for compromise with Northern states. William Alexander Graham helped broker the Compromise of 1850. John Motley Morehead and...
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Dawgs Gone Wild: The Scandalous '70s of Uga FootballGo inside the astounding and, at times, appalling stories of the mid-1970s University of Georgia football teams like you've never seen, or heard, before.In the mid-'70s, the University of Georgia football team caused quite a stir off the field. Several players had encounters with...
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Kirk's Civil War Raids Along the Blue RidgeIn the Southern Appalachian Mountains, no character was more loved or despised than George W. Kirk.This inured Union officer led a group of deserters on numerous raids between Tennessee and North Carolina in 1863, terrorizing Confederate soldiers and civilians alike. At Camp Vance in...
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Lost British Forts of Long IslandAuthor David M. Griffin uncovers the lost history and harrowing stories of Long Island's British forts.When the Revolutionary War broke out and New York City had fallen in 1776, the forces of the king of Great Britain developed a network of forts along the...
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Caddo: Visions of a Southern Cypress LakeIn a stunning tribute to one of Texas' most enigmatic waterways, a veteran East Texas historian and a professional photographer have together created an homage to a lake like no other--half Texas, half Louisiana, a swampy labyrinth of bald cypress and water plants filled...
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Bordered Lives: Transgender Portraits from MexicoA richly evocative collection of photographs by internationally renowned photographer Kike Arnal, Bordered Lives seeks to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico. Despite some important advances in recognizing and protecting the rights of its...
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