Photography
Discover the best photography books, including top titles and cool photography guides for photographers of all levels.
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WhitewashThe results of his monochromatic efforts are staggering, and blow almost all other architectural photography out the water. -It's Nice That LA is a city of contrasts-the famous and unknown, blinding light and impenetrable shadow, wealth and poverty, massive success and bitter failure. The...
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Taxi: Journey Through My Windows 1977-1987New York City in the late '70s was a collection of villages with its downtown scene, midtown workers, and uptown elegance. It was also a city that was more integrated than ever before or ever would be again. All of the city's humanity met...
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Bobby FischerHarry Benson's rare, exclusive photos of the elusive and controversial chess genius Bobby Fischer taken during the historic World Championship chess match in Iceland in 1972 in which Fischer solidly defeated reining champ, Russian Boris Spassky, are collected here for the first time, in...
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New York September 11 by Magnum PhotographersThe date, September 11, 2001, now has a certain permanence, graven on ourcollective memory, like a very few others December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, dates which seem to separate yesterday from today, and then from now. They become the rarest of moments;...
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Missoula Impressions: Montana's Five ValleysA longtime resident of Missoula, Kenter presents 92 unique photographs of the mountain city and its five dramatic valleys. The images convey the region's brilliant landscapes and cityscapes, from the handpainted carousel horses to hand planted gardens, from the university's Main Hall to Nine...
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Hidden History of Colonial GreenwichGreenwich in the seventeenth century was a lost world with tythingmen and meeting warners, wild horse hunters, herdsmen, townsmen, pounders and planters. Faced with an ever-changing environment, citizens set many new-world boundaries. Farmers created common fields along the coast and redesigned wilderness. They balanced...
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Early Skiing on Snoqualmie PassRelive the exciting early days of skiing when Snoqualmie Pass was the epicenter of the sport. Ski jumping tournaments attracted world-class competitors to Cle Elum, Beaver Lake on the Summit and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl. The Mountaineers' twenty-mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass,...
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Hidden History of KansasKansas' storied past is filled with fascinating firsts, humorous coincidences and intriguing characters. A man who had survived a murderous proslavery massacre in 1858 hanged his would-be executioner five years later. A wealthy Frenchman utilized his utopian ideals to create an award-winning silk-producing commune...
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Hidden History of St. PetersburgFlorida is one of the most visited places in the world, and one of its most visited cities is St. Petersburg. But there s a lot more to the Sunshine City than pristine beaches. During his travels to sunny St. Pete, James Brown discovered...
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Building Washington National CathedralWashington National Cathedral is a Gothic great church built between 1907 and 1990. Despite being built entirely during the 20th century, the techniques used were the same as those used on the centuries-old Gothic churches in Europe. What powered the larger tools and cranes...
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Virginia Barbecue: A HistoryWith more than four hundred years of history, Virginians lay claim to the invention of southern barbecue. Native Virginian Powhatan tribes slow roasted meat on wooden hurdles or grills. James Madison hosted grand barbecue parties during the colonial and federal eras. The unique combination...
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Early Aspen: 1879-1930Until 1879, the Roaring Fork Valley was home to a band of Colorado Ute Indians. All of that changed in the summer and fall of that year, when two prospecting teams came to the valley to stake their claims, some of which went on...
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IRA Cohen: Into the Mylar Chamber"Looking at your pictures is like looking through butterfly wings." -Jimi HendrixBetween 1968 and 1971, in a loft on New York's Jefferson Street, the poet, photographer and filmmaker Ira Cohen created some of the most mythic images of the late 1960s. Inspired by his...
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Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: Fifty Years of New York MagazineNew York, the city. New York, the magazine. A celebration. The great story of New York City in the past half-century has been its near collapse and miraculous rebirth. A battered town left for dead, one that almost a million people abandoned and where...
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A Culinary History of AtlantaFood is at the heart of Atlanta, and here discover iconic dishes, notorious restaurants, and the rich culinary history of this Southern city.Atlanta's cuisine has always been an integral part of its identity. From its Native American agricultural roots to the South's first international...
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The Big Sky Bounty Cookbook: Local Ingredients and Rustic RecipesFrom mountain streams in the west to rolling prairies in the east, Montana's habitats and natural resources offer an abundance of culinary possibilities. The mountains provide the necessities for a delightful elk tenderloin with huckleberry demi-glace, while the prairie contributes to rattlesnake cakes with...
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Haunted Salt Lake CityUncovering ghost stories in Salt Lake City leads to a spooky mixture of legend, lore and local history. A young female apparition likes to surprise guests of the McCune Mansion by leaping from a mirror. Believed to be stationed at Fort Douglas, a Civil...
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Logging in WisconsinWisconsin boasts a rich history. In this collection of fifteen vintage-photograph postcards Diana L. Peterson and Carrie M. Ronnander explore the state's logging past.Author: Diana L. Peterson, Carrie M. RonnanderPublisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)Published: 07/10/2017Pages: 15Binding Type: Loose LeafWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 4.30h x 5.90w x 0.10dISBN:...
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Lost InwoodInwood, the northernmost neighborhood of Manhattan, has a rich yet little-known history.For centuries, the region remained practically unchanged - a quaint, country village known to early Dutch settlers as Tubby Hook. The subway's arrival in the early 1900s transformed the area, once scorned as...
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Blueprint to cyanotypes: Exploring a historical alternative photographic processThe cyanotype is often the first alternative process that people try. Digital photography has given this historical process new life. Now you can create negatives in your computer and develop the prints in the sun, combining one of the earliest photographic techniques with the...
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