Photography
Discover the best photography books, including top titles and cool photography guides for photographers of all levels.
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Henry Miller: The Paris Years"A wonderful portrait of Miller in his heyday: full of beans and braggadocio, overflowing with the lust to live and write."--Erica Jong His years in Paris were the making of Henry Miller. He arrived with no money, no fixed address, and no prospects. He...
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Portland's Lost Waterfront: Tall Ships, Steam Mills and Sailors' BoardinghousesToday, Portland, Oregon, is a city of majestic bridges crisscrossing the deep swath of the Willamette River. A century ago, riverboat pilots would have witnessed a flurry of stevedores and longshoremen hurrying along the wharves. Situated as the terminus of sea lanes and railroads,...
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Photograph the Nude: Artistic Techniques for Studio and Location Images"Artistic nude" is a subgenre of nude photography. In artistic nude images, the human body itself is the subject of the art. In these photographs, the subject typically does not make eye contact with the viewer and there is typically no emotion shown in...
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Nashville: Behind the CurtainAn intimate look at the Nashville music and entertainment scene featuring photography of such artists as Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Kacey Musgraves, Holly Williams, Chip Esten, Ashley Monroe, Guy Clark, and many more, with personal stories about Nashville from the artists themselves. Photographer Sonya...
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Robert Mapplethorpe: The ArchiveCelebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, combining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in history. Mapplethorpe's artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and '80s and, following...
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Minor White: Manifestations of the SpiritA beautifully illustrated tribute to one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Controversial, misunderstood, and sometimes overlooked, Minor White (1908-1976) is one of the great photographers of the twentieth century, whose ideas exerted a powerful influence on a generation of photographers...
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A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and PhotographyIn January 1839, photography was announced to the world. Two years prior, a young Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. These two events, while seemingly unrelated, marked the beginnings of a relationship that continued throughout the nineteenth century and...
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Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth PhotographsAuthor: Weston Naef, Christine Hult-LewisPublisher: J. Paul Getty MuseumPublished: 11/15/2011Pages: 608Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 8.35lbsSize: 12.80h x 10.20w x 2.00dISBN: 9781606060056Review Citation(s): Library Journal 11/01/2011 pg. 78Choice 05/01/2012Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 287About the AuthorWeston Naef is curator emeritus in the Department of...
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Vanishing Cultures: Down UnderNotable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies/ Children's Book Council Kids' Pick of the List, American Booksellers AssociationIn this series of seven books, photojournalist Jan Reynolds documents the distinctive cultures and climates of indigenous peoples.Amprenula, a young...
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The Trails of the Adirondacks: Hiking America's Original WildernessThis official book published with the Adirondack Mountain Club celebrates America's original hiking destination through breathtaking contemporary photography, maps, rarely seen archival photos, and a text that brings the history of the trails to life. The Adirondack Park is home to the largest protected...
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Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being EqualHank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal presents a survey of the artist's prolific and extraordinary interdisciplinary career, incorporating all aspects of his art, with a particular focus on the work's relationship to the photographic image and to issues of representation and perception. At...
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Erwin Olaf: I AmIn honor of Erwin Olaf's sixtieth birthday, Erwin Olaf: I Am presents the first comprehensive survey of his work, bringing together his earliest images in black and white with his now-iconic color work, including selections from his most recent and heretofore unpublished series shot...
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Don McCullinFirst published in 2001, this retrospective survey offers both an examination of Don McCullin's photographic career as well as a record of half a century of international conflict. Coinciding with the photographer's eightieth birthday, this expanded edition of Don McCullin serves as fitting homage...
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Susan Meiselas: On the FrontlineIn On the Frontline, one of the most influential photographers of our time, Susan Meiselas, provides an insightful personal commentary on the trajectory of her career--on her ideas and processes, and her decisions as a photographer. Applying a sociological training to the practice of...
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Hellen Van Meene: The Years Shall Run Like RabbitsOver the last 20 years, Hellen van Meene has produced a complex body of work, offering a contemporary take on photographic portraiture. Characterized by her exquisite use of light, formal elegance and palpable psychological tension, her depictions of girls and boys on the cusp...
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Muse: Mickalene Thomas: PhotographsMickalene Thomas, known for her large-scale, multitextured and rhinestone-encrusted paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, identifies the photographic image as a defining touchstone for her practice. Thomas began to photograph herself and her mother as a student at Yale, studying under David Hilliard--a pivotal...
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Matthew Pillsbury: City StagesCity Stages offers a paean to the visionary potential of large-format, black-and-white photography as well as to the vibrancy of the cultural landscape at a transitional moment--a moment in which our very relationship to that landscape is increasingly mediated by omnipresent screens. Over the...
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The New York Times Magazine PhotographsFor over 30 years, The New York Times Magazine has been synonymous with the myriad possibilities and applications of photography. The New York Times Magazine: Photographs reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this pivotal moment in...
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Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes"Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes" is Trevor Paglen's long-awaited first photographic monograph. Social scientist, artist, writer and provocateur, Paglen has been exploring the secret activities of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies--the "black world"--for the last eight years, publishing, speaking and making astonishing...
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Historic Photos of Cuban MiamiSince 1959, when Cuba was overrun by Marxist revolutionary Fidel Castro after a long guerrilla war, Cubans have come to America in waves through the auspices of the United States and its open-door policies on immigration and asylum. Destination of choice? Miami, Florida, today...
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