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Author: Ron McCrea

Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd W ...

Author: George Perry

When Jack Robinson died in 1997, few people knew that the very private artist, who lived in a tiny apartment in mid-town Memphis, had once been acclaimed as one of the great fashion and portrait photographers of the sixt ...

Author: Alyse Emdur

In "Prison Landscapes" artist Alyse Emdur (born 1983) presents over 100 photographs of prison inmates presenting themselves in front of the idealized landscapes of painted visiting-room backdrops, posing with their visit ...

Author: Fran Zak

This book is a photographic account of Deia, an artist colony in Mallorca, Spain. A combination of photos and text captures the beauty of a peasant village, which has been , for a long time, a favorite place for artist ...

Author: A. Gray

Edited by Alice Gray, a collection of photographs of America's national parks by Ansel Adams, taken before the escalation of World War II and offering an insight into both Adams' early innovations and the shape of his la ...

Author: Filippo Maggia, Claudia Fini & Francesca Lazzarini

This is a wide-ranging and detailed survey dedicated to the protagonists of the contemporary art scene in Africa and Middle East. This heterogeneous selection offers a clear interpretation of contemporary reality through ...

Author: Norbert Rosing

Praise for the second edition:

"Norbert's gift as a photographer is his great curiosity about the natural world. His magic is displayed in photographs that weave light, color and action into a tapestry that tells v ...

Author: James McKeown

Author: Chris Peloso

This is the second volume of the photo-comic, "tiny ghosts." tiny ghosts is a creepy, melancholy, sometimes depressing, sometimes darkly humorous, weekly, photo webcomic. It's maybe about what it feels like to be a monst ...

Author: P H Emerson

P H Emerson's Naturalistic Photography is one of the classics of photographic literature. This newly-designed and typeset edition includes the complete text of the definitive 1899 third edition which includes additional ...

Author: Paul Martineau

This is a stunning collection of photographs - many never before published - celebrating the remarkable talent of Herb Ritts. "Herb Ritts" traces the life and career of the iconic photographer through a compelling select ...

Author: Rick Lawler

Whidbey Island is a Pacific Northwest jewel. Award-winning photographer Rick Lawler takes a picture-book look at this awe-inspiring island. From Deception Pass in the north to the Clinton Ferry Terminal in the south, Whi ...

Author: Jerry W. Zwahlen

OTTENHEIM, KENTUCKY - A German-Swiss Settlement ___ Located in Lincoln County, Kentucky, Ottenheim is a German-Swiss settlement founded in 1884. Immigrant families from Europe purchased land in the rolling hills of the k ...

Author: Paul Martineau

Still life is one of the great art forms. The first still life photograph was created around 1827, more than a decade before the news of photography's invention was announced in Paris and London in 1839. There is a resur ...

Author: Leah Bendavid-Val & Michelle Anne Delaney

The book takes the reader from the time National Geographic's first editor and president began collecting pictures, until today, with important photography still being created as energetically as ever. Two thoughtful ess ...

Author: Joe Guimera

A doll's head with a red rose bow sits on an antique silver platter staring out with well-worn painted eyes. A black plaster dog squats on his haunches atop a picnic table with a cheerful clown by his paws, while politic ...

Author: Zahid R. Chaudhary

"Afterimage of Empire" provides a philosophical and historical account of early photography in India that focuses on how aesthetic experiments in colonial photography changed the nature of perception. Considering phot ...

Author: Jim Miotke & Kerry Drager

Amateur photographers will love this practical guide to understanding and maximising natural light, as well as modifying it with flash, for a wide variety of subjects including nature, landscapes, people, flowers, animal ...

Author: Robert Caputo

Author: Martin Barnes

The very first photographs of the nineteenth century were produced without the use of a camera. Today, having rediscovered camera-less techniques, a number of artists are using camera-less photography to create beautiful ...