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Yousuf Karsh & John Garo: The Search for a Master's Legacy
by Ali, Mehmed    Fielder, Jerry   
(Paperback - English - 9781944038007)
When President Calvin Coolidge was asked to choose between the artist John Singer Sargent or the photographer John Garo to make his official presidential portrait, Coolidge chose Garo. Although unknown today, in the early years of the twentieth century, Garo was a nationally acclaimed photographer, a leader in the thriving Boston photographic community. Cultured and charming, Garo also painted watercolors, wrote poetry and counted among his friends luminaries in the worlds of music and theater. It was to this humanistic atmosphere of Garo's sky lit studio that the fledgling photographer, Yousuf Karsh, a survivor of the 1915 Armenian Massacres, was sent by his un ..
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Brown Skin Showgirls: A black and white photographic collection of burlesque, exotic, shake and chorus line dancers, strippers and cross-dre
by Cunningham, Leslie       
(Paperback - English - 9781494850104)
There are many art and entertainment resources that reference the contributions and important roles women of color play in shaping the art of dance in North America. However, it is rare to encounter a historically rich and visually stunning book that is dedicated solely to the brown skin showgirl or black burlesque of the early- to mid- 20th century. BROWN SKIN SHOWGIRLS is a black and white photographic celebration of the many brave African American and Cuban women who performed exotic, rumba, salsa, calypso, striptease and much more on Leon Claxton's Harlem in Havana Revue during the heyday of burlesque. This book is guaranteed to expand your knowledge of thes ..
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Photography at Moma: 1840 to 1920
by Bajac, Quentin    Gallun, Lucy    Marcoci, Roxana
(Hardcover - English - 9781633450288)
strong Photography at MoMA: 1840 to 1920 is the final volume in a set of three books that together present a new and comprehensive history of photography through works in The Museum of Modern Art's collection. strong Illustrated with over 400 reproductions, the book charts the photographic medium from early examples in the 1840s through its participation in international art movements such as Pictorialism and modernism. An in-depth introduction is followed by eight chapters of full-color plates, each introduced by a short essay, offering a fresh lens through which to appreciate works of exceptional significance, surprise and influence, and encouraging creati ..
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Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People's Photography
by Bogdan, Robert    Weseloh, Todd   
(Hardcover - English - 9780815608516)
The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Illustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the scope of the Real Photo Postcard Guide spans technical consideratio ..
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How Photography Became Contemporary Art: Inside an Artistic Revolution from Pop to the Digital Age
by Grundberg, Andy       
(Hardcover - English - 9780300234107)
A leading critic's inside story of "the photo boom" during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 80s "Grundberg . . . is a vibrant, opinionated, authoritative guide to the medium's past and present."--Jackie Wullschläger, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Visual Arts" When Andy Grundberg landed in New York in the early 1970s as a budding writer, photography was at the margins of the contemporary art world. By 1991, when he left his post as critic for the New York Times , photography was at the vital center of artistic debate. Grundberg writes eloquently and authoritatively about photography's "boom years," chronicling the medium's increasing role withi ..
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On Photographs
by Campany, David       
(Hardcover - English - 9780262044240)
An exploration of photography in 120 photographs. In On Photographs , curator and writer David Campany presents an exploration of photography in 120 photographs. Proceeding not by chronology or genre or photographer, Campany's eclectic selection unfolds according to its own logic. We see work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, Yves Louise Lawler, Andreas Gursky, and Rineke Dijkstra. There is fashion photography by William Klein, one of Vivian Maier's contact sheets, and a carefully staged scene by Gregory Crewdson, as well as images culled from magazines and advertisements. Each of the 120 photographs is accompanied by Ca ..
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La Fotografía del Siglo XX
by Taschen       
(Hardcover - Spanish - 9783836541046)
The history of photography began nearly 200 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognized as a medium in its own right. Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book is drawn, is one of the most important in Germany and one of the most representative anywhere in the world, constituting the core of the museum's holdings. This book provides a fascinating insight into the collection's rich diversity; from conceptual art to abstraction to reportage, all of the major movements and genres are represented via a vas ..
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N.Y.C. Under Lockdown: Second Edition
by Curto, Salvatore       
(Paperback - English - 9781435765511)
This second edition contains an updated Preface. The photos are the same as the first edition. N.Y.C. UNDER LOCKDOWN is a photo documentary of the empty streets and sidewalks of New York City during the Corona Virus Pandemic of 2020. Locations include: Times Square, The New York Stock Exchange, The Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Little Italy, Rockefeller Center, South Street Seaport, The Village and more. ..
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The Forms of Nameless Things: Experimental Photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot
by Batchen, Geoffrey       
(Hardcover - English - 9781851245932)
This collection features twenty-four of Fox Talbot's most experimental photographs. William Henry Fox Talbot, the English inventor of photography, created around 15,000 photographs in the nineteenth century, most of them attempts to produce compelling scientific documents or pictorial records of the world around him. However, among his surviving works are also prints in which an image has been obscured, obliterated, or simply failed to register. All that remains on these pieces of photographic paper are chemical stains or imprinted patterns or shapes. Borrowing its intriguing title from a poem written by Talbot, this book features twenty-four of these print ..
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Winchester: A Pictorial History
by James, Tom Beaumont       
(Paperback - English - 9780750998109)
A collection of historic photographs, many never previously published, by such important early photographers as William Savage and C.E.S. Beloe, and meticulously captioned to provide a wealth of information and new insights into the city's past. ..
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Isms... Understanding Photography
by Lewis, Emma       
(Paperback - English - 9780789337924)
Following on the heels of the highly successful Isms: Understanding Art, Isms: Understanding Architecture , and the latest volume in the series Isms: Understanding Modern Art comes this handy small-format guide to the history of photography. Loaded with reproductions of seminal works and rounded out with a glossary and index of names, this guide is the best and most concise single volume introduction for students and beginners An engaging and informative guide to all the significant isms - schools and movements-- that have shaped photography from the earliest daguerreotypes through the 20th century and into the present. ..
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Photography
by Bate, David       
(Paperback - English - 9780500296240)
Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate presents iconic photographs in chronological order alongside significant photobooks and important historical exhibitions. As with traditional art histories, where particular works are cited as examples of specific styles, this study uses archetypal photographs to represent major art movements and trends. An inclusive and diverse guide, this account includes contributions from photographers around the world, from the birth of photography ..
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The NASA Archives. 40th Ed.
by Bizony, Piers    Chaikin, Andrew    Launius, Roger
(Hardcover - English - 9783836588089)
On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known, capable of sending people to the Moon aboard gigantic rockets and of dispatching robot explorers to Venus, Mars, and worlds far beyond. In spite of occasional, tragic setbacks in NASA's history, the Apollo lunar landing project remains a byword for Ameri ..
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Havana Then and Now(r)
by Llanes, Llilian       
(Hardcover - English - 9781911595175)
Havana Then and Now explores the history of Cuba's fascinating capital city through vintage photographs, comparing each one with a contemporary image of the same vista. All the major buildings of Havana's rich architectural and cultural heritage are represented, including Old Havana and its fortifications, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Author Llilian Llanes has witnessed much political change in her lifetime. Previously married to Fidel Castro's first finance minister, she has been one of the principal artistic influences on the nation, maintaining contacts with other countries through cultural exchanges. Havana Then and Now is a revision of the book she fir ..
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Klondike in Color
by Wilson, Graham       
(Paperback - English - 9781927691083)
The Klondike was the last great gold rush and this collection of classic photographs tells its story in a refreshingly unique way. Vibrant and realistic colors were painstakingly added using modern digital techniques. The retouched photographs are spectacular and look strangely contemporary. Klondike in Color gives a new understanding of this epic event. ..
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Erin Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time
by Raue, Barbara       
(Paperback - English - 9781542875349)
Erin is a picturesque town in Wellington County about eighty kilometres northwest of Toronto. Erin is an amalgamated town, composed of the former Villages of Erin and Hillsburgh, and the hamlets of Ballinafad, Brisbane, Cedar Valley, Crewson's Corners, Ospringe, and Orton, as well as the former Township of Erin. There are rolling countryside, meandering rivers, small settlement areas and quaint village settings.The first sawmill was built by the Trout family in 1826, at the lower dam at Erin. They opened a small store, and made potash, used in soap-making. The sawmill was later taken over by William Chisholm, from whom Daniel McMillan rented the mill. Daniel McM ..
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The Short Story of Photography: A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Works, Themes & Techniques
by Smith, Ian Haydn       
(Paperback - English - 9781786272010)
The Short Story of Photography is a new and innovative introduction to the subject of photography. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key photographs from the first experiments in the early 19th century to digital photography. The design of the book allows the student or photography enthusiast to easily navigate their way around key genres, artists, themes, and techniques. Accessible and concise, the book explains how, why, and when certain photographs really have changed the world. ..
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North Belfast
by Weir, Peggy       
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This is a new edition of North Belfast , a pictorial history of the development of the area. ..
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Reading Magnum: A Visual Archive of the Modern World
by Harry Ransom Center    Hoelscher, Steven    Dyer, Geoff
(Hardcover - English - 9780292748439)
The Magnum Photos archive--a collection of more than 200,000 photographs by some of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' greatest image makers--is the most comprehensive accumulation of prints made by the distinguished photo cooperative. Consistently and with striking artistry, Magnum's photographers have done more than simply document the far reaches of the globe; they have helped shape generations' understanding of the world around them. While many of its photographs have been widely published, until now no one has examined the Magnum archive itself. In Reading Magnum, experts from several fields investigate this visual archive, now residing at the ..
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The Photobook: A History - Volume I
by Badger, Gerry    Parr, Martin   
(Hardcover - English - 9780714842851)
While the history of photography is a well-established canon, much less critical attention has been directed at the phenomenon of the photobook, which for many photographers is perhaps the most significant vehicle for the display of their work and the communication of their vision to a mass audience. In the first of two volumes, both co-edited by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the photobook: from its inception at the dawn of photography in the early nineteenth century through to the radical Japanese photobooks of the 1960s and 70s, by way of the Modernist and propaganda books of the 1930s and ..
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