Photography

With an ironic and brazen look, Lisette Model was able to capture in her shots the most grotesque aspects of postwar American society. Text in English and Italian.

Rocky Nook‿s Pocket Guides are handy, ultra-portable, and quick to reference to help you get the shot when you‿re out and about. These pocket guides are designed for photographers who haven‿t memorized every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Canon EOS R6. With a pre-shoot checklist and color coded tabs for easy reference to exactly what information you‿re looking for, this pocket guide will act as your backup brain. Customize your pre-shoot checklist so that you‿ve got your preferred settings handy, and don‿t worry if you switch them up, you can always access the pocket guide to correct or reset them.

2020 brought a seismic break with normality. For those living in urban centres, lockdown made us wonder if city life as we knew it was gone forever. The images in this book express the anxiety, the love, the boredom, the intimacy, the grief, the tranquillity and the renewed appreciation of nature that isolation brought. Uncanny but often uplifting, they show London at a defining moment in its history - telling a story that will resonate far beyond the pandemic. Published in association with the Museum of London, whose collection of over 180,000 comprise a visual encyclopaedia of London''s history.

A gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily and well, photographed and curated by the creator of instagram's AndBloom (169k followers).

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Bowie's death, photographer Masayoshi Sukita presents an extraordinary illustrated book on the celebrated musician, actor and producer. Text in English and German.

Bleau Blocs: 100 of the finest boulder problems in the Fontainebleau Forest by Stephan Denys is a visual celebration of this unique and vast bouldering venue. Denys' photos span a range of eras and are accompanied by texts that expand on the context and characteristics of each boulder problem.

Over 150 previously unseen images by photographer Elliott Erwitt will be published for thefirst time in Found, Not Lost. Spanning more than sixty years, the photographs inthe book, often taken during lulls or breaks between assignments in his prolific career, havebeen selected, edited and sequenced by Erwitt himself.

Late photographer Helmut Newton's unerring skill at capturing the erotic allure of strong, striking women was legendary. This is a compelling collection of his test Polaroids, taken to prepare for his formal shoots, and, with their candid spontaneity, offer a fascinating insight into the photographer's art.

The perfect celebration of the beauty, romance, and poetry of Paris, city of Marcel Proust and Coco Chanel, of Impressionism and Surrealism, of Left Bank cool and Right Bank elegance. This photographic portrait features some 300 city pictures alongside an extensive appendix of some 100 books, movies, and records inspired by the city of lights....

Unleashed by the world's finest photographers, mischievous mutts, performing pooches and streetwise strays all leap to life in this deliciously waggish compilation from the Magnum archive.

Explore the magic of independent bookstores in this beautiful photographic journey across the world.

British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes. Its followers are known as ''Sapeurs'' (''Sapeuses'' for women). Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies. Sashaying through the streets they are treated like rock stars - turning heads, bringing ''joie de vivre'' to their communities and defying their circumstances.

Take a trip through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal. This coffee table photography book is a great opportunity to take a trip in the comfort of your own home. Experience the vibrant colours of the cityscapes and waterfront sculptures. All of the murals and cultural graffiti bring the city to life.

Learn how to take professional-quality photographs using the same tricks today‿s top photographers use (surprisingly, it‿s easier than you‿d think)!This is a completely, totally updated version of the #1 best-selling digital photography book of all time! It‿s the award winning, worldwide smash hit, written by Scott Kelby, that‿s been translated into dozens of different languages. Here‿s how Scott describes this book‿s brilliant premise: “If you and I were out on a shoot, and you asked me, ‿Hey, how do I get this flower to be in focus, with the background out of focus?,‿ I wouldn‿t stand there and give you a photography lecture. In real life, I‿d just say, ‿Put on your zoom lens, set your f-stop to f/2.8, focus on the flower, and fire away.‿ That‿s what this book is all about: you and I out shooting where I answer questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I‿ve learned just like I would with a friend‿without all the technical explanations and techie photo speak.â€?This isn‿t a book of theory‿full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. With over 200 of the most closely guarded photographic “tricks of the trade,â€? this book gets you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos every time. Each page covers a single concept that makes your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you‿ll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you‿re tired of taking shots that look “okay,â€? and if you‿re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, “Why don‿t my shots look like that?â€? then this is the book for you. TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1: Pro Tips for Getting Sharp PhotosChapter 2: The Scoop on LensesChapter 3: Shooting Landscapes Like a ProChapter 4: Shooting Travel Like a ProChapter 5: Making Portraits Like a ProChapter 6: Making Portraits with Flash Like a ProChapter 7: Shooting Weddings Like a ProChapter 8: Shooting Sports Like a ProChapter 9: Shooting Other Stuff Like a ProChapter 10: Pro Tips for Getting Better PhotosChapter 11: How to Print Like a ProChapter 12: Photo Recipes to Help You Get the Shot

Sales PointsThe wisdom of one of the most influential photographers working today, in book form Teaches readers about using visual beauty to address social and environmental concerns A new title in the popular Aperture "workshop in a book" seriesAdditional Comp Titles Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation: The Aperture Workshop Series. 9781597112734, $29.95 USD (Aperture. 2016)Petrochemical America, by Richard Misrach. 9781597112772, $39.95 USD (Aperture, 2014)The Mysterious Opacity of Other Beings, by Richard Misrach. 9781597113274, $80.00 USD (Aperture, 2015)Destroy This Memory, by Richard Misrach. 9781597111638, $65.00 USD (Aperture 2010)

The final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that shaped the genius of modern music, John Lennon: The Definitive Biography redefines a legend.John Lennon - the iconic songwriter, composer and one quarter of The Beatles - was a giant of the twentieth century. As the founding member of the world's most successful group ever, he changed lives. The popularity and significance of The Beatles is beyond comparison in our age - in the UK alone, they released more than 40 number one singles and albums.But their impact extended well beyond their music. Their clothes, hairstyles, statements, and even their choice of instruments made them trend-setters from the 1960s to this day, while their growing social awareness - reflected in the development of their music - saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.Following the painful collapse of The Beatles, John came out a wiser but angrier person. Together with his wife Yoko Ono, he attempted to transform the world through non-musical means. Their bed-in in Amsterdam and Montreal, their black bag appearances on stage, their innocent flirting with political activists and radicals, all received massive media attention. These events were in search of world peace.John Lennon was shot dead by a mentally disturbed fan outside his New York apartment building on December 8, 1980.Featuring previously unseen photographs, this truly is the definitive John Lennon.

An elegant new edition of Bernd and Hilla Becher's classic black-and-white photographic study of industrial buildings.

On one of the most spectacular contributions to photography in the twentieth century. The genesis and reception of Karl Blossfeldt's photographic images of plants is comprehensively investigated for the first time with numerous previously unpublished illustrations.

The first in a landmark new series of photography books where key photographers lead you through all you need to know to understand how they take their amazing shots

Here are 111 more gripping Porsche Stories that afficionados of the Stuttgart brand and sports car enthusiasts should know.

Inspired by the incredible true story of Lee Miller, Vogue model turned one of the first female war photojournalists, the new novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress