Photography

"A monograph on the American fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016)"--

An introduction to the bold and engaging photography of Harry Gruyaert.

The photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson creates surreal worlds through his own unique method. It often takes him months just to make one image, in a process where his photographs are combined so that an original place emerges. The result is often humorous, sometimes even scary, but always mind-blowing. Erik Johansson has become world-famous through his captivating and detailed images. This is his biggest book so far, presenting almost a hundred of his best images in large format. He also reveals the secrets of his methods and shares many of the original sketches that work both as a concept and as a road map to his art.

Up next in the Pretty City series - a stunning photography, lifestyle and travel guide to Paris Go beyond the French capital's famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets, prettycityparis champions the quiet, gentle moments that allow you to escape in a huge capital city like Paris. If you know where to look, you will find that traditional shopfronts, vintage transport, artisan bakeries, whimsical florists and timeless bookstores are but a hop, skip and a jump from the center. Some are right in the middle. Full of the unexplored and less-appreciated areas of Paris, this stunning guide also includes tips on how to plan and photograph your own prettycityparis experience, whether on foot or dreaming from afar.

"Originally published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001, with the participation of the Collection and W. Eugene Smith Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona."

Toiletpaper is an artists' magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. The magazine contains no text; each picture springs from an idea, often simple, and through a complex orchestration of people it becomes the materialization of the artists' mental outbursts. Since the first issue, in June 2010, Toiletpaper has created a world that displays ambiguous narratives and a troubling imagination. It combines the vernacular of commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery. The result is a publication that is itself a work of art, which, through its accessible form as a magazine, and through its wide distribution, challenges the limits of the contemporary art economy.

What does it mean to create, not in "a room of one's own" but in a domestic space? Do children and genius rule each other out? In The Baby on the Fire Escape, award-winning biographer Julie Phillips traverses the shifting terrain where motherhood and creativity converge.With fierce empathy and vivid prose, Phillips evokes the intimate struggles of brilliant artists and writers, including Doris Lessing, who had to choose between her motherhood and herself; Ursula K. Le Guin, who found productive stability in family life; Audre Lorde, whose queer, polyamorous union allowed her to raise children on her own terms and Alice Neel, who once, to finish a painting, was said to have left her baby on the fire escape of her New York apartment. A meditation on maternal identity and artistic greatness, The Baby on the Fire Escape illuminates some of the most pressing conflicts in contemporary women's lives.

Marlon Brando warf sich 1953 in eine schwarzlederne Perfecto-Biker-Jacke, hautenge Jeans und Chopper-Stiefel, setzte sich eine Fliegermütze auf und spielte in Der Wilde Johnny, den höhnischen Anführer des Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Im Jahr darauf verzichtete Tom of Finland in seinen Kunstwerken auf braunes Leder und schuf sich seine eigenen Wilden: muskulöse, hypermaskuline Rebellen , nun in schwarzes Leder gepresst und natürlich mit ordentlich PS zwischen den Beinen. Diesen Look übernahm noch im gleichen Jahr der Satyrs Motorcycle Club, der erste Club schwuler Biker - und ließ auf diese Weise Toms Fantasiewelt Wirklichkeit werden. Tom wäre natürlich nicht Tom gewesen, hätte er seinen neuen Schwulen-Ikonen keine eigene Note verliehen, indem er ihnen lederne Reithosen, kniehohe Stiefel und dazu Ledermützen verpasste und jedem Motorrad den Markennamen "Tom" auf den Tank schrieb. Toms Biker erschienen im Winter 1968 erstmals als zwei "Motorradburschen" in Physique Pictorial . Ein weiterer schaffte es auf die Titelseite der April-Ausgabe von 1960. Von da an beherrschten Biker den Inhalt von PP , sowohl in Würdigung seiner amerikanischen Leserschaft als auch infolge seiner eigenen wachsenden Besessenheit. Als er nach einer durchgängigen Figur suchte, seinem persönlichen Alter ego, erfand er 1968 Kake, den Inbegriff des Bikers in Lederkluft , und erzählte dessen wilde Geschichten in jeweils 26 Einzelbildern. Tom kleidete sich schließlich selbst wie Kake und trat bis zu seinem Lebensende in schwarzer Lederjacke, weißem T-Shirt, Jeans und hohen Stiefeln auf. The Little Book of Tom: Bikers enthält Toms früheste Werke für Physique Pictorial , Kake im Biker-Outfit und knisternd heiße Bikerbilder auf kompakten 192 Seiten - voll von harten Kerlen , die sich mit anderen harten Typen in schwarzem Leder verlustieren. Und zwar, ja, auf Motorrädern.

Master your camera and let your creativity soar!FUJIFILM X Series Unlimited, 2nd Edition teaches you everything you need to know in order to achieve mastery with your FUJIFILM camera, gaining maximum performance and total creative liberation with your photography...no matter what FUJIFILM X Series camera you use. Written by professional photographer, expert Fuji user, and X Series ambassador Dan Bailey, you'll learn every feature and every menu item, button, and function of the FUJIFILM X Series lineup. More importantly, you'll learn how to use these features and settings in actual shooting situations out in the world in order to capture great photographs.Dan has shot with X Series cameras for nearly ten years, and he's worked closely with the FUJIFILM tech reps and product managers. He knows these cameras inside and out. He knows how they function out in the real world, and he's tested them with a wide range of subject matter, often in extremely challenging conditions, environments, and shooting situations. FUJIFILM X Series Unlimited, 2nd Edition teaches you everything he's learned along the way.In this revised and updated edition of the best-selling first edition, you'll learn all the camera settings, how to use autofocus, how to use and customize the film simulations to create your own "look," how to set up the camera for maximum image quality and performance, and many other features such as bracketing, exposure modes, the ADV mode filters, how to update firmware, and how to optimize your Fuji to match your style and subject matter.This book is absolutely packed with tons of great recommendations, advice, and insight. If you take the time to learn and master just a few of the features covered in this guide, you'll be able to take your creative and technical skills to a whole new level.

This collection of striking color images from the American West is both a moving national portrait as well as a celebration of analog color photography from an undisputed genius of the form. The photographer behind Life magazine's first ever all-color photographic essay, Ernst Haas made-and captured-history as an early adapter of Kodachrome film. The Austrian-born artist had already established himself as a black and white photographer when he moved to America in 1951. But as a member of the renowned Magnum agency, he transformed the genre with his color-saturated images, the perfect medium for capturing America's geographic and cultural landscapes. From desert storms, Route 66 gas stations, and Las Vegas neon to rolling prairie, dilapidated farms, small-town parades, and city sidewalks, Haas' perfectly composed images, contain a distinct pictorial language, suffused with poetry, pattern, and light. At the same time his pictures communicate a journalist's point of view, whether the subject is rural poverty, suburban comfort, or the myth of the American West. The remarkable book offers a vision of America that feels both poignantly distant and reassuringly familiar.

The stories behind NASA's 140 Space Shuttle program flights, as told through each mission's most exceptional image, curated by celebrated space photographer Roland Miller.

A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Fréger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photography. Internationally renowned photographer Charles Fréger continues to explore global traditions and cultures, by celebrating the powerful visual aspects of Indian folk culture and religious ritual. India is the home to a myriad of local traditions, legends and religions, each with their own festivals, rites and rituals. Celebrations burst with vivid colours and often wildly exuberant costumes, some representing gods and goddesses, others legendary heroes from Sanskrit epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. In Charles Fréger's photographs, those who honour local cultural traditions are represented in single or group portraits, represented against carefully chosen landscapes and backdrops, from the heart of festivals and celebrations. Fréger's unmistakable style of portraiture allows us to admire the complexity of their adornments - masks and headdresses, costumes and body paint - and to consider the abundance of imagination that expresses India's countless stories and characters, both human and divine. This spectacular gathering of warrior figures, deities, musicians, tigers, mahouts, epic characters and their avatars is accompanied by texts setting the huge variety of eclectic costumes in context, and describing the local festivals and rituals. This compelling sequence of new portraits will enthral those with an interest in folk traditions, as well as the followers of this internationally acclaimed photographer.

GROSSFORMAT: 27,5 x 34 cm , 352 Seiten - Viel mehr als ein herkömmlicher Interior-Band: Blick durchs Schlüsselloch der Reichen und Schönen - Selbst ein Design Piece: mit besonderer Ausstattung zum Sehen und Fühlen - Für Interior-Design-Interessierte, Ästhetik-Enthusiasten, Kunstliebhaber und Thái-Công-Fans - Wenn der deutsch-vietnamesische Interior Designer Thái Công Quách ans Werk geht, kreiert er prachtvoll ausgestattete Wohnlandschaften für alle, die das Besondere lieben. Raffiniert vereint er Elemente der westlichen (Pop-)Kultur mit fernöstlicher Tradition. Dabei ist Luxus für ihn kein Selbstzweck - im Mittelpunkt steht immer der Mensch. Die Interieurs, die er seit über 20 Jahren entwickelt, haben eine markante Handschrift und einen unverwechselbaren Stil. A Passion for Aesthetics widmet sich als erstes Coffee Table Book dem einzigartigen Ausdruck von Thái Công Quách. In prägnanten Texten und beeindruckenden Bildern werden nicht nur fertige Ausstattungen, sondern auch ihre Inspirationsquellen gezeigt, und vor allem erläutert der Meister der Inszenierung, was Ästhetik für ihn bedeutet.

The Astrophotography Planner, Second Edition, will help you make the most of every clear night to optimize your astrophotography. It features charts and maps for 87 of the best areas of the night sky for those in the northern hemisphere. The charts provide details for each area regarding how many imaging hours you can expect for a given date, as well as where it will be positioned in the sky. The maps help you decide how to frame each object. Three years of daily information about the moon is included.

"First published in 1967, Ernest Cole's House of Bondage has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealing the horrors of apartheid to the world for the first time and influencing generations of photographers around the globe. Reissued for contemporary audiences, this edition adds a chapter of unpublished work found in a recently resurfaced cache of negatives and recontextualizes this pivotal book for our time"--

A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy, now a major TV series

Comprehensive and informative insight into the DB models produced by Aston MartinRichly illustrated with beautiful color photography and detailed illustrationsAn important reference book for all Aston Martin afficionados, translated into English for the first timeIn the world of grand touring cars, Aston Martin occupies a special place. The English firm has always distinguished itself by its restraint, by the elegance of its creations, by the discretion of its style, by a reserve rarely observed in a universe that willingly abandons itself to exuberance. This book is devoted to DB models. David Brown relaunched the brand with emblematic cars, including some models that later became legendary, like the famous DB5 of James Bond. The history of Aston Martin over the past 70 years is organized around eight main designs. They are all strongly typed; directly associated with their creators, and with the nature of the successive owners of the company. Serge Bellu, a specialist in the history of the automobile, has produced a superbly illustrated book on the history of this typically British brand.

GROSSFORMAT: 27,5 x 34 cm , 272 Seiten Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch Frisch aufgetankt: vollständig überarbeitete und perfektionierte Neuauflage des Bestsellers mit unveröffentlichten Studioaufnahmen und aktualisierten Texten Zum 110-jährigen Jubiläum des traditionsreichen Automobilherstellers Knüpft an die erfolgreiche Originalausgabe an (10.000 verkaufte Exemplare) und an René Stauds weitere Automobiltitel bei teNeues Aston Martin als James Bond-Fahrzeug ist fest in der Popkultur verankert Ikone trifft auf Ikone: Für echte Automobilliebhaber war es keine Überraschung, dass sich die Wege von Aston Martin und René Staud irgendwann kreuzen würden. Die rasante Erfolgsgeschichte der britischen Marke begann vor ziemlich genau 110 Jahren. Stets aktuell geblieben ist ihr Anspruch, straßentaugliche Rennwagen zu bauen. Legendäre Siege etwa in Le Mans oder am Nürburgring trugen ebenso zur Strahlkraft von Aston Martin bei wie die Tatsache, dass der Agent Ihrer Majestät, James Bond, schon 1964 auf den eleganten DB5 aus heimischer Produktion setzte. In dieser Neuauflage des Bestsellers zeigt der vielfach ausgezeichnete Automobilfotograf René Staud neue atemberaubende Aufnahmen sowohl alter als auch aktueller Modelle - selbst Kenner der Marke werden noch unbekannte Geschichten entdecken. Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch

GROSSFORMAT: 25 x 32 cm, 288 Seiten Ein einzigartiger Bildband über Spiele, Sport und Traditionen Bei einem der großen Streamingdienste wird eine 6-teilige Serie zum Buch ausgestrahlt - eingesprochen von Hollywood-Star Idris Elba Für das ewige Kind in uns allen: Kaum bekannte Spiele aus aller Welt werden erstmals einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt Warum spielen wir? Dieser Frage ist die belgische Fotografin Hannelore Vandenbussche nachgegangen. In zahlreichen Ländern hat sie die Welt desSports, der Leidenschaft, des spielerischen Vergleichs, der Transition und Emanzipation durchstreift. Die Athleten, die sie porträtiert, pflegen alte Traditionen oder erobern sich neues Terrain, bestreiten Rituale und feiernausgelassene Feste rund um ihre Spiele.Tarahumara-Läufern in Mexiko,Big-Wave-Surfern in Nazaré und vielen anderen. Dieser außergewöhnliche Bildband widmet sich einem Thema, das so noch nicht erzählt worden ist.