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The Majesty of the French Quarter (Majesty Architecture)New Orleans remembers. She lives. She loves. And her heart, beating for hundreds of years, following her own rhythm, is the French Quarter. Here, award-winning author and photographer Kerri McCaffety captures the majesty of the French Quarter and brings it to life in a luxurious parade of pictures and prose. Fabulous hotels, churches, fine restaurants, antique shops, and art galleries line the streets of the Quarter. But some of the most fascinating architecture -- that of private residences -- ... |
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Making Home in HavanaHavana is a city that rarely fails to captivate. But much of the unique beauty and culture of this historic city is rapidly disappearing. As Cuban society finds itself at a crossroads, Havana is more than ever a city on the edge, for although frozen in time as a consequence of Fidel Castro's revolution, it has certainly not been well preserved. Time, climate, and neglect have eroded a rare architectural legacy, making the need to document this heritage even more pressing than ever before. Ma... |
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Making People Disappear: An Amazing Chronicle of Photographic Deception (Pergamon-Brassey's Intelligence & National Security Library)... |
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Making Your Dreams Come True: Young British PhotographyThese six young British artists take pictures not for the purpose of description and explanation--but to ask questions. Sarah Jones' images are awash in psychological dynamics, while Sophie Rickett's night pictures toy with the secrets of the dark. Hannah Starkey tells narratives from the window of a betting office, and Bridget Smith reveals the machinery of desires that is Las Vegas. Tom Hunter quotes Vermeer, and David Shrigley muses humorously about the absurdities of everyday life. All of th... |
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The Male Ideal: Lon of New York and the Masculine PhysiqueLong before Bruce Weber or Herb Ritts picked up a camera, there was a photographer whose images glorified the male nude. But Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was working during the 1940s and 1950s, when images of the male nude were not just illicit but illegal. Twice, his studio was raided and his negatives destroyed by police. Many of the images in this book thus exist only as prints purchased by collectors at the time.Now, for the first time in more than forty years, these phot... |
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Malick Sidibe: PhotographsMalick Sidibé documented an important period of West African history with great commitment, enthusiasm, and insight, focusing on Malian youth in the 1950s and 60s. His portraits and documentary photography captured the unique atmosphere and vitality of an African capital in a period of great euphoria. From the earliest days of the postcolonial period, Sidibé was a privileged witness to a period of tremendous, euphoric cultural change. As a young but well thought-of photographer, he captured a ... |
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Mammoth Cave National Park: ReflectionsKentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world's longest cave system, boasting over 365 miles of explored and mapped passageways. Geologists estimate that there could be as many as 600 miles of this vast subterranean world that remain unexplored. In addition to the renowned Mammoth Cave, the park also includes over 50,000 acres of untouched hills, streams, and forests. Almost 70 miles of scenic trails cross the area, and the Green River winds through the landscape. Nearly two million... |
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Man Ray (Photobook)... |
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Man Ray. Bazaar Years... |
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