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About GlamourRichly hypnotic photos by a reigning master of celebrity photojournalism, this book provides a retro look at today's hot stars evoking the elegant style of Hollywood's Golden Age. The brilliant eye of Len Prince has captured familiar faces--from Drew Barrymore to Sarah Jessica Parker--in unfamiliar poses, and the resulting portraits are as surprising as they are mesmerizing. 90 full-page photos.... |
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Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001On the morning of September 11th, a new kind of horror shook the world. Terrorists crashed two passenger airliners into the World Trade Center in the worst attack on U.S. soil in the nation's history. But at the same time a new generation of heroes rose up to fight it. This book chronicles not only the devastation of that day, but also the valor and heroism of thosewho saved thousands of lives. Not one of these photographs has been published before. On top of that, these images offer ... |
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Above Los Angeles, Revised EditionWonderful aerial photographs, historical and present day of Los Angeles.... |
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Absinthe: History in a BottleOne hundred forty-four proof, notoriously addictive, and the drug of choice for 19th-century poets, absinthe is gaining bootleg popularity after almost a century of being banned. Due to popular demand, this book is back in a new paperback edition. 60 color photos. 100 illustrations.... |
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Abstractions on the Road in AsiaA back lane, prayer beads or even monks in the street are not subjects that will normally attract one's attention. But through the lens of award-winning photographer Christopher Palm, even mundane and ordinary items and scenes are captured in a new light that makes them appear fresh and exciting. In the tradition of master printmakers, this collection of black and white images catches the essence of what is often taken for granted and stimulates readers to appreciate their environment and how th... |
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Access to LifeEight of the world's leading photojournalists, all Magnum photographers, follow 30 individuals in nine countries before and four months after they begin antiretroviral treatment, documenting the transformative effect on their bodies, lives and families. Photographers include Bendiksen, Goldberg, Majoli, McCurry, Pellegrin, Peress, Reed and Towell. Comes with DVD.... |
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Acts of CharityAt the height of the nonprofit world's social swirl in New York, the city's white-shoe charities scramble to give the gala parties that will tease a few more dollars out of their well-heeled patrons. With many nonprofits depending on their gala's earnings for up to 25 percent of their budget, the events themselves are quite a site to see, sometimes costing one half the ticket price to produce. On any given night, New York's upper crust might bounce between their pick of benefit soirées. But the... |
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Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin: ChicagoChicago is a fake Arab town built by the Israeli Defense Force for urban combat training. It is a place that is familiar to Israeli and American soldiers, but until now largely unknown outside Israel. Chicago stands in the middle of the Negev desert, a ghost town whose history directly mirrors the story of the conflict with Palestine. During the first Gulf War, American Special Forces had their first taste of the Middle East here. "Rehearsals" included a failed attempt to assassinate Saddam Huss... |
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Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin: Fig.Fig. features over 80 still lives, portraits and landscapes by London-based photographers Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. Tracing connections between photography and British colonial acquisitiveness, they unearth and document weird arcana from Victorian collections in various public museums. As Broomberg and Chanarin themselves have observed: "the history of photography is intimately bound up with the idea of colonial power. Documentary photographers today have a worrying amount in common wi... |
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