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The Blizzard of '78New England was knocked to its knees on February 6th and 7th, 1978 by the incredible snow and wind referred to locally as "The Worst Storm of the Century!" Author Michael Tougias combines stunning photographs with riveting text to reawaken our communal memories of the event dubbed "The Blizzard of '78." Tougias first chronicles the period before the storm, then follows it through its progression, as it caused commuter nightmares and wreaked devastation. From Cape Cod to Conecticut, from Rhode... |
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The Master Guide for Wildlife PhotographersDetailing the knowledge required to obtain professional-quality wildlife photographs, this book outlines techniques usually reserved for hunters to get close to animals to produce intimate portraits of wildlife. Photographers learn the keys to success, metering for perfect exposures, and how to compose the perfect picture. The basic elements of wildlife photography are covered, including photographic equipment and information on the various species and their habits. Many wildlife photographs are... |
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Naked CityFor Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the streets of 1940s New York in the wee hours in search of the sensational. Lewd, louche, licentious but always brimming with life (except when brimming with death), Weegee's photographs have endured decades of modern art criticism and are again enjoying a much-deserved cult revival. ... |
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FoliageIn Foliage, Harold Feinstein returns to the natural forms that he chronicled in One Hundred Flowers. An introduction by popular gardening author Sydney Eddison explores the cultural significance of plants while revealing the subtle ways in which they touch our daily lives. Her introduction, along with text by horticulture expert Greg Piotrowski, makes Foliage as practical and informative, as it is beautiful.... |
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Margaret Bourke WhiteAn inspiring biography of one of the most successful photojournalists of the 20th century, this life of Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) is exactly the type of book teachers and parents of adolescent girls are looking for. It would be a mistake to treat this as a book for girls only, however, when so many great men--Bourke-White's father, her second husband, several darkroom technicians, and even General Jimmy Doolittle, commander of the 12th Air Force in World War II--figure prominently in it ... |
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Agent Orange: Collateral Damage in VietnamPhilip Jones Griffiths, president of Magnum Photos for five years, created in Vietnam, Inc. a record of the war in almost Biblical proportions. No one who has seen it will forget its haunting images. In Agent Orange, he adds a postscript that is equally unforgettable.... |
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Josef Heinrich Darchinger: WirtschaftswunderCommenting on history: rare color photographs of the German "economic miracle"Germany after the war 1952 - 1967It was no more than eight years after the surrender of the Nazi government when Josef Heinrich Darchinger set out on his photographic journey through the West of a divided Germany. The bombs of World War II had reduced the country s major cities to deserts of rubble. Yet his pictures show scarcely any signs of the downfall of a civilization. Not that the photographer was manipulating th... |
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The Best of Wedding PhotographyUpdated with all-new photographs and information on technological advances, this comprehensive resource covers every technique photographers must master to rise to the challenge of being a wedding photographer. Topics covered range from selecting equipment and winning clients to posing and lighting breathtaking images. Critical techniques for success after the shoot are also covered, including tips for presenting images to clients, refining and retouching images, preparing and presenting wed... |
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In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers (Open Market Edition)From the grandly historic to the poignantly human, from battlefield violence to the gentle pleasures of peace, In Our Time captures the past 50 years of world history in more than 300 memorable photographs, many in full color. "The year's most important book of photographs."--Newsweek.... |
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