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Partners with the Sun : South Carolina Photographers, 1840-1940Partners with the Sun recounts the history of the men and women who captured a century of South Carolina images, from photography's introduction in the state through 1940. Beginning with William H. Ellet, a South Carolina College professor who was the first in the state to experiment with the new technology, Harvey S. Teal records carefully researched biographical information about six hundred professional photographers who worked throughout South Carolina. He showcases their work with more than... |
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No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention (Bill and Alice Wright Photography Series)"Here are our fellow human beings—young Americans who have already, alas, lived hard and mean lives, yet who aspire to know more about themselves and others, and who well deserve the careful, respectful, thoughtful attention shown them by a talented, resourceful photographer and writer. By bringing them up close to us, Steve Liss helps us know our country better and the various destinies it offers for those who will one day be its working, voting, citizens." —Robert Coles, James Agee Prof... |
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Cheryl Dunn: Some Kind of VocationPhotographer and filmmaker Cheryl Dunn has been one of America's foremost chroniclers of the underground scene since the mid-1990s. This first retrospective looks at the worlds of street art, graffiti and life on the creative margins from an appreciative insider's point of view. It features documentary photographs of San Francisco artists like Barry McGee, Margaret Killgallen and Chris Johanson, with whom she shared a distinct and elusive sensibility, as well as others from Los Angeles and her h... |
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Digital Family Photography"Digital Family Photography" offers comprehensive and easy-to-follow advice on how to make the most of "people pictures" of all kinds: from simple but essential techniques to more advanced and challenging projects. People and families are easily the most popular subject for photographers, be it by traditional film or digital photography. This book embraces both image capture and post-production techniques, with the emphasis on working digitally. With full-color and a portrait layout, the photos ... |
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Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs, 1961-1965On May 25, 1961, Bruce Davison joined a group of Freedom Riders traveling by bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi. The actions of these youths challenged and disobeyed federal laws allowing for integrated interstate bus travel. These historic episodes, which ended in violence and arrests, marked the beginning of Davidson's exploration into the heart and soul of the civil rights movement in the United States during the years 1961-1965. In 1962, Davidson received a Guggenheim Fello... |
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Chicago: A Photographic CelebrationExplore the beauty of the Windy City through photographs! From Wrigley Field to Lakeshore Drive and the Magnificent Mile, this volume contains more than 100 full-color photographs of sights throughout the Chicago area. Also includes informative captions and quotes from some of the city's most famous residents. The perfect souvenir for any lover of the great American city.... |
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Under Fire: Great Photographers and Writers in VietnamIn Under Fire, one of the most daring combat photographers of the Vietnam War, Catherine Leroy, pairs her work and that of other acclaimed photographers-–among them Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, and Don McCullin–with moving, evocative essays from an equally stellar roster of writers, including David Halberstam, Philip Caputo, Neil Sheehan, and Tim O’Brien.Captured in the collected photographs is the full emotional spectrum of war. Through the camera’s eye, we see the war from both the comba... |
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Roger Mayne PhotographsFor three days in 1956, Roger Mayne photographed the children and the street life of Southam Street in North Kensington, London. This became his stalking ground for five years, resulting in one of the great social documents of a vanished age. This book is the first presentation of the whole range of Mayne’s work.... |
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Gotham Restored: The Preservation of Monumental New YorkJames Rudnick moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1977 to attend graduate school and almost immediately began to photograph two nearby landmarks: the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. Both structures were approaching their centennials, and Rudnick was soon drawn into the resulting restorations as a documentary photographer. He followed this work, in the 1980s and 1990s, with similar projects at the New York Public Library and Grand Central Terminal. These four monuments are emblems of Ameri... |

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