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Alone Together

The secretive life of a pair of solitary lovers is revealed in this collection of pictures that resound with the beauty of the windswept island they inhabited. Arthur and Nan Kellam left California and their defense industry work just after World War II, establishing a life without "the burden of abundance" on Placentia Island, just off the coast of Maine. Their small cabin was their refuge from civilization—a haven they shared only with each other—and when they left it, their home remained ...

Streetwise

A collection of photographs of Seattle's street children that captures their lives on the streets--and the effects of that life. Meet Tina, a 13-year-old prostitute with dreams of diamonds and furs; Rat and Mike, 16-year-olds who eat from dumpsters; and Dewayne, a 16-year-old boy who hanged himself in a juvenile facility when faced with the prospect of returning to the streets. 57 duotone photographs....

Pierre Faure: Japan (Photo Bks.)

This book compiles spectacular photography of the Caen-based author, film-maker and photographer taken during his two stays in Japan. Born 1965 in Rouen, Pierre Faure first went to Japan in 2003 as part of his Villa Kujoyama scholarship and after his artistic examination of Paris, exploring the main cities of Kyoto, Tokyo and Kobe with his European curiosity. A short time after his first stay he returned to the country a second time in order to complete his photographic work....

Blue Prints: The Natural World in Cyanotype Photos

The cyanotype print is a visually arresting printing method whose fame dates back to the nineteenth-century botanist Anna Atkins. Zeva Oelbaum here revisits the beauty of the natural world and pays homage to this botanist and little used, compelling process in Blue Prints: The Natural World in Cyanotype Photographs. This book features captivating flower and animal images produced with a process that dates back to the birth of photography. Charmingly packaged, Blue Prints is an artistic revitaliz...

Shutting Up Shop: The decline of the traditional small shop

During the early 1970s, John Londei photographed traditional small shops throughout the United Kingdom. Each is unique, the range diverse: from tea to tobacco, flowers to condoms. Londei also recorded their stories, vividly told through anecdotes and interviews with the staff....

Ronald Reagan: His Life In Pictures

An extraordinary life story in more than 340 photographs, most never before published.Ronald Wilson Reagan lived the American Dream-- over and over again. During his long, astonishing life, he has succeeded at everything he attempted. College football letterman. Heroic lifeguard. Sports announcer. Movie star. Television host. Corporate spokesman. Governor. And finally, the greatest dream of all: President of the United States.Fully two-thirds of the images in this book have never been published ...

Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict

Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict is a culmination of 15 years spent photographing and interviewing men, women and children who have been on the frontlines of every major conflict of the past century. It is a portrait documenting the deep physical and psychological effects on the veterans whose bodies and minds are changed forever. It is not the "politics" of a particular war that the people in this work represent, but rather a portrayal of our culture of warring and the aftermath of w...

Faces of a Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991

A stunning visual history of all levels of Soviet society--the working-class people, political leaders, and the critical events that shaped the 20th-century Soviet Union. In a career that spanned more than five decades, Dmitri Baltermants was the premier photographer in the Soviet Union, an official photographer to Stalin and Kruschev and the editor of Ogonyok magazine. His works, as seen in this collection, helped shape the way in which the Soviet people viewed the world. 150 photos....

Silent Places: Landscapes of Jewish Life and Loss in Eastern Europe

Silent Places is an indelibly moving collection of photographic images; their melancholy beauty and emotional depth provide a glimpse into the past and into eternity Jeff Gusky, a doctor of emergency medicine decided, at the age of 42, that he wanted to better confront the reality of modern Jewish history. A self-taught photographer who subsequently learned to make museum quality prints, he "bought a good, journalist-type camera and some lenses" and traveled to Poland—once the home of the...

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