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Lewis Carroll, PhotographerLong before he published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll" to the world) took up photography as a hobby. Unlike most of the other amateurs in his circle, he persevered to become a dedicated, prolific, and remarkably gifted photographer, creating approximately 3,000 images during his twenty-five years of photographic activity. This handsomely designed volume makes clear the remarkable extent and complexity of Carroll's photographic art. It publishes for t... |
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Andreas Gefeller: SOMAIn his disconcerting photographs, Dsseldorf-based artist Andreas Gefeller turns holiday sites on Gran Canaria (an insland off the west coast of Africa) into bleak Utopian backdrops. Although taken in a conventional, analog fashion, the pictures look as if they have been digitally altered, raising questions about the realness of reality and its representations.... |
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The Empire State Building (Architecture)Lewis W. Hine's famous photographs document the construction of the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building at that time. In the brilliant black-and-white photographs collected in this volume, Hine pays tribute to the human spirit by dramatically contrasting the workers with the mammoth scale of the structure.... |
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Naked BabiesA photographer attempts to capture the perfection of babies, from the swirl of a cowlick to the smoothness of skin on a neck, while the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author muses on moments like a baby's first steps.... |
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Gentleman: A Timeless FashionIn a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience you will learn all there is to know about fabric, cut, patterns, color, and the optimal care and clothing for men from head to toe. From the perfectly placed tie knot to custom-made shoes, from casual sweaters to a top hat, everything you need for the appropriate outfit is explained in detail.... |
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Silent Places: Landscapes of Jewish Life and Loss in Eastern EuropeJeff 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 what he calls "a good, journalist-type camera and some lenses" and traveled to Poland-once the home of the largest concentration of Diaspora Jews. He read the instruction manuals on the plane en route. Over four trips, accompanied each time by a top Polish guide, G... |
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The Soviet Image: A Hundred Years of Photographs from Inside the TASS ArchivesFor the first time, the Russian news agency TASS has opened its complete photographic archives to create an unprecedented and uncensored look at the last 100 years of life in the Soviet Union and the new Russia. Featuring more than 300 astonishing photographs many never before published these images capture the daily life of a people through the dramatic sweep of Russian history, from royalty to revolution and the rise and fall of communism. Illuminated by informative essays and extended caption... |
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Water Is Key: A Better Future for AfricaAward-winning photographer Gil Garcetti has created an important visual document intended to show the world why Water is Key. The book contains eighty compelling black and white photographs that illustrate the immediate need for safe water and the dramatic results that can be achieved through the help of world leaders, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and involved citizens. Short essays by leaders such as President Jimmy Carter and outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan ar... |
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Hutterite: A World of Grace... |
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