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Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Best known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white photographs of books, photographer Abelardo Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for 'Flowers for Lisa' emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa, a photograph of flowers on her birthday. "Flowers are part of a long tradition of still life in art," writes Morell. "Precisely because flowers are such...
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
It started in the 1970s with a group of artists seeking to reengage the physical facts of photography, its materials and processes, by turning to the history of photography for metaphors, technical information, and visual inspiration. By the 1980s it had become a movement with a fervent following. And now, for the first time in book form, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde charts this full-blown rebellion of contemporary photographers against the...
Author
Publisher
Glitterati Editions
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
As one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, Balkowitsch provides an intimate view into the lives of Native American people in North Dakota and Northern Plains, simultaneously capturing their stories and preserving their legacies.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The new movement in contemporary gardening is about going back to the wilderness, creatively landscaping with native plants to enrich their environments and seamlessly merge with their natural surroundings. Politely rejecting traditional manicured, hedged and pruned gardening aesthetics to invite an alternative kind of beauty: wildly bursting with indigenous plants, old-growth trees, vibrant patches of wildflowers and perennials, succulents, un-pruned...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A compelling account of Diane Keaton's dream house, from idea to realization in brick, stone, and wood. Keaton s narrative and inspirational images will inspire all those who imagine the perfect home."--Publisher's description.
48) Stone age
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Follow photographer Frederic Chaubin as he embarks on a unique, century-spanning journey through Europe. Featuring images of more than 200 buildings in 21 countries, Stone Age presents the history and architecture of the most dramatic medieval castles of the continent in an unprecedented collection. Building on the success of his foray into Soviet design with CCCP, Chaubin once again documents the afterlife of highly rational structures that seem...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Bibliophile is the ultimate book for book lovers. The content ranges from profiles of amazing independent bookstores around the world to the painted bookshelves for which Jane Mount has become known"--
We all have a pile of "to be read" books, and Mount is determined to introduce you to more jewels you didn't know you needed to read: books that you will be hugging to you chest and telling everyone how they changed your life. But she provides more...
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Cédric Pollet's ... photographs show how the palette of winter plants is so rich that gardens can be transformed every winter into a fairyland of luminous colours and subtle scents. Twenty outstanding winter gardens from Britain and France are featured in detail, followed by a fully illustrated directory, which details 300 plants and varieties, focussing on the multicoloured stems and bark that are too often ignored in gardening literature. -- Jacket...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
For the press tour following the record-breaking release of Greta Gerwig's award-winning, acclaimed Barbie movie, producer and star Margot Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal immersed themselves in some of Barbie's most iconic outfits and curated vintage pieces, then approached designers, from Giorgio Armani to Donatella Versace, to create looks inspired by the doll-size originals. Many of these looks were not seen as the official Barbie press tour...
53) Amazing Arizona
Author
Publisher
Bob Bradshaw
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Full-color photographs of points of interest in Arizona are accompanied by brief descriptions of each place.
56) Island gardens
Author
Publisher
White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Britain has more island gardens than anywhere else in the world. Some 6,000 islands are scattered around the main islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and more than 100 of these offshore islands are inhabited. Where there are people, there are gardens: lighthouse gardens, gulf-stream-tempered gardens, windswept remote gardens with knarled and ancient trees, and gardens surrounding castles and monasteries of historical significance. In this book...
Series
Sun tracks volume 53
Publisher
University of Arizona Press by arrangement with Haskell Indian Nations University
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Presents a comprehensive collection of one hundred black-and-white images of Native American leaders made by Frank A. Rinehart from 1898 to 1900, and includes fourteen essays which reflect upon those photographs from writers, educators, and descendents of those individuals.
Author
Publisher
Sedona Shadow Chasers Company LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this retrospective of intriguing and mysterious shadows captured by photographer Diann Kincaid, is a time capsule of Sedona, Arizona: a glimpse of its past. The images bring back a time when life was simpler, allowing the reader to take the time and reflect on Sedona's history and relive it."--
59) Dads
Author
Publisher
PowerHouse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Dads is a journey into gay fatherhood in the United States. More than 40 families are portrayed by the Belgian photographer Bart Heynen. A very diverse group of dads who have one thing in common: they are gay and they have children.
60) You get me?
Author
Publisher
Mack
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
British-born artist Mahtab Hussain is heavily influenced by multiculturalism and cultural diversity. His work centers on issues of identity and displacement. "You Get Me?" focuses on the changing identity of young, working-class South Asian men in contemporary Britain. With a burgeoning population of 2.7 million, Muslims have been an integral part of the UK since the 1950s. Nevertheless, an increasing number - particularly young men - often feel like...