General Photography
VINTAGE EGYPT: CRUISING THE NILE IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAVEL (REVISED)
Written by Blottiere, Alain
As wealthy tourists descended upon Egypt in the early-twentieth-century, a well-heeled jet set emerged in Cairo and Alexandria. Period photographs celebrate the glamour: a Bugatti at the foot of the pyramids, high tea served in jasmine-draped gardens. . .
VERUSCHKA: FROM VERA TO VERUSCHKA
Written by Moncada, Johnny
Capturing the romance and beauty of la dolce vita, this volume features intimate and rare moments of Veruschka, the iconic face of 1960s glamour, from the forgotten and unpublished photographic archive of Johnny Moncada. When fashion photographer Johnny Moncada unlocked a trunk he had left sealed for forty years, he and his daughter discovered ten thousand of his unpublished negatives.
SEA: A CELEBRATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Borhan, Pierre
An album of 300 classic and contemporary photographs devoted to the sea. This handsome volume highlights the ocean as a source of auspicious inspiration, of commercial potential, and as the hub of conquering expeditions.
SERGEY SAPOZHNIKOV
Written by Calderone, Irene
My grandmother can make better photographs. Sergey Sapozhnikov's appearance on the Moscow art scene has been accompanied by the same kind of electricity that flows through his work. The dynamic whirlwinds of his photography radiate an energy that could not, it would seem, be of worldly provenance, but rather from some impossible power source.
TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: FLAGS OF AMERICA
Written by Lazzarini, Francesca
The prestigious new volume by Skira devoted to international contemporary photography is focused on some of the greatest American masters of the twentieth-century. This will be the first of two books (with the second coming in 2014) that seek to illustrate the outstanding quality and variety of the works which have marked American photography from the mid-twentieth-century to the present day.
SLEEP
Written by Spagna, Ted
An intimate, voyeuristic exploration into the private landscape of the unconscious from the Muybridge of sleep. In 1975, Ted Spagna began his voyeuristic venture into inner space, exposing the secrets of human sleep behavior by photographing intimate narratives of sleeping figures with a time-lapse camera.
TALK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Written by Couturier, Elisabeth
From photography s role in society, such as photojournalism and fashion photography, to more traditional and purely artistic shots, this book explores all aspects of contemporary photography photographers obsessions, unusual formats, differing methods, and the vast range of genres depicted.
MALICK SIDIBE
Born in 1936 at Soloba, in the Yanfolila Cercle, Mali, Malik Sidibé is now an internationally recognized artist and is considered the greatest African photographer.
TAHITI: FAERY LANDS
Exquisite photographs of French Polynesia landscapes and Tahitians, taken by one of the world's most beloved make-up artists and photographers, François Nars. Since 1994, Nars's photographic compositions have been celebrated for their vibrant interplay of color and form.
LUCIANO RIGOLINI: UN'ALTRA IMMAGINE/AN OTHER IMAGE
The first complete monograph devoted to Luciano Rigolini's photography. This volume offers a wealth of previously unpublished large-format works, a reinterpretation of anonymous photographs, and documents uncovered in forgotten archives, flea markets, or purchased from antique dealers.
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