Photography
ON THIN ICE: AN EPIC FINAL QUEST INTO THE MELTING ARCTIC
Written by Lindenberger, Hudson
In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the most cold and hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change.
PHOTOVIZ: VISUALIZING INFORMATION THROUGH PHOTOGRPAHY
Written by Nicholas Felton
The stories told with graphics and infographics are now being visualized through photography. Fotoviz shows how these powerful images are depicting correlations, making the invisible visible, and revealing more detail than classic photojournalism. Images are omnipresent in our digital age, but they're worth a closer look. Many of them can tell us stories in new and surprising ways.
SURF ODYSSEY: THE CULTURE OF WAVE RIDING
Written by Groves, Andrew
Cold-water surfing, the most remote surf spots, spectacular photography, illustrations, and custom boards: Surf Odyssey documents the modern cult of surfing as its own subculture and way of life. There's much more to surfing than palm trees and beach boy clichés. People surf not only in Hawaii, but also in Norway, South Korea, and India.
DREAMSCAPES: FINDING A PLACE TO CALL YOUR OWN
Written by Tabor, Bob
Everyone has a moment, a day, a stretch of time, when they long to escape, to leave the pressures of life and visit a place of peace and tranquility. Perhaps one wishes to go to a place where waves crash against the shore and the sands of time never keep an eye on the clock. This was the motivation for Bob Tabor's search to capture that special place he could call his own.
CEMENT ECLIPSES: SMALL INTERVENTIONS IN THE BIG CITY
Written by Cordal, Isaac
Isaac Cordal ...is a sculpture artist from London. His sculptures take the form of little people sculpted from concrete in 'real' situations. Cordal manages to capture a lot of emotion in his vignettes, in spite of their lack of detail or colour.
MAPPLETHORPE FLORA: THE COMPLETE FLOWERS
Written by Mark
The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's flower photographsRobert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is one of the twentieth century's most important artists, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970.
DANNY LYON: MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE
Written by Rinzler, Alan
The first comprehensive overview of an influential American photographer and filmmaker whose work is known for its intimacy and social engagement Coming of age in the 1960s, the photographer Danny Lyon (b. 1942) distinguished himself with work that emphasized intimate social engagement. In 1962 Lyon traveled to the segregated South to photograph the civil rights movement.
STORIES BEHIND THE PICTURES
Written by Ron Galella
This independently published and American-made 233-page softcover contains over 280 of Ron Galella's most iconic images, taken over the course of his sixty-plus-year career. With it, Galella reveals not only the stories behind the pictures, but the twenty-two paparazzi techniques he developed and utilized to get the shots.
TIM WALKER PICTURES (ALTERNATIVE EDITION)
Written by Tim Walker
This is an alternative edition - slightly reduced in trim size but absolutely unabridged - of the 2008 classic, now out of print. This stunning new edition offers us a privileged glimpse into Walker's artistic process. It is a comprehensive overview that features a wide array of sketches, contact sheets, Polaroids, and source materials normally hidden within the photographer's studio.
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