Individual photographers

Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.

Blake, an author living in London, explains that the impetus for this biography of the great Dutch painter came from his own connection in childhood to a painting purchased by his grandmother

John Bramblitt makes his living as a visualartist.

Featuring 100 stunning color photographs of queer, interracial couples taken by a renowned photographer for the New York Times Magazine, Time, Rolling Stone, and more, this incredible photo and story collection depicts modern love and relationships in all their joy, vulnerability, and affection.

Addison Mizner's Mediterranean-style mansions are much-admired Florida icons, where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs.

Color isn't 'just there' in photography, an ordinary fact of life.

Texas is unique, not only because it is the only state to enter the Union by way of a treaty, but because a clause in that treaty gives Texas the right, in perpetuity, to divide into as many as five separate states.

Beginning in 1847, Henry David Thoreau made three trips to the mostly unexplored Maine woods.

This is a guide to the sights of Yosemite National Park, an exploration of rock in its many forms as found in the park.

LeRoy Neiman was arguably the world's most recognizable contemporary artist until his passing in June 2012.

A fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists   Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his accomplishments are often overshadowed by his role as Georgia O’Keeffe’s husband.

The first comprehensive biography of Mary Granville Delany – the artist and court insider whose flower collages, in particular, continue to inspire widespread admiration   Mrs Delany is best remembered for her captivating paper collages of flowers, but her artistic flourishing came late in life.

A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both   Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies.

A curated guide to the most chic, stylish and unique sites in London, from the creators of the hugely successful Instagram account @prettylittlelondon.

Louise Larocque Serpa often said she was born ';in the wrong place, to the wrong woman, at the wrong time.

En Reflejos: Arte Mgico (Vol.

In Aquellos aos / Those Years the author gathers a diverse collection of images captured from 1987 on, when, unexpectedly, he began his foray into photography.

With 50mm lenses and available light, John Fraser took these classic humanist photos in Minneapolis, New York, London, Nova Scotia, Provence, starting in 1957.

Hungarian-born Stefan Lorant's work as a visual and literary editor allowed him to pioneer and develop the genre of picture-based journalism at a period that saw the emergence of modern mass communications.

North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s.

Only now can we see Paul Cezanne as the invisible genius at the very inception of modern art.

Identified as "e;the first designer of what would become known as Swedish Modern"e; by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.

Lena Connell was one of a new breed of young professional women who took up photography at the turn of the 20th century.

In words and photographs, the story of visionary architect Addison Mizner* Introduced the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles to southern Florida* Designed and developed the resort town of Boca Raton* Designed the exquisite Everglades Club in Palm BeachAddison Mizner transformed Palm Beach and South Florida with his visionary architecture.

A richly illustrated history of the glittering world of queer artistic life in the 1920s and '30sIn Queer Moderns, Alice Friedman tells the fascinating story of the queer avant-garde of the 1920s and '30s in New York, Paris, and Venice, as seen through the eyes of Max Ewing (19031934), a young musician, photographer, and man-about-town who, although virtually unknown today, moved in extraordinary circles.

Winslow Homer was the antithesis of the unkempt bohemian artist of the nineteenth century.

Acclaimed photographer Kosti Ruohomaa is widely known for his photographs of hard scrabble Yankees in mid-century Maine.

This delightful and dramatic portrait collection reveals birds of prey as we never experience them: intimate and up close.

This collection by the acclaimed photographer reveals the shadowy side of the City by the Bay.

The perfect gift for dog lovers, Forever Home will leave a pawprint on your heart with its series of full-color, close-up portraits of rescue dogs and their stories of adoption, from the photographer of Shelter Dogs and Finding Home.

The first sustained examination of a canonical and widely exhibited work by a leading artist of the former Yugoslavia.

William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist.

'Never does that old maxim "e;the harder I practice, the luckier I get"e; ring truer.

For award-winning science writer and photographer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights.

This is how the knitting begins to get my mind focused on goals throughout the year.

A groundbreaking account of the role of writing in Michelangelo's artMichelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pieta, and the dome of St.

How a famous painting opens a window into the life, times, and philosophy of Rene DescartesIn the Louvre museum hangs a portrait that is considered the iconic image of Rene Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher.

Regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time, Bernard Herrmann was responsible for some of the most memorable music in film.

Take a one-on-one digital photography course with award-winning photographer Tom Ang and learn how to get the best from your digital camera.

Afully updated collection of the very best of Arthur's delightful color pictures and unique stories, including the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the 2012 Olympics, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's new babyIn terms of royal photography, Arthur Edwards is a legend.

Con esta selección fotográfica registrada entre 2016 y 2019, Pablo Albarenga nos adentra en la vida y la lucha de los pueblos indígenas de Brasil por recuperar sus territorios.

La naturaleza es bella y salvaje, pero a la vez muy frágil.

Las fotografías de este libro guardan un doble secreto; una increíble historia de resistencia y tenacidad.

The motivation for this volume arose from a desire to bridge the gap between artists and their audience, facilitating a deeper understanding of the artists purpose and process.

Ab nach Bautzen!

Ab nach Bautzen!

Eva Strittmatters Gedichte im Licht der Deutschen Oper BerlinDie Kombination von Lyrik und Fotografie, so lyrisch die Fotografien von Rengha Rodewill sind, so bildhaft ist Strittmatters Lyrik.

Eva Strittmatters Gedichte im Licht der Deutschen Oper BerlinDie Kombination von Lyrik und Fotografie, so lyrisch die Fotografien von Rengha Rodewill sind, so bildhaft ist Strittmatters Lyrik.