Due to the necessity of having to spend the Coronavirus pandemic in self-isolation, the artist Max Siedentopf turned his own home upside down and captured the results with his camera.
The paintings, murals, and graphics of Ben Shahn (1898-1969) have made him one of the most heralded American artists of the twentieth century, but during the 1930s he was also among the nation's premier photographers.
This biography follows the remarkable life of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, whose portraits of European royalty and nobility hang in many of the world's most important galleries.
Featuring the work of Baron Wolman, the first photographer to work for America's legendary Rolling Stone magazine, many of whose images from the late sixties and early seventies have become iconic shots from rock's most fertile era.
Alltag, Karriere, Familie, Freundschaften, Versicherungen und das vorab bezahlte Sockenabo – all das lässt der Schweizer Claudio Sieber zurück, als er sein Leben als Vagabund beginnt.
Following on from Terence Donovan: 100 Fashion Photos, this new compact edition of collected photographs features over 100 of Terence Donovan's best portraits.
The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New AgeWilliam Blake (1757-1827) inhabited a remarkable inner world, one that he brought vividly to life in his poetry, painting, and printmaking.
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo's personal account of his development as an artistA leading exponent of the modern art movement known as Constructivism, Russian-born Naum Gabo was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century-an artist, designer, and theorist whose work changed the course of modern art.
A major reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historiansThis is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century.
The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New AgeWilliam Blake (1757-1827) inhabited a remarkable inner world, one that he brought vividly to life in his poetry, painting, and printmaking.
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo's personal account of his development as an artistA leading exponent of the modern art movement known as Constructivism, Russian-born Naum Gabo was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century-an artist, designer, and theorist whose work changed the course of modern art.
A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
While James Van Der Zee is widely known and praised for his studio portraits from the Harlem Renaissance era, much of the diversity and expansive reach of his work has been overlooked.
Due to the necessity of having to spend the Coronavirus pandemic in self-isolation, the artist Max Siedentopf turned his own home upside down and captured the results with his camera.
El cambio de paradigma tecnológico al que la fotografía se ha visto sometida en los últimos años no sólo ha puesto de nuevo de manifiesto la naturaleza fotográfica de nuestra cultura, sino que ha zarandeado algunos de los fundamentos que parecían formar parte indisociable de lo fotográfico.
En la primera década del siglo XXI, una premiada imagen del fotoperiodista Javier Bauluz y otra de Clemente Bernad protagonizaron dos sonadas polémicas.
Los espacios de trabajo del artista Yves Berger y de su padre, John Berger, ubicados en la pequeña localidad de Quincy, en la Alta Saboya, se convirtieron en el privilegiado escenario donde tuvo lugar esta deliciosa conversación a tres bandas con el periodista literario Emmanuel Favre.
"El valor de la poesía no solo está en la poesía si no en algo que la excede, en un abismo luminoso que se abre en cada palabra, un pozo del que el artista extrae una incandescencia indómita y con su luz devela los pequeños fuegos para quienes están perdidos, para quienes saben que su único destino está en la orilla infinita , aquella que sólo puede ser alcanzada en un rapto divino.
Explore the uncharted Amazon with acclaimed botanist and pioneering Amazonian explorer, Richard Evans Schultes, guided by an intimate narrative that supplements his photography of indigenous tribes, hallucinogenic plants, stunning vistas, and much more.
Artist Mark Menjivar was in an antique bookshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he found 4 four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an aged copy of 1000 Facts Worth Knowing.
A spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining thoughtful essays and more than 100 gorgeous landscape photoshalf fan favorites, and half never-before-seen.
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.
An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination Peter Beard lived an astonishing life.
I want to introduce you to my third book of photographs, Farewell to Valparaiso, that describes my feelings at the time to say good-bye to a loved city where I lived in my adolescence and young adult life.
This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot.
Joyce Tenneson,s detailed photographic studies of luminous sea shells adrift on a velvet-soft background remind us that startling beauty exists even in the most ordinary places.
