Photographs: collections

In the mid-1950s, Swiss-born New Yorker Robert Frank embarked on a ten-thousand-mile road trip across America, capturing thousands of photographs of all levels of a rapidly changing society.

As they set off for Madagascar in 2003, photographer Max Pam and writer Stephen Muecke adopted as their guiding principle the idea of contingency – central to which is the conscious embrace of risk and chance.

In 1963, British inventor Alex Moulton (1920-2012) introduced an innovative compact bicycle.

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.

In a beautiful tribute to the natural heritage of the Lone Star State, photographer Ralph Yznaga celebrates the strong connections between Texans and their trees.

With a focus on the settler societies of the United States and Australia, Photography and Landscape is a new critical account of landscape photography created through a unique collaboration between a photography writer and a landscape photographer.

Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life is the first full-length biography of Violet Oakley (1874-1961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an illustrator, stained glass artist, portraitist and author.

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.

Shooter is a visual portrait of war--the perseverance, heroism, and survival--narrated through stunning photographs and powerful essays from a female combat photographer.

Do you want to elevate your portraits beyond the tired old selfie?

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

From the vast reaches of the great Himalayan mountains, to the sacred Ganges River, India is an unforgettable destination.

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

- Una selección de la mejor fotografía de prensa del año 2021, presentada en el prestigioso concurso internacional World Press Photo, con un recorrido por los acontecimientos más destacados del año.

Adorable, candid photographs and the inspiring stories of over 60 rescue dogs and the humans who gave them their forever homes.

Este libro recoge las historias de vida de mujeres y de hombres palestina(o)s y que vivieron la Nakba, la catástrofe de 1948, historias contadas por ellos mismos.

Using eleven Zen stories as a starting point and diving deep into their mysterious world, he then weaves his magical clarity on many diverse contemporary topics.

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.

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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.

Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment.

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 stunning combination of landscape photography and thematic essays exploring how the concept of wilderness has evolved over time Our ideas of wilderness have evolved dramatically over the past one hundred and fifty years, from a view of wild country as an inviolable "e;place apart"e; to one that exists only within the matrix of human activity.

An engaging introduction to Zen Buddhism, featuring a new English translation of one of the earliest Zen texts Leading Buddhist scholar Sam van Schaik explores the history and essence of Zen, based on a new translation of one of the earliest surviving collections of teachings by Zen masters.

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.

James Elliott Foster gives us over 100 poems and 40 illustrations to describe what he sees and how he feels about the world around him.

A book of images of a Wolverine family deep in the forest of Northern Finland.

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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.

The White Squirrels of North Carolina is a photo gift book of my award winning photos of the rare and beautiful white (not albino) squirrels found in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina.

Famous Inspirational Words That Bring Love And Motivation to Your Heart - Over 112 Beautiful Full Color Illustrations of animals and landscapes and phrases that will help you experience joy in your heart while expanding your potential for personal growth and happiness.

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

With intriguing photos and lively writing, What's in a Picture makes it clear that historic photographs can be a super source of present-day insight and entertainment.

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.

Thousands of readersfrom prisoners to priestshave embraced Jerry Braza's insights in this book, adopting and integrating the mindful practices and habits it presents.

Introduction to Zen Training is a translation of the Sanzen Nyumon, a foundational text for beginning meditation students by Omori Sogenone of the foremost Zen teachers of the twentieth century.

For those searching for mindful moments or for a more engaged way of navigating life in the twenty-first century, Buddhism for Beginners opens the door to understanding Buddhism's key concepts and practices.

"e;It has stayed with me for the last 30 years, a classic portraying Zen mind to our linear thinking.

In his expansive history of documentary work in the South during the twentieth century, Scott L.