Photography and photographs

This book features rare, once-thought-lost photos of the 1968 first ascent of the California Route on Cerro Fitz Roy, the third ascent of the mountain.

From the peak of a mountain or the barrel of a wave, Patagonia has collected some of the most spectacular sports imagery in history.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful HD camera.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful HD camera.

Mike Hagen opens up a whole new world to those photographers who are already well versed in photography, but may not have a clue about flash photography.

Mike Hagen opens up a whole new world to those photographers who are already well versed in photography, but may not have a clue about flash photography.

With this beautifully illustrated photographic history, the acclaimed author of Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs has taken his expertise one step further and illuminated this history in images.

Winner of the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Award in Erotica.

Before the Nazis, there were the Hot Girls.

Through his latest work Legacy and Illusions, Klaus Bohn explores abstract and artistic photography.

Is there a distinctive style of New Zealand command?

Shadow Lane presents an exquisite photo album depicting the art of spanking in the 21st century.

A Thrilling Ride invites fans to relive the greatest moments of the Canucks most celebrated season and historic achievements, and takes them on a journey through the entire 2010-2011 season, from the opening-night introduction of the Canucks Ring of Honour to the emotional ceremony to retire former captain Markus Naslunds jersey, and from the Presidents Trophy victory through all four rounds of the play-offs, including the Canucks redemptive victory over archrivals the Chicago Blackhawks, to the final and formidable face-off against the Boston Bruins.

When a burning sun dips low enough on the horizon to touch the brown-black earth, that is when South Africa is at its very best a blazing expanse of broad landscapes of sea and veld, dusty savannah and equally dusty pavements.

When a burning sun dips low enough on the horizon to touch the brown-black earth, that is when South Africa is at its very best a blazing expanse of broad landscapes of sea and veld, dusty savannah and equally dusty pavements.

Land has profound significance for South Africans.

Land has profound significance for South Africans.

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training.

Glasshouse Greenhouse fuses together cultures and countries under one glass roof.

The story of Eastmancolor's arrival on the British filmmaking scene is one of intermittent trial and error, intense debate and speculation before gradual acceptance.

Norfolk is a very distinctive county, the most easterly in the British Isles.

Norfolk is a very distinctive county, the most easterly in the British Isles.

In order to preserve the original design and quality of the print edition of this book, we have used a fixed format ePub format.

Some of the most creative of human expression has originated in the collision of cultures.

The first edition of David Nightingale's Practical HDR swiftly established itself as the standard work on this cutting-edge processing technique, garnering rave reviews and reprinting several times.

The pinup look made famous on WWII bombers and in the 1950s has become a timeless classic that is now undergoing a revival through digital photography.

Blizzards, tornados, volcanic eruptions, and desert sandstorms?

The changing of the seasons presents the landscape photographer with nature's most dramatic sights, as well as many of the genre's most rewarding photographic challenges.

Landscape photography remains one of the most popular genres for enthusiast and commercial photographers alike, but all of the books on the market are large in format and unsuited to use in the field.

Following the arrival of game-changing new cameras from Nikon and Canon, the hottest area in the world of photography has been combining high-definition video capability with all the advantages of SLR's interchangeable lenses.

Whether on a weekend city break or a month-long trekking vacation, more and more of us are travelling with the hope of taking striking photos that capture the essence of our time away.

Digital SLR cameras have manuals running to hundreds of pages, concentrating on technical features, but neglecting the fact that great photographers not only know how to navigate menus: they understand how the operation of their camera will help them to take better pictures.

The 1989 student massacre in Lubumbashi, Zaire under the brutal rule of dictator President Mobutu Sese Seko was almost the end for brothers Michel, Fabian and Aliston Lwamba.

Walk Like a Mountain is the definitive guide to walking as Buddhist practice, not just for the serious practitioner but for anyone who wants to bring more contemplative depth to their everyday walks.

In his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith, Rene Ricard, and Georges Simenon; traces the history of tabloids; surveys the landscape that gave birth to the Beastie Boys; explores the back alleys of vernacular photography; sounds a threnody for the forgotten dead of New York City.

When B Bs Uncle Willy sends a postcard from Scotland B B gets the travel bug.

In Known Unknowns, Charles Saatchi provides fascinating insights into some of the world’s lesser-known but truly extraordinary historical events and social phenomena.

An exploration of visual phenomena, The Naked Eye is a treasure trove of unusual images from across the world, all the more extraordinary for being real, all the more fascinating for existing without computer manipulation.

We've been sending one another postcards for well over a century now - usually brief messages to our friends and family telling them about the weather on our holidays or where we're visiting next on our travels.

Roger Redfern - author, writer and photographer - had been writing about his travels and exploration of different areas of Britain and abroad for over 50 years, most notably as a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper's Country Diary feature.

Over the past decade, advances in this field have been rapid and we are now well into the era of digital photogrammetry.

This is the engrossing story of the seasons the author spent climbing 4000m mountains in the different regions of the Alps.

In Two Minds is the first comprehensive biography of Jonathan Miller the story of one of post-war Britain's most intriguing polymaths.

The increasingly popular films of the Hong Kong New Wave grapple with such issues as East-West cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a modernizing Asian city, and the identity crises provoked by Hong Kong s estranged motherland.

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An illustrated exploration of Girlfriends (1965/66), one of Sigmar Polke''s important early paintings.

Examining a work that marked the emergence of photography as an art made for the gallery wall instead of the printed page.

An illustrated examination of an early photo-essay by Lee Friedlander that shows television screens broadcasting eerily glowing images into unoccupied rooms.