Not for sale in Estonia! In "The Birth of Rock and Roll", Americana collector Jim Linderman has arranged a storyboard of sorts that dramatizes the spirit of rock and roll in its early days – when "a juke-joint with fifty patrons was a big show", as...

This is a richly illustrated exploration of Queen Victoria's portrayal in photography and her role in shaping the medium. In January 1839, photography was announced to the world. Two years prior, a young Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of Great...

This is a thoroughly illustrated guide to the history and technology of autochromes with a practical guide for storage and preservation. Louis Lumiere is perhaps best known for his seminal role in the invention of cinema, but his most important contr...

Twelve inches by twelve inches by twelve inches, the cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit of measure compared to the whole world. With every step, we disturb and move through cubic foot after cubic foot. But behold the cubic foot in nature – from cor...

In "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images – and lea...

This captivating selection of 70 intimate black and white photographs conveys Patti Smith's singular experience as a photographer as it relates to many facets of her fascinating life and career. Exquisitely designed and produced, "Patti Smith: Camera...

"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised", wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard of his time with the 1910 Scott expedition to the South Pole. And that's how most of us still imagine polar exp...

Christian Lutz continues his photographic study of power structures with "Tropical Gift". He took portraits in Nigeria of people who live by and with the economic force that dominates everything there, the oil and gas industry. The photographs observ...

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the techniques, methods, and processes of photographic conservation and preservation available today. In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among the broad public,...

This instalment in the acclaimed "In Focus" series examines the life and career of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), who is most recognized for her social documentary work during the Great Depression of the 1930's The Getty Museum holds nearly one hundred...