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Walker Evans Incognito
ISBN: HB: 9780871300577, DAP, Eakins Press Foundation, March 2015
42 pp., 42.2x29.7 cm, 8 tritones
Not for sale in Estonia!
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£115,00
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Past's Threshold Essays on Photography
ISBN: PB: 9783037346914, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, November 2014
160 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 40 halftones
Siegfried Kracauer was a leading intellectual figure of the Weimar Republic and one of the foremost representatives of critical theory. Best known for a wealth of writings on sociology and film theory, his influence is felt in the work of many of the...
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£15,00
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Pollen The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers (Compact Edition)
ISBN: HB: 9781906506513, GMC Group, Papadakis, May 2014
264 pp., 24.1x15.9 cm, colour illus.
The extraordinary beauty and structure of pollen grains invisible to the naked eye. This book is the result of the shared fascination of an artist and a scientist with the perfect design of organisms too small to be seen without a microscope. Pollen...
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£20,00
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Seeds Time Capsules of Life (Compact Edition)
ISBN: HB: 9781906506520, GMC Group, Papadakis, May 2014
264 pp., 24.1x15.9 cm, colour illus.
Art and science collaborate on a fascinating story with extraordinary images in a highly-acclaimed book. Seeds, the most complex organs produced by plants, ensure the biodiversity of our planet. They vary from the impressive Seychelles nut that weigh...
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£20,00
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Japan's Modern Divide The Photographs of Hiroshi Hanaya and Kansuke Yamamoto
ISBN: HB: 9781606061329, Getty Publications, February 2013
224 pp., 28.8x24.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
This title offers a superbly illustrated overview of the evolution of two very different strains of modern Japanese photography. In the 1930s, Japanese photography evolved in two very directions: one toward a documentary style, the other favouring an...
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£40,00
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Seduced by Art Photography Past and Present
ISBN: HB: 9781857095456, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, October 2012
208 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 150 colour illus.
Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past. Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, an...
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£30,00
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Radical Camera New York's Photo League, 1936-1951
ISBN: HB: 9780300146875, Yale University Press, November 2011
224 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 150 duotones, 76 black&white illus.
Artists in "the Photo League", active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life. Their focus centred on New York City and its vibrant streets – a newsboy at work, a brass band on a bustling c...
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£40,00
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Alias Man Ray
ISBN: HB: 9780300146837, Yale University Press, November 2009
288 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 192 colour images, 54 black&white illus.
Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, the artist known as Man Ray (1890-1976) revealed multiple artistic identities over the course of his career – New York Dedaist, Parisian Surrealist, international portraitist, and fashion photographer – and produced important...
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£40,00
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Jo Ann Callis Woman Twirling
ISBN: HB: 9780892369560, Getty Publications, May 2009
96 pp., 25.4x24.1 cm, 69 colour illus., 15 black&white illus.
This volume offers a superbly illustrated review of the work of renowned photographer Jo Ann Callis. An artist who has long exploited the emotional power of colour and texture, Jo Ann Callis is widely known for her inventive photographs involving tac...
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£25,00
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Brought to Light Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900
ISBN: HB: 9780300142105, Yale University Press, September 2008
208 pp., 25.7x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus.
"Brought to Light" invites readers to step back to a time when photography, X-rays, and movies were new, when forays into the world beneath the skin or the realm beyond our everyday vision captivated scientists and the public alike. In this book, acc...
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£45,00
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