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China Through the Lens of John Thomson, 1868-1972
ISBN: HB: 9786167339658, Prestel Publishing, River Books, November 2015
168 pp., 29.1x28.6 cm, black&white photos
With over 150 photographs from late 19th century China, including stunning landscapes, architecture and city scenes, intimate portraits of Manchu brides in full wedding costumes and Mandarin officialsin government attire.
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£25,00
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Michael Kenna Forms of Japan
ISBN: HB: 9783791381626, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
304 pp., 28x29 cm, 240 black&white illus.
This beautiful book presents a meditative, arresting, and dazzling collection of 250 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally renowned photographer Michael Kenna. A rocky coast along the sea of Japan; an imme...
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£49,99
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Edward Curtis One Hundred Masterworks
ISBN: HB: 9783791354217, Prestel Publishing, June 2015
192 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 150 colour illus.
Showcasing Edward Curtis's most compelling and important works, this beautiful publication highlights both iconic and rarely seen images, demonstrating his artistry and mastery of photographic mediums, and his commitment to documenting and preserving...
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£49,99
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BARCELONA Portrait of a City
ISBN: HB: 9788415691679, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2015
352 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, black&white photos
This is a stunning photographic celebration of everything that makes Barcelona one of the most inviting, exciting and inspiring cities in the whole world. Barcelona is special, its architecture, monuments, streets, its style, its history, its spirit,...
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£43,00
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Storyteller The Photographs of Duane Michals
ISBN: HB: 9783791353708, Prestel Publishing, November 2014
240 pp., 30x24.8 cm
Accompanying a retrospective of the pioneering photographer, this volume of more than 75 original works will thrill Duane Michals aficionados, while introducing younger viewers to an innovative artist who redefined the role of the photograph in artis...
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£55,00
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Chema Madoz Masterpieces
ISBN: HB: 9788415691792, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, August 2014
458 pp., 33x25.4 cm, photos
Trip through the universe of Chema Madoz. This is the first full review of the work of one of the most evocative contemporary photographers as well as an exhaustive analysis of more than three hundred of his images ranging from his first photographs...
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£58,00
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Women Photographers From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman
ISBN: HB: 9783791348148, Prestel Publishing, March 2014
240 pp., 27x21 cm, 200 colour illus.
This thorough and accessible introduction to the greatest women photographers from the 19th century to today features the most important works of 55 artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments. Since the inception of photograp...
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£29,99
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Weegee Murder is My Business
ISBN: HB: 9783791353135, Prestel Publishing, September 2013
264 pp., 27.3x21 cm, 267 duotone illus.
Drawn from the International Center of Photography's archives, this book highlights the incomparable style and fascinating career of Weegee, one of New York City's quintessential press photographers. For a decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee made a...
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£39,99
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Mapplethorpe Polaroids
ISBN: PB: 9783791348704, Prestel Publishing, August 2013
256 pp., 23x18 cm, 48 colour illus., 182 black&white illus.
Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s – a medium in which he established the style that would bring him international acclaim – are brought together in this new paperback edition. Critically praised for his finely m...
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£27,50
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From Here On Postphotography in the Age of Internet and the Mobile
ISBN: PB: 9788415118459, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2013
136 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, colour photos
This catalogue deals precisely with the evolution of the image as a result of the use of new technologies. The transit from the analog to the digital image and the globalization of access to internet and mobile telephones has radically changed the wo...
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£22,50
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