Arts / Photography

Africa Exposed - Kinky Penny #1

by John Lord

A sensual study of African model Penny

Welcome to the wonderful world of the African woman.

In this series of photo books I will introduce you to amateur model Penny, and in this edition you will be treated to...

Mastering the Nikon D810

by Darrell Young

Mastering the Nikon D810 by Darrell Young provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of the new D810 camera. Darrell is determined to help the user navigate past the confusion...

Re-creating Paul Bowles, the Other, and the Imagination: Music, Film, and Photography

by Raj Chandarlapaty

This work underscores the true brilliance and timelessness of colonial metaphors of authorship that extend into the postmodern Age. The emphasis is upon both re-invention and comprehensive scholarship on music...

The Portrait: Understanding Portrait Photography

by Glenn Rand & Tim Meyer

Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator, and Tim Meyer, Lead Portrait Instructor at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of...

On Slowness: Toward an Aesthetic of the Contemporary

by Lutz Koepnick

Speed is an obvious facet of contemporary society, whereas slowness has often been dismissed as conservative and antimodern. Challenging a long tradition of thought, Lutz Koepnick instead proposes to understand...

The Essence of Photography: Seeing and Creativity

by Bruce Barnbaum

There is a lot more to photography than simply picking up a camera, pointing it toward something, and tripping the shutter. Achieving a great photograph requires thought and preparation, an understanding of...

The Nashville Family Album

by Alan Mayor

Alan Mayor has spent the last 25 years photographing the stars of Nashville for record albums, music events, and in personal and candid settings. Now, he gives country music fans some of the greatest photographs...

Rebel youth

by AA.VV., Emanuele Martinez & Marco Pizzo

Poco meno di vent'anni di egemonia e dominazione napoleonica avevano fortemente inciso sulla mentalità di una generazione di Italiani, che da quel periodo avevano avuto una bandiera, una consolidata coscienza...

Photographic Composition: Principles of Image Design

by Albrecht Rissler

All fine artists share a common goal: to combine individual elements into a convincing, cohesive whole that tells a story or expresses an intention. Photography is especially suited to this pursuit because the...

Photography as Meditation: Tap Into the Source of Your Creativity

by Torsten Andreas Hoffmann

For many people, photography serves as a form of meditation; a way to separate themselves from their stressful lives. In this book, Torsten Andreas Hoffmann explores an approach to artistic photography based...

Photography and Its Violations

by John Roberts

Theorists critique photography for “objectifying” its subjects and manipulating appearance for the sake of art. In this bold counterargument, John Roberts recasts photography’s violating powers and aesthetic...

A Doctor in The Great War

by Andrew Davidson

Featuring 250 previously unknown photographs, this is the extraordinary true story of a young doctor whose photos left behind an astonishing firsthand account of life at the front of World War I.

As a twenty-five-year-old...

Ireland: A Luminous Beauty

by Peter Harbison & Leslie Conron Carola

Island light is magical. And none more so than Ireland's. Ireland's light floods the landscape, luring the senses with a restless presence. The water surrounding and carving through the island reflects back...

SuicideGirls

by Missy Suicide

The story behind suicidegirls.com.

Photoshop CC and Lightroom: A Photographer's Handbook

by Stephen Laskevitch

Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are central to almost all photographic workflows. Each new version of the software is a milestone in the development of these vital imaging tools, and the 2014 releases are no exception....

Underwater Photography

by Tobias Friedrich

Underwater photography is a fascinating pursuit for those who aspire to capture the magical world found within our oceans and bring it to the surface. In this book, award-winning photographer Tobias Friedrich...

Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography

by J. Chris Hansen

Photographing birds in your backyard is a convenient, rewarding, and addictive adventure. Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography is a guide to that pursuit. In this book, author and wildlife photographer J. Chris...

The Fujifilm X-E2: Beyond the Manual

by Rico Pfirstinger

The Fujifilm X-E2: Beyond the Manual provides experience-based information and insights for owners of the Fujifilm X-E2 mirrorless system camera. Fuji X-Pert series author Rico Pfirstinger teaches little-known...

The splendid Riviera del Brenta

by Paolo Tieto

The object of this book is to illustrate the villas along the Brenta River as they appeared in the 18th century, and as they may be admired today from the river barge (Burchiello) going from Padova to Venice...

The Command to Look: A Master Photographer¿s Method for Controlling the Human Gaze

by William Mortensen, George Dunham, Michael Moynihan & Larry Lytle

William Mortensen’s irreverent and revolutionary book on photography and psychology is available again after a sixty-five-year banishment.