Documentary-Collection

This book left me breathless....absolutely beautiful. The faces of the homeless were indescribable and brought tears to my eyes. It's hard to imagine what these people have gone through...but this book portrays it. An excellent buy!!

The images in this collection are stunning. The text equally so. (Schatz has provided the photo images and the subjects dictate their own text). The result is a very compassionate look at a real human dilema - this work will both challenge your stereotypes of homelessness and confirm them. For writers, preachers, speakers and those engaged in the fight for human justice, you will be afforded a broad and insightful glimpse into the world of homeless persons - one that will either enflame your heart or cause you to bolt.

This is a book to return to over and over again. I've opened it in the midst of a hectic, demanding day and the clean black and white images made me feel refreshed and hopeful. The photographs embody a kind of peace I think we all yearn for.

My name is Simone. I live in Oklahoma. My family and I have evangelized and sang all over the U.S. and Canada. We met a colony of Hutterian Brethren through a church pastor whom lives in PincherCreek, Alberta, Canada, whom invited us to preached at his church. We became really good friends with the Hutterites. I have been communicating by phone and letter over 11 years with them. I found out from my Hutterite friend Janet Walter from Lamona, Wash. that this book was coming out. I have actual pictures from this book that I've had for years from past letters. The Hutterite people usually don't associate with outsiders, but, by extraordinary happenstance, if invited into their way of life, they will be your friends-for-life; always possessing a place in their hearts. The Hutterites live in colonies and are a hard-working, God-fearing, and family-focused people. I love the Hutterites . . . so will you!

I found this book a month ago and have shown it to most of my friends and leave it out for others to discover. It is a delight ... a photographic treasure. The images of places that I know and love are special to me. But so are the ones of yet-to-be found (by me) places. Natalie's work surely conjures up a dream. It is a book to be shared with everyone.

Natalie Fobes makes us feel as if we are reviewing an old and treasured picture album. The technique could not be better for the subjects, which have often been seen under the bright light of the Alaskan summer sun or the gray of its long winters. Here you feel that someone put together a collection of personal photographs just for your viewing pleasure.

This is a wonderful book...one of those types that you can't find "good enough" words to do it justice. I bought this book after browsing through B&N for several hours one day. I was a little hesitant, because of the cost, but man! It was worth it! This is one of those books that after I haven't looked at it for a month or two, I take it off of the shelf & spend hours with it all over again. This book is a wonderful sonnet of the history of women in America!!

This book, in words and photographs, details the lives of women in our country from its inception. The author does a wonderful job of showing what it was like to be a woman throughout the history of this country. She profiles many courageous, inspiring women who have made a tremendous difference in the lives of others. The photographs alone are worth the price of this book; the text makes it priceless. Thank you, Donna Lucey, for writing this!

Somehow this book slipped my attention - but it's got it now! These photos give a fresh perspective to places I've been and places I wish I could go.

See Idaho as you've never seen it before through the eyes of photographer Mark Lisk. He has captured the essence of the State's diversity -- from the beautiful plains to the majestic mountains. This is an exceptional book and one that stays on my coffee table for guests to enjoy! I give this one five stars.

First of all lets begin by stating that the images in this book are profoundly beautiful, framed with an incredible eye, the subjects positioned for some remarkably,imaginative imagery and overall some of the most moving photographs I have ever seen. Graciela Iturbide comes to her success with the lense by assisting the master Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo in the early 1970's. Graciela Iturbide makes the conections between Mexican Americans in the United States and Mexicans in Mexico. Her photography shows the similarities, the differences and the cultural ties and aberrations reflected in her works. Her photographs of some of the White Fence cholos from East Los Angeles are graphic glimpses of the hard core lifestyle. The pictures have a documentary style, the people come to life, it seems as though the home girls or vatos are going to say, orale ese, any second. Iturbide is comfortable with her subject matter. In one epic photograph she chooses a relaxed barfly, cigarette in hand, shot glass near by, sitting in a Mexican dive, with a surreal ,swirled, mural in the background, complete with religious imagery and hospital beds, dominated by a headstone that says R.I.P. The religious festivals capture an eerie quality that haunts the viewer. At her best Iturbide juxtaposes various elements in one photograph, contrasting the simplicity, exagerrating and blurring the lines of reality. The image of a young girl at a quinceniera(celebration fro turning 15) and an ancient old woman in the foreground, while in the dark background of another room two ghostly youths peer in are typical of the amazing framing Graciela Iturbide achieves. Her ability to position things in a picture is always perfect composition. Her shots evolving around Day of the Dead are magical. In one photograph of a cemetary in Chila, Puebla it is as though the fog is moving in a still picture stirred by the ghosts of the past. Her uncanny ability to create something that is but isn't is surreal. For example, in one photograph entitled "Nuestra Senora de las Iguanas," eight iguanas form the crown of an Indian woman from Oaxaca as the picture is shot bust level, from below, with the iguanas looking out at the viewer. These pictures in this book are a look at traditional ways of living and modern life, nature landscapes in natural and unnatural states, the duality of culture and a reflection of the Mexican people and a reaffirmation of life. A truly mind blowing set of photographs in beautiful and brutal black and white await your purchase.

If you love black and white photography this book is excellent.Beautiful images of Mexico and portraits of its people.

This book is a powerful reminder of a time we should never forget. In 1941 a German soldier Willy Georg went into the Warsaw Ghetto and took some pictures. Without meaning to he documented for history what life was like for the Jews in the Polish Ghetto before it was raised to the ground by the Nazis and most of its occupants massacred. Willy Georg is not a hero, he did nothing to help the people of the Ghetto, all he did was prove that they had existed at all. This book is tragic as it is magnificent. The accompanying text is concise and well written, showing the reader along with the photos how people lived and died in Warsaw during the early 1940s. This book should be on every library shelf and every school from Junior to High should have access to it. Sometimes pictures can speak louder than words and in this case it is more than true.

The origin of this book is in of itself remarkable. In the summer of 1941, Willie Georg (a German soldier stationed in Warsaw), was given a pass by his commanding officer that allowed him to enter the Warsaw Ghetto--a 1.36 square mile area into which 500,000 Jews had been packed. "There are some curious goings-on behind that wall," said the officer. "Take your [camera]...and bring back some photos of what you find." George did this, but the photographs he took have waited over five decades to see publication. Jewish scholar Rafael F. Scharf has collected these poignant, powerful images into a volume supplimented by excerpts from the diaries of Warsaw Ghetto Jews. The result is a book that brings the past to life with vivid and literally painful clarity. The Ghetto was deliberately created by the Nazis as a place for Jews to slowly died from hunger, cold and disease. (Georg's photos were taken a little less than a year before the death camps opened for large-scale business.) Every page is an portrait--in words or pictures--of people the reader knows almost certainly died before the war ended. It's impossible to look at these images without feeling a sense of loss on a purely human level. Old men, women, children, their faces gaunt with hunger, are seen still struggling to live a life of sorts, but it is clearly a struggle they are losing. IN THE WARSAW GHETTO is a reminder that every person who suffered and died under the Nazi regime was a fellow human being--that each and every one of those deaths was an ineffacable tragedy.

I'm very glad I purchased this beautiful book. The pictures inside are breathtaking and show the true essence of India: its colour, its poverty and that joy of life so typical of this wonderful country.

My congrats to the author.

All I can say is, WOW.

This book is a breathtaking spectacle of color, textures, emotions, and INTELLIGENCE. What I mean is, this just isn't a book of random photographs...these are exquisitely beautiful, intelligent photographs. The fact that the pictures have been taken in India makes it more exotic and adds a bit of spice to the already obvious mysticism.

I can't say I'm a professional at photograpgy, but even i can see the classiness of this piece of art. If you love photos, exotic cultures, or even a bit of sensitivity in photographs, this book is definitely a recommended buy.

Signing off,

Secret Agent Booker

This book has been reprinted several times since 1996 and now is available in hardcover for the first time. "Intimate Friends" features all of the most famous and popular Bel Ami models like, Johan, Lukas, & Ion Davidov. It's a beautifully designed book, with all of his handsome nude young men in living color. All of these models who appear in his videos plus prints are very handsome and in the prime of their life. I think Bel Ami has been a true pioneer in presenting us with some of the best looking European men ever to be photographed and published in America and worldwide. He enjoys an almost cult status now. If you're a fan of the Bel Ami stable of models be sure and have this wonderful book in your collection. We would all like to have "Intimate Friends" in our lives who are this handsome and beautiful. Highly Recommended!

The gorgeous Bel Ami guys are featured in this high quality artbook. All illustratiuons are in color on thick stock paper. Featuring your favorites Lukas and Johan.

This book does a great job explaining the complicated modern history of Ireland. No one side is made the hero, nor is one side made the villian. This is a rare un-biased history of Ireland and features not only great photo's but outstanding writing.

Unlike many of its predecessors, The Irish Century does not portray Ireland as an embattled war zone wrought in a conflict that has devoured its culture. Instead, through wonderful photographs, Michael MacCarthy Morrogh and Neil Jordan have brought to the surface a true vision of Ireland and the Irish. Through photos, the everyday life of the Irish has been beautifully preserved. This life, although at times characterized by poverty, tyranny, and war, nonetheless was filled with joy and hope. The sharp juxtaposition of an beautiful Irish wedding and the Eater Rebellion of 1916 speaks to this varried life of this, The Irish Century.