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NYC Pet Project: A Collection of Portaits and Letters from the Heart
Published in Hardcover by Bookworld Services (December, 2002)
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What an Amazing Book!
Great coffee table book for a great cause!I strongly recommend this book to anyone who's remotely a pet lover, the letters people write to their pets are unbelievable. The book covers such an amazing range of people -- from celebrities to everyday families to the homeless guys with their pet rat -- their letter is particularly touching... If you're looking for a great gift that's also helping a great cause, this book is IT! And, the photography is absolutely amazing!!
Open All Night
Published in Paperback by Penguin USA (Paper) (August, 1996)
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Bold. Un-quaint. Superb.Miller knows his subjects (the people) and his subject (their desperation) with a clarity and fearlessness that most people would prefer to avoid. Viewing his photographs are no easier a task than living wholly and honestly. Skinheads, speedfreaks, Tenderloin whores, friends and neighbors. Lucid, terrifying, and ultimately beautiful photographs from a man of the same qualities.
Wonderful!The black and white photographs in this volume are strikingly beautiful, achingly poignant, and gritty at the same time. Unflinching, honest portraits of the darker side...
Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003
Published in Hardcover by Trolley (01 September, 2003)
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"Most Disturbing Work in English"Photojournalist Stanley Green's "Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003" has recently appeared, arguably the most disturbing work ever to be published in English about the two Chechen wars, with haunting text to accompany pictures that should become as indelible in the mind as the photos of Hiroshima or Vietnam.
From "Escaping the Chechen Quagmire" www.rferl.org/reports/ucs 16 December 2003
Beautiful and Amazing picturesThis book is a must for everyone who is interested in the War against Chechnya. Pictures in this book, though not graphic, are very powerful. What the Russians are trying to hide, Stanley Greene exposes it and with class. It is going to be a classic.
Pablo Cabado: Laminares: Illustratives: Cuba the 90s
Published in Hardcover by La Marca (15 July, 2002)
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The photographs of Pablo CabadoCuba may be the size of the proverbial postage stamp, but that certainly does not curtail the media fascination with all things Cuban. Most photographs of the island depict a country lost in a 1950s time warp with its art deco colors and automobiles held together by spit and wire. There is another side, of course, just as there is in most regions, but it is a picture rarely seen in the west. Photographer Pablo Cabado has seen the soul of Cuba, however, and his photos are that of an outsider (he lives in Argentina) who is not afraid to search for the truth. Without the colors to distract our attention, the black and white photos cannot help but draw us to the subjects, the ordinary people who are at the heart of Cuba.
Cabado at lastPablo Cabado is one of the great cotemporary photographers to choose Cuba as subject.This book is at last the first document from a serious photographer who along Ernesto Bazan will reach an outstanding recognition among photographic historians.
The Passion Play 2000: Oberammergau
Published in Hardcover by Prestel USA (June, 2000)
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Passion Play Pilgrim's ReviewMy huband and I were privileged to attend the Passion Play in Oberammergau last month. I saw this book at the shop across from the theater before the performance, but I did not purchase it because I thought it would be too heavy to carry in my suitcase on the rest of our European tour. After seeing the live Passion Play, I went back to the shop to purchase this book because it really captured both the history and performance of the "2000 Passionspiele." The only thing I regret is that they did not include a CD of the music that accompanied this incredible drama.
Spectacular Photography of a truly extraordinary playIf you do not have a chance to go to Germany this summer and see the passion play, this book is your one chance at a glimpse of a great tradition. This wonderful work, put on every ten years for the past 400, is the product of a small village in Germany where the locals play the parts of Christ's passion. The phtography captures as best as is possible the beauty and craftmanship of the production. "Passion" easily refers here to both the trails of Christ's earthly journey as well as the effort and style of the performers' work. The book is a very well done look at a play which is simply inspiring as good art really is.
Patrick Demarchelier
Published in Paperback by te Neues Publishing Company (June, 2000)
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BeautifulThis depicts some of what we know and expect of Mr. Demarchelier. His ability to capture so much in a photograph, in a look, is what makes him so incredible as an artist. If you are a fan of his work, this work should be part of your collection.
Breathtaking in Black & WhiteBeatiful, elegant, anything but simple. This is visual overload. Every picture in this book is more amazing than the previous. Buy this book right now.
PhotoHistorica, Landmarks in Photography: Rare Images From the Collection of the Royal Photographic Society
Published in Hardcover by Artisan (02 October, 2000)
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Even the most jaded browser of photographic history collections will covet this handsomely produced volume of superb images from the 1840s to the 1950s. Organized loosely by subject matter (portraiture, social documentary, nature and science, travel), PhotoHistorica contains more than 300 images by the likes of Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Stieglitz, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Roger Fenton, and Edward Steichen. But the most intriguing aspect of this book, drawn from the collection of an organization founded by amateur photographers in mid-19th-century London, is its inclusion of unusual prints known only to specialists. A full page is devoted to an anonymous turn-of-the-century photographer's image of hairs on the wing of a house fly, a mesmerizing abstract pattern of tapering black shapes. German photographer Heinrich Kühn imbued a 1905 view of three women in peasant dress trudging up a sand dune in the midday sun with a timeless, iconic quality. The luminous effects possible in black-and-white photography of the era produced sensual depictions of nudes and moody landscape views, both rural and urban. During the same period, the Autochrome process--color transparencies on glass--yielded brilliant effects that look startlingly modern.
The "Art" and "Nudes and Fashion" sections contain some images we now view as kitsch, including Fred Holland Day's earnest photograph of himself as Jesus on the cross and Annie Brigman's outdoor shot of a nude boy with a wood sprite's antennae who ponders a symbolic glass globe. But the book, with helpful commentary by Pam Roberts, curator of the collection, chooses to embrace the spirit of wonder that suffused photography in its first century. And it's almost impossible to resist. --Cathy Curtis
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The Finest Book of British Photography!Review Summary: This book deserves more than five stars for ravishing reproductions of the finest British photographs drawn for the remarkable collection of The Royal Photographic Society. While more than 70 percent of the collection comes from its members, you will also find outstanding works by many American photographers whose works have been added to the collection. The quality of this book is superb from its essays about the history of photography to discussions of how various methods evolved. If you only plan to own one book of British photography, this is the one to have!
Viewer Caution: The book contains many nude images that would cause the material to exceed what would cause a motion picture to earn an R rating.
Review: The successor to The Royal Photographic Society was founded as The Photographic Society of London in 1853. The Society's collection now contains over 270,000 images dating from 1826 to the present day. This volume contains representative examples of the best of the collection, drawn both from the ranks of the famous and the little known. Some of these photographs are published for the first time in this volume. Although containing works that will delight the most sophisticated, the images are chosen to be appealing to those who know little about photography as well.
The book is organized around photography as portaiture, social documentary, domestic family uses, nature and science applications, artistic images, nudes, fashion, landscapes, architecture, and travel. Each section begins with a superb, easy-to-understand historical perspective on the subject matter that traces the developments and the roles of key photographers.
The pages are very large, and the book's design maximizes the opportunity to create either large images or use lots of white space to show each image at its best. Many of the effects are very subtle, and the reproductions capture these elements well.
Anyone who has always wanted to know the differences among Daguerrotypes, calotypes, albumen prints, wet collodion positives, and platinum prints will find both the introductory essay and the appendix on processes to be invaluable and easy to understand.
Contrary to my usual practice, I will not list my favorite images in the book. I was enthralled with almost all of them! If you are like me, you will find the faces, compositions, and moods of these works to be especially strong.
This is one of the five best photography books it has been my pleasure to read and view.
After you finish enjoying this wonderful look at the past world, imagine how you would want to photograph the future for us all. What images would be in it? Who would be in those images? What stories would they tell? How can you help make all this happen?
Create the illustrated story of your life by imaging it first in your mind!
A collection of images selected for their visual impactPhotohistorica packs in rare photographic images from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society, packing in over three hundred color and duotone photos in all subject areas in a history of the medium. Photohistorica isn't intended to be the usual photographic reference book, but a collection of images selected for their visual impact and long-standing importance. Rare works and unique images abound. Should be an art library's mainstay.
Poetics of Place : Photographs by Lynn Geesaman
Published in Hardcover by Aperture (01 April, 1999)
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Get the book if you can't see her work in personI have this book-got it at her exhibit a few years ago here in Chicago. Her photographic style is of a dreamlike quality, and while her exact method of producing her photos remains a secret, the results are breathtaking. If you can't get to one of her shows, then at least buy the book - it makes you want to escape to these lovely garden settings. One of the better scenic photographers I've seen in a while.
A book that you'll read many times, seeing something new inBlack & white images of gardens from around the world. Some gardens well know, some not, but all captured in a style only this photographer brings to the world. A book that deserves to be placed where everyone can see and look through it. A book that you'll read many times, seeing something new in each photograph every time.
Postcards: 50 Postcards from the book magnum
Published in Cards by Phaidon Press Inc. (2000)
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A Great Teaching ToolThe cards are not only beautiful, but are very fine teaching aids. I use them as writing prompts for upper elementary and middle school kids, and they would work for adults as well. I've also used them in teaching English as a Second Language. It is nice to have interesting images to discuss, in any language. And, of course, they are excellent for art classes -- for discussions of line, shape, foreground, background, movement, focal point, etc. Oh, one more thing I use them for. My kids pick one a night, and we make up stories about what we see, or imagine we see, in the card -- where it might be, what the people might be doing, or some such flight of imagination. In short, this excellent set is a very versatile communication tool.
love it!I have a bunch of the postcards from this collection hanging on the wall of my apartment. They are beautiful and striking - mini works of art! The postcards are square shaped and on high quality paper. They come in a funky metal tin. This collection is a really good value either as decor or to actually send the postcards. It would make a great gift. It is a well-edited collection of images from around the world which I highly recommend.
Seeing Is Believing
Published in Hardcover by Arena Editions (September, 1998)
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Best described as an artist who uses a camera, Vik Muniz blurs the lines between painting, sculpture, and photography. He has made a number of different series of photographs in which he constructs images--often portraits--out of materials such as sugar, chocolate syrup, and thread.In another series, he drew famous images (using his aforementioned nontraditional media), like the photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon, from memory. Muniz plays freely in the field of representation. And through his work, viewers witness the complicated separation between a real image that seems definitely to exist somewhere, and the means by which Muniz achieves a representation of that image--first re-creating it, then making a photograph. He writes that "illusion becomes a way to improve our understanding of what reality is and humor becomes a subject for serious investigation." By setting up images that aim to unsettle viewers' perceptual faculties as a way of expanding understanding, and stimulating discovery, Muniz takes part in a trend in image-making that includes artists such as Gerhard Richter, Richard Artschwager, and Thomas Demand.
Published alongside his solo exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York, Seeing Is Believing is the first monograph on Vik Muniz. The reproduction of the images on heavy, creamy paper is of exceptional quality, indicative of its publisher, Arena Editions. And the book includes two essays, one by Charles Ashley Stainback and the other by Mark Alice Durant, as well as a dialogue between Muniz and Stainback. --Loren E. Baldwin
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Or not believingThis book is a fantastic documentation of some of Muniz' work (before his recent piece in the Whitney, which enlarges photographs of reproductions in dust of some major Whitney installations and their galleries). Most amazing, for me, were the thread-versions of well-known drawings, where thread substitutes for ink; and the reproductions from memory of a series of famous photos -- something like a graphic version of Sophie Calle's display of the Gardner museum guards' descriptions of the stolen paintings. Alas that it should be so hard to find.
Seeing is BelievingThrough playfullness, ambiguity, and our trust in photography as a purveyor of ultimate truth, Muniz's photographs question not only the nature of photographic reality but the reality of images themselves. The commentary in the book from co-authors and artist is excellent and further helps in understanding the work and the conceptual ideas behind it. Muniz's photographs are not only conceptually intriguing but are also aesthetically just beautiful to look at as well. Most of the plates are full page reproductions with a few smaller plates from earlier work. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in photography.
Kudos to the publishers! I'm looking forward to more "great things" from "Great Books Publishing"
This is the perfect gift for all the pet lovers in your life.