Classic Essays on Photography, Paperback - Alan Trachtenberg

Reducere. Containing 30 essays that embody the history of photography, this collection includes contributions fromNiepce, Daguerre, Fox, Talbot, Poe, Emerson...

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Reducere. Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism.One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in...

Reducere. Winner of the Charles C. Eldredge Prize In this book, Alan Trachtenberg reinterprets some of America's most significant photographs, presenting the...

Susan Sontag's 1997 text, On Photography, brought photographic theory into the university classroom with its staunch defence of the medium as art a...

Reducere. This volume rejects the notion that Islam's sacred text is error free and cannot be critically evaluated. The study of the Koran must develop and m...

In an era of social confusion and visual pandemonium, David Levi Strauss tackles issues of photography and politics in a way that few critics today...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Clement CherouxIllustration(s): 100 figuresNumber of pages: 288Collection: RIC BOOKS (Ryerson Image Centre Books...

Reducere. 'Art of seeing', as Jeremy Hooker exercises it in these essays written over some thirty years, consists of acts of attention to a range of poets an...

Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Alan W WattsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 198 x 14Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. Ben Long has spent his career as a photographer, teacher, and workshop leader, and his message has always been clear. If you want to become a bette...

Reducere. The cult phenomenon Battle Royale has been lauded as a masterpiece and decried as exploitative gore, but it's always remained in the public conscio...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): John TaggIllustration(s): 40 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2...

Articles covering important questions in the lyric poetry of Simonides of Keos.Illustrations: 2 b&wEditor(s): Lucia Prauscello

Reducere. This is a series of essays representing philosopher Alan Watts's most recent thinking on the astonishing problems of man's relations to his materia...

The city of Americus--seat of Sumter County, Georgia--has a rich past that stretches back hundreds of years. The people and events that shaped Amer...

DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild a selection of the masterful investigative reporting that made Krakauer famous...

Last season, Seagull Books published the first three volumes in a new series collecting essays and interviews by the late French thinker Roland Bar...

Reducere. Magie si superstitie la evrei. Un studiu asupra religiei populare Lucrare de doctorat a rabinului Joshua Trachtenberg (1904-1959) si probabil cea m...

A deeper look at the creativity, art, expression, craft, and philosophy of landscape photography. More Than a Rock, 2nd Edition is a passionate and...

First developed during WW2, the Trachtenberg speed system makes possible high-speed arithmetical calcula tions with a remarkable degree of accuracy...

DescriptionSigmund Freud famously declared that 'every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance.' For Nicholas M...

The eight essays in Beauty in Photography provide a critical appreciation of photography by one of its foremost proponents. The result is a rare bo...

Considers the hand-made photographic process in its entirety, showing the reader how to make box-cameras, lenses, paper negatives and salt prints, ...

Publisher: ApertureAuthor(s): Sunil GuptaIllustration(s): 20 halftone imagesNumber of pages: 224Collection: Aperture IdeasPublication date: 2022Dim...

Reducere. The most complete Bible study guide on the Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life.It's a Wonderful Life is one of the most popular and heart-warm...

DescriptionFrom "a genuine American Dostoevsky" (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship,...

Like its highly acclaimed companions, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature, this edition is a prime for ...

Reducere. Natural philosopher and rugged poet Henry David Thoreau has inspired many generations through Thoreau's popular essays included here: Civil Disobed...

All you need to know about owning a classic car but were afraid to askPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Alan AndersonIllustration(s): 143 ...

Reducere. "The results of his monochromatic efforts are staggering, and blow almost all other architectural photography out the water." --It's Nice That LA i...

Alan Jacobs is fond of the essay because it lets a writer do something that more formal pieces of writing cannot: follow the "vagaries of the mind,...

A fully-illustrated pocket-sized guide to 75 of the greatest bikes from all over the world, from Hondas to Harley-Davidsons. with stunning cut-out ...

This new photo album, one of first in the MMPBooks/Stratus "Camera On" series, contains 200+ photos of the Battle for Dunkirk - from the German per...

The UK number one hardback bestseller from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty: a magnificent, century-spanning saga about a ...

A collection of essays from Colquhoun's career in architectural theory.Publisher: Black Dog PressAuthor(s): Alan ColquhounIllustration(s): 180 b/w ...

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Publisher: OXBRIDGE PORTFOLIOAuthor(s): TIM RAWLEPublication date: 2018Dimensions: 269 x 241 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii ...

DescriptionA set of bold theoretical reflections on how the social photo has remade our world. With the rise of the smart phone and social media, c...

At the apex of the Civil Rights movement in America a young man from New Jersey was deployed to fight in our nation's first fully integrated war. A...

Reducere. Aceasta carte face parte din colectia Cultura si civilizatie a editurii Herald si constituie o explorare desavarsita si complet fascinanta a unor f...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): M MontaigneNumber of pages: 656Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 204 x 57Cover type: HardbackRed...

An engaging, humane, funny and unforgettable record of life according to Alan Bennett - in this his third collection of diaries from 2005-2015. A }...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Carole HillenbrandIllustration(s): 36 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber...

Reducere. Natural philosopher and rugged poet Henry David Thoreau has inspired many generations through Thoreau's popular essays included here: Civil Disobed...

Reducere. Science is no quiet life. Imagination, creativity, ambition, and conflict are as vital and abundant in science as in artistic endeavors. In this co...

DescriptionIn The Photography Workshop Series, Aperture Foundation works with the world's top photographers to distill their creative approaches, t...

Reducere. In the rolling fields of rural Minnesota lies a sanctuary where unwanted foxes find refuge. Founded in 2017 by fox expert Mikayla Raines, Save a Fo...

The essential collection of pin-ups from photographer Robert Alvarado. He subtly combines color, form, and style to create an allure that captivate...