Berlin native Uta Barth (1958- ) now lives in Los Angeles, and is recognized as one of the most influential photographers in the contemporary art world. Illustrated with some 160 color photographs, th
Modern memory of the Civil War owes much to the lens of Mathew Brady, one of the most famous and paradoxical figures in American photography. During a career that spanned the 1840s to the 1890s, Mathe
This prize-winning book tells the intertwined stories of photography and the American West-a new medium and a new place that came of age together in the nineteenth century. "Excellent . . . rewarding
Cecil Beaton was one of the great twentieth-century tastemakers. A photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, he was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, theater
The book reproduces two hundred full-page duotones of Diane Arbus photographs spanning her entire career, many of them never before seen. It also includes an essay, "The Question of Belief," by Sandr
In Disappearing Witness, photographer and art historian Gretchen Garner chronicles the transformation, from the introduction of the 35-millimeter camera in the 1920s to the digital photography of tod
150 years of American photography come alive in this exciting new book, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examines this fascinating subject through a wide range of well kn
This book investigates the different cultural roles played by photographs of Indian architecture from the latter half of the nineteenth century, an inquiry stretching from their pre-history to their
Over the past 150 years, Japanese photographers have created an impressive body of work that ranges from dignified imperial portraits to sweeping urban panoramas, from early ethereal landscapes to mo
Covering a period of 60 years, this book presents 100-plus b&w photographs taken by African American photographer Grice. The photographs document segregated life in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Preceding
This installment in the acclaimed In Focus series examines the life and career of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), who is most recognized for her social documentary work during the Great Depression of the
Coinciding with the centennial of Ansel Adams' birth, this is a comprehensive biography of the renowned photographer. It takes us from the earthquake that broke his nose to the valley that shaped his
A lavish two-volume boxed set is a definitive catalogue of the artist's collection at the National Gallery of Art and is published to coincide with a major traveling exhibition.
William Henry Fox Talbot--a scientist, mathematician, author and artist--is credited with being the inventor of photography as we know it. In mid-1834 he began to experiment with light-sensitive chemi
Emmet Gowin has been taking aerial photographs of the landscape in the United States, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Asia, and the Middle East for more than twenty years. His growing body of work bears witn
