James Mollison''s photo projects are based on smart, original concepts applied to serious social and environmental themes. For his latest book, Playground, Mollison has photographed children at play i
David Wojnarowicz''s use of photography, often done in conjunction with writing or painting, was extraordinary―as was his way of addressing the AIDS crisis and issues of censorship and homophobia. Bru
"Photography Changes Everything" offers a provocative rethinking of photography''s impact on our culture and our daily lives. Compiling hundreds of images and responses from leading authorities on pho
Goldin charts the loss of innocence through barrooms and parties on the social periphery of New York''s East Village and through the harrowing worlds of drugs and prostitution. The Ballad of Sexual De
Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World offers a timely and critical reconsideration of Erwitt’s unparalleled life as a photographer. Produced alongside a major retrospective exhibition, the book featur
In Radiant Identities, photographer Jock Sturges explores issues of youth and the liberation of body and spirit. These unforgettable images are made from his own circle of acquaintances and family;
The photographs of Jock Sturges are the record of people he cherishes: mothers and daughters, friends, children. Before his 8 x 10 camera, they show their relationship not only to one another, but also of the inner self to the world. Magical in their detail, these images are a collaboration of trust and admiration between artist and subject. Jayne Anne Phillips's compelling prose both illuminates the photographs and explores the unending sensuality and complexity of the bond between mother and child.Whether photographing on naturist beaches in the south of France, in the communes of northern California, or in the affluent, East Coast summer resort of Block Island, Jock Sturges is at home with his subjects. Many of them are families with whom he has deep ties and whom he photographs as they are, clothed or nude, revealing the iconography of family affection. Each summer Sturges returns to visit the friends whose uninhibited grace, warmth, and beauty he so lyrically captures. He is now m
Diana Markosian’s Santa Barbara brings together staged scenes, film stills, and family pictures in an innovative and compelling hybrid of personal and documentary storytelling.In 1996, following the c
Aimed at children between the ages of nine and twelve, Seeing Things is a wonderful introduction to photography that asks how photographers transform ordinary things into meaningful moments. In this b
Photographs, selected essays, and reviews by Robert AdamsThis critically acclaimed work brings us a new selection of poignant essays by master photographer Robert Adams. In this volume, Adams evinces
Imagined as a sequel to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible by Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen, The Last Testament features visual accounts and stories of seven men around the world who claim
