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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
River of Shadows	Rebecca Solnit	An original telling of the story of Eadweard Muybridge, who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically, thus making movies possible. Solnit uses the story of Muybridge as a len…	OL12444W
Conversations with cinematographers	David A. Ellis	This book contains interviews with cinematographers (directors of photography) and camera oprators. They include Jack Cardiff (African Queen) Douglas Slocombe (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Anthony Do…	OL15981228W
The inventor and the tycoon	Edward Ball	From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, this book is the riveting true story of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who buil…	OL16664530W
Short nights of the Shadow Catcher	Timothy Egan	How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prizewinning writer Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famous photographs in Native …	OL16681748W
Capturing the Light	Roger Watson,Helen Rappaport	An intimate look at the journeys of two men -- a gentleman scientist and a visionary artist -- as they struggled to capture the world around them, and in the process invented modern photography. Duri…	OL16811574W
Wildflower	Mark Seal	Vanity Fair" contributing editor Seal tells the mesmerizing story of the captivating life and shocking death of world-renowned naturalist Joan Root.	OL18183390W
The Tastemaker	Edward White	"A revealing biography of the influential and controversial cultural titan who embodied an era"--	OL19706536W
Flash	Christopher Bonanos	Arthur Fellig-- Weegee-- documented crime scenes better than any other photographer. While documenting the crime, grit, and complex humanity of midcentury New York City, he lived a life just as wort…	OL19748880W
Master of ceremonies	Joel Grey	"Joel Grey, the Academy Award-winning master of ceremonies in Cabaret, finally tells his remarkable life story. Born Joel David Katz to a wild and woolly Jewish-American family in 1930's Cleveland, J…	OL20026352W
Robert Mapplethorpe	Frances Terpak	"This publication will provide an overview of the most extensive collection of primary material existing on Robert Mapplethorpe's entire practice, including the work he produced before turning to pho…	OL20029515W
My life in focus	Gianni Bozzacchi	In My Life in Focus, Bozzacchi traces his journey from humble beginnings to the sphere of the rich and famous. As a child, he cultivated his skills by working with his father -- a photographer for th…	OL20050721W
Undercover girl	Lisa E. Davis	viii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm	OL20055753W
Linda McCartney	Danny Fields	"When Danny Fields first met Linda Eastman in 1966 they were both part of the struggling and largely ignored rock music press. She was an aspiring photographer, raised in a wealthy New York family, o…	OL222884W
Stranger passing	Joel Sternfeld	Accompanied by text from Ian Frazier and Douglas R. Nickel, this collection functions as an in-depth look into the breadth and growth of Sternfeld's art.	OL3258222W
Walker Evans	Walker Evans,Jeff L. Rosenheim,Douglas Eklund,Mia Fineman,Maria Morris Hambourg	"In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to take photographs for The Crime of Cuba, a book by the American journalist Carleton Beals. Beals's explicit goal was to expose the corruption of Cuban dictat…	OL35160W
Diane Arbus	Diane Arbus	"Published just after her untimely death in 1971, this book--whether or not aided by the artist's notoriety--has achieved massive sales for a volume of such uncompromising photographs. Edited by Doon…	OL3540517W
Partners with the sun	Harvey S. Teal	"Partners with the Sun recounts the history of the men and women who captured a century of South Carolina images, from photography's introduction in the state through 1940. Beginning with William H. …	OL4175585W
The Illuminating Mind in American Photography:	David P. Peeler	"The Illuminating Mind in American Photography looks at the ideas, images and lives of four major twentieth century American photographers: Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Paul Strand (1890-1976), Edwa…	OL5266744W
I and eye	Simon, Peter	"The causes, celebrities, and defining moments of the baby boomer generation have all been captured by Peter Simon's camera in the course of his journey from the 1960s into the new millennium. Love-…	OL7020859W
Margrethe Mather and Edward Weston	Beth Gates Warren	"Margrethe Mather has been remembered mostly through the commentary of fellow photographer Edward Weston, who referred to her as "the first important person" in his life. In fact, Mather was probably…	OL8061578W