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Shoot Shoot Peter Brew-Bevan This is a very personal selection of approximately 47 celebrity photographic portraits taken by Peter Brew-Bevan. The book begins with introduction which outlines Peter Brew-Bevan's career as both f… OL11878621W
Working stiffs Working stiffs Michael L Carlebach "The tintype, patented in 1856, was a cheap, fast, easy-to-make, practically indestructible type of photograph that became enormously popular among the working class in the late nineteenth century. F… OL12036054W
You look beautiful like that You look beautiful like that Michelle Lamuniere,Sidibe Malick,Seydou Keita,Malick Sidibe,Michelle Lamunière "Seydou Keita and Malick Sidibe, two commercial photographers from Mali, took mesmerizing portraits in Bamako, the capital, during the period before and after the country achieved independence from F… OL12350361W
Kaboul Kaboul Ahmet Sel When the Taliban fell in Afghanistan, Turkish-born French photographer Ahmet Sel settled into Kabul for three months to shoot portraits. At first he left his camera in his room because he didn’t want… OL12889625W
Hashem El Madani Hashem El Madani Karl Bassil,Zaatari, Akram,Le Feuvre, Lisa,Sara El Nusairi Hashem El Madani set up his first studio in his parents’ living room in 1948. In 1953, as his business grew, he moved to a modern space on the first floor of the prestigious Shehrazade building, whic… OL13536964W
50 Lighting Setups for Portrait Photographers 50 Lighting Setups for Portrait Photographers Steven H Begleiter This cookbook-style guide to portrait lighting contains all the ingredients necessary for a successful photo shoot. With 60 two-page spreads highlighting the techniques used to create stunning portra… OL15188448W
Fall River boys Fall River boys Richard Renaldi "In the spring of 2000, Richard Renaldi began making frequent trips to the small New England city of Fall River, Massachusetts. Situated just a short distance from the Atlantic coast, Fall River was … OL15451468W
Focus on digital portrait photography Focus on digital portrait photography Jenni Bidner "A basic digital portrait photography guide, including techniques and equipment information"-- OL16528605W
Dawoud Bey Dawoud Bey Dawoud Bey,Matthew S. Witkovsky,Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts "In 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading Harlem U.S.A., the exhibition offered a young artist's vision o… OL16558449W
The best of Leifer The best of Leifer Neil Leifer "The art of action photography and portraiture is displayed in this stunning collection of Neil Leifer's best color and black-and-white images. Covering subjects from sports to politics and from cele… OL18604171W
Beat Beat Christopher Felver A collection of images, text, ephemera, artifacts, and reminiscence celebrates the creative spirit and joyous antics of the men and women known as the Beat Generation. Spotlighted are Hunter S. Thom… OL1875144W
Diane Arbus Diane Arbus Marvin Israel A collection of eighty photographs edited by painter Marvin Israel. Reprinted in a fortieth anniversary edition. OL1883046W
#girlgaze: How Girls See the World #girlgaze: How Girls See the World Amanda de Cadenet 271 pages : 27 cm OL19550396W
It's complicated It's complicated Robin Bowman Robin Bowman's five-year journey into the heart of teenage America created a series of 414 "collaborative portraits." wherein she shares her discoveries of a generation now coming of age. In searing … OL19667024W
The dramatic portrait The dramatic portrait Chris Knight ix, 229 pages : 26 cm OL19715229W
The unseen eye The unseen eye W. M. Hunt,William A. Ewing "... collection of photographs assembled around a particular theme: in each image, the gaze of the subject is averted, the face obscured or the eyes firmly closed. The pictures present a catalog of a… OL19951086W
Secrets of great portrait photography Secrets of great portrait photography Brian Smith Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith's "12-step program" to great portrait photography. OL19960043W
Short cuts Short cuts Thomas Fuesser The first intimate visual documentation of artists who have influenced and transformed the Chinese art scene over the last two decades. Since 1993, photographer Thomas Fuesser has developed close and… OL19972874W
Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo Gisèle Freund "In 1950, photographer Gisèle Freund embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn't leave until two years later. There she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed int… OL20002413W
Blue Note Blue Note Francis Wolff One hundred of the musicians who defined the premier jazz label are celebrated in photographs taken from 1948-1969 by Wolff. Each photograph is identified by subject, session or album being cut, and … OL20016265W
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