Individual Photographer category: 357 books
Flowers for Lisa
A Delirium of Photographic Invention
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Best known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white photographs of books, photographer Abelardo Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for Flowers for Lisa emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa,...
by Christopher Bonanos
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The first comprehensive biography of Weegee—photographer, “psychic,” ultimate New Yorker—from Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid.
Arthur Fellig’s ability to arrive at a crime scene just as the cops did was so uncanny that he renamed himself “Weegee,”...
Flash Photography Beginner Tips
Learn Photo Lighting, Flash For Cameras And All The Flash Photography Techniques You Need To Consistently Take Pictures With Proper Exposure
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Any professional photographer would understand how light is important to photography. The quality of every snapshot is judged by the light effects at play. Too much or too little light can ruin a pretty picture.
Flash photography is the art of using flash devices to balance the light requirements...
Element
The Photography Of Gerald Hill
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Award winning Black and White photographer Gerald Hill, in his book "ELEMENT" demonstrates the power and detail of fine art photography. For over thirty five years Gerald has been using the craft to make bold uncompromising statements about the way he sees the world around him. ELEMENT is a book to be...
Dancers Among Us
A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking—but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a construction...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The original, instant classic which set the world afire. The first book to introduce the phenomenon that is the life story and work of Vivian Maier.
A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian...
Curb Service
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Cruising nighttime byways for an adrenaline fix, Scot Sothern first patronized the marketplace of curbside prostitution surfing the prurient whims of a young man. He dove to the murky depths of sexual obsession and resurfaced five years later, shell-shocked and without excuse. While there, trusty...
by Slim Aarons
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This lavish fourth volume in Abrams’ Slim Aarons collection revels in this photographer’s decades-long love affair with Italy. From breathtaking aerials of the Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits of celebrities and high society taken in magnificent villas, Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita captures...
The Essence of Photography
Seeing and Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
There is a lot more to photography than simply picking up a camera, pointing it toward something, and tripping the shutter. Achieving a great photograph requires thought and preparation, an understanding of the photographic process, and a firm grasp of how light and composition affect a photo. There...
Compact Camera Fundamentals
An Introduction To Photography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Compact Camera Fundamentals: An Introduction To Photography is an eBook written specifically for the Point-And-Shoot (PAS) photographer. The book uses a multi-touch interactive approach - including videos, diagrams, graphs, charts, photographs, reference materials, and glossary - to explain...
by Leonard Bell
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
From journeys through various countries to New Zealand's transformation in the last half century, this is a riveting and comprehensive look at the work of photographer Marti Friedlander. Showing how this distinguished artist has not only recorded the places, events, and personalities of recent history,...
Light and Air
The Photography of Bayard Wootten
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolina's Bayard Wootten (1875-1959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, and the obscurity of a small-town upbringing to become the state's most significant early female photographer. This advocate of equality for women combined...
Snapdragon
The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Prior to Phil Stern's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered wartime memoir was discovered, stashed away in an old folio box in his cluttered Hollywood bungalow. Best remembered for his iconic images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK's inauguration, his remarkable service...
by Robert M. Levine
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In the early 1940s as the conflict between the Axis and the Allies spread worldwide, the U.S. State Department turned its attention to Axis influence in Latin America. As head of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, Nelson Rockefeller was charged with cultivating the region’s support for the Allies...