Jag var avdelningschef på ett internationellt företag när ett uppköp av en konkurrent presenterades. Vi anade verkligen inte vilket monster som lurade bakom hörnet när ett år av omorganisationer, uppsägningar och konflikter inleddes. När det var dags för julledigt hade oredan tagit ut sin rätt, jag blev sjukskriven med…
A comprehensive introduction to the styles and techniques of portrait photography.
Through simple projects on subjects such as ’Making Self-Portraits’ and ’Capturing Personal Moments’ as well as captivating profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed photographers, Cian Oba-Smith and Max…
Kategorier: Fattigdom och arbetslöshet Fotoböcker Fotografi Konst Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Särskilda fotografer Sociala och etiska frågor
I pengarnas mellanrum – tiden, erfarenheterna, perspektiven – är en fotobok som speglar ett aktuellt samhällsproblem. Lisbeth Sandvall, konstnär och forskare, har intervjuat olika personer om deras vägar in i och ut ur ekonomiska svårigheter. Med hjälp av sina foton i ett konceptfotografiskt arbetssätt…
SPIMBY, en akronym. Street Photography In My Back Yard, eller på svenska, Gatufoto på min bakgård.
Jag åker inte iväg för att fotografera, det fungerar inte för mig. Om jag reser någonstans så blir jag omedelbart turistfotograf, men när jag rör mig i mina bekanta kvarter, då blir jag gatufotograf. Ibland har jag tur,…
In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a legitimate medium, equal in status to painting and sculpture. This book provides an introduction to the extraordinary range of…
An irresistible anthology of photography’s greatest and most famous images.
PhotoBox presents a collection of 250 photographs by 200 of the world’s most prominent photographers, ranging from legendary masters to contemporary stars, in a compact paperback format. Photographers include Ansel Adams, Richard…
A visually stunning, intimate photographic tour of Pompeii’s spaces, including many that have never been seen by the public.
Pompeii, one of the most astonishing and well-preserved sites of classical antiquity, is also one of the world’s most visited architectural sites. This lavish volume takes readers on…
The perfect primer on the surrealist writer and photographer Claude Cahun.
Claude Cahun (1894-1954), the chosen name of the artist born Lucy Schwob, was best known in her lifetime as a writer but built up a remarkable body of photographic work that only came to prominence after her death.
Politically active and…
A new, revolutionary history of photography from a stellar team of writers and thinkers that challenges all existing narratives by focusing on the complex collaborations between photographer and subject.
Led by five of the great thinkers and practitioners in photography, and including texts by over 100 writers,…
Published to coincide with the release of the film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a biography described by the Sunday Times as ’a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit.’
Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one of life’s…
The coronation of George VI on 12 May 1937 was one of the biggest media events of the interwar period. While other photographers focused on the new King, his family and the ceremonial splendour of the day, Henri Cartier-Bresson turned his lens on the crowds that gathered in the streets of London to watch the pageantry.…
Kategorier: Antologier Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Fotoböcker Fotografi Fotoutrustning och fototeknik Konst Särskilda fotografer
Motivet känns orimligt, men det ser verkligt ut. Det är precis det fotosurrealism går ut på. Att skapa magiska världar som förenar fantasi och verklighet. Där ingenting är omöjligt.
Den här boken tar dig med på en spännande resa tillsammans med sju mästare inom fotomanipulation och fotosurrealism.
Förbered dig på en…
For centuries Antarctica has captured the imagination of explorers, scientists and armchair travellers. Its starkly beautiful landscape, extraordinary wildlife and harsh climate only begin to suggest the wonders of the world’s least understood continent.
Intrigued by a part of the planet vividly described in the…
Like Beale Street in Memphis and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Lower Broadway was the heart of the country music scene in Nashville, the place where locals could rub elbows with stars and impromptu jam sessions could last late into the night. But after the Grand Ole Opry moved out of the Ryman Auditorium in the 1970s,…
Photography – A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category ’Queer’. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the diverse ways the medium has been used to fashion…
Kategorier: Fotografi Historia Historia och arkeologi Konst Militärhistoria Militärhistoria: konflikter efter andra världskriget Särskilda krig och fälttåg
”Magiska och inte sällan skrämmande svartvita bilder” Lars Wilderäng
”Inte ens i döden får vi vila.” Mannen muttrar orden när han borstar av jord från sin mammas gravsten på kyrkogården i Kramatorsk i östra Ukraina. Under ett decennium har fotografen Anders Hansson dokumenterat konflikten i…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: sport Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Fotoböcker Fotografi Hästsport och annan djursport Konst Ridning, hoppning och dressyr Självbiografi: sport Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
This is the fascinating story of Swedish equestrian and Olympic medallist Peder Fredricson and his winding road to success. As a five-year-old he was riding on free rein in the Swedish forests and from then on everything was about horses. He worked as a groom for the best equestrians in the world, lived on next to…
“Far Near” is a visual roadtrip to the far geographical corners of Europe and to its very center. The four corners are Iceland to the north west, the northern Ural mountains to the north east, the Caucasus to the south east and Portugal to the south west. Beyond these regions it is no longer Europe.
Jens Olof Lasthein…
Till fots i Flästa och Arbrå. En dokumentation i text och bild av hälsingebyn Flästa med omgivningar. Texter och bilder av Karina Lundgren och Lasse Arvidsson.
Kategorier: Fotoböcker Fotografi Konst Livsstil, hobby och fritid Människor och platser Resor och platser
I den här spännande visuella tidsresan går historien och nuet hand i hand.
Gamla unika arkivbilder får sällskap av nytagna bilder på samma plats. Karl Kadhammar har utvecklat det här samspelet på sin Instagramsida i många år, nu gör han en efterlängtad bok med sina allra bästa kombinationer. Det finns alltid något…
Punken. Förorten. Samhället. Närvaro. Alienation. Explosion. Ebba Grön. Tant Strul. Grisen skriker. Imperiet.
Vi skränar. Manglar på elgitarrerna och gör låtar med två ackord, ropar vad vi känner och tänker. Gör narr av samhället, ser teatern, rädslan för att vara annorlunda, skammen och homofobin. Vi ser hierarkierna,…
’Exuberantly entertaining’ NYT Book Review’Mark Braude’s writing and subject make this book irresistible, as was Kiki herself.’ Jim Jarmusch’A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously-researched romp of a book, Kiki Man Ray brings to life not just the kaleidoscopically talented…
Puerto Rico Mio is an extraordinary collection from two series of photographs: the first taken when Delano first went to Puerto Rico with the Farm Security Administration in 1941-42 and the second when he re-photographed those same places in the 1980s.
Witness in Our Time traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-nine of the genre’s best photographers, editors and curators, showing how the profession remains vital, innovative and committed to social change. The second edition includes a new section of interviews on…
In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own, distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to fans around the world.
Featuring behind-the-scenes…
The latest title in the bestselling You Will Be Able To series, this straightforward and inspirational guide will teach you how to take stunning photos on any device
I Privat natur utforskar Jens Assur vad som sker med människan när hon är i naturen, och vilka spår hon lämnar efter sig. Det handlar om naturens storslagenhet och vår egen litenhet, våra förmågor och våra brister. Vad händer med oss när vi lever långt från de naturliga elementen, och när vi närmar oss dem på nytt? I…
Ghost signs hold the secrets of businesses and products that vanished decades ago. Clues to our jobs, schools, places of worship, cafés, and concert halls are hidden in their stories. New York City’s neighborhoods, from 14th Street to its northernmost point, contain scores of timeworn ads that have improbably…
Welcome to the fantasy-made-flesh that is Jamie Mahon’s imagination. Weaving together sublime locations, superb photography, and striking models, this award-winning photographer has created true artwork of the alternative subculture. He and a clique of extraordinary creators have labored to produce images of beautiful…
In good times and bad, our best friends are there for support, therapy, and unconditional love. Especially now—where would we be without our dogs? Although the so-called modernists of Palm Springs embrace the serenity of life in post-WWII America, the sometimes-harsh realities of contemporary life are impossible to…
Recover the stories of long-overlooked American women who, at a time when women rarely worked outside the home, became commercial photographers and shaped the new, challenging medium. Covering two generations of photographers ranging from New York City to California’s mining districts, this study goes beyond a broad…
This fascinating lexicon examines the quixotic architectural expressions
found on select mid-20th-century modern commercial
buildings in South Florida. Showcasing the work of 13 noted architects from Miami Beach to Fort
Lauderdale, it highlights the playful decorative details
and gestures—swooping overhangs,…
New York is filled with forsaken buildings, each ravaged by the exploits of modernization, each having fascinating histories. This photographic essay explores over 40 of the most evocative abandoned sites in the Empire State and puts their individual stories in the larger context of New York’s historical legacy.…
This photographic tour of Carlisle and its surrounding communities captures the beauty of its architecture, monuments, and gardens throughout the four seasons. More than 200 color images trace the town’s founding and the events that shaped it. Meet historical figures with ties to the town, including James Wilson, a…
Finally, a book that takes you beyond the beautiful Art Deco buildings of Miami’s South Beach to the glamorous twenty-first century people who build them, work in them, love and live in them. These beautiful people come to South Florida from all over the world, yet they share a surprisingly consistent vision of…