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Photography: A Concise History (World of Art)Photography: A Concise History (World of Art)
Best Price: $6.95
Here at last is a concise critical history of photography which explains by what criteria we can...
Colorful WorldColorful World
Best Price: $15.04
Throughout time man has used color to enhance himself and the world around him. Colorful World...
Magnum MagnumMagnum Magnum
Best Price: $25.12
One of the best book ever. I only wish I bought the hard cover instead of the paperback. The...
The Islands of IrelandThe Islands of Ireland
Best Price: $28.73
A profusely illustrated, revelatory tour of Ireland's little-known islands. Ireland has...
Living AfricaLiving Africa
Best Price: $23.95
Before it's all over, I may have to buy every Steve Bloom book out there. I first bought...


Magnum IrelandMagnum Ireland
Best Price: $37.40
Magnum, a name synonymous with upper echelon of documentary photography. Just a mention of the...
Sean Scully: Walls of AranSean Scully: Walls of Aran
Best Price: $23.99
Sean Scully's photographs, with their horizontal and vertical shards of limestone, echo his...
Street Photography NowStreet Photography Now
Best Price: $81.00
This is a very disappointing representation of what street photography currently is like. It...
Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the PastAfterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past
Best Price: $30.95
Shows the possibility for contemporary photography to question events, to connect us emotionally...
Time PassesTime Passes
Best Price: $29.08
At first glance, "Time Passes" looks like a repeat of "West from the...


Scenery for the Theatre: The Organization, Processes, Materials, and Techniques Used to Set the StageScenery for the Theatre: The Organization, Processes, Materials, and Techniques Used to Set the Stage
Best Price: $263.60
This book is nothing but the "Bible". Parker Smith (Wolf?) and Burris-Meyer...
Color Photography: A Working ManualColor Photography: A Working Manual
Best Price: $44.99
This guide to photographing and processing in colour starts with an historical overview and...
Three Seconds from Eternity: PhotographsThree Seconds from Eternity: PhotographsThe Little Digital Camera BookThe Little Digital Camera Book
Best Price: $16.76
If you were lucky enough to receive a digital camera for Christmas you may be wondering just how...
Vanishing Ireland: Further Chronicles of a Disappearing WorldVanishing Ireland: Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World
Best Price: $25.55
It is a pleasure to write a review for Vanishing Ireland which I had only learned about by...

Photographs Objects Histories: On the Materiality of Images (Material Cultures)Photographs Objects Histories: On the Materiality of Images (Material Cultures)
Best Price: $122.76
This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also...
What You Really Need to Know About Close-Up PhotographyWhat You Really Need to Know About Close-Up PhotographyNikon Creative Lighting System Digital Field GuideNikon Creative Lighting System Digital Field Guide
Best Price: $10.66
One of the most exciting innovations in photography occurred a couple of years ago without any...
Nikon D90 Digital Field GuideNikon D90 Digital Field Guide
Best Price: $5.73
I purchased this book after having read all of the rave reviews. I was truly disappointed in...
Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies, Book + DVD Bundle (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))Digital Cameras & Photography For Dummies, Book + DVD Bundle (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Best Price: $10.85
I LOVED the first edition of this book; it was compact and chock full of helpful information....

Steve McCurry: The Iconic PhotographsSteve McCurry: The Iconic Photographs
Best Price: $224.00
American photographer Steve McCurry (b. 1950) is universally recognized as one of today's...
The Nature of Photographs: A PrimerThe Nature of Photographs: A Primer
Best Price: $13.30
There are a few books about photography that are so fundamental that every serious photographer...
Werner Bischof (55)Werner Bischof (55)
Best Price: $5.30
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Werner Bischof...
Better Black & White PhotographyBetter Black & White PhotographyPhotographing the NudePhotographing the Nude
Best Price: $17.10
Mike Crawley's Photographing the Nude is a thoroughly practical and inspiring guide for...

The Creative Photography Handbook: A Sourcebook of Techniques and IdeasThe Creative Photography Handbook: A Sourcebook of Techniques and Ideas
Best Price: $15.06
This is absolutely an excellent book. Without going into the basis stuff that's in almost...
Photos With ImpactPhotos With Impact
Best Price: $34.52
With the sophistication of camera equipment today, taking a regular photograph is relatively...
Question-and-Answer Guide to Photo TechniquesQuestion-and-Answer Guide to Photo Techniques
Expanded with new sections, this new edition includes a wealth of information on digital...
Photographer's Guide to LightPhotographer's Guide to Light
Best Price: $44.93
Understanding lighting, natural and artificial, indoors and out, is key to the...
Lee Frostâ??s Panoramic PhotographyLee Frostā??s Panoramic Photography
Best Price: $15.72
In recent years, the very portable Hasselblad X-Pan camera has done a lot to (re-)popularise the...

The Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude PhotographyThe Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude Photography
Best Price: $17.99
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) In my...
Carmen on Film: A Cultural HistoryCarmen on Film: A Cultural History
Best Price: $65.00
The story of Carmen, the Spanish Gypsy femme fatale, is one of the most adapted stories in the...
Seeing the Unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the Wonders of Strobe AlleySeeing the Unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the Wonders of Strobe Alley
Best Price: $29.99
For over 60 years, the ultra high-speed photography of Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton has...
Before Mickey: An Animated AnthologyBefore Mickey: An Animated AnthologyThe Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-photographic EraThe Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-photographic Era
Best Price: $33.90
Today the very idea of photographic veracity is being challenged by the emerging technology of...

See 2:2: A Journal of Visual CultureSee 2:2: A Journal of Visual Culture
Best Price: $11.00
"See", an award-winning quarterly journal published by The Friends of Photography,...
Other Summers: The Photographs of Horace Engle (Keystone Books)Other Summers: The Photographs of Horace Engle (Keystone Books)
Best Price: $19.95
Horace Engle grew up on the family farm near Marietta,PA, along the banks of the Susquehanna...
Literary Modernism and Photography:Literary Modernism and Photography:
Best Price: $84.45
The developments in narrative experimentation that marked the modernist period in Europe and the...
Timeless Mexico: The Photographs of Hugo Brehme (Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series)Timeless Mexico: The Photographs of Hugo Brehme (Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series)
Best Price: $38.73
Hugo Brehme created an idyllic vision of Mexico that influenced photography, film, and...
Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten OnesMilton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones
A celebration of the career of Milton Rogovin, the photographer whose sensitive portraits of...

Steve McCurry: The Iconic PhotographsSteve McCurry: The Iconic Photographs
Best Price: $224.00
American photographer Steve McCurry (b. 1950) is universally recognized as one of today's...
The Nature of Photographs: A PrimerThe Nature of Photographs: A Primer
Best Price: $13.30
There are a few books about photography that are so fundamental that every serious photographer...
Werner Bischof (55)Werner Bischof (55)
Best Price: $5.30
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Werner Bischof...
Better Black & White PhotographyBetter Black & White PhotographyPhotographing the NudePhotographing the Nude
Best Price: $17.10
Mike Crawley's Photographing the Nude is a thoroughly practical and inspiring guide for...

The Creative Photography Handbook: A Sourcebook of Techniques and IdeasThe Creative Photography Handbook: A Sourcebook of Techniques and Ideas
Best Price: $15.06
This is absolutely an excellent book. Without going into the basis stuff that's in almost...
Photos With ImpactPhotos With Impact
Best Price: $34.52
With the sophistication of camera equipment today, taking a regular photograph is relatively...
Question-and-Answer Guide to Photo TechniquesQuestion-and-Answer Guide to Photo Techniques
Expanded with new sections, this new edition includes a wealth of information on digital...
Photographer's Guide to LightPhotographer's Guide to Light
Best Price: $44.93
Understanding lighting, natural and artificial, indoors and out, is key to the...
Lee Frostâ??s Panoramic PhotographyLee Frostā??s Panoramic Photography
Best Price: $15.72
In recent years, the very portable Hasselblad X-Pan camera has done a lot to (re-)popularise the...

Camera Lucida: Reflections on PhotographyCamera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on...
Barrio: Photographs from Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village (Chicago Visions and Revisions)Barrio: Photographs from Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village (Chicago Visions and Revisions)
Best Price: $23.66
I am no book critic, but I am an armature photographer and a native of the Pilsen neighborhood...
Touching PhotographsTouching Photographs
Best Price: $31.41
Photography does more than simply represent the world. It acts in the world, connecting people...
Hollywood Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir (Film and Culture Series)Hollywood Hollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir (Film and Culture Series)
Best Price: $80.42
Not only can scholars and amateur film buffs learn from this book, but Keating's work is a...
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011): Queen of the Silver ScreenElizabeth Taylor (1932-2011): Queen of the Silver Screen
Best Price: $16.83
A photographic collection tracing Elizabeth's life in all its intensity, through movies,...

Canonet Guide (Camera Guides)Canonet Guide (Camera Guides)16mm Film Cutting (Media Manuals)16mm Film Cutting (Media Manuals)
Best Price: $24.00
When I was doing an internship at the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences in...
Lighting Technology, Second EditionLighting Technology, Second Edition
Best Price: $67.66
Anyone working with lighting in the entertainment industries will find this an immensely...
Photographic Color Printing: Theory and TechniquePhotographic Color Printing: Theory and Technique
Best Price: $47.10
For serious photographers who want a complete understanding of the elements of colour...
Saudades Do Brasil: A Photographic MemoirSaudades Do Brasil: A Photographic Memoir
Best Price: $185.14
Originally published under the title Saudades do Brasil (1994, Plon, Paris) The translation from...

Lewis and Clark Revisited: A Photographer's Trail (Lyndhurst Book)Lewis and Clark Revisited: A Photographer's Trail (Lyndhurst Book)
Best Price: $6.49
Another classic guide to Lewis and Clark which stands out from the crowd, Lewis And Clark...
On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
Best Price: $18.62
This is a perfect book. Admittedly, the subject matter may not appeal to a broad audience, but...
The Complete Photography CourseThe Complete Photography Course
30 years' experience in every field of photography, from the grand portrait to the Vietnam...
The New Vision Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New Vision Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Best Price: $15.49
A study of the innovations of European and American photography between World Wars I and II.
First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography: Selections from the Allan Chasanoff Collection (Yale Art Gallery)First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography: Selections from the Allan Chasanoff Collection (Yale Art Gallery)
Best Price: $30.00
Great book on photos about the value of confusion and uncertainty in imaging as an esthetic...

The Creative Darkroom Handbook: A Practical Guide to More Effective ResultsThe Creative Darkroom Handbook: A Practical Guide to More Effective Results
Best Price: $3.00
A practical, wide-ranging handbook which explores the creative potential of the photographic...
Essential Darkroom TechniquesEssential Darkroom Techniques
Best Price: $6.98
This is the third edition of this work and it is regretfull that it has so many typos. The...
Naked CityNaked City
This is a small-format (non-coffee-table) book containing a representative selection of Weegees...
Digital Photography: A Basic ManualDigital Photography: A Basic Manual
Best Price: $16.06
This thorough, concise, and easy-to-use guide to capturing digital photographs provides an...
Monte Nagler's MichiganMonte Nagler's Michigan
Best Price: $22.59
"Viewing Monte Nagler's photography is like stepping into a scene that is at once...

Water MusicWater Music
Best Price: $21.76
The stunning photography that is the heart of this work reminds us of the inspiring Oneness of...
Seasons of Little Traverse BaySeasons of Little Traverse Bay
Best Price: $18.55
The Little Traverse Bay in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula is one of the state's...
Decorative Silhouettes of the Twenties: For Designers and Craftsmen (Dover Pictorial Archive)Decorative Silhouettes of the Twenties: For Designers and Craftsmen (Dover Pictorial Archive)
Best Price: $30.64
These 84 silhouettes were reproduced from a collection of rare German die-cuts. They reflect...
Art Nouveau Display Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts (Dover Pictorial Archives)Art Nouveau Display Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Best Price: $12.94
100 complete fonts from Solo-type Typographers Catalog: upper and lower cases, alternate forms,...
Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914
Best Price: $13.03
When I bought this book, I was doing research on Philadelphia's past for my own pleasure....

Arthur Baker's Copybook of Renaissance Calligraphy: Mercator's Italic Hand (Dover Pictorial Archive)Arthur Baker's Copybook of Renaissance Calligraphy: Mercator's Italic Hand (Dover Pictorial Archive)
Best Price: $69.12
While Gerhardus Mercator was known for his geographical work and knowledge, few knew that he was...
Creative Photography: Aesthetic Trends 1839-1960Creative Photography: Aesthetic Trends 1839-1960
Best Price: $22.40
Gernsheim writes a history of photography concerned with aesthetic trends, especially the...
On Alexander Gardner's <i>Photographic Sketch Book</i> of the Civil War (Defining Moments in American Photography)On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War (Defining Moments in American Photography)
Best Price: $20.27
Soon after Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book was published, in 1866, it became...
Seeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights PhotographySeeing through Race: A Reinterpretation of Civil Rights Photography
Best Price: $52.98
Seeing through Race is a boldly original reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the...
NileNile
Best Price: $23.99
From the beginning of recorded history, the River Nile has been a blessing in an otherwise...

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D CompanionThe Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D Companion
Best Price: $13.55
First of all I want to say this is a great book. Here are the things I especially liked: -...
The Compact and Digital Camera Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Choosing and Using the New Digital Imaging TechnologyThe Compact and Digital Camera Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Choosing and Using the New Digital Imaging Technology
Best Price: $0.30
I bought this book for two reasons. First, because I thought it would help me make some choices...
First Shooting Light: A photographic journal reveals the legacy and lure of hunting clubs in the Mississippi flywayFirst Shooting Light: A photographic journal reveals the legacy and lure of hunting clubs in the Mississippi flyway
Best Price: $44.61
This book is about a very special waterfowl habitat revered by duck hunters all across the...
Instant Gratification: 21st Century Art & the Mobile Phone CameraInstant Gratification: 21st Century Art & the Mobile Phone Camera
Best Price: $2.48
This book is really cool! So many amazing photographs, you could spend hours looking at it....
Lenses for 35Mm Cameras (Kodak Workshop Series)Lenses for 35Mm Cameras (Kodak Workshop Series)

A Shifting Town: Glass Plate Images of Clermont and Its PeopleA Shifting Town: Glass Plate Images of Clermont and Its PeopleThe Photobook: A History - Volume 2The Photobook: A History - Volume 2
Best Price: $53.58
As I wrote in my review of the first edition, both will surely become the standard reference...
Minolta Camera HandbookMinolta Camera HandbookVideowalls, Second EditionVideowalls, Second Edition
The first book to read on display technology for people in AV industry. Technically in-depth...
Photography: Foundations for Art and DesignPhotography: Foundations for Art and Design
I checked this book out at my library not just once but twice. I'm sure that I'll check...

Photography Foundations for Art and Design, Fourth Edition: The creative photography handbook (Photography Foundations for Art & Design)Photography Foundations for Art and Design, Fourth Edition: The creative photography handbook (Photography Foundations for Art & Design)
Best Price: $29.95
Photography: Foundations for Art and Design is the perfect introductory guide for those of you...
Understanding Digital Cameras: Getting the Best Image from Capture to OutputUnderstanding Digital Cameras: Getting the Best Image from Capture to Output
Best Price: $20.00
Understanding Digital Cameras: Getting the Best Image from Capture to Output, by Jon Tarrant....
Optics and Focus for Camera Assistants: Art, Science and ZenOptics and Focus for Camera Assistants: Art, Science and Zen
The author makes a bold and successful attempt at describing some of the more essential and...
Beyond the Zone System, Third EditionBeyond the Zone System, Third Edition
Best Price: $45.98
A good book on the Zone System. A great deal of pratical information on how to achieve...
The Medium Format Advantage, Second EditionThe Medium Format Advantage, Second Edition
Best Price: $26.98
Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of...

Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film, Second Edition: Managing the ProcessGuide to Postproduction for TV and Film, Second Edition: Managing the Process
Best Price: $30.70
Don't let the title fool you. This book is mainly about making TV shows in L.A. The aspects...
New Dimensions in Photo Processes, Fourth Edition: A Step by Step Manual for Alternative TechniquesNew Dimensions in Photo Processes, Fourth Edition: A Step by Step Manual for Alternative Techniques
Best Price: $74.37
Laura Blacklow's New Dimensions in Photo Processes (4th Ed.) is an excellent step by step...
   
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