Art and Photography
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Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967
During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere—on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways and walking on political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with…
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Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman has become one of the most talked about, studied and influential of late twentieth-century photographers. She started taking photographs when she was barely thirteen, and in less than a decade created a body of work that has now secured her reputation as one of the most original American artists of the 1970’s. Woodman…
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Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs
The ‘Masters of Photography’ series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their approach to taking photographs. From their influences, ideas and experiences, to tech tips…
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Gustav Klimt: Landscapes
This visually stunning collection of Gustav Klimt’s landscape paintings brings to light a lesser-known aspect of the Viennese painter’s oeuvre. While Gustav Klimt is largely revered for his opulent, symbolladen portraits of the Viennese bourgeoisie, these works were just one aspect of his artistic expression. His landscapes represent an important facet of his career and…
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Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks (1912–2006) was a pioneering figure in 20th-century photography. As well as being the first African-American photographer to join the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and to become a staff photographer for Life magazine, he was also a writer, film director and composer. Although best known for documenting issues such as poverty, race relations and…
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Egon Schiele Landscapes
Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schiele was also interested in portraying the beauty and structure of the world he inhabited. In fact, Schiele’s paintings of the countryside and his native Vienna comprise a large proportion of his body of work. Nearly one hundred of the artist’s landscapes are exquisitely reproduced in…
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Man Ray
A close look at Man Ray’s interwar portraiture, as well as the friendships between the photographer and his subjects: the international avant garde in Paris Shortly after his arrival in Paris in July 1921, Man Ray (1890–1976)—the pseudonym of Emmanuel Radnitzky—embarked on a sustained campaign to document the city’s international avant-garde in a series of…
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L’Art de Manger
A French- language publication of L’Art De Manger: Rites et Traditions. This book explores the traditions associated with food preparation and consumption, in a time where fast food is becoming more accessible. Furthermore, the book delves into the daily and specialist practices involving food.
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Tapies: In Perspective
A tapestry of essays, notes and voices (including that of Antoni Tàpies himself), this volume attempts to capture the complexity of an artist and his work, as well as some of his major concerns: the need to reintroduce the sacred into the social and to defend a new role for the artist.