At the shoreline of the fisherfolk -- Wilderness of one's own -- Upriver and down. "Almost immediately after the invention of photography, Scottish photographers took their clunky cameras on the road to capture the stories of peoples and communities touched by the forces of Bri…
"The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured ... and influenced ... a critical moment in American history. Ernest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and 60s: Martin Luther King Jr. riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Al…
Photographs of Texas' frontier past are valuable as both art and artifact. Recording not only the lives and surroundings of days gone by, but also the artistry of those who captured the people and their times on camera, the rare images in Lens on the Texas Frontier offer a docum…
The education of a photographer
A blind photographer "cannot see a butterfly perched perfectly still on a flower, a bowl of sweet-smelling fruit, or a child's rattle on a darkened floor, but the mind's eye is sharply focused. How do blind or partially sighted people capture such extraordinary images, of the ki…
1. Ruin gazing : the disorienting view -- 2. View from the edge -- 3. After the fact : late photography and unconscious places -- 4. Afterimage : rephotography and place -- 5. Aftermath : absence and place -- 6. Der Wald : memory and landscape.
This book emphasizes research as the lifeblood of the photographic practice. By illuminating the nature and scope of research and its application to practical photography, this guide explores the ways in which research provides a critical framework to help develop awareness, ext…
"Fifty Key Writers on Photography is a clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diver…
"Fifty Key Writers on Photography is a clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diver…