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Photobook-David Plummer-7 Years of Camera ShakeAs humans, we are drawn to predators like no other group of animals. They are the epitome of form and function, and have a level of perfection that we revere. In 2009, wildlife expert, conservationist and photographer David Plummer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Rather than let it defeat him, he was galvanised to grab life by the horns and achieve the perfect wildlife shot. Over the next seven years, he did much more than that. The result is this breathtaking collection of over 200 of his best and favourite photographs of exotic and wild animals in their natural habitats. To capture them, David travelled to some of the most remote and stunning locations across the world, from Africa to India to the Galápagos Islands and back to his native England. 7 Years of Camera Shake showcases seven years of immersive and illuminating photography: of predators on the prowl, of prey in the clutches of death, of the inexplicable synchronisation of nature, of the beautiful relationship between mother and child, and much, much more. Plummer’s work has been featured in wildlife publications and national and international press, and now the work he has produced since his diagnosis is showcased here, accompanied by his thoughts and anecdotes on how he achieved each perfect shot. Book in very good condition, dust jacket slightly worn top and bottom.Hardback Size: 26.4 x 29.6 cm Pages: 256 Published: 2017 Publisher: Unbound Stock number: RG1633/0124 Price: £30 + P & P
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Photobook-David Yarrow-Encounter Hardback with slipcase Pages: 152 Size: 45.1 x 38.1 cm Published: 2013 Publisher: Clearview Stock number: RG184/0124 Price: £250 + P&P David Yarrow s latest photographs are collected in his new book, Encounter. This volume gathers nearly 90 stunning monochrome images of wildlife and remote peoples, accompanied by David s narrative describing the challenges of photographing in some of the harshest and most inaccessible landscapes on earth. Condition: fine. Magnificent dramatic full-page photographs of nature, animals and people. Oblong folio, white cloth with inlaid photo of elephants on the front cover, pictorial white board slipcase. (London: Clearview, 2013). First Edition. Scarce.
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Photobook-Édouard Boubat-A Gentle Eye Hardback Pages: 368 Size: 29.5 x 31.5 cm Published: 2004 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Stock number: RG1651/0124 Price: £225 + P&P In a career that spanned more than fifty years, photographer Edouard Boubat (1923-1999) captured the magic of fleeting moments with tenderness and warmth. A contemporary of Robert Doisneau and one of the most influential French photographers of the 20th century, Boubat made elegant, poetic pictures, beginning with images of everyday life in his native city of Paris and moving on to striking pictures taken on his travels to Kenya, India, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and China. His photographs were the subject of a major exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou in 1976, the same year he published the first major book on his work. Now, five years after his death, this luxurious volume presents the entire range of Boubat's work in 300 beautiful tritone reproductions. All of his most famous photographs are here - including those of his muse, Lella - along with texts on the artist by writers Michel Tournier, Jacques Prevert and Marguerite Duras, and Boubat's own writings and notebook excerpts. Developed in close collaboration with Boubat's son, Bernard, this authoritative collection is the only existing monograph on this enduringly popular, but until now strangely unsung, photographer. The photobook is in good condition but the dust jacket shows some wear and plastic covering is starting to peel in the bottom right of the front cover.
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Photobook-Erich Lessing-Revolution in Hungary, the 1956 Budapest uprising Hardback Pages: 252 Size: 31 x 30.75 cm Published: 2006 Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd Stock number: RG2090/0124 Price: £15 + P&P On 23 October, 1956, what began as a mass rally in Bem Square, Budapest, quickly evolved into the Hungarian Revolution. It lasted until 4 November, when the Soviet tanks rolled in. Up to 50,000 Hungarians and 7,000 Soviets were killed, and thousands were injured. Erich Lessing, who found himself in the thick of the action, documented the cruelly short-lived revolt and its aftermath in a series of world-famous photographs, reproduced here in stunning duotone. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Erich Lessing is a member of Magnum and the winner of numerous awards for his work. Francois Fejto is a political journalist. George Konrad is a renowned Hungarian novelist. Nicolas Bauquet is a distinguished historian.
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Photobook-Gabriele Basilico: Workbook 1968-2006 Text by Achille Bonito Oliva Hardback Size: 28.7 x 24.6 cm Pages: 240 Published: 2006 Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing Stock number: RG1631/0124 Price: £30 + P & P A first retrospective monograph by the major international photographer. Gabriele Basilico’s landscapes explore the complex interrelationships between the built environment and the natural one. With more than three hundred photographs—from Glasgow to Tel Aviv, from Milan to Beirut—this is a comprehensive overview of a major figure whose career has spanned almost forty years.
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Photobook-Jeanloup Sieff-40 years of photography Hardback Pages: 288 Size: 35 x 26.5 cm Published: 2005 Publisher: Taschen Stock number: RG1653/0124 Price: £35 + P&P "I have been searching for time past all my life." —Jeanloup Sieff In this unique monograph, Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) retraces in words and images the course of 40 years of photographs, encounters, and memories. Divided into four chapters, from the 50s to the 90s, the book brings together the major photographs of a creator who left his imprint on a generation with prolific work in the fields of fashion, landscape, advertising, and portrait photography. Sieff’s art testifies to his tireless quest to capture the fleeting beauty of "temps perdu," or "time which cannot recur." Text in English, French, and German.
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Photobook-Joel Meyerowitz-Aftermath, World Trade Center Archive Hardback Pages: 350 Size: 29.2 x 39.4 cm Published: 2006 Publisher: Phaidon Press Stock number: RG2093/0124 Price: £35 + P&P After the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11th 2001, the world-renowned photographer Joel Meyerowitz felt compelled to visit the site, to document and record the aftermath of the largest ever attack on US soil. Although initially turned away by police (on the grounds that the site was a crime scene and could not be photographed), Meyerowitz was determined to gain access to the area. Within days he had established strong links with many of the firefighters, policemen and construction workers contributing to the clean up. With their assistance he became the only photographer to be granted unimpeded access to Ground Zero. Once there he systematically began to document the wreckage followed by the necessary demolition, excavation and removal of tens of thousands of tonnes of debris that would transform the site from one of total devastation to level ground. Soon after the Museum of the City of New York officially engaged Meyerowitz to create an archive of the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero and the immediate neighborhood. The 9/11 Photographic Archive numbers in excess of 5,000 images and will become part of the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York. In good condition and still with its original plastic covering. Small bang on base of spine.
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Photobook-Keegan Allen-life. love. beauty Hardback Pages: 304 Size: 23.5 x 19 cm Published: 2015 Publisher: St Martins Press Stock number: RG1661/0124 Price: £8 + P&P Keegan Allen is the international breakout star of MTV's hit television series, Pretty Little Liars. A gifted photographer and writer-and a dazzling film, television, and stage actor now counting millions of fans across the globe-Keegan Allen brings tremendous talent and energy to his first publishing project. Keegan tells a unique story with his photographs. On one hand, the book is a beautifully candid view into the glamour and timelessness of Hollywood, a mysterious yet wildly alluring place. One the other hand, it is a blissfully unassuming portrait of ordinary life- the unknown young woman gazing dreamily from the balcony of her hotel room, or the old woman who walks the same street every morning in her pink bathrobe, just to stop and talk to a passerby. Through his own stunning photography and captivating prose and poetry, life. love. beauty. chronicles the author's life growing up just off the Sunset Strip, coming into his own as a young aspiring actor, looking for love and understanding, negotiating the seductions and disappointments of Hollywood, landing a plum role in a hit television series, encountering and embracing his fans, travelling the globe to promote his work, and striving to stay connected to his closest friends and loved ones.
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Photobook-Linda McCartney-Light from within Hardback Pages: 183 Size: 27.5 x 21.5 cm Published: 2001 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Stock number: RG1636/0124 Price: £30 + P&P Although in a sense a retrospective of Linda McCartney's photographic work, this book is not a compilation made in retrospect but a book she intended to make and worked toward over a long period of time. The photographs featured form a document of 30 years of Linda's life. They range from intimate but expressive observations of her close family to her own brand of spontaneous surrealism; perceptive portraits mingle with witty juxtapositions of compositional elements. An over-riding factor binds together the rich variety of her imagery - it was consistently mediated through the sensibility of a photographer with a special human warmth. The book includes four haikus, published here for the first time, which Linda completed just days before she passed away. She had intended to write three further haikus, but apart from the title, taken from the lyrics of one of her own songs, the contents, both pictures and words were finalized in her lifetime. Good condition throughout. Signed by owner on inside page.
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Photobook-Mario Testino- Portraits Softback Size: 36.5 x 27 cm Pages: 127 Published: 2002 Publisher: Bulfinch Press Stock number: 011640/0124 Price: £35 + P&P Sexy, famous, beautifula Testino portrait is as unmistakeable as his subject. MARIO TESTINO: PORTRAITS features the cream of the crop in our celebrity-obsessed age: Naomi Campbell, Jude Law, Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrowthose whose names have become the hallmarks, almost the logos, of the fashion world. Testinos relationship with his subjects is simply and succinctly summed up by Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue: People love to be photographed by Mario. His innate sense of fashion, which has made him the most sought-after contemporary photographer today, has transformed many of his portraits into icons. Very good condition with slight wear to the corners. Mario Testino’s touring exhibition Mario Testino: Portraits debuted at The National Portrait Gallery in London in 2002. The first ever museum exhibition of his work, the show featured over 120 portraits personally selected by Testino, many which had never been seen before their first unveiling. I remember going to see this exhibition at the time and this photobook brings back all the memories of seeing these great photographs.
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Photobook-Michael Kenna-Japan: A Love Story (Signed) Hardback Pages: 134 Size: 33 x 25.4 cm Published: 2024 Publisher: NAZRAELI Stock number: RG2298/GNO1 Price: £70 + P&P Published to coincide with a major 2024 traveling exhibition in Tokyo, Los Angeles and London, this gorgeous new monograph presents 100 of Michael Kenna’s most iconic photographs of the Japanese landscape, many published here for the first time. A perfect pairing of artist and subject, these photographs of Japan comprise perhaps Kenna’s best known body of work and have been the subject of countless exhibitions throughout the world. Michael Kenna first visited Japan in 1987 on the event of his inaugural exhibition there, and he has returned dozens of time and made thousands of photographs throughout the country’s vast and incredibly varied landscape. Our earlier monographs Japan and Hokkaido have been out of print for many years, so we are thrilled to announce this important new publication that includes work spanning Kenna’s decades-long love affair with the country. Japan / A Love Story is beautifully printed in duotone on natural coated art paper and quarter bound in linen and silk. It opens with an essay in Japanese and English by the renowned critic and historian Kohtaro Iizawa. “For Michael Kenna’s 2003 publication, Japan, I contributed an essay suggesting that his photographs could be read as visual haikus. Looking at the work in this new book, perhaps the definitive collection of Kenna’s Japan photographs, I feel that these same components are still there. And yet, on viewing his work afresh, I realize that while he does incorporate a Japanese sense of beauty and perspective, he has now fused his own Western aesthetic with a new Eastern sensibility, awakened by his visual experiences in Japan.” — From the Introduction by Kohtaro Iizawa “Japan has a long and rich tradition of reciprocal gift giving. I have been the grateful recipient of so much over so many years in Japan, and I know that I will never be able to give back in equal measure. I hope this work can be seen as a small token of my desire to do so. I also hope this work can be viewed as a homage to Japan and that it will serve to symbolize my immense ongoing appreciation and deep gratitude for this beautiful and mysterious country.” — From the Afterword by Michael Kenna
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Photobook-Norman Mailer-Marilyn, a biography Softback Pages: 271 Size: 26.6 x 23.5 cm Published: 1974 Publisher: Coronet Books Stock number: RG7760/GNO1B Price: £8 + P&P The biography of Marilyn Monroe in large-format book of glamor photographs of Monroe for which Mailer supplied the text. Originally hired to write an introduction by Lawrence Schiller, who put the book package together, Mailer expanded the introduction into a long essay. A good copy. Profusely illustrated with photos by Richard Avedon, John Bryson, Cornell Capa, Ernst Haas, Arnold Newman, Lawrence Schiller, and others.
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Photobook-Photo By Sammy Davis, Jr Text by Burt Boyar Hardback Pages: 352 Size: 30.5 x 24 cm Published: 2007 Publisher: ReganBooks Stock number: RG1644/0124 Price: £40 + P&P A previously unpublished collection of personal and celebrity photographs taken by the pioneering Rat Pack entertainer shares his intimate perspectives on everyday life and classic Hollywood, from a group of children laughing to a baseball game at the Washington Monument. Excellent condition.
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Photobook-Ragnar Axelsson-Faces of the North (Small edition) Hardback Pages: 144 Size: 24.6 x 18.7 cm Published: 2019 Publisher: Qerndu Stock number: RG2293/GNO1 Price: £35 + P&P First edition of small format, with 98 images. Publisher's description: Finally available the revised and updated edition of Faces of the North Small edition (2004) features a selection of the iconic images that have established Ragnar Axelsson (RAX) as one of the leading photographers of our time. The result of over 30 years documenting the lives of hunters, fishermen, and farmers in the North, this collection is a rare testament to the people across Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland whose worlds and ways of life have now all but disappeared. With the original foreword by Mary Ellen Mark. Raised on an isolated farm in southern Iceland, Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958) became captivated early on by the brutal beauty of the North Atlantic and the delicate interactions between its inhabitants and their environment. Born of that fascination, Faces of the North, first published in 2004, established Axelsson as one of the leading documentary photographers of our time. Long out of print, Faces of the North is now republished with this small edition. In the 2004 edition of Faces of the North, Axelsson collected the images of farmers, hunters, and fishermen in the Arctic and the Atlantic that he became best known for.
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Photobook-Rankin-Hunger: The book Hardback Pages: 256 Size: 35 x 27.5 cm Published: 2022 Publisher: teNeues Verlag Stock number: RG1623/0124 Price: £30 + P&P Hunger: The Book is a look back over the ten issues and five years of Hunger Magazine, launched by photographer Rankin in 2011. The biannual magazine was born from Rankin's desire to celebrate the most creative and provocative voices in culture and fashion. The book highlights the magazine's finest moments, editorials, and celebrity portraits, as well as taking a behind-the-scenes look that includes never-before-published images, film stills, original sketches and tell-all anecdotes. Very good condition.
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Photobook-Rankin-More Hardback Size: 36.5 x 28 cm Pages: 368 Illustrations: B&W and colour photographs Published: 2013 Publisher: TeNeues Stock number: 011628/0124 Price: £58 + P&P One of the most compelling celebrity photographers of his generation, Rankin brings a charged vitality to all the subjects he portrays. Never afraid to break with convention, he always brings a distinctive artistry to his saucy and irreverent interpretations of sex and glamour. This comprehensive overview combines the best of his work from the worlds of fashion, music and the media. Rankin manages to have us see familiar faces such as Heidi Klum or Beth Ditto in new and challenging ways. Never content with the status quo, he constantly innovates with daring projects such as his current Hunger magazine. Although a master of carefully constructed staging and composition, Rankin's images are always packed to the brim with freshness and spontaneity. Very good condition with very slight wear to the corners.
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Photobook-Robert Frank-story lines Softback Pages: 144 Size: 24.5 x 28.5 cm Published: 2004 Publisher: Steidl Publishers, Germany Stock number: RG2089/0124 Price: £45 + P&P "Robert Frank is one of the most influential of all post-war photographers. Pioneering a revolutionary approach to photography and filmmaking, he combines autobiographical and poetic elements to produce straight black and white images that transcend the specific. Speaking of universal experience, 'I'm trying to forget easy photo, trying to make something from within,' he has said, 'time moves on and never stops or waits.' Often involving a progression through a series of images, his work is structured like a musical sequence, creating storylines that resonate beyond the frozen moment of any single photograph. Storylines accompanied an exhibition highlighting Frank's experimental use of narrative in photography and film. The exhibition included work from films and photographs (including Polaroids, contact sheets and recent digital stills) and several artist's books. The photographs are from locations as distant as Peru, London, Wales, Coney Island and Chicago." This book was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Tate Modern, 28 October 2004 – 23 January 2005.
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Photobook-Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works byHardback Pages: 208 Size: 32.7 x 26.2 cm Published: 2014 Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd (Revised and expanded edition) Stock number: RG2275/GNO1 Price: £35 + P&P Originally published in 1982, Stephen Shore’s legendary Uncommon Places has influenced a generation of photographers. Among the first artists to take colour beyond the domain of advertising and fashion photography, Shore’s large-format colour work on the American vernacular landscape stands at the root of what has become a vital photographic tradition over the past thirty years. Uncommon Places: The Complete Works is the definitive collection of this landmark series. An essay by noted critic and curator Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen and a conversation with Shore by fiction writer Lynne Tillman examine his methodology as they elucidate his roots in the pop and conceptual art movements of the late sixties and early seventies. The texts are illustrated with reproductions from Shore’s earlier series American Surfaces and Amarillo: Tall in Texas.
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Photobook-Still Life, inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton Photography by Jane Ussher Essays by Nigel Watson Hardback Size: 33 x 25 cm Pages: 223 Published: 2010 Publisher: Murdoch Books Stock number: RG1620/0124 Price: £100 + P&P First Edition, bound in hessian cloth with label mimicking sewn-on effect on front cover. A visual treat, wonderful full page photographs showing every detail of the huts. A photographic study of the Antarctic huts that served as expedition bases for Scott and Shackleton. Jane Ussher, a New Zealand photographer, was given the unique opportunity to photograph the huts in intimate detail. Executive Director of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, Nigel Watson, provides a fascinating introduction to the history and atmosphere of each hut. Very good condition.
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Sardax - Black & White Etching - Shanghai Bizarre, No 1 - The Travel Agent
Black & white etching Limited edition of 120 (only nine now available) Signed and numbered Print size (including border): 11¾ x 16½ inches / 29.7 x 42 cm Printed on Hahnemühle German Fine Etching paper 300gsm Obsession Art limited edition - London - 2007 Stock number: SA01/QSG Price: £150 • • -
Sardax - Black & White Etching - Shanghai Bizarre, No 2 – The Arrival
Black & white etching Limited edition of 120 (only ten now available) Signed and numbered Print size (including border): 11¾ x 16½ inches / 29.7 x 42 cm Printed on Hahnemühle German Fine Etching paper 300gsm Obsession Art limited edition - London - 2007 Stock number: SA02/QSG Price: £150 •