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Photobook-Annie Leibovitz-American Music Softback Pages: 262 Size: 30.5 x 24.5 cm Published: 2004 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, New York, NY Stock number: RG2086/0124 Price: £40 + P&P The celebrated photographer offers a photographic chronicle of twentieth-century popular music in a collection of more than one hundred photographs of such musical icons as Ray Charles, the Grateful Dead, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, and many others, accompanied by short essays on the music and musicians. Illustrated with both black and white and colour photographs by Annie Leibovitz; includes essays by Patti Smith, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Mos Def, Ryan Adams and Annie Leibovitz. Good condition with slight wear to the corners of the cover.
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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-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-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-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-Annie Liebovitz-Sumo Hardback with slipcase Pages: 556 Size: 40 x 29.3 cm Published: 2022 Publisher: TASCHEN Stock number: RG1655/0124 Price: £110 + P&P When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge. The project took several years to develop and when it was finally published in 2014, it weighed in at 26 kg (57 pounds). This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format. Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images―such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace―as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before. The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga. “What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else,” Leibovitz says. “The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It’s not arranged chronologically and it’s not a retrospective. It’s more like a roller coaster.” Fans of Leibovitz and her many celebrated subjects can now enjoy that same roller coaster ride for themselves with this unlimited edition.
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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-David Bradford-Drive-By Shootings Photographs by a New York taxi driver Hardback Pages: 480 Size: 22 x 15.5 cm Published: 2000 First edition Language: English, French, German Publisher: Konemann Stock number: RG1663/0124 Price: £8 + P&P This book has got to have one of the best concepts I've seen in a while. The idea of a taxi driver while driving around New York taking pictures of the city from downtown to uptown is one of most original ideas. The pictures in the book give you a true feel for New York City. It catches the glitzy, fancy parts of the life, while also showing you the real people in the city. The actual photo quality is fairly impressive and some of the shots are particularly impressive. There isn't a part of the city that isn't captured. The text is interesting, and in 3 languages. Definitely a great book for any photo-documentary / photo-journalism fan, or New York lover.
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Photobook-Bruce Weber-Blood Sweat and Tears or how I stopped worrying and learned to love fashion Hardback Pages: 448 Size: 29.2 x 38.1 cm Published: 2005 Publisher: teNeues Publishing (UK) Ltd Stock number: RG1843/0124 Price: £145 + P&P by Bruce Weber: At first I thought strictly about a book of photographs on fashion. As I worked on it, I thought more and more about something my friend the late, great fashion designer Gianni Versace once said, in giving me advice before an assignment, Call me des mode, but give me beauty. And with these inspired words I wanted to make a record of how I journeyed out into the world and recorded what most people call fashion. These photographs were not just about the shape of clothes, but also how one sees fashion in nature, architecture, and in the human spirit. When I began photographing, I was at Life Magazine borrowing some equipment. I ran into a bunch of other photographers in the camera department. One photographer asked, what kind of photos are you doing for the magazine? I replied, I am going to do some pictures of girls in bathing suits. They all burst out laughing at me, and said, that doesn t sound too serious. That s when I knew that as a photographer I didn t want people to stop laughing with me. That laughter can be found in a picture of a girl wearing a dress by Yohji Yamamoto that s so big she can t even walk in it or a boy wearing twigs as a tunic at Karl Lagerfeld s chateau in Brittany or the Duchess of Devonshire feeding her pet chickens in a Jean Patou couture evening dress from the 1940s. In this crazy world of ours, most things don t make sense any more, but the wonderful thing about taking pictures of people wearing or not wearing clothes is that maybe you won t solve all the world s problems but you ll at least be giving back a seed of imagination to our garden of lost innocence. And it s fashion that can create a big fantasy life for all those who enter. Condition: Very good+ to fine condition. First edition. Original red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Three b/w frontispieces. Title page printed in red and black. Introduction by Bruce Weber and additional text, letters and poems by Brook Astor, Truman Capote, Emily Dickinson, Ogden Nash, Edna O'Brian, Francoise Sagan, Elizabeth Taylor, Dylan Thomas and Tennessee Williams.
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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-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-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.