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Blind Spot
Hardback,
06/07/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising, lyrical text, the author explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography.
New Manual of Photography
Hardback,
01/05/2009,
£25.00
£22.50
Helps to learn what you need to know about photography. This title enables you to learn what you need to know about cameras; from the theory of how they work, to choosing the right digital or film camera for your specific needs. It includes tips on the technicalities of taking photos.
Digital Photographer's Handbook
Hardback,
01/04/2009,
£25.00
£22.50
A guide to digital photography. It helps you find out how to manipulate your pictures to perfection and pick up trouble-shooting advice to help you overcome common problems with software and output. It helps you learn the capabilities and limitations of various types of cameras, from compacts to top of the range dSLRs.
Understanding a Photograph
Paperback,
07/11/2013,
£9.99
£8.99
Contains essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with fierce engagement, intensity and tenderness.
Starting Photography O/P
7,
30/04/1997,
£14.99
£13.49
Written in a step-by-step logical manner, this manual explains how the key features of the camera operate, and the creative options each of these functions offer. There are suggestions on how to approach different subjects, and a section on assessing your own prints and identifying mistakes.
Ongoing Moment
Paperback,
12/07/2007,
£9.99
£8.99
* A brilliant, personal and original view of photography
Seaside: Photographed
Hardback,
23/05/2019,
£19.95
£16.00
Around eighty photographers capture over a century of the British seaside in all its raucous, joyful and sometimes seedy glory.
RESET THE APPARATUS!: A Survey of the Photographic and the Filmic in Contemporary Art
Hardback,
20/05/2019,
£31.00
£27.90
Book has special paperback binding with spine not covered.
Reading Photographs: An Introduction to the Theory and Meaning of Images
Paperback,
27/07/2018,
£23.99
£21.59
Making Photographs: Planning, Developing and Creating Original Photography
Paperback,
26/02/2015,
£23.99
£21.59
Photography Exposure
Paperback,
19/11/2015,
£23.99
£21.59
Revision of: Exposure. Lausanne, Switzeerland: AVA Academia, 2009.
Basics Photography 06: Working in Black & White
Paperback,
01/12/2008,
£17.99
£16.19
Covers various aspects of black-and-white photography for both film and digital formats. This book explains basic theory, how colours become greyscale tones and how photographers can learn to see in black-and-white. It also explores themes of black-and-white photography and how to develop a mastery of the necessary techniques are also explored.
Camera Lucida: Vintage Design Edition
Paperback,
12/03/2020,
£9.99
£8.99
Examining themes of presence and absence, these reflections on photography begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs - their content, their pull on the viewer, their intimacy.
LANGFORD'S BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY: THE GUIDE FOR SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS 10ED
Paperback,
26/11/2015,
£42.99
£38.69
Originally published under title: Basic photography.
Visual Culture
Paperback,
19/05/1999,
£36.99
£33.29
Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage.
Ongoing Moment
Paperback,
15/11/2012,
£12.99
£11.69
'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever ... Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph
On Photography
Paperback,
25/09/2008,
£9.99
£8.99
Features a critique of photography that asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. This title examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives.
Cindy Sherman
Paperback,
12/01/2007,
£20.00
£18.00
Critical essays on Cindy Sherman and one of contemporary art's most innovative bodies of work.
Read This If You Want to be Instagram Famous
Paperback,
17/04/2017,
£11.99
£10.79
Packed with the essential secrets of the hottest Instagrammers around, all you have to do is put their advice into practice. With tips covering photographic techniques, captioning, codes of conduct, kit and managing your account, soon you too will be hailed as a Instragram icon!!!
Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera
Paperback,
16/10/2006,
£12.99
£11.69
The first full-length biography of the legendary photographer Lee Miller
Exploring Visual Culture
7,
23/06/2005,
£28.99
£26.09
An introduction to the study of visual culture, this book offers a view of 'visual culture' that includes not only images, but also other visual media and forms of expression, from architecture to fashion, design and the human body.
Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History
Paperback,
10/04/1997,
£18.99
£17.09
In a series of discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most interesting thinkers on the subject such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag.
50 Years of Pirelli Calendar
Hardback,
20/07/2015,
£50.00
£45.00
The notoriously exclusive Pirelli Calendar, featuring glamorous shots of beautiful women, was first published in 1964. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the now-legendary institution that is the Pirelli Calendar, TASCHEN brings you a retrospective volume reproducing the complete calendars.
Michael O'Neill. On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace
Hardback,
25/09/2015,
£50.00
£45.00
From the banks of the ancient Ganges River to the glamor of Beverley Hills, from living saints to Hollywood celebrities, Michael O'Neill's quest to capture the esssence of yoga spans time, space, and peoples. His stunning images celebrate how the age-old discipline of asanas has developed into a modern global community of 30 million practitioners.
Digital Photographer's Handbook
Hardback,
01/07/2016,
£25.00
£22.50
Helps you learn everything you need to know about digital photography. This book covers the developments in digital cameras, equipment and software. It explores the pros and cons of all types of camera, from camera phones to top-of-the-range DSLRs. It also shows you how to manipulate your pictures to perfection and offers trouble-shooting advice.
Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust
Hardback,
04/04/2016,
£45.00
£40.50
Three years after the conclusion of his trilogy, On This Earth, the author returns to East Africa to photograph the escalating changes to the continent's natural world. In a series of epic panoramas, he records the impact of man in places where animals used to roam, but no longer do.
Digital Photography Complete Course
Hardback,
01/09/2015,
£20.00
£18.00
Helps you to build your photography skills. This learning programme is suitable for any aspiring photographer. It guides you through every aspect of digital photography, using a combination of tutorials, step-by-step photo shoots, practical assignments and fun Q&As. It enables you to understand and use your camera to its full potential.
Susan Sontag
Paperback,
03/10/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1979, Jonathan Cott, of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. This title publishes the entire transcript of Sontag's conversation.
Lives of Lee Miller
Paperback,
11/04/1988,
£19.95
£17.96
Lee Miller's career encompassed several different careers: she was a successful model, then a leading Surrealist photographer; and then a war correspondent during World War II. Compiled by her son, this book offers a record of Miller's life and work.
50 Photo Projects: Ideas to Kick-Start Your Photography
Paperback,
11/04/2009,
£15.99
£14.39
A collection of 50 photo projects - from creating an online photoblog to printing images on to canvas - focusing on exploring ideas and concepts, rather than specific techniques.
Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 9
Hardback,
19/10/2015,
£25.00
£22.50
Now in its ninth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain's foremost landscape photographers and created in association with AA Publishing.
How to Photograph Absolutely Everything
Hardback,
02/02/2009,
£19.99
£17.99
Whatever you want to photograph, this guide to taking photographs shows you how to get it right. From still life to children's parties, it offers instructions to discover what equipment you may need, the best approach for each subject and how to compose, light, frame and take great shots. It also includes tips on everyday photography.
Sexuality
Paperback,
15/05/2015,
£16.95
£15.26
Tracing the identification of art with sexual expression or repression, from the era of the rights movements to the present.
Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride Gay Couples in the Early Twentieth Century
Hardback,
28/03/2014,
£18.95
£17.06
A charming collection of vintage pre-Stonewall photos of gay couples celebrating their relationships
Claude Cahun: A Sensual Politics of Photography
Paperback,
28/11/2007,
£21.99
Provides information about the photographer Claude Cahun, whose work was rediscovered in the 1980s. This book positions the artist in the context of the turbulent times in which she lived. It sees the photographs as part of Cahun's wider life as an artist and writer, a woman and lesbian and as a political activist in the early twentieth century.
Sebastiao Salgado: An Uncertain Grace
Paperback,
19/04/2004,
£19.95
£17.96
From a Brazilian mine where 50,000 men haul heavy sacks of dirt up and down ladders in search of a nugget of gold, to a former lake in western Africa, where starving people walk over its surface of sand, photographer Sebastian Salgado explores the lives of the planet's often-ignored people.
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