The photographic act is an event that occurs in real timewith irrevocable consequences.The end result can be modified thoughpost-production,but it is necessarily dependent upon,and influencedby,the image that was recorded in the camera.

The Great LIFE Photographers is the most comprehensive anthology of LIFE photography ever published, featuring the best work of every staff photographer who worked for the famous magazine, and that of a handful of others who shot for LIFE. It was always the photographers who made LIFE great, and this is the most vivid and exciting portrait of those men and women that has ever been produced. The book offers more than 100 portfolios including those of Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Ralph Morse, Nina Leen, Harry Benson, Philippe Halsman, and Joe McNally, whose work for LIFE in the aftermath of September 11 was in the finest tradition of the magazine. Each portfolio includes a short biography, offering an intimate look at the people behind the lens. Here are the defining moments of the 20th century, including MacArthur wading ashore by Mydans, Capa's D-Day landing at Omaha Beach and, of course, Eisenstaedt's sailor kissing th

From the basics of choosing the right camera to complex imagemanipulation techniques, John Freeman's Photography is the compteteguide for all. aspiring photographers. Featuring atmost 120 diverse subjects - from still Life,action and architecture to digital, capture, beauty retouchingandHDR Incl.uding the tatest digital, deveLopments atong sidetraditionat firm Over 750 cotour and btack and white professional photographs

Life in motion: The forerunner of the moving image English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830?1904) is a pioneer in visual studies of human and animal locomotion . In 1872, he famously helped settle a bet for former California governor Leland Stanford by photographing a galloping horse. Muybridge invented a complex system of electric shutter releases that captured freeze frames?proving conclusively, for the first time, that a galloping horse lifts all four hooves off the ground for a fraction of a second. For the next three decades, Muybridge continued his quest to fully catalog many aspects of human and animal movement, shooting hundreds of horses and other animals, ?as well as nude or draped subjects engaged in various activities such as running, walking, boxing, fencing, and descending a staircase (the latter study inspired Marcel Duchamp ?s famous 1912 painting). This book traces the life and work of Muybridge, from his early thinking about anatomy and movement to his latest photogr

From award-winning photographer Lara Jade comes this hiphow-to guide geared to the aspiring fashion shooter. Lara sharesher experience of fashion photography in the digital age, includingdedicated sections on retouching, genres of fashion photography,and making the best use of social media. Whether you re taking yourfirst-ever shot, working with a professional model for the firsttime, or pitching to new clients, here is everything you need toproduce moody, magical images that leap from the page straight intothe viewer s imagination.

An intimate portrait of the Kennedys at play, featuringcharming and exclusive photographs of the family by the late BobDavidoff - with the anecdotes and stories from behind thepictures.Up until his death in 2006, Bob Davidoff had been thephotographer in residence at the Kennedy 'Winter White House,'better known as their Palm Beach home. For almost fifty yearsDavidoff chronicled the extended Kennedy clan on holiday, capturingthe youthful JFK and his beautiful family during their moments offun and relaxation.Now, for the first time in book form, BobDavidoff's Kennedy photos of their days in the sun - in Palm Beachas well as in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Sun Valley, Idaho; andother favorite get-away spots - have been collected in "The KennedyFamily Album", with text by Emmy Award-winning writer Linda Corley.An intimate and candid look at the Kennedy family, this 190-pagebook, filled with over 200 photos - over half of which have neverbefore been seen by the public - provides a relaxed and un-stagedportr

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Best known for his striking photographs of people on the fringes of South African society, Roger Ballen makes images that are ambiguous and often disturbing, but also shot through with flashes of dark humour. The photographs in Shadow Chamber blur the boundaries between documentary photography and art forms such as painting, theatre and sculpture, challenging the ways in which we perceive the 'reality' of photography. Ballen's images are completely honest, yet also fabricated. The mysterious, cell-like rooms that Ballen photographs are actual places, but they are unsettling and strange, logical but impossible: their walls are covered with scribbled drawings, stains and dangling wires, the floors are strewn with bizarre props and artefacts. Dogs, rabbits and kittens wander into the frame or are stuffed into unlikely containers. The humans and animals in Ballen's photographs appear isolated and lost, yet strangely empowered at the same time. The resulting images are allegories of lived experiences and surre

In celebration of Hollywood's legendary actresses from the 1930sto the present, Assouline, together with Elle magazine, presentsThe Allure of Beauty: Women in Hollywood. From Marilyn Monroe andMarlene Dietrich to Anita Ekberg and Julia Roberts, each page ofthis vibrant anthology radiates with provocative images ofunforgettable faces and moments that have forever changed the placeof women in Hollywood - as well as in our culture. Elle magazinefilm critic Karen Durbin delves into the history of Hollywood,highlighting females who have proven their femininity, strength,and talent. The glitzy narrative accompanies a carefullyresearched, sexy selection of photography that captures theindividuality of each women. AUTHOR: Karen Durbin is the filmcritic for Elle magazine and contributor to The New York TimesSunday Arts Leisure section, for which she created and writesa regular feature on breakthrough performances in forthcomingmovies. She was the film critic of Mirabella magazine and editor inchief of The Village V