The Great LIFE Photographers is the mostcomprehensive anthology of LIFE photography ever published,featuring the best work of every staff photographer who worked forthe famous magazine, and that of a handful of others who shot forLIFE. It was always the photographers who made LIFE great, and thisis the most vivid and exciting portrait of those men and women thathas ever been produced. The book offers more than 100 portfolios including those ofAlfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, GordonParks, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Ralph Morse, Nina Leen, HarryBenson, Philippe Halsman, and Joe McNally, whose work for LIFE inthe aftermath of September 11 was in the finest tradition of themagazine. Each portfolio includes a short biography, offering anintimate look at the people behind the lens. Here are the defining moments of the 20th century, includingMacArthur wading ashore by Mydans, Capa's D-Day landing at OmahaBeach and, of course, Eisenstaedt's sailor kissing the nurse. Here
An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, of landscapesseen from commercial airplane windows across the United States.This is a guide to what an airline passenger sees from his seatwhile flying over the United States. Through its ingeniousconstruction and a map of preferred flight paths, it's easy to findthose pages that correspond to whatever flight a passenger happensto be on, and then to identify features that can be seen from theair. The book marries geology, natural history, and human historyfor a glorious portrait of the continent, from the Atlantic CityBoardwalk to Mount St. Helens. Each two-page spread features anaerial photo with captions identifying features passengers will seeand an essay interpreting the features. Each chapter is a FlightCorridor, with pages sequenced to follow a trip from takeoff tolanding. Because many flight paths overlap, the fifteen corridorscover the forty most heavily traveled flight segments in thecontinental United States, plus many others. In many regions of
Sidestepping the tragic figure presented in other books,"Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" provides a light-hearted andhumorous look at a legend like no other! Sixty years after herimage first flickered on the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains theultimate Hollywood star, a face and name more recognizable thancurrent performers. What remains to be explored about 'Marilyn'?Here we celebrate what first made her a star. Profusely illustratedwith colour and black and white stills from the 20th Century Foxarchives - some of which will be seen for the first time in thisbook - "Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" focuses on quintessentialMarilyn in classics like "Gentleman Prefer Blondes", "The SevenYear Itch" and her other Fox films. The text is filled withbehind-the-scenes stories, memorable movie quotes, film facts,trivia, plotlines, character profiles and highlights of the mostMarilyn moments.
Cass Neary made her name in the seventies as a photographerembedded in the burgeoning punk movement in New York City. Herpictures of the musicians and the hangers-on, the infamous, thedamned, and the dead, earned her a brief moment of fame. Thirtyyears later she is adrift, on her way down, and almost out when anold acquaintance sends her on a mercy gig to interview a famouslyreclusive photographer who lives on an island in Maine. When shearrives Down East, Cass stumbles across a decades-old mystery thatis still claiming victims, and she finds one final shot atredemption. Patricia Highsmith meets Patti Smith in thismesmerizing literary thriller.
How to set a scene? What's the best camera angle? How does thenew technology interact with scenes? And how does one even get thefinancing to make a movie? These basic questions and much more are all covered in thisexquisite packaged book on the film industry and making movies as aprofession. Written by Neil Landau, an experienced screenwriter and* consultant to the major movie studios, this is the perfectbook for anyone who wants to know about the inner-workings of thisindustry. Whether it's someone who wants to make movies as afull-timecareer, or just someone who is interested in film, thisbook covers it all.
