In 2001, Rinko Kawauchi launched her career with the simultaneous publication of three astonishing photobooks--Utatane, Hanabi and Hanako--firmly establishing herself as one of the most innovative newcomers to contemporary photography, not just in Japan, but across the globe. In the years that followed, she published other notable monographs, including Aila (2004), The Eyes, the Ear (2005) and Semear (2007). And now, ten years after her precipitous entry onto the international stage, Aperture has published Illuminance, the latest volume of Kawauchi's work and the first to be published outside of Japan. Kawauchi's photography has frequently been lauded for its nuanced palette and offhand compositional mastery, as well as
Andreas Gurskys new Bangkok series forms the basis of this book. Gurskys photos depict the dark, moving water of Thailands Chao Phraya river, whose shimmering surface possesses the qualities of abstract painting. Indeed these photos are reminiscent of some of the most recognisable examples of Modernist Abstraction such as the work of Hans Arp, but they also echo the more hostile patterns of military camouflage. Seductively beautiful on the first glance, it is only in time that the rubbish of civilisation becomes recognisable floating on the surface of the river the flotsam of a threatening reality moving upon colourful reflections. Gursky alludes to the ecological problems that jeopardise Bangkok, and which shortly after these images were made, culminated in the widespread flooding that devastated great parts of Thailand. Andreas Gursky, born in 1955 in Leipzig, is one of the most important contemporary photographers. He studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen, and at the Kunstakademie Du?sseldorf under
Bollywood movies are glorious, colorful spectacles of romance,action, drama, song, and dance. The biggest film industry in theworld, Bollywood puts out some nine hundred movies a year, whichare watched by passionate fans around the globe. Stephen Alter--awriter who grew up in India and has inside access toBollywood--acts as translator and tour guide in this firsthand lookinto the world of Bombay films. Following the making of a Bollywoodversion of Othello, he explores the enormous popularity of Hindimovies and reveals the actors, directors, musicians, and feats ofartifice that make them so compelling and unique. From the blessingceremony performed each time a movie starts shooting to the secretsbehind the song- and-dance extravaganzas, Fantasies of a BollywoodLove-Thief is a beguiling introduction to the rituals and cultureof a moviemaking industry so similar to and yet utterly differentfrom our own.
Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstratekey points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and inparticular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Edited,translated, and with an Introduction by Jay Leyda; Index;photographs and diagrams.
Great for the beginner and the expert, this book offersreaders exercises to improve their work.
In 1950, Robert Frank left his job as a photographer in NewYork to travel through Europe with his family. That summer hearrived in Valencia, Spain, which was at the time a humble, bleakplace enduring the austere conditions of the postwar period likethe rest of the country. The pictures Frank took of Valencia depictthe daily life of a fishing village. His portrayal is so naturaland clear that further verbal explanation seems superfluous; theysimply reflect, in the photo graphers words, the humanity of themoment. The photographs in this book, many of which have never beenpublished before, allow dignity to override poverty. Robert Frank,a key figure in photographic history, was born in Zurich in 1924and immigrated to the United States in 1947. He is best known forhis seminal book The Americans, first published in 1959, which gaverise to a distinct new form in the photobook, and his experimentalfilm Pull My Daisy (1959). Franks other projects include the booksBlack White and Things (1954) and The Lines of
修订一部深受读者欢迎的音乐通史，目的不是推倒重写，而是提高它的时代性。看惯前几版的读者，会觉得此书不论外貌或者内容改动甚大，但章次和范围基本未变。收名中加上“西方”一词，说明我们意识到西欧和南北美洲的音乐体系不过是世界文明的诸音乐体系之一。本书范围的又一局限在于只谈“艺术音乐”；而必须承认，“艺术音乐”这一概念本身便十分含糊。通俗音乐、爵士乐以及诸如此类的品种确已有相当高深的技巧，但不能期望本书同等对待西方音乐的这一广大支系（如今已成为独立的研究课题），常规的音乐史教程也未必能等同视之，而本书不过是一本常规音乐史的手册。
Third Life is the new monograph by the photographers photographer, Norbert Schoerner. Assembled as a cinematic narrative, this book collects new and previously unseen work produced over the last seven years. In equal measures a photographic diary and a sequence of remarkable tableaux, Third Life traces Schoerners journeys across the globe. Through the juxtaposition of carefully chosen urban and rural landscapes with images from his photographic sketchbooks, Schoerner explores representation in the context of mass availability and re-purposing of digital images in the www environment.
修订一部深受读者欢迎的音乐通史，目的不是推倒重写，而是提高它的时代性。看惯前几版的读者，会觉得此书不论外貌或者内容改动甚大，但章次和范围基本未变。收名中加上“西方”一词，说明我们意识到西欧和南北美洲的音乐体系不过是世界文明的诸音乐体系之一。本书范围的又一局限在于只谈“艺术音乐”；而必须承认，“艺术音乐”这一概念本身便十分含糊。通俗音乐、爵士乐以及诸如此类的品种确已有相当高深的技巧，但不能期望本书同等对待西方音乐的这一广大支系（如今已成为独立的研究课题），常规的音乐史教程也未必能等同视之，而本书不过是一本常规音乐史的手册。
《复频弹性律学：李曙明音律文集》收录了我国音乐美学家、律学家李曙明先生的七篇律学论文。《复频弹性律学：李曙明音律文集》的特色是从美学和哲学的高度来重新看待和审视律学问题，这无疑为律学的未来发展提供了一个崭新的视角。作者以2音分的“小微音差”和14音分的“弹律音差”为工具，运用传统文化中的“和律”智慧将五度相生律、纯律和十二平均律融合为一个自洽的完整体系，使得三律之美兼而有之。全书既大胆借鉴当前律学研究的新成果，又充分吸收了古代易学、律学精髓，体现出“技”、“艺”与“道”的统一，把律学从造律.听律、算律的历史推向了唱（奏）律的艺术实践新阶段，对音乐理论、音乐表演及中国十二音作曲法具有高屋建瓴般的指导意义。全书简洁精炼，逻辑清晰，不仅是律学研究者的重要参考书目，也适合专业音乐院校和师
Rolling Stones 50 x 20 celebrates the remarkablefifty-year career of “The World’s Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Band” withimages captured by twenty of the world’s greatest musicphotographers. Featured are more than eighty exceptionalphotographs that document the longevity of one of the mostinfluential, enduring, and controversial bands in rockhistory. Photographers include Fernando Aceves, Bob Bonis, Gus Coral,Michael Cooper, William Coupon, Barry Feinstein, David Fenton,Claude Gassian, Bob Gruen, Ross Halfin, Michael Joseph, EddieKramer, Chris Makos, Gered Mankowitz, Jan Olofsson, MichaelPutland, Mark Seliger, Eric Swayne, Mark Weiss, and BaronWolman.
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.
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.
This progressive book object combines twovolumes and covers the sweep and depth of Lewis Baltz's influentialoeuvre. Rule Without Exception is a re-issue of Baltz'saward-winning mid-career retrospective book which accompanied atravelling exhibition of the same name in 1991. The book surveysBaltz's work from "The Prototype Works" of 1967 through to "Sitesof Technology" of 1991, showing the range of his images ofindustrialised landscapes and technological sites. Each section ofthe book is accompanied by installation views as well as texts bydistinguished writers, some newly commissioned for this edition.Only Exceptions is a new book chronicling Baltz's work - nowusually site-generated commissioned works - from 1992 to thepresent and is published on the occasion of an exhibition organizedby the Kunstmuseum, Bonn. Only Exceptions includes Baltz's work inCalifornia, Leipzig's "Black Triangle", Reggio Emilia, Groningen,Rome, Venice, and two projects with Jean Nouvel in France andItaly.
The classic Photofile series brings together the best work ofthe world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at areasonable price. Handsome and collectible, the books each containsome sixty reproductions, plus a critical introduction and abibliography. With his focus on the "disagreeable beauty" of the anomalous andthe transgressive, Joel-Peter Witkin's images are edgy anddisturbing. Influenced by artists from Giotto to the Surrealists,by daguerreotypes and the work of Bellocq, his portraits andcomplex tableaux incorporating corpses, hermaphrodites, masks, andmutilation provoke and challenge the viewer. 64 illustrations incolor and duotone.
