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

San Francisco has long been one of America's most attractive cities, "a gleaming jewel of the West Coast surrounded on three sides by water." Its hilly streets provide gorgeous glimpses of San Francisco Bay and The Golden Gate Bridge and its neighborhoods reveals a mosaic of a city whose residents are an anthology of the world. Whether he's photographing the street life of bustling Chinatown or gays of the Castro, the gentrifying Mission or faux-Bohemian North Beach, aerial views or interior settings, this third generation San Franciscan renowned for his photographic essays captures it all in this superb collection of photographs of the city he loves.

Already well-established in the fields of fashion, journalistic, and portrait photography in his native Berlin, Bernd Obermann moved to New York City in 1996 to experience the city’s vibrant mix of culture, ethnicity, and race. For the next five years he ventured out of his apartment nearly every day, camera in hand, to explore what New York had to offer. The results of these walks through city streets, parks, and neighborhoods are collected in this paean to a place whose energy and spirit are as palpable as they are memorable. "When I take a photograph of somebody I am also making a photo of a deeper level of myself." Says Obermann, "I believe in acceptance and not in analysis." From the Bronx to the Battery, from poor to rich, young to old, Obermann’s images reflect his own fascination and sense of discovery.

Where palm trees sway golden sunsets surf the ocean and sidewalks marked with stars stroll through motion picture dreams Sequoias mountains and deserts speak wonders while a diverse population characterizes the land California is the Golden State. Palmen wiegen sich im Wind goldene Sonnenuntergange schimmern auf dem Ozean und Wege voller Sterne erlauben durch Film-Traume zu wandern Wundervolle Riesenmammutbaume Berge und Wusten ein Land fur das die Bevolkerungsvielfalt typisch ist Dies alles ist das Goldene Kalifornien. Las palmeras balanceadas por el viento las doradas puestas de sol refulgiendo sobre la superficie del oceano y los cami nos repletos de estrellas nos permiten pasear por suenos de pelicula Maravillosas secuoyas gigantes montanasy desiertos u pais caracterizado por la variedad de sus habitantes Todo esto es la Dorada California. Les palmiers se courbent au vent les cou chers du soleil couleur or scintillent sur lo cean et des chemins etoiles nous permet tent de traverser des reves

Baby Talk The Anne Geddes phenomenon Baby as bunny, baby as sunflower, babies upon a carpet of feathers. With her unique portraits of infants, Anne Geddes has become one of the world?s most widely known and loved photographers . Her portfolio has become a brand in itself, with posters, puzzles, apps, calendars, and clothing items all inspired by her baby photography. Like no photographer before, Geddes strives to capture the beauty, purity, and vulnerability of young children and to embody within an image her deeply held belief that each and every child must be ?protected, nurtured and loved.? Since its inception in 1992, The Geddes Philanthropic Trust has designated significant funds from the range of Anne Geddes products to help prevent child abuse and neglect in countries around the world. This Geddes retrospective offers access to her complete archive, reaching back to the late 1980s. With many previously unseen images , it honors not only a whimsical and endearing aesthetic but its underlying

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

It's simple question,but there's no simple answer-indeed,each of the 280 photographs in this wonderful book offers its own,unique answer,distilling subject,setting,and cerative skill into a single arresting moment that cap-tures the viewer's imagination.And though we may find this elusive quality hard to define,we recognze is imme-diately and instinctively. William Albert Allard,one of the essayists in the book,writes,A fine portrait has the potential to tell something about the spirit of the subject that can be sensed by someone half a world and a different language away.something universal and simple:This is another person in our world and I'd like you to meet him or her. Culled from National Geographic's extraordinary archive,this collection spans more than a century and explores every cornetr of the globe and every aspect of the portraitist's art.The pictures here represent both the special visions of some of the world's finest photographers and the universal appeal of our shared humanity in all i

From her virtually sub-tropical climate in the north to her almost sub-antarctic south New Zealand offers a fascinat-ing variety of landscapes:bubbling vol canos geysers and hot springs Alpine mountatin ranges giant lakes and fjords and bathing beaches that are like a scene from paradise. Vom annahernd subtropischen Norden bis zum fast subantarktischen Suden bietet Neuseeland eine faszinierende Landschaftsvielfalt:brodelnde Vulkane Geysire und heiBe Quellen Alpen rie sige Seen und Fjorde dazu traumhafte Badestrande. Du Nord du pays quasiment subtropi cal au Sud preque subantarctique la Nouvelle-Zelande offre un paysage a la diversite fascinante:volcans bouilon nants geysers et sources chaudes lacs et fjords gigantesques les Alpes sans oublier des plages de reve. Desde el norte aproximadamente sub tropical hasta el sur casi subantartico Nueva Zeland ofrece una fascinante variedad en su paisaje:gorgoteantes volcanes geiseres y fuentes de agua caliente Alpes gigantescos lagos fior dos y playas de ens

Images of the century (TASCHEN's 25th anniversaryspecial edition) The history of photography began some 150 yearsago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognised as amedium in its own right. Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the firstmuseum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section tointernational photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, fromwhich this book is drawn, is one of the most important in Germanyand one of the most representative anywhere in the world,constituting the core of the museum's holdings. This book providesa fascinating insight into the collection's rich diversity; fromconceptual art to abstraction to reportage, all of the majormovements and genres are represented via a vast selection of thecentury's most remarkable photographs. From Ansel Adams to PietZwart, over 850 works are presented in alphabetical order byphotographer, with de*ive texts and photographers'biographical details, providing a comprehensive and indispensableoverview of 20th century photography

ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS presents the full spectrum of Adams ' work in a single volume for the first time, offering the largest available compilation from his legendary photographic career. Beautifully produced and presented in an attractive landscape trim, ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS will appeal to a general gift-book audience as well as Adams' legions of dedicated fans and students. The photographs are arranged chronologically into five major periods, from his first photographs made in Yosemite and the High Sierra in 1916 to his work in the National Parks in the 1940s up to his last important photographs from the 1960s. An introduction and brief essays on selected images provide information about Adams ' life, document the evolution of his technique, and give voice to his artistic vision. Few artists of any era can claim to have produced four hundred images of lasting beauty and significance. It is a testament to Adams ' vision and lifetime of hard work that a book of this scale can be compiled.

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

This volume presents photographerCartier-Bresson's own selection of 130 of his photographs of Paris,taken over 50 years. Accompanying text discusses the history ofCartier-Bresson's engagement with the city and its place in hisachievement.

The photography community has been among the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of Apple’s revolutionary iPad. With its crystal-clear display, powerful graphical capabilities and intuitive interface, it’s certainly an effective way to show off photographs. But what else can it do? In this, the first book on the subject, Ben Harvell explains how the iPad is revolutionising the way that pro photographers work. There are powerful photo editing applications, easy-to-use photo sharing and display programs, and useful tethered-shooting this book explains all, and will be a must-read for digital photographers everywhere.

During his prolific 60-year career, the godfather of Americanphotography captured iconic images for the Sierra Club and NationalPark Service, wrote best-selling books, campaigned for theenvironment, and even took President Jimmy Carter’s official WhiteHouse portrait. Even so, these make up only a portion of AnselAdams’s portfolio. These rare photographs in The Unseen AnselAdams come from the celebrated collection of the University ofCalifornia. During the 1960s, Adams spent time chronicling theuniversity’s campuses, including images of Berkeley’s majesticcampanile, Santa Cruz’s ferny forests, Santa Barbara’s pristinecoastline, and UCLA’s stern chancellor. Photography aficionadoswill certainly appreciate this fresh look at a master’slesser-known work. Spreads feature beautiful black-and-whitephotographs that are rich in detail and texture, showcasing Adams’sunmistakable style. Though best known for his photographs ofnature, Ansel Adams saw beauty in many forms, including manyman-made struc

Whether they are of Abu Dhabi, California, Egypt or Emilia, all of the images he produces are lit with a constant physical light and elements that this photographer seems to always have with him the way he does with his camera bag, and through which all he wants to do is observe the world. I find such an aesthetic to be more that of a painter than a photographer somehow. Better yet, that of a post-documentary or neo-pictorialist photographer, who experiences and conceives his work to be the exprssive gesture of an artist for whom the subject is above all the opportunity for a tremendous but constant variation in his view of the world.

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.

Martin Munkacsi was never at a loss for self-confidence and was proud to be the best-paid photographer of his time. One of the most significant photographers of the twentieth century, Munkacsi shaped the beginnings of modern photojournalism and set into motion the previously static medium of photography. Munkacsi combined journalistic accuracy with a highly formal aesthetic standard, and was an outstanding representative of the Neues Sehen, arguably photographys weightiest contribution to advanced art. He defied convention by incorporating motion, dramatic camera angles and whimsy into his work, creating fashion and sports photography that was groundbreaking and unmatched. Munkacsis work unfortunately did not remain intact: scattered throughout the world, it was to an extent lost. Only the Ullstein Archive in Berlin maintains a fairly extensive collection of his lifes work from his days in Hungary and Germany. This second-edition of Martin Munkacsi combines pictures from all Munkacsis artistic phases w