Ocean Soul
Written by Brian Skerry
Foreword by Dr. Gregory Stone
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Price: $50.00
Ocean Soul is a love story. It is a story of discovery. It is a story of hope.
The story begins when a boy who loves the sea attends an event with underwater photographers and has an epiphany: “I had always wanted to explore the oceans, but I now understood how...
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Polar Obsession
Written by Paul Nicklen
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $50.00
The Arctic is in Paul Nicklen’s blood. Born and raised on Baffin Island, Nunavut, he grew up in one of the only non-Inuit families in a tiny native settlement amid the ice fields, floes, and frigid seas of Northern Canada. At an age when most children are playing hide-and-seek, he was...
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A Photographer's Life
1990-2005
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz
Format: Hardcover, 472 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $100.00
“I don’t have two lives,” Annie Leibovitz writes in the Introduction to this collection of her work from 1990—2005. “This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.” Portraits of well-known figures–Johnny Cash, Nicole Kidman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Keith Richards, Michael Jordan, Joan Didion...
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Living Shrines of Uyghur China
Photographs by Lisa Ross
Written by Lisa Ross
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $35.00
Lisa Ross's ethereal photographs of Islamic holy sites were created over the course of a decade on journeys to China's Xinjiang region in Central Asia, historically a cultural crossroads but an area to which artists and researchers have generally been denied access since its annexation in 1949. These monumental images show...
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National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography
Written by Scott Stuckey
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $21.95
This superb practical guide to travel photography combines the best of all worlds: convenient size, comprehensive coverage, and useful, straightforward advice from the experts of
National Geographic Traveler, the highest circulation magazine in its field. It’s the perfect "how-to" for anyone seeking to master the veteran photographer’s trademark skills: a strong...
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Understanding Shutter Speed
Written by Bryan Peterson
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 19, 2011
Price: $16.99
The first book in the Understanding Photography series,
Understanding Exposure, was a runaway best-seller, with more than 250,000 copies sold. Now author Bryan Peterson brings his signature style to another important photography topic: shutter speed. With clear, jargon-free explanations of terms and techniques, plus compelling “before-and-after” photos that pair a mediocre...
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National Geographic Rare
Portraits of America's Endangered Species
Written by Joel Sartore
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $24.00
When a few of these photographs first appeared in the
National Geographic magazine January 2009 issue, they were hailed as an arresting reminder of the hundreds of species teetering on the brink of final extinctionmore than 1,200 animals and plants in all. Now, in
Rare, Joel Sartore and National Geographic present...
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Beyond Portraiture
Written by Bryan Peterson
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $16.99
Great portraits go beyond a mere record of a face. They reveal one of the millions of intimate human moments that make up a life. In
Beyond Portraiture, renowned photographer Bryan Peterson shows how to spot those “ah-ha!” moments and capture them forever. A teary child...old people laughing together...a smiling girl...
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The President's Photographer
Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Written by John Bredar
Foreword by Pete Souza
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $35.00
Official companion to the National Geographic Television Special airing in November 2010,
The President's Photographer is the intimate story of the men and women who are both visual historians and key links between the public and the Presidents. Like the film, this behind-the-scenes invitation features the images and recollections of the nine professionals who...
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