Photography:

Scene

Photographed by Jeannette Montgomery Barron

Format: Hardcover, 136 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $40.00

"We look so young. We were so young."
—Rene Ricard

Scene is a remarkable compendium of portraits of renowned personalities from arguably the most exciting era of New York City underground culture, the 80s—a veritable time capsule of NYC when the young and indomitable flocked downtown in search of places to work... Read more >

LCD

Photographed by Ruvan Wijesooriya
Introduction by James Murphy

Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: December 11, 2012
Price: $29.95

For the past decade, downtown-New York indie dance music innovation could be summed up in three letters: LCD. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in contemporary music.

In 2011, at the height of their career, LCD... Read more >

John Wayne: The Legend and the Man
An Exclusive Look Inside Duke's Archive
Written by John Wayne Enterprises
Contribution by Patricia Bosworth, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and Ronald Reagan

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $45.00

An undisputed American icon, John Wayne is recognized the world over for his signature drawl and confident swagger; the ultimate personification of American courage and honor. This fall, John Wayne Enterprises has chosen powerHouse Books to produce the first-ever exclusively authorized photographic record of his life, both on-screen and off.

John... Read more >

The Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey

Written by M. Shawn Crahan

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $55.00

M. Shawn Crahan, better known as Clown, is the percussionist and founding member of the Grammy Award winning hard rock band, Slipknot. Crahan is also the art director for Slipknot and directed their DVDs,Disasterpieces, Voliminal: Inside The Nine, Of The (sic), and (sic)nesses: Live at Download. He has been the creative... Read more >

The Luminous Portrait
Capture the Beauty of Natural Light for Glowing, Flattering Photographs
Written by Elizabeth Messina and Jacqueline Tobin
Foreword by Ulrica Wihlborg

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $29.99

Infuse your images with glowing, luminous light

From high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Elizabeth Messina comes this beautiful guide to shooting lush, romantic portraits exclusively in natural light. Whether you’re photographing children, weddings, maternity and boudoir, or portraits of any kind, The Luminous Portrait will inspire you with Elizabeth’s personal approach and... Read more >

The Luminous Portrait
Capture the Beauty of Natural Light for Glowing, Flattering Photographs
Written by Elizabeth Messina and Jacqueline Tobin
Foreword by Ulrica Wihlborg

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $18.99

Infuse your images with glowing, luminous light

From high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Elizabeth Messina comes this beautiful guide to shooting lush, romantic portraits exclusively in natural light. Whether you’re photographing children, weddings, maternity and boudoir, or portraits of any kind, The Luminous Portrait will inspire you with Elizabeth’s personal approach and... Read more >

Megadeth
Another Time, A Different Place
Written by Bill Hale
Foreword by Dave Mustaine

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $19.95

Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place gives the audience a front-row seat into the early days and meteoric rise of this young band who would become one of the most influential groups of all time and, with Anthrax, Slayer, and Metallica, consistently touted among the best “thrash metal” bands ever to... Read more >

Leo Fuchs
Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
Text by Leo Fuchs
Afterword by Bruce Weber
Introduction by Alexandre Fuchs

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 16, 2010
Price: $65.00

Leo Fuchs is a Hollywood veteran who spent over 40 years shooting some of the most moving and memorable images ever made of 50s and 60s film icons. Fuchs’ introduction to moviemaking came as one of the world’s leading “special photographers” on movie sets in Europe and North America. Starting as a freelance magazine photographer, he... Read more >

Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson
Text by Susan Blond
Photographed by Ron Galella
Introduction by Brooke Shields

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $49.95

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was a superstar of unprecedented and epic proportions, and is still the bestselling recording artist of all time.

An icon raised in the spotlight, but ever reclusive and terribly shy, Jackson was the ideal subject for paparazzo extraordinaire Ron Galella, the nation’s most famous celebrity photojournalist. Galella shot Michael from... Read more >

Viva L'Italia!

Photographed by Ron Galella

Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $55.00

For years, Ron Galella, “the godfather of U.S. paparazzi culture,” has provided the world a glimpse into the off-limits world of celebrity. With Viva l’Italia!, a deeper and more probing Galella emerges. He sets out to find his own Italian roots, and in so doing, takes us on viaggio as he combs his vast archive for images... Read more >

But That's Another Story
A Photographic Retrospective of Milton H. Greene
Written by Amy Greene and Joshua Greene
Preface by Tippi Hedren

Format: Hardcover, 268 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $75.00

A privileged witness to the glamorous spirit of the 1950s and 60s, Milton H. Greene photographed the greatest artists, actors, and personalities of the twentieth century, including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Groucho Marx, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, Lauren... Read more >

Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens
A Life in Pictures
Written by Eva Marie Beale
Edited by Anne Verlhac
Foreword by Peter Beard

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2008
Price: $75.00

Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale (1917-2002) is best known for her appearance in the critically acclaimed 1975 film Grey Gardens, a documentary by Albert and David Maysles that explored the reclusive lives of Beale and her mother “Big Edie,” the first cousin and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, respectfully. Over the... Read more >

No Pictures

Text by Peter Beard, Graydon Carter, Lauren Hutton and Dick Cavett
Photographed by Ron Galella

Format: Hardcover, 212 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $65.00

Ron Galella didn’t invent the word "paparazzo"—Italian for a buzzing mosquito—but he certainly personalized it by redefining the relationship between the movie star and the photographer. Now in the business of catching public figures in private moments for more than three decades, the nation’s most famous celebrity photojournalist presents the next... Read more >

Madonna Confessions

Written by Guy Oseary

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $39.95

In conjunction with this summer's most talked about concert, Madonna's highly anticipated "Sticky and Sweet" Tour, powerHouse Books will release Madonna Confessions, the official book of quintessential images taken by über-manager Guy Oseary during the course of over 50 performances around the world during the Material Girl's sold out 2006 Confessions... Read more >

Unforgettable Steve McQueen

Edited by Henri Suzeau

Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $60.00

“Extremely sexy, extremely wild and extremely talented.”
—Uma Thurman

“Steve McQueen gave a new meaning to coolness.”
—Kimi Raikkonen

“He loved speed. He was strong-headed. We could have gotten along well, I think.”
—Maria Sharapova

Can it really be a quarter-century now that Steve McQueen has... Read more >

House Calls With William Carlos Williams, MD

Written by Robert Coles
Photographed by Thomas Roma

Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: August 2, 2008
Price: $29.95

“When they ask me, as of late they frequently do, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing.”
—William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams made his mark on the world... Read more >

RFK
A Photographer's Journal
Edited by Gigi Benson and Manuela Soares
Photographed by Harry Benson

Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $39.95

“I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done that I feel I am obliged to do... Read more >

Inheriting Beauty

Text by Christopher Tkaczyk
Photographed by Roger Moenks
Introduction by William Norwich

Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $75.00

“The women in Inheriting Beauty are serious people, they have careers, they care for their families, and they raise millions of dollars each year for charities, saving the world, as it were, and looking good doing it.”
—William Norwich

“The women in this book are lovely. How could the book... Read more >

Schapiro's Heroes

Photographed by Steve Schapiro
Introduction by David Friend

Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2007
Price: $50.00

Schapiro’s Heroes brings together an extraordinary collection of stories in the photo-journalistic tradition of people who have shaped our lives, our politics, and our tastes by the celebrated documentarian Steve Schapiro. In behind-the-scenes photographs, we visit the young Muhammad Ali and his Monopoly set, followed everywhere by the neighborhood kids; glimpse... Read more >

The Breaks
Stylin' and Profilin' 1982-1990
Text by Bill Adler and Tom Terrell
Photographed by Janette Beckman

Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Price: $35.00

“These images, which span music, street culture, and hip hop icons from 1982 to 1990, feature entertainers at the breaking point of their careers. The pictures manifest the genius of underground scenes and highlight their influence on today's music scene.”
—Paper

In the fall of 1982, celebrated photographer of the... Read more >

Warhol/ Makos in Context

Text by Vincent Fremont
Preface by Peter Wise
Photographed by Christopher Makos

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2007
Price: $60.00

A behind-the-scenes, in-depth record of his photographic life from 1976 to 1987, Warhol | Makos In Context, Christopher Makos’ newest book, documents the years he spent at Andy Warhol’s side.

Over 100 original Makos contact sheets, reproduced in full with the photographer’s editing marks and comments, have never before been... Read more >

Blunt

Designed by Pentagram
Photographed by Nigel Parry
Foreword by Roger Rosenblatt
Introduction by Tom Ford

Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $60.00

His newest project, Blunt, is a deluxe volume with over 145 iconic images, each in Parry’s signature style: intimate, honest, and wholly original. His photographs feature the best at their best, including Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe, Jimmy Fallon, Renée Zellweger, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Brad Pitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Matt LeBlanc... Read more >

Made in the UK
The Music of Attitude 1977-1983 (pH Classic)
Text by Vivien Goldman and Paolo Hewitt
Photographed by Janette Beckman
Foreword by Paul Smith

Format: Hardcover, 132 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $18.00

“The mid-1970s was England’s darkest, dreariest hour. The UK was sliding deeper into unemployment, reeling from strike after strike, power cuts, the three-day work week, and IRA bombs. It was time for a new order and in London’s restless streets a handful of snotty young men, feisty females, and first generation... Read more >

Touch Me I'm Sick
(pH Classic)
Text by Jennie Boddy
Photographed by Charles Peterson
Introduction by Eddie Vedder

Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2006
Price: $18.00

Poised at the epicenter of an explosive underground scene, photographer Charles Peterson witnessed the birth of a brash new era of music that grabbed the world by its throat and refused to let go. Grunge, the bastard child of 60s garage and 70s punk, revived the original, gritty spirit of rock... Read more >

Maripolarama

Text by Anna Sui
Afterword by Diego Cortez
Photographed by Maripol
Introduction by Glenn O'Brien

Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $29.95

"Maripol's portraits represent an intimate and glamorously blurry love letter..."
—The Village Voice

During the early 80s, New York’s Lower East Side was a hotbed of creative activity. Unknown artists were synthesizing the fertile ground at the legendary New York nightclubs Studio 54, the Mudd Club, Club 57, Palladium, and Danceteria while... Read more >