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FRAGILE
The Human Condition
Written by Howard G. Buffett
Foreword by Shakira Mebarak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $35.00
Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.
It is... Read more >
The Human Condition
Written by Howard G. Buffett
Foreword by Shakira Mebarak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $35.00
Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change.
It is... Read more >
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Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition
Edited by Tad Crawford
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $29.95
Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition contains 34 forms for photographers, each accompanied by step-by-step instructions, advice on standard contractual provisions, and unique negotiation checklists to guide professionals to the best deal. Included are contracts for wedding, portrait, and assignment photography; publishing, collaboration, and licensing contracts; property and model... Read more >
Edited by Tad Crawford
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $29.95
Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition contains 34 forms for photographers, each accompanied by step-by-step instructions, advice on standard contractual provisions, and unique negotiation checklists to guide professionals to the best deal. Included are contracts for wedding, portrait, and assignment photography; publishing, collaboration, and licensing contracts; property and model... Read more >
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The Jazz Loft Project
Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965
Written by Sam Stephenson
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $40.00
In 1957, Eugene Smith, a thirty-eight-year-old magazine photographer, walked out of his comfortable settled world—his longtime well-paying job at Life and the home he shared with his wife and four children in Croton-on-Hudson, New York—to move into a dilapidated, five-story loft building at 821 Sixth Avenue (between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets)... Read more >
Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965
Written by Sam Stephenson
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $40.00
In 1957, Eugene Smith, a thirty-eight-year-old magazine photographer, walked out of his comfortable settled world—his longtime well-paying job at Life and the home he shared with his wife and four children in Croton-on-Hudson, New York—to move into a dilapidated, five-story loft building at 821 Sixth Avenue (between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets)... Read more >
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A Common Destiny
A Photographic Journey Through a Changing World
Contribution by James Lovelock and Wangari Maathai
Photographed by Cedric Delsaux
Introduction by Bill McKibben
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
An artful photographic voyage documenting the impact of modern industry and consumerism on our planet, A Common Destiny presents a hauntingly beautiful vision of a world perched on the edge of an abyss. Juxtaposing images of pristine wilderness with photos of mines, abandoned nuclear reactors, large industrial farms, and spaces that... Read more >
A Photographic Journey Through a Changing World
Contribution by James Lovelock and Wangari Maathai
Photographed by Cedric Delsaux
Introduction by Bill McKibben
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
An artful photographic voyage documenting the impact of modern industry and consumerism on our planet, A Common Destiny presents a hauntingly beautiful vision of a world perched on the edge of an abyss. Juxtaposing images of pristine wilderness with photos of mines, abandoned nuclear reactors, large industrial farms, and spaces that... Read more >
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Space Project
Photographed by Lynn Davis
Foreword by Alan Weisman
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Lynn Davis, known for surveys of natural and man-made wonders, has long been fascinated with the objects and venues of space exploration. Her photographs of the architectural icons, cornerstones, and abandoned sites of the space race reflect the many facets of a historically complex industry: the beginnings of space exploration; the... Read more >
Photographed by Lynn Davis
Foreword by Alan Weisman
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Lynn Davis, known for surveys of natural and man-made wonders, has long been fascinated with the objects and venues of space exploration. Her photographs of the architectural icons, cornerstones, and abandoned sites of the space race reflect the many facets of a historically complex industry: the beginnings of space exploration; the... Read more >
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The World in Vogue
People, Parties, Places
Edited by Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
This one-of-a-kind book of 300 photographs of some of the most celebrated actors, artists, models, First Ladies, and social figures draws on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the past four decades, as well as photographs from those stories that have never been published. These trendsetters and... Read more >
People, Parties, Places
Edited by Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
This one-of-a-kind book of 300 photographs of some of the most celebrated actors, artists, models, First Ladies, and social figures draws on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the past four decades, as well as photographs from those stories that have never been published. These trendsetters and... Read more >
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The Ongoing Moment
Written by Geoff Dyer
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his most recent book, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Geoff Dyer confessed that not only did he not take pictures in the course of his travels but that he does not even own a camera. With characteristic perver-sity—and trademark originality—Dyer has now come up with... Read more >
Written by Geoff Dyer
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $16.95
In his most recent book, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Geoff Dyer confessed that not only did he not take pictures in the course of his travels but that he does not even own a camera. With characteristic perver-sity—and trademark originality—Dyer has now come up with... Read more >
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Elvis 1956
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $29.95
1956 was the year Elvis released his first record, made his first television appearance, and started his movie career. It was the year he became a star. Alfred Wertheimer, then a young freelance photojournalist, was there to document the extraordinary transition. Elvis 1956 features images that are a national treasure, including... Read more >
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $29.95
1956 was the year Elvis released his first record, made his first television appearance, and started his movie career. It was the year he became a star. Alfred Wertheimer, then a young freelance photojournalist, was there to document the extraordinary transition. Elvis 1956 features images that are a national treasure, including... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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Camera Creative
Professional Photography Techniques for Innovative Images
Written by Chris Gatcum
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.99
Get the secrets behind cool, creative techniques your camera manual won't teach you!
Amateur photographers looking to go beyond the basics will love this collection of 52 ways to take "wow" shots. These are the techniques you won't find in any camera manual, from exciting photo-taking ideas to post-processing tips and even... Read more >
Professional Photography Techniques for Innovative Images
Written by Chris Gatcum
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.99
Get the secrets behind cool, creative techniques your camera manual won't teach you!
Amateur photographers looking to go beyond the basics will love this collection of 52 ways to take "wow" shots. These are the techniques you won't find in any camera manual, from exciting photo-taking ideas to post-processing tips and even... Read more >
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Mastering Filters for Photography
The Complete Guide to Digital and Optical Techniques for High-Impact Photos
Written by Chris Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $25.99
The most comprehensive, updated resource on using optical and digital filters to create stunning effects
Whether you're shooting nature, wedding, portrait, landscape, or any other type of photography, filters are indispensable tools for bringing images closer to the way our eyes actually perceived the scene in real life, as well as for... Read more >
The Complete Guide to Digital and Optical Techniques for High-Impact Photos
Written by Chris Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $25.99
The most comprehensive, updated resource on using optical and digital filters to create stunning effects
Whether you're shooting nature, wedding, portrait, landscape, or any other type of photography, filters are indispensable tools for bringing images closer to the way our eyes actually perceived the scene in real life, as well as for... Read more >
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A Photographer's Life
1990-2005
Written by Annie Leibovitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $50.00
“I don’t have two lives,” Annie Leibovitz writes in the Introduction to this collection of her work from 1990 to 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... Read more >
1990-2005
Written by Annie Leibovitz
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $50.00
“I don’t have two lives,” Annie Leibovitz writes in the Introduction to this collection of her work from 1990 to 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... Read more >
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hardcover.
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National Geographic Live, Laugh, Celebrate
Written by Ferdinand Protzman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $29.95
Humankind just can’t resist a celebration—whoever we are and wherever on Earth we may be, somebody’s got a reason to cheer: a new spouse, a new house, a new year, or a new baby. Sometimes the occasion is grand—a royal wedding, a coronation, a presidential inauguration—and sometimes it’s as simple as... Read more >
Written by Ferdinand Protzman
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $29.95
Humankind just can’t resist a celebration—whoever we are and wherever on Earth we may be, somebody’s got a reason to cheer: a new spouse, a new house, a new year, or a new baby. Sometimes the occasion is grand—a royal wedding, a coronation, a presidential inauguration—and sometimes it’s as simple as... Read more >
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Only in New York
Photographs from Look Magazine
Written by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
In the aftermath of World War II, New York emerged as a world-class city and the de facto national financial capital, becoming a magnet for moguls and strivers. At the same time the city remained a collection of small towns made up of people going about their daily rounds. No other... Read more >
Photographs from Look Magazine
Written by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $50.00
In the aftermath of World War II, New York emerged as a world-class city and the de facto national financial capital, becoming a magnet for moguls and strivers. At the same time the city remained a collection of small towns made up of people going about their daily rounds. No other... Read more >
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Wedding Photography from the Heart
Creative Techniques to Capture the Moments that Matter
Written by Joe Buissink and Skip Cohen
Foreword by Denis Reggie
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $29.99
A behind-the-scenes look at master wedding photographer Joe Buissink’s acclaimed style
"There’s no such thing as a perfect image–only a perfect moment," says Joe Buissink, one of American Photo’s Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World. In Wedding Photography from the Heart, the premier photographer gives us an inside look at how... Read more >
Creative Techniques to Capture the Moments that Matter
Written by Joe Buissink and Skip Cohen
Foreword by Denis Reggie
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $29.99
A behind-the-scenes look at master wedding photographer Joe Buissink’s acclaimed style
"There’s no such thing as a perfect image–only a perfect moment," says Joe Buissink, one of American Photo’s Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World. In Wedding Photography from the Heart, the premier photographer gives us an inside look at how... Read more >
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An American Family
Three Decades with the McGarveys
Text by Claude Cookman
Photographed by Pam Spaulding
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Whether you think of it as the ultimate in time-lapse photography or a reality show begun decades before its time, this 30-year photographic look at one middle-class family from Louisville, Kentucky, is Americana at its most evocative—at once moving, modest, and quietly magnificent. Conceived in the 20th century and carried forward... Read more >
Three Decades with the McGarveys
Text by Claude Cookman
Photographed by Pam Spaulding
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Whether you think of it as the ultimate in time-lapse photography or a reality show begun decades before its time, this 30-year photographic look at one middle-class family from Louisville, Kentucky, is Americana at its most evocative—at once moving, modest, and quietly magnificent. Conceived in the 20th century and carried forward... Read more >
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Art Without Compromise
Written by Wendy Richmond
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $24.95
Combining 24 years of research and insight from her columns in Communication Arts magazine, artist, educator, and writer Wendy Richmond challenges artists to investigate their work through multiple lenses in her newest book, Art Without Compromise*. Her commentaries, exercises, and wide-ranging references to contemporary thinkers will inspire artists to change the... Read more >
Written by Wendy Richmond
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $24.95
Combining 24 years of research and insight from her columns in Communication Arts magazine, artist, educator, and writer Wendy Richmond challenges artists to investigate their work through multiple lenses in her newest book, Art Without Compromise*. Her commentaries, exercises, and wide-ranging references to contemporary thinkers will inspire artists to change the... Read more >
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California the Beautiful
Edited by Peter Beren
Photographed by Galen Rowell
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
As America stands to the rest of the world, so stands California to America - a shining promise of endless possibility. This exquisite celebration of the Golden State has been updated with a new introduction, new cover design, and an enlarged size to suit the grandeur of its subject. California the... Read more >
Edited by Peter Beren
Photographed by Galen Rowell
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $19.95
As America stands to the rest of the world, so stands California to America - a shining promise of endless possibility. This exquisite celebration of the Golden State has been updated with a new introduction, new cover design, and an enlarged size to suit the grandeur of its subject. California the... Read more >
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White on White
Churches of Rural New England
Afterword by Robert Campbell
Photographed by Steve Rosenthal
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Hardcover, 136 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $85.00
The early churches of New England hold a special place in the American consciousness, revered for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance and for their role in the early history of this country. Places of worship they were and are, but they are also icons of a particularly American sensibility and... Read more >
Churches of Rural New England
Afterword by Robert Campbell
Photographed by Steve Rosenthal
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Hardcover, 136 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $85.00
The early churches of New England hold a special place in the American consciousness, revered for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance and for their role in the early history of this country. Places of worship they were and are, but they are also icons of a particularly American sensibility and... Read more >
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Who Shot Rock and Roll
A Photographic History, 1955-Present
Written by Gail Buckland
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $40.00
More than two hundred spectacular photographs, sensual, luminous, frenzied, true, from 1955 to the present, that catch and define the energy, intoxication, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll; the first book to explore the photographs and the photographers who captured rock’s message of freedom and personal reinvention—and to examine the... Read more >
A Photographic History, 1955-Present
Written by Gail Buckland
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $40.00
More than two hundred spectacular photographs, sensual, luminous, frenzied, true, from 1955 to the present, that catch and define the energy, intoxication, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll; the first book to explore the photographs and the photographers who captured rock’s message of freedom and personal reinvention—and to examine the... Read more >
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New York Deco
Photographed by Richard Berenholtz
Introduction by Carol Willis
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.95
New York Deco profiles the architecture of the city during its most stylish and dazzling decades: the 1920s and early 1930s. New York City landmarks were born in this age - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Waldorf-Astoria - as well as dozens of lesser-known office... Read more >
Photographed by Richard Berenholtz
Introduction by Carol Willis
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.95
New York Deco profiles the architecture of the city during its most stylish and dazzling decades: the 1920s and early 1930s. New York City landmarks were born in this age - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Waldorf-Astoria - as well as dozens of lesser-known office... Read more >
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National Geographic Image Collection
Written by National Geographic, Michelle Anne Delaney and Maura Mulvihill
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $50.00
Behind National Geographic’s worldwide reputation as a powerhouse of photography lies one of the finest, most extensive, and most unique graphic resources on Earth: the National Geographic Image Collection. For the first time ever, readers will plumb the fascinating depths of this immense archive from the earliest photographs collected in the... Read more >
Written by National Geographic, Michelle Anne Delaney and Maura Mulvihill
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $50.00
Behind National Geographic’s worldwide reputation as a powerhouse of photography lies one of the finest, most extensive, and most unique graphic resources on Earth: the National Geographic Image Collection. For the first time ever, readers will plumb the fascinating depths of this immense archive from the earliest photographs collected in the... Read more >
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44 Days
Iran and the Remaking of the World
Written by David Burnett
Contribution by Christiane Amanpour and John Kifner
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
At a time when most Westerners fled the carnage in Iran, David Burnett was one of the few to stay and document the breathtakingly sudden fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in December 1978, and the chaotic political maneuvering that would culminate in the triumph of the Ayatollahs and the birth... Read more >
Iran and the Remaking of the World
Written by David Burnett
Contribution by Christiane Amanpour and John Kifner
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
At a time when most Westerners fled the carnage in Iran, David Burnett was one of the few to stay and document the breathtakingly sudden fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in December 1978, and the chaotic political maneuvering that would culminate in the triumph of the Ayatollahs and the birth... Read more >
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Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town
Written by Douglas Gayeton
Preface by Carlo Petrini
Introduction by Alice Waters
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town is an unprecedented photographic personal journey into the heart of hidden Tuscany that celebrates the principles that define the Slow Food movement and pays tribute to the region’s kaleidoscope of vibrant characters, whose shared culture revolves around the everyday pleasure of growing, preparing, and eating... Read more >
Written by Douglas Gayeton
Preface by Carlo Petrini
Introduction by Alice Waters
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town is an unprecedented photographic personal journey into the heart of hidden Tuscany that celebrates the principles that define the Slow Food movement and pays tribute to the region’s kaleidoscope of vibrant characters, whose shared culture revolves around the everyday pleasure of growing, preparing, and eating... Read more >
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Photojojo!
Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas
Written by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $21.99
A photo, an idea, and simple crafting skills are all you need to transform your pictures into useful, fun, giftable art. With clear DIY instructions, Photojojo! by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen shows you how to turn your forgotten photos into ingenious photo projects.
Do you have lots of pics of... Read more >
Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas
Written by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $21.99
A photo, an idea, and simple crafting skills are all you need to transform your pictures into useful, fun, giftable art. With clear DIY instructions, Photojojo! by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen shows you how to turn your forgotten photos into ingenious photo projects.
Do you have lots of pics of... Read more >
