A Common DestinyA Photographic Journey Through a Changing WorldContribution by James Lovelock and Wangari Maathai, Photographed by Cedric Delsaux, Introduction by Bill McKibbenFormat: Hardcover 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... |
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American MonumentWritten by Lynn Davis, Foreword by Witold RybczynskiFormat: Hardcover On Sale: October 14, 2004 Price: $50.00 Lynn Davis records the natural and architectural monuments of the world. In this collection of 100 duotone photographs she presents a series of architectural images throughout the United States, ranging from icons of modern and contemporary architecture to the Hoover Dam, a series of lighthouses, the Very Large Array in New... |
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Auto FocusThe Self-Portrait in Contemporary PhotographyWritten by Susan BrightFormat: Hardcover On Sale: October 5, 2010 Price: $60.00 Auto Focus features a dazzling array of self-portraits by seventy-five of the world’s foremost contemporary photographers. Photography writer and curator Susan Bright provides a clear guide through this significant and dynamic genre, showing how issues of identity—whether national, sexual, racial, personal, or artistic—are key to understanding the work of many of... |
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Between Sea and SkyLandscapes of Long Island's North ForkAfterword by Joshua Y. Horton, Contribution by Jesse Browner, Photographed by Jake RajsFormat: Hardcover On Sale: December 1, 2006 Price: $60.00 Long Island's North Fork is a pastoral quilt of vineyards and farms by the sea. To the north are the sandy beaches of Long Island Sound and on the south a collection of harbors and fishing villages overlooking Peconic Bay. Stretching out some thirty miles from the mainland, this narrow peninsula... |
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Beyond the DunesA Portrait of the HamptonsPhotographed by Jake Rajs, Introduction by Paul GoldbergerFormat: Hardcover On Sale: July 29, 2008 Price: $60.00 The South Fork of Long Island extends only forty miles, stretching east into the Atlantic Ocean from the Shinnecock Canal to the majestic bluffs at Montauk Point. Dotting the coastline are the stylish Hamptons—Southampton, East Hampton, Westhampton Beach, and Bridgehampton—and villages of Sag Harbor, Amagansett, Watermill, and Sagaponack. The landscape in... |
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Carved by TimeLandscapes of the SouthwestWritten by Jake Rajs, Introduction by Hampton SidesFormat: Hardcover On Sale: May 18, 2010 Price: $75.00 “There's no place like the Desert Southwest. It's a land of parched canyons, bleached solitudes, and bulwarks of intoxicating rock. A land of sky islands, cinder cones, and mesas the size of battleships, crisscrossed by two great river drainages, the Colorado and the Rio Grande. It's the country made famous by... |
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CubaPhotographs by Jeffrey MilsteinWritten by Jeffrey Milstein, Introduction by Nilo CruzFormat: Hardcover On Sale: April 20, 2010 Price: $25.00 The images contained in this book do more than mirror reality in Cuba. They offer an orientation to its complexities. They present glimpses that are factual, realistic, honest, mixed with a breath of lyricism and quotidian simplicity, capturing our attention and allowing us to see the unseen. They get us in... |
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Haunted HousesWritten by Corinne May BotzFormat: Hardcover On Sale: September 28, 2010 Price: $40.00 “When I was between the ages of five and eight, my sister and I slept in a large attic bedroom. At nightfall the room was filled with gypsies who glided around in clusters. They wore colorful thin flowing dresses and rummaged greedily through my drawers and books as if they would... |
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The Hudson RiverFrom Tear of the Clouds to ManhattanAfterword by Arthur G. Adams, Photographed by Jake Rajs, Introduction by Joan K. DavidsonFormat: Hardcover On Sale: June 1, 2006 Price: $25.00 Celebrated as the American Rhine, the majestic Hudson River flows more than three hundred miles from its source high in the Adirondack Mountains to New York Harbor. Lining its banks are the marks of the four hundred years of history that have transpired since Henry Hudson piloted the Half Moon north... |
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New YorkCity of IslandsContribution by Pete Hamill, Photographed by Jake RajsFormat: Hardcover On Sale: February 1, 2007 Price: $25.00 The islands that form New York City are far more subtle and varied than the five that can be seen from the air. In this spectacular portrait of the great metropolis, renowned photographer Jake Rajs juxtaposes iconic views—the Empire State Building, the Hudson River skyline, the Brooklyn Bridge—with unheralded neighborhoods and... |
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Night ShiftPhotographed by Lynn Saville, Introduction by Arthur C. DantoFormat: Hardcover On Sale: May 19, 2009 Price: $45.00 Lynn Saville photographs New York during the time of transition from daylight to night, the fleeting moments when natural light gives way to streetlight, moonlight, window light, and advertisement and surveillance lighting. Subdued tones and shadows reveal a geometry hidden beneath the visual distractions of daylight. Saville has sought out places... |
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Only in New YorkPhotographs from Look MagazineWritten by Donald Albrecht and Thomas MellinsFormat: Hardcover 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... |
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Portrait of Long IslandThe North Fork and the HamptonsPhotographed by Jake RajsFormat: Hardcover On Sale: May 10, 2011 Price: $25.00 At Riverhead Long Island splits into two narrow strips of land, each about forty miles long and each with a distinct character and topography. The South Fork stretches east into the Atlantic Ocean from the Shinnecock Canal to the majestic bluffs at Montauk Point. Dotting the coastline are the stylish Hamptons—Southampton... |
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Signs and RelicsWritten by Sylvia Plachy, Foreword by Wim WendersFormat: Hardcover On Sale: September 1, 1999 Price: $50.00 Signs & Relics is an exploration of the world from a photographer's point of view -- in this case, noted Village Voice photographer Sylvia Plachy. Her engaging images -- some light and humorous, some somber -- show particular people and places at precise moments of synchronicity. Plachy draws telling metaphors from... |
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Space ProjectPhotographed by Lynn Davis, Foreword by Alan WeismanFormat: Hardcover 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... |
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Thomas StruthPhotographs 1978-2010Written by Thomas Struth, Edited by Tobia Bezzola, James Lingwood and Anette KruszynskiFormat: Hardcover On Sale: October 26, 2010 Price: $75.00 “Thomas Struth’s photographs are about making order visible. And with the help of these images, the viewer finds him- or herself better able to grasp some of the many and varied faces of reality.” Photographer Thomas Struth is one of the most acclaimed artists to emerge from Europe in the late twentieth... |
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White on WhiteChurches of Rural New EnglandAfterword by Robert Campbell, Photographed by Steve Rosenthal, Introduction by Verlyn KlinkenborgFormat: Hardcover 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... |
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