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Faces faces faces–thirty-four, if you count a delightful movie-crew group. Fascinating faces, those major elements in movies, photography, art. Mostly one-shots, taken spontaneously in a human-scale North Atlantic city-by-the-sea in the 1990s. No predatory irony or condescension, but strong reactions– surprise, wariness, delight, self-theatricalizing, etc. Interesting individuals, including a couple of poets, two photographers, an artist, a movie-maker,...
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Nature's Alluring Attraction is a descriptive nature photography book about photographs taken through the eyes of a photographer and written by the artist himself. This book will captivate your imagination and compel you to explore your surroundings with a camera in a different way. Containing more than sixty vivid photographs and descriptive stories and the area they were taken in. This book will make you laugh with it's simple and down to earth...
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"the most important documentary historian of this century" The Irish Times In 1985 Eddie O'Donnell SJ found a tin trunk containing 42,000 negatives, the life's work of Francis Browne SJ. Father Browne was a passenger on the Titanic and, when the ship sank, his photos were, printed on the front pages of newspapers throughout the world. 1n 1916 he joined up as a chaplain to the British Army serving with the Irish Guards on the front line during the...
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Through one hundred four images, A Strange World / Un mundo raro takes us on a journey of unexpected encounters with diabolic creatures, fictional characters, rare formations, paradoxical contours and laughable objects. Whether spooky or comical the images arrive with Aguilar's signature aesthetic. The photographs were captured in the streets and alleys of Washington, D.C. We walk them every day without observing the strange world that surrounds us....
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As a passenger on the first two legs of Titanic's ill-fated voyage, Father Francis Browne SJ's photographs are an immensely important record. As well as taking a unique set of photos, Father Browne also assembled an incredibly valuable album of Titanic material such as an original deck plan, menus, letters to him from fellow passengers, contemporary newspaper cuttings and other documents, many of which are reproduced here. Thanks to the gift of a...
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En Reflejos: Arte Magico (Vol.I), Aguilar nos deleita con un album variado en formas, colores y texturas. Nos introduce a sus abstractas imagenes con agudas observaciones sobre el enigmatico mundo de los reflejos. In Reflections: Magic Art, Aguilar delights us with a great variety of forms, colors and textures. He offers us arresting, abstract images with in-depth observations about the enigmatic world of reflections. Texts in English and Spanish....
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Award winning Black and White photographer Gerald Hill demonstrates the power and detail of fine art photography. For over thirty-five years, Gerald has been using the craft to make bold uncompromising statements about the way he sees the world around him. Element is a book to be experienced, not just read. This book leads the way for those who desire to have the quality of a fine art coffee table book with the convenience and portability of an iPad...
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The art of photography has evolved over the last fifty years, and nowhere is it more evident than in the works of photographer Joe DiMaggio. Tracing his career from the 1960's to the present day, Fill The Frame describes DiMaggio's time working for publications like Sports Illustrated, TIME Magazine, and HBO. He goes into vivid detail about the celebrities, sports figures and other personalities he shot over the years. If you've ever wanted to know...
90) Mike Watt
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Mike Watt: On and Off Bass is getting a lot of buzz. And for good reason, considering the author and photographer is the legendary punk bassist himself. Mike Watt got his musical start thumping the bass with legendary San Pedro punk trio, The Minutemen in 1980 and he has been at it ever since. Over the years, he's toured with Dos, fIREHOSE, his own The Black Gang, The Secondmen, The Missingmen, and others, and he has worked bass as a sideman for Porno...
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Make Money from Home
I've been involved in various areas of online marketing since 1997. I've made money from selling "hard" goods (stuff that has to be shipped) as well as digital goods. Each has its own set of challenges, advantages and disadvantages.
However, if there's one thing they all have in common, it's this...
Every online venture. . . including yours. . .
will DIE without TRAFFIC.
Like I said, I've been through the trenches on this,...
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Western Canada has spectacular scenery. Running through this scenery we see various types of freight and passenger trains. Not everyone has the good fortune to witness this daily parade. This book is for those who share the passion for trains and railroading. With a willingness to invest the time, carrying a camera, a scanner and some knowledge of rail traffic, the author is happy to make these images available to those who would like to know more...
93) Knowing you
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Pictures of the heart volume 3
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"May Parker is captivated by the Japanese exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, longing to know more about her mother's heritage. When she's reunited with childhood friend Lee Munro, they become entangled in a dangerous heist involving samurai armor, and their love is threatened. Will they be able to overcome the odds against them?"--
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In the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley's memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul...
For nearly a decade, Palley has been on the frontline of fire. He has witnessed homeowners on the worst day of their lives. He's seen puddles of aluminum where cars were once parked. He's watched as 150-foot walls of flame...
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An extraordinary memoir of fortune, fraud, and the master of modern art.
Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he sold only one name: Salvador Dalí. The surrealist painter's work was a hot commodity for the newly rich, investors, and shady businessmen looking to launder their black-market cash. Stan didn't mind looking the other way; he just hoped the buyers would look the other way as well. The artworks he sold came from some...
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"Bea Seger has spent a lifetime running from her childhood. The daughter of a famous photographer, she and her brothers were the subjects of an explosive series of images in the 1960s known as the Marx Nudes. Disturbing and provocative, the photographs left a family legacy of grief felt long past the public outcry and media attention. Now, decades later, both the Museum of Modern Art and Hollywood have come calling, eager to cash in on the enduring...
97) Time exposure
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Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, TIME EXPOSURE is an historical mystery framed by a modern story linking the past and present through current technology. In present day Washington, D.C., renowned digital photographer Maggie Thornhill discovers a mummified corpse in her basement. She believes it to be her ancestor, famed Civil War photographer, Joseph Thornhill. In Washington City, 1860, Joseph becomes a spy for the U.S. Secret Service and...
98) Remember me
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Pictures of the heart volume 1
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Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she's sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she's always dreamed of. Years later, Addie has found peace in her new life as a photographer, training Camera Girls to...
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Once home to the powerful Wyandotte Nation, Wyandot County emerged from lands surrounding the Grand Reserve. The landscape has evolved dramatically, from the backbreaking work of draining marshland to the creation of solar farms centuries later. The Mission Church, Indian Mill and Colonel Crawford Monument link the county to its rich heritage, and the Lincoln Highway connects it with the rest of the nation. The county has played host to General William...
100) Self-Exposure
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Written in candid prose, Gibson takes the reader through his life and career that spans over 50 years.
Gibson's story is a fascinating one, from his earliest memories growing up in California to his time in the navy and his continuous love affair with photography. Gibson's memories are time-capsules, filled with rich characters and period details.
Often moving, the narratives of his at times troublesome childhood provide a rich background to the...
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