The Lost Empire A Visual Journey Back In by PRASANNA KUMAR TEXT

$49.99 AUD

Category: Photography

A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor

$29.95 AUD

Category: Photography

A unique, intimate portrait of writer's working life,as experienced by one of Australia's most highly regarded novelists and artists. A Novel Idea is a memoir in photoessay form that follows Fiona McGregor's life as she writes her award-winning novel Indelible Ink. It is a tongue-in-cheek rumination on the monotony and loneliness of the novelist's daily life, and the act of endurance the writer must perform. Through an extended sequence of photographs taken on a hand-me-down camera, accompanied by terse, evocative captions, the book spans several years of labour and procrastination, elation and despair. The details of the outside world intrude as McGregor works on the novel alone in her Bondi flat, with nothing but a desk, a pin-board, a laptop and a cat, and in studio spaces in Berlin and Estonia. McGregor's voice is wry, vulnerable, at times caustic, capturing the colloquial qualities of her fiction and the durational nature of her performance art via the ephemeral and essential thoughts that take up an author's days, weeks, and years. ...Show more

Poolside with Slim Aarons by Slim Aarons

$85.00 AUD

Category: Photography

Like its predecessors, "Once Upon a Time" and "A Place in the Sun", "Poolside with Slim Aarons" offers images of jet-setters and the wealthy, of beautiful, glittering people living the glamorous life. Yet this new collection of stunning photographs of the rich and well-connected 'doing attractive things ' in their favourite playgrounds has a new twist.The main character is pools and everything that goes with them - magnificent, suntanned bodies, well-oiled skin, bikini-clad women, yachts, summer cocktails, sumptuous buffets, spectacular locations and most of all fun. "Poolside with Slim Aarons" is not so much a Who's Who of society, aristocracy and celebrity - although C. Z. Guest, Lily Pulitzer, Cheryl Tiegs, Peter Beard and many who have appeared in the previous books are here - as it is about leisure time and how the rich make use of it. This is a more intimate peek into very private lives, to which Slim Aarons was given unprecedented access in the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties. From the Caribbean to Italy and Mexico to Monaco, "Poolside with Slim Aarons" whisks the reader away to an exclusive club where taste, style, luxury and grandeur prevail. ...Show more

Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll

$27.99 AUD

Category: Photography

Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs Of People is an inspiring book of conceptual starting points and invaluable technical tips for anyone, novice or professional, who wants to take top-notch pictures of people. The book distills portrait photography into seven subject areas, including "Compo sition," "The Gaze," and "The Street," and features beautiful, startling, and inspirational photographs in each category. Readers are given practical insights into the ideas and techniques of a wide range of historical and contemporary masters so they can put it all into practice themselves. Scattered throughout the book are "technical tangents" packed with invaluable practical guidance for basic lighting set-ups, equipment, camera modes and more. Also included is definitive advice from a lawyer on your legal rights when taking pictures of people. ...Show more

Shade - A Tale of Two Presidents by Pete Souza

$49.99 AUD

Category: Photography

From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a potent commentary on the Presidency--and our country.   As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone else. His years phot ographing the President gave him an intimate behind-the-scenes view of the unique gravity of the Office of the Presidency--and the tremendous responsibility that comes with it.   Now, as a concerned citizen observing the Trump administration, he is standing up and speaking out.   Shade is a portrait in Presidential contrasts, telling the tale of the Obama and Trump administrations through a series of visual juxtapositions. Here, more than one hundred of Souza's unforgettable images of President Obama deliver new power and meaning when framed by the tweets, news headlines, and quotes that defined the first 500 days of the Trump White House.   What began with Souza's Instagram posts soon after President Trump's inauguration in January 2017 has become a potent commentary on the state of the Presidency, and our country. Some call this "throwing shade." Souza calls it telling the truth.   In Shade, Souza's photographs are more than a rejoinder to the chaos, abuses of power, and destructive policies that now define our nation's highest office. They are a reminder of a President we could believe in, and a courageous defense of American values. ...Show more

Citizen Portraits by Ingvar Kenne 1997 2012 by ANDREW SAYERS CARLA

$69.50 AUD

Category: Photography

Citizen showcases portraits photographed in Australia, China, Laos, Papua New Guinea and the United States of America and includes images of  Lee Lin Chin, David Wenham, Nick Cave, Akira Isogawa and Alexis Wright. "By applying the same photographic parameters and treating each of his sitters as equ al, Kenne creates an intimate collective of what [Kenne] refers to as ‘fellow man’," says a release  from the National Portrait Gallery. "This notion reminds us that our unique experience of life is something that we all share." ...Show more

Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Daido Moriyama, Takeshi Nakamoto

$29.99 AUD

Category: Photography

Take an inspiring walk with legendary photographer Daido Moriyama while he explains his groundbreaking approach to street photography. For over half a century, Moriyama has provided a distinct vision of Japan and its people. Here he offers a unique opportunity for fans to learn about his methods, the ca meras he uses, and the journeys he takes with a camera. ...Show more

Cecil Beaton

$72.00 AUD

Category: Photography

Stop the Presses by Russell McPhedran; Norm Tasker (By (photographer))

$39.99 AUD

Category: Photography

The second half of the 20th Century was the golden age of press photography. News photographerswould go out into the field with their trust camera and a handful of film with the voice of theirnewspaper editors ringing in their ears. 'Get the shot!' Whether is was a world wide sporting event, afilm premi er attended by a host of celebrities, a royal tour or perhaps an unfolding disaster, the rightphoto was worth more than a thousand words . it made the story and had the potential of beingpublished right around the world.Russell McPhedran made his career by capturing that right shot at the right time.'Stop the Presses! Russell McPhedran's Golden Years of Press Photography' showcases his mostfamous images in a remarkable career the 1968 Buckingham's department store fire that wonawards and made his career; coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attacks; the life andtimes of Princess Margaret, the forgotten Royal; and a host of sporting stars and entertainment ...Show more

Shooting the Picture by Sally;Anderson Young

$8.00 AUD

Category: Photography

This groundbreaking book explores our political leaders and campaigns, crime, war and censorship, international events, disasters and trauma, sport, celebrity, gender, race and migration. It maps the technological evolution in the industry from the dark room to digital, from picturegram machines to iPho nes, and from the death knock to the ascendancy of social media. It raises the question whether these changes will spell the end of traditional press photography as we know it. ...Show more

Vivian Maier Street Photographer by Vivian Maier

$69.99 AUD

Category: Photography

Vivian Maier was a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide - from France to New York City, to Chicago and dozens of other countries - and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high qual ity of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America's post-war golden age. It wasn't until realtor and amateur historian John Maloof stumbled upon a box of anonymous negatives that her work was revealed to critical acclaim. ...Show more

The Short Story of Photography: "A Pocket Guide to Key Genres, Works, Themes & Techniques" by Ian Haydn Smith; Mark Fletcher (Consultant Editor)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Photography

The Short Story of Photography is a new and innovative introduction to the subject of photography. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key photographs from the first experiments in the early 19th century to digital photography.   The design of the book allows the student or photography enthu siast to easily navigate their way around key genres, artists, themes, and techniques. Accessible and concise, the book explains how, why, and when certain photographs really have changed the world. ...Show more