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George Eastman

By: Ackerman, Carl W.; Seligman, Edwin R.A.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston and New York / Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press: 1930

Seller ID: 2306566

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, top and bottom page margins lightly stained. 1930 Hard Cover. xviii, 522 pp. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, including air view of Kodak Park and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and images of several significant buildings in Rochester such as Eastman Theater. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a deca...
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It Was Once a Paradise

By: Araki, Nobuyoshi

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Reflex Editions: 2012

Seller ID: 2307575

ISBN: 9071848124

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Minor sticker adhesive on rear jacket panel. 2012 Large Hardcover. A collection of work by the Japanese photographer known for blending eroticism, bondage/shibari, and fine art. Arguably Japans greatest living photographer and the author of over 425 books to date, Nobuyoshi Araki (born 1940) is internationally known for his erotic images of tied-up, beautiful nude women. It Was Once a Paradise presents Arakis most recent photographic series, 40 diptychs that offer a meditation on sex and grief. Each diptych couples a new color photograph of a semi-nude woman in bondage with a bl...
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The World is My Oyster, Volume 1: From Iceland to The South Pacific

By: Barker, Thomas B.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Rochester, Thomas B. Barker / Mercury Print Productions: 2009

Seller ID: 2199604

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First edition. Includes original jacket. Brand new from author. 2009 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 100 pp. Oblong. 8 3/4 x 11 3/8. A stunning collection of landscape and wildlife photography taken by the author during his travels.
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States of Decay

By: Barter, Daniel; Marbaix, Daniel

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Carpet Bombing Culture: 2013

Seller ID: 2307739

ISBN: 1908211121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Faint edge wear. 2013 Hard Cover. If America is the Roman Empire of our time then New York City is Rome. The pulsating heart of the West pumps greenbacks through the veins of Manhattan, the richest place in the world. Power emanates from it's corporate brains and financial muscle across the whole surface of the globe. So how is it that even in the body of America, land of eternal youth, there is failure, death and decay hidden just beneath its glossy surfaces? A new breed of urban adventurers take a savage ride through the invisible story of the North Eastern USA. From NYC to the infamous Rust...
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Photographs by Snowdon: A Retrospective

By: Beyfus, Drusilla

Price: $20.00

Publisher: ., Abrams: 2000

Seller ID: 2172348

ISBN: 0810944790

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Light edge wear to jacket. Very Good. 2000 Large Hardcover. In this first retrospective on his nearly 50-year career, it seems he has also been everywhere and seen everything-and captured it all, brilliantly, on camera. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, the book unveils fashion shots for Vogue, pictures of actors, playwrights, dancers, designers, writers, and artists, and piercing photographs revealing the pain of the lonely and the disadvantaged.
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A Day in the Life of Hollywood

By: Champlin, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Collins: 1992

Seller ID: 2279062

ISBN: 0002550555

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. An exceptional copy. 1992 Large Hardcover. The work of seventy-five photographers provides a comprehensive profile of Hollywood, following a young actress at an audition, the power elite at restaurants, special effects people, celebrities, and others.
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Leg

By: Edkins, Diana

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Thames & Hudson: 1998

Seller ID: 2205919

ISBN: 0500542198

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1998 Large Hardcover. A photography book celebrating women's legs in both fashion and culture.
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Masters of Movement: Portraits of America's Great Choreographers

By: Eichenbaum, Rose; Barnes, Clive (Foreword)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., Smithsonian Books: 2004

Seller ID: 2201155

ISBN: 1588342484

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

First paperback printing. 2004 Large Softcover. 288 pp. 9 7/8 x 9 7/8. Dramatically candid conversations about the creative life with 59 leading American choreographers. Eichenbaum's firsthand knowledge of dance, her passion for dancing and the people who do it, and her appreciation of the minutiae of lives, both everyday and Olympian, all combine to open windows onto the soul of dance and the lives of those who helped to define and shape the art in the 20th century.Jennifer Dunning, dance critic, New York Times. Where does the impulse to create originate? What is the choreographer's responsib...
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The Finger Lakes Region of New York: A View from Above

By: Feil, Charles; Rose, Ernest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scarborough, Maine, VFA Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 2303613

ISBN: 0971406723

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very minor general wear. 2005 Large Hardcover. 159 pp. ...sit in awe as you fly over select Finger Lakes wineries, cities, farmland, lakes, waterfalls, hills and valleys. Photographer Charles Feil offers you a birds eye view of the region as far east as Syracuse, to Rochester and New Yorks own grand can-yon in the west, as far south as Corning and Elmira, and many other locations in between. Within the 160 pages of this hardbound book of aerial photographs, you can also read snippets of interesting information and folklore woven into the areas colorful tapestry. Whether youre a visitor or area...
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Palaanthropische Physiognomien

By: Fotomuseum

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Fotomuseum: 1993

Seller ID: 2195400

ISBN: 3930054086

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes book and 11 prints in publisher's slipcase. Light rubbing to slipcase. 1993 Hard Cover. German-language work on the combining of human and animal imagery.
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Caloucaera, La Guadeloupe Offerte au Ciel

By: Giraud, Philippe

Price: $25.00

Publisher: ., Delegation au Tourisme de Guadeloupe (Tourism Delegation of Guadeloupe):

Seller ID: 2298040

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Hand written gift note to previous owner laid in. Box lightly rubbed. Book in excellent condition. Portfolio of images on heavy 11 3/8 x 15 1/2 paper stock, in publisher's black wraps, with original box which shows a painting on the front which appears to bear the artist mark Wolf. Hand written gift note to previous owner laid in. Giraud is known for his travel photography, and released several other portfolios of Guadeloupe. Uncommon - OCLC lists only four copies.
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Crisis of the Real: Writings on Photography Since 1974 (Aperture Writers & Artists on Photography)

By: Grundberg, Andy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Aperture: 1999

Seller ID: 2263283

ISBN: 0893818542

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second edition. A few faint spots on front board. 1999 Hard Cover. xii, 291 pp. Andy Grundberg is a former photography critic of The New York Times whose interpretations and critical views have helped shape the contemporary understanding of photography's complex roles in art and in the media. Significantly expanded to include his writings to date, this book brings into focus the major debates in photography that have arisen over the last thirty-five years. Agree with them or not, Andy Grundberg's provocative critical opinions invariably make one think hard about the art of photography. Gathere...
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Portraits of Greatness

By: Karsh, Yousuf

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons: 1960

Seller ID: 2283474

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed by Yousuf Karsh without inscription on front endpaper. First portion of pages loose from binding, probably due to the special binding of this book, which according to a laid in page is a special thermoplastic binding... used instead of sewing... It is also possible to remove, if desired, individual portraits for mounting and framing without destroying the other contents. This insert provides suggestions for restoration should loose pages occur -- we have left this decision to the final owner. 2 inch chip from front jacket panel, jacket lightly rubbed and toned. 1960 Large Hardcover. 204...
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Annie Leibovitz at Work

By: Leibovitz, Annie

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 2008

Seller ID: 2283930

ISBN: 0375505105

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Includes belly band jacket. 2008 Hard Cover. 237, [3] pp. The celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz, author of the New York Times bestselling book A Photographer's Life, provides the stories, and technical description, of how some of her most famous images came to be. Starting in 1974, with her coverage of Nixon's resignation, and culminating with her controversial portraits of Queen Elizabeth II early in 2007, Leibovitz explains what professional photographers do and how they do it. The photographer in this instance is the most highly paid and prolific person in the business....
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Blackface

By: Levinthal, David; Diawara, Manthia

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Santa Fe, Arena Editions: 1999

Seller ID: 2277187

ISBN: 1892041065

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by Levinthal without inscription on front flyleaf. 1999 Large Hardcover. 153, [3] pp. Of all of David Levinthal's series of photographs, none is more challenging and provocative than his Blackface series, created over the previous three years. In his blow-up images of miniature toys he has recreated scenes of racism, genocide, and sexual fantasies. This series explores the Blackface myth embodied in black memorabilia, household objects infused with African-American stereotypes. These images make the Blackface myth speak to us directly, without an intermediary, and demand ...
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Image for Aerial Photography: A How-To Guide for Using Remotely Piloted Vehicles and Other Methods to Obtain the Ultimate Above-Ground Photo, with Business and Marketing Insights and Secrets the Competition Doesn't Want You to Know

Aerial Photography: A How-To Guide for Using Remotely Piloted Vehicles and Other Methods to Obtain the Ultimate Above-Ground Photo, with Business and Marketing Insights and Secrets the Competition Doesn't Want You to Know

By: McNair, Greg

Price: $25.00

Publisher: ., Aerial South: 2007

Seller ID: 2194879

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

2007 Soft Cover. 82 pp. Oblong. An illustrated guide with tips, hints, and techniques to establish an aerial photography business, written and published by a professional aerial photographer.
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Last Places on Earth

By: Meola, Eric

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Graphis Inc.: 2004

Seller ID: 2199610

ISBN: 1932026150

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Includes original jacket. Faint stain on top page ridge. 2004 Large Hardcover. 224 pp. Photographer Eric Meola masterfully blends portraits and landscapes in this exploration of the disappearing beauty of various cultures, customs, ceremonies, and wildlife in remote areas of the world. An abstract look at the surviving remains of unique physical and spiritual beauty, this book features photographs taken in countries such as Burma, New Guinea, Africa, India, the Galpagos Islands, Mongolia, India, and Tibet.
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The Twentieth Century in Eretz Israel: A Pictorial History

By: Naor, Mordecai

Price: $20.00

Publisher: N/A, Konemann: 1998

Seller ID: 2263706

ISBN: 3895085952

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 1998 Large Hardcover. 617 pp. This mighty volume devotes itself in words and pictures to the history of Israel. Events throughout the twentieth century are traced in detail, decade for decade. The Ottoman Empire, the period of the British Mandate in Palestine, the birth of the State of Israel following several decades of conflict between Jews and Palestinians... The book follows Jewish immigration; it documents day-to-day life in peacetime and war--from the War of Independence to the Six Day War and the Gulf War in the early 1990s; it covers the strained effort...
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Modern Magazine Design

By: Owen, William

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Rizzoli: 1991

Seller ID: 2298722

ISBN: 0847813851

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket and page edges very faintly toned. 1991 Large Hardcover. 240 pp. A history as well as an analysis of contemporary magazine design. Among topics discussed: illustrated magazines and the photographic revolution; photojournalism between the Wars; the first age of the art director; journalism and art. Includes 340 illustrations, with 256 in color, that depict striking and memorable ads, photos and cover designs. Depicts work of Alexey Brodovitch; Roland Schenk; Fabien Baron; Helene Silverman, others.
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By: Vincent, Sheridan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Rochester, New York, Sheridan Vincent Photography: 2007

Seller ID: 2305274

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Bottom edge of front wrapper lightly bumped. 2007 Soft Cover. A collection of color photographs of Rochester, New York by local photographer Sheridan Vincent.
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The Last Empire: Photography in British India, 1855-1911

By: Worswick, Clark; Embree, Ainslie; The Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Aperture: 1976

Seller ID: 2306965

ISBN: 0912334991

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

One-and-a-half inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed. 1976 Large Hardcover. 146 pp. A brilliant selection of virtually unknown and rare photographs of India taken between 1855 and 1911. Images include the work of early photographers and adventurers who first recorded the glories of the Himalayas, ancient archeological wonders and the picturesque facade of the British Raj in the subcontinent. This collection represents British views of a land that held romantic and exotic place in the western imagination.
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