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Это одно из первых фундаментальных исследований природы фотографии и одновременно оммаж покойной матери автора. Интерес к случайно попавшей в руки фотографии 1870 года вызвал у Барта желание узнать, благодаря какому существенному признаку фотография выделяется из всей совокупности изображений. Задавшись вопросом классификации, систематизации фотографий, философ выстраивает собственную феноменологию, вводя понятия Studium и Punftum. Studium обозначает культурную, языковую и политическую интерпретацию фотографии, Punftum - сугубо личный эмоциональный смысл, позволяющий установить прямую связь с фотоизображением.

Highlights from the legendary photo journal

"This has to be the 'must buy' book of the decade - no photographic library will be complete without it. " - mono, UKPhotographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a visionary, far ahead of his time. Around the turn of the 20th century he founded the Photo-Secession, a progressive movement concerned with advancing the creative possibilities of photography, and by 1903 began publishing Camera Work, an avant-garde magazine devoted to voicing the ideas, both in images and words, of the Photo-Secession. Camera Work was the first photo journal whose focus was visual, rather than technical, and its illustrations were of the highest quality hand-pulled photogravure printed on Japanese tissue. This book brings together a broad selection from the journal’s 50 issues.

Texts by:

Pam Roberts was Curator at the British Royal Photographic Society from 1982-2001. She lives in Bath.

This is the most complete volume available on one of the outstanding representatives of new German photography.

Ever since embarking on her first photographic projects in the early 1970s, Candida Höfer has been primarily interested in what could best be termed public space – interiors, such as libraries, foyers, museums, club houses or, more rarely, urban scenarios such as public squares, streets or zoos.

Candida Höfer’s relationship to architecture is fully in keeping with the New Objectivity tradition. Her photographs of public spaces are almost sober and ascetic in feel – especially as she forgoes any spectacular staging of the locations. The emptiness is imbued with substance with a subtle attention to colour, and the prevailing silence instilled with a metaphysical quality.

Even when Höfer’s photographs present significant works of renowned architects or designers, her incorruptible and consistently laconic approach means that the architectural mind in question takes a back seat to the photographer.

Candida Höfer was born in 1944. She was a student at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art and studied film under Ole John before going on to study photography under Bernd Becher. She has taken part in many group exhibitions and has held countless solo shows, most recently at Documenta XI, where her Zwölf–Twelve cycle was displayed. She is one of the greats of the international photographic and art community.

Michael Krüger, who contributes the penetrating introductory text, is Director of the Munich-based publishing company Carl Hanser Verlag, and the author of several critically acclaimed novels.

400 color and b/w illustrations

The automobile has always been as much about style as engineering, not simply a means of transportation but a status symbol meant to impress others and project the success of its owner. Car Design is a comprehensive collection of photographs from European, Japanese, and American automobile advertising campaigns of the last fifty years. Lavishly illustrated with over 400 color and black and white photos of distinctively designed automobiles, this compendium can be viewed as a decade-by-decade chronicle of consumer culture since World War II or as an amusing look at car culture for enthusiasts.

"Carine, and her vision of French Vogue, embodies all that the world likes to think of as Parisian style: a sense of chic that's impeccable and sometimes idiosyncratic and which forever lives on a moonlit street as seen through the lens of Helmut Newton." - Anna Wintour Karl Lagerfeld once said that if you close your eyes and imagine the ideal French woman, it would be Carine Roitfeld. She is a fashion visionary and a muse. Since the start of her career in the early 1990s, through her collaborations with the legendary photographer Mario Testino, Roitfeld has been credited with launching Tom Ford's career at Gucci, as well as turning French Vogue into one of the industry's most worshipped magazines.

This elegant volume is a visual history of Roitfeld's fearless career. A daring instigator, she is known for pushing the limits with her subversive styling ideas. Featuring a selection of 250 magazine tear sheets and covers from pivotal editorial shoots and advertising campaigns, as well as intimate visual ephemera, this book gives an inside view into Roitfeld's creative thought process and sensibility. A must-have for those interested in cutting-edge fashion and femininity, this book will empower women to follow Roitfeld's lead and take risks with their personal style.

About the Author:

Carine Roitfeld is a legendary stylist and former editor in chief of French Vogue. Olivier Zahm is an art critic, renowned curator, and art director. He is the editor in chief of Purple Fashion. Alex Wiederin at Buero New York is creative director of Vogue Hommes International. His work in fashion, photography, and graphic design is highly acclaimed.

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This reprint of a rare catalog contains descriptions, prices, and finely detailed engravings of customized models of a curtain coach, child's chaise, light French coupe, cabriolet, six-seat beach wagon, Portland sleigh, and many other vehicles. Rich source of royalty-free art as well as an intriguing browse.

Lavishly illustrated, this amazing photo book offers an almost inadvertent glimpse into celebrities' lives and their close relationship with cars. With more than 160 pictures, film stills and memorable paparazzi shots, the reader will ride a fantastic trip across time, accompanied by those who have left their mark in music, movies, sports and fashion. On this trip he will discover the secret essence of glamour, the cars' significance to celebrities and the role played in the creation of idols

With the motor industry in turmoil and environmental concerns more pressing than ever, this book highlights the latest cars that promise to challenge our dependency on fossil fuels. Tesla's S offers an alternative to the traditional luxury sports sedan, Chevrolet's Volt could leap-frog Toyota and Honda's trailblazing hybrids, Smart goes zero-emission, while electric cars from Renault and Nissan are bringing up the rear. The book's scope is global, examining Indian company Tata's affordable Nano, supercars developed in Morocco, home-grown people's cars in Iran, Saab's reinvention at the hands of Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg, Hummer's new Chinese future, and the demise of legendary brands like Pontiac. Can Jaguar roar back under new ownership? Will Rolls-Royce overtake Bentley with its new entry-level model? How is Europe reacting to newly-introduced Infiniti and Cadillac models? What is Fiat planning at Chrysler? Written to satisfy autophiles without confusing learner drivers, this unparalleled guide to today's most stylish, innovative and intriguing automobiles also looks at the companies pushing the frontiers of design, value, and technology. Featuring a chapter on every manufacturer of note and their most desirable models, with hundreds of original photographs and illustrations, as well as interviews with designers and entrepreneurs at the forefront of change, and special features exploring street culture, it demystifies the rapidly evolving world of motoring for discerning drivers. Whether you're looking for an off-road workhorse or a limousine, an electric urban runabout or an exotic supercar, if it's on the road and worth a spin it's in this book.

Cars - The Early Years offers an unusual perspective on 75 years of automotive history, from Benz motorcars through two World Wars, affluence and economic crisis, through the 1950s.

A fascinating selection of images from the Getty Images collection documents the pioneers of transportation by rail and by road.

The ladies are back, and this time with a trilogy of feline fun. Christine Montaquila and Kim Levin’s bestselling “feline guides” are now available as a boxed set, including Cattitude: The Feline Guide to Being Fabulous, Catrimony: The Feline Guide to Ruling the Relationship, and Caternal Instincts: The Feline Guide to Mastering Motherhood. All three feature the unique black-and-white documentary-style photography and clever captions that have kept cat lovers wanting more.

In Cattitude, the felines give us the dish on living large for women in any stage of life, offering advice like “Accept your body. Augment your ego,” and “Realize a tiara is a state of mind.” In Catrimony they conquer the milestone of marriage with witty suggestions to “Hide the videotape” and “Devise a holiday evacuation plan.” And, finally, in Caternal Instincts the ladies get real about the challenges of parenting, encouraging every mom to “Buy stain resistant everything” and “Accept the fact that you’ll never pee alone again.” Perfect for birthdays, weddings, baby showers, or any gift-giving occasion, the Cattitude Boxed Set is for cat lovers, photography buffs, and everyone in between.

About the Authors:

Kim Levin is a photographer who specializes in pet portraiture. Her company, Bark & Smile ® Pet Portraits, combines her passion for photography and her love of animals. Kim is the photographer and author of ten books including Why We Love Dogs, Why We Really Love Dogs, Why We Love Cats, and Dogma (all Andrews McMeel). Bark & Smile® books have sold over 250,000 copies to date and have been published in six languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish. Her gift line currently includes greeting cards, mugs, journals, calendars, e-greetings, postcard books, note cards and magnetic pads. She has appeared on Animal Planet, Fox News Channel, News 12 Long Island, and News 12 New Jersey. Her photography has been featured in Reader’s Digest, Photo District News, Italian Elle, Bark Magazine, The American Kennel Club Gazette, and NJ Monthly. She was the official photographer for the 2004 ASPCA “make adoption your first option” calendar. Kim lives in New Jersey with her husband, two kids, and adopted greyhound/collie mix, Charlie.
By day, Christine Montaquila works in advertising as a creative director. She lives in Chicago with her husband Brad, son Luca, daughter Francesca, and her tiger kitty, Maddie. She has loved cats since childhood and has the scars to prove it.

Chris Moore is the undisputed king of catwalk photography. His six-decade career includes images of all the iconic catwalk shows because he was at them all. This is the ultimate and only edit of Moore’s work throughout his career and covering the changing face of the catwalk.

Covering each of the decades images are accompanied with essays by award-winning fashion critic Alexander Fury, based on extensive interviews with Moore, exploring Moore’s career along with key catwalk moments.

From John Galliano’s graduation to Alexander McQueen’s final show, supermodels to showstoppers, Alaïa to Vivienne Westwood and more, Catwalking presents the definitive catwalk highlights captured by the man who has seen and shot it all.

About the authors:

Alexander Fury is an award-winning fashion journalist and critic. He was the first menswear critic at US Vogue.com, chief fashion correspondent at T: The New York Times Style Magazine and fashion editor at the Independent newspapers.

Chris Moore has been at the forefront of fashion photography since the 1950s and founded Catwalking.com, the first online archive of catwalk photography. Over his career he has worked with every leading national newspaper in the UK and is a long-standing contributor to The Sunday Times, the Financial Times and Grazia magazine, and was an important contributor to the International Herald Tribune. He received lifetime achievement awards for his contribution to fashion from the British Fashion Council and Graduate Fashion Week, and received honorary doctorate awards from the University of the Arts London and Northumbria University.

The definitive book on the legendary photographer's life in New York City, with many never-before-seen images and reminiscences by his closest friends and confidants.  

From the 1930s, when he helped revolutionize fashion journalism, through the 1960s, when he launched headlong into the Pop art era, London-based photographer Cecil Beaton brought to New York City his own perspective - aristocratic, sexually ambiguous, and theatrical. At the same time, New York offered Beaton innumerable opportunities to reinvent himself and his career.

Cecil Beaton: The New York Years features sketches, costumes, set designs, previously unpublished letters, and over 220 photographs and drawings, many in color and never seen before. This volume documents Beaton's most influential relationships with quintessential figures of the New York art scene, including Greta Garbo, his female confidant and muse, and Andy Warhol. Richly illustrated, Cecil Beaton is the definitive portfolio chronicling Beaton's stunning career in fashion, portraiture, and the performing arts.  The book will be divided into five parts:

Beaton in Vogue: Beaton's photography for Condé Nast's Vogue in the 1930s hastened the decline of fashion illustration in favor of today's emphasis on photography. Beaton himself became a celebrity photographer, as famous as his subjects, in the later mold of Richard Avedon and Annie Leibovitz.

Beaton and the Stage: After World War II, Beaton appeared on the New York stage as an actor, and he also designed sets and costumes for such musicals as My Fair Lady and Coco and operas Vanessa and La Traviata, both at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Beaton on New York: Beaton produced many illustrated books on New York City and his tell-all diaries detailed his life among the city's best-known figures. Beaton was also commissioned to produce innumerable photographs of New Yorkers, from Truman Capote to Tom Wolfe.

Beaton on Garbo: Greta Garbo was Beaton's closest female friend  She was also his muse, and his photographs captured her in many different scenarios and moods from the mid-1940s, when she ended her Hollywood career and permanently moved to New York.

Beaton on Warhol: In 1968, Beaton was advised to photograph a group of young New Yorkers, the most famous of which was Andy Warhol and his Factory. In effect, this photo shoot charted the passing of the torch from Beaton to Warhol, two figures who defined their era's concepts of popular culture, celebrity, and sexual mores.

About the Author:

Donald Albrecht is the Museum of the City of New York's curator of architecture and design. He has contributed essays to a number of books about architecture and design, including Andree Putman: Complete Works and Gabellini: Architecture of the Interior.

In the last sixty years certain celebrities have really left an indelible mark on history: Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol, Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Picasso, Yoko Ono...This book represents a stroll through this aspect of popular culture - a compilation of biographical photographs of over 300 celebrities (actors, artists, pop stars, politicians, models, media stars) who will always be unforgettable. Illustrated throughout with over 400 full colour and black-and-white iconic photographs.

A visual history of the 20th century, the photographs in this volume cover events which range from the hard history of politics to new inventions, the arts, society and fashion. The images have been drawn from international agencies such as Life, Magnum, Picture Post and Stern. The book is divided into six chronological sections corresponding to significant historical moments. Each section opens with a short historical overview which introduces the main concerns during the period covered. There is also a selection of quotations which capture the flavour of the period covered. There are extended captions at the end of each section providing historical information about each photograph.

This selection of over 1,000 photographs was assembled under the direction of the photo editor of London's Sunday Times Magazine, Bruce Bernard, who provided the text. These photographs provide a wide scope of 20th-century life. Most are documentary in style, representing major historical events, but the worlds of fashion, entertainment and popular culture are represented, too.

The first joint project of photographer Bettina Rheims and writer/art critic Serge Bramly. The cultivated literary confessions of Monsieur X, a perfectly discreet voyeur with an obsessive curiosity about the female body, are set against photographs speaking a far clearer language that tells of female eroticism and exhibitionism as no one else does.