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Among the significant projects of the last years of his life, Richard Avedon (1923–2004) completed a book of his photographs of women. Always transcending categorization - he was both a fashion photographer and known as a “poet of portraiture” - Avedon was interested in seeing how elemental facts of modern life and human existence were reflected in his work. And what could be more elemental than women, who have mesmerized artists across the centuries? Looking at his work in this way, Avedon was able to create an unparalleled view of women in his time, a tumultuous half-century of rapidly changing social mores, cultural ideals, popular styles, and high fashion.

As an artist, he was deeply responsive to nuances of expression, gesture, and comportment, and his photographs unfailingly opened a window to the interior lives of his subjects. These ranged from celebrities (Marilyn Monroe), artists (Maria Callas, Isak Dinesen), and high-fashion models (Suzy Parker, Kate Moss) to women who simply drew his attention. Like the best of art and literature, Avedon's portraits evoke rich lives and complex experiences. An incisive essay by art historian Anne Hollander offers an overview of a half-century of Avedon's images of women.

About the Authors:

Richard Avedon was one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century. His portrait work comprises an authoritative record of our era and he redefined the fashion photograph. In 1992, he became the first staff photographer of The New Yorker.
Anne Hollander is the author of several books, including Feeding the Eye, Moving Pictures, and Seeing Through Clothes.

Richard Kern likes real women: unpretentious, unadorned, and definitely undressed. Those who love Kern know each book is an invitation to join him in his privileged world where natural young women share their most intimate moments. Richard has never lost his boyish curiosity with girls and their secrets, so instead of posing them in sterile sets he follows them through the house - or rather his New York apartment - from backyard to kitchen to bathroom to bedroom, capturing every sexy and embarrassing moment. Action is his most revealing book yet. For 280 pages we careen through the life of Kern, accompanied by dozens of energetic, fun-loving, clothes-dropping exhibitionists. “Young women want to show the world they’re not like their man-hating women’s lib mothers,” a Kern model once told me, and these girls certainly get the point across. To further assist the young ladies in their rebellion, the book includes an hour-long DVD of original Kern film with an exclusive musical score by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Way to stick it to the Mom, ladies! And thank you, Richard, you lucky dog.
- Dian Hanson

Richard Kern likes real women: unpretentious, unadorned, and definitely undressed.

Those who love Kern know each book is an invitation to join him in his privileged world where natural young women share their most intimate moments. Kern has never lost his boyish curiosity with girls and their secrets, so instead of posing them in sterile sets he follows them through the house - or rather his New York apartment - from backyard to kitchen to bathroom to bedroom, capturing every sexy and embarrassing moment. Action is his most revealing book yet. But we know that sometimes it can be a little risky to look at a book this revealing in public, so this special edition comes with TASCHEN’s clever new Panic Cover feature to end public censure once and for all. Simply slip off the attractive but explicit cover, reverse, and redress your book for a sedate look perfect for all occasions.

For 240 pages we will still be careening through the life of Kern, accompanied by dozens of energetic, fun-loving, clothes-dropping exhibitionists, but those ladies in the park will think you’re reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire! “Young women want to show the world they’re not like their man-hating women’s lib mothers,” a Kern model once told me, and these girls certainly get the point across.

To further assist the young ladies in their rebellion, the book includes an hour-long DVD of original Kern film with an exclusive musical score by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Way to stick it to the Mom, ladies! And thank you, Richard, you lucky dog.-Dian Hanson

 With this, his fourth book, American photographer Richard Murrian smashes through the boundries of fantasy, and together with a new band of celestial beauties, takes us on an electrifyingly erotic visual journey into passion and desire.

Originally from the United States, Richard has lived now for several years in Europe with his wife Nancy, and they divide their time between the legendary artist-heaven of Montmartre in Paris, and a second home in Prague. He has photographed girls in more than a dozen countries around the world, currently working primarily in Eastern Europe. Earlier collections of his work inlude Reanna’s Diaries and SeeMeFeelMe.

• A stunning collection of photographs illustrating the rich diversity of Richmond Park throughout the seasons, taken by award-winning photographer Alex Saberi.

Sir David Attenborough has described Richmond Park as 'A very special place' - and with good reason. This vast oasis of green, just eight miles from the centre of London, is an ecological pearl in the midst of sprawling urbanisation.

The park, most famous for its herd of 630 Fallow and Red Deer, is not only Europe's largest park, but is as big as the seven other royal parks combined. Since King Charles I enclosed the park in 1637, it has provided a haven of tranquillity and diversion for all its visitors. Today, some 2.5 million people pass through its gates each year.

In this beautiful book, Alex Saberi captures Richmond Park's unique blend of rare and diverse wildlife, plant life and rolling landscapes. From a crow perching on a bench in the morning haze to a foolhardy Labrador, breaking impatiently away from its owner, the photographs capture its inherent beauty as well as those rare moments of wildlife action and majesty that only yield themselves to the most patient and knowledgeable of observers.

This title offers information that ranges from birth to death and beyond. This book depicts people at some of the most emotional moments of their lives. For more than seven years Anders Ryman traveled the world documenting life cycle rituals. The result is a book that in intimate and stunning pictures portrays more than thirty rituals from all parts of the globe. The rites range from the blessing of the newborn in a small village in Spain to a girl's initiation into womanhood among the Apaches of Arizona; from the Xhosa male initiation ceremony in South Africa to the communion with the dead during Todos Santos in Bolivia; from a woman's first childbirth in Palau to the wedding ceremonies in the Shinto shrines of Tokyo. This book is about the journey through life, about cultural diversity and what unites us all as human beings.

It is 1842: Pietro, a skilled caulker, leaves Lake Como and settles at Sarnico on Lake Iseo. This was the start of the Riva adventure. First he built fishing boats, then steamboats, followed by his first speedboats and pleasure boats. In the 1950s and 1960s the Riva Boatyard was internationally successful and the motorboats produced by Carlo, the latest embodiment of the family spirit, eclipsed the reputation of imported watercraft. The period that followed saw a marked evolution in the principles of design and construction of pleaseure craft. Materials changed, there were new technologies and uses.

The boats launched at Sarnico were designer products, appreciated for their form, the quality of their engines and the care lavished on the details of construction. In May 2000 Ferretti Spa, in the person of the president Norberto Ferretti, took over the yard with a clear commitment to safeguard and develop Riva's corporate culture.

Aquariva now paid tribute to Aquarama, reinventing its type and "embodying the principle of the evolution of the Riva guidelines in the most advanced technological scenario". There followed founding models such as Rivarama and Rivale, Ego, Ego Super and Sportriva.

In the pages of this book, Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati relates, in his characteristic manner, a story, the history of a legend, the evolution of a myth. Refined illustrations present the finest images of some of the best-known craft and the people who have helped to create the intriguing and fascinating world of yachting in over a century.

1950s French Riviera: a haven for movie stars who came to the Cannes Film Festival and then stayed on. Away from agents and studio heads, they could relax with their families and spend their days by the pool at the famous Eden Roc, or exploring the tiny sunbaked villages along the coastline. In the evenings there was a glittering choice of events - gala nights, the Sporting d’Ete, or dinner and dancing at Les Ambassadeurs in Cannes. Irish photographer Edward Quinn stepped, by accident, into this international society when visiting a friend in Monte Carlo a few years after the war. He fell in love with the Côte d’Azur and realised he might make his living photographing the stars taking their ease, off the screen.

The stars he photographed are names that are a roll call of cinematic artistocracy: Garbo, Taylor, Brando, Grant, Peck, Bergman, Hayworth, Hepburn, Cooper, Welles, Loren, Lollobrigida, Dietrich…and of course Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier.

Many of these photographs have never been exhibited or published before. They are a record of an age when "star quality" came with a lifestyle to match, when tiaras, ballgowns and dinner jackets were de rigeur every evening: an age of elegance.

156 duotone photographs

The French Riviera of the Fifties was an exciting place with much change in the air. Rock and roll and the bikini, existentialism and the atom bomb. Edward Quinn chronicled a playground that was influenced by international trends, but very much its own universe. On the Riviera every night was a party.

Born in Dublin in 1920, Edward Quinn played Hawaiian guitar in Belfast, then went into the Royal Air Force. He eventually made his way to the Cфte d'Azur, where he photographed world leaders, glamour girls and playboys, as well as figures from the worlds of art, music and literature. His most memorable work included images of an unknown Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly's first meeting with Prince Rainier, and a precocious Brigitte Bardot. His exacting eye showcased Picasso, T.S. Eliot, and Gary Cooper. With a polished technique and great patience and charm, Quinn caught some of the post-war Riviera's most memorable moments.

* A tantalizing look at post-war leisure, sure to appeal to photography aficionados and culture buffs alike
* Packaged in a special linen slipcase, and accompanied by an authentic Edward Quinn photo print, signed by his widow Gret Quinn
* A must-have for lovers of Riviera glamour, fifties-style

The history of jazz, which began at the start of the 20th century, is the story of artists who developed their music especially in big cities like New Orleans, Chicago or New York. The roads of jazz are marked by great names and they present different styles; they do not end in America but reach every continent.

6 CDs present the music of different jazz styles, from classic New Orleans jazz, swing and bebop up to cool and West Coast jazz. The recordings of creative innovators or of jazz musicians who were typical at a certain time demonstrate the development of the music.

An action sports adventurer’s bucket list of exciting and unexpected destinations around the globe as lived and told by iconic surfers, skaters, climbers, and riders.

An unconventional photographic guidebook to adventure, featuring images, intel, itineraries, tales, and testimonies collected by Roark’s expert guides. The book documents the routes of a group of iconic surfers, climbers, skaters, and other adventurers seeking full cultural and thrill-seeking immersion. Including journeys to 16 global destinations illustrating the road less traveled, from surf expeditions to Iceland, the Falkland Islands, or Jamaica, to motorcycle journeys through Nepal, rock climbing in Argentina to cliff jumping in Northern Vietnam, and more. World-renowned photographers Chris Burkard, Dylan Gordon, Jeff Johnson, Drew Smith, and Chris McPherson uniquely capture faraway images and the wayward spirit of those that seek adventure — if not a little danger — in an increasingly tame world.

The modern bible for anyone interested in charting an adventure with improbable itineraries across the globe, or the mere appreciation for photography that transports you to a place only found in dreams.

About the Author:

Roark is a modern adventure lifestyle brand crafting apparel inspired by the journey. Founded by Ryan Hitzel and Ryan Sirianni, each season Roark is found in a different part of the world, telling stories of exploration through the lens of its group of surfers, skateboarders, snowboarders, climbers, adventurers, and creators. Beau Flemister is an award-winning journalist, travel writer, and novelist. Based in Hawaii, he is a former editor at Surfing Magazine, has traveled to over 70 different coun-tries, and has published articles in VICE, Outside Magazine, Lonely Planet, Surfer’s Journal, and more.

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Пролистать книгу Roaming: Roark's Adventure Atlas: Surfing, skating, riding, and climbing around the world

This stunning collection showcases this legend’s most famous works as well as some recently re-discovered images.

Born in Budapest in 1913, the self-schooled Robert Capa is considered the father of photo-journalism.

A fervent anti-war campaigner, it was his powerful record of the Spanish Civil War that brought him global fame. On moving to the USA in 1939, he became a war correspondent for Life magazine and the US military and cofounded the Magnum photo agency. His fearless chronicle of the Allied landings gained critical and public acclaim. Capa’s untimely death in 1954 came after a serious landmine injury in Vietnam.

 - A worthy tribute to a crucial figure in photo-journalism
 - A fascinating chronicle of some of the 20th-Century’s key moments

A photographic view of the world through the eyes of a driven humanist, including hundreds of previously unseen images and encompassing the suffering of his work, as well as the tenderness, humor, and wonder of his subjects

Capa's (1913-1954) photographs have become icons of the horrors and futility of war. This volume contains some of his most dramatic pictures of the battles he covered the Spanish Civil War, the Japanese invasion of China in 1938, the European theater during WWII, the Israeli War for Independence in 1948 and the French-Indochina War.

Capa risked his life to capture these images, going ashore in Normandy with the first wave of troops to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day, parachuting into Germany with American troops in 1945 and accompanying French soldiers on a mission in Vietnam, where he was killed when he stepped on a land mine. Whelan (Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography) points out that Capa showed sympathy for soldiers and civilians on both sides of every conflict, and the compassionate aspect of his work is underscored by the inclusion of sensitive pictures that have nothing to do with war, such as scenes of Chinese children playing in the snow and a U.S. medic treating a German soldier in 1943.

This beautifully produced book is a fitting tribute to one of the great photographers of our time.

Capa's (1913-1954) photographs have become icons of the horrors and futility of war. This volume contains some of his most dramatic pictures of the battles he covered the Spanish Civil War, the Japanese invasion of China in 1938, the European theater during WWII, the Israeli War for Independence in 1948 and the French-Indochina War.

Capa risked his life to capture these images, going ashore in Normandy with the first wave of troops to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day, parachuting into Germany with American troops in 1945 and accompanying French soldiers on a mission in Vietnam, where he was killed when he stepped on a land mine. Whelan (Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography) points out that Capa showed sympathy for soldiers and civilians on both sides of every conflict, and the compassionate aspect of his work is underscored by the inclusion of sensitive pictures that have nothing to do with war, such as scenes of Chinese children playing in the snow and a U.S. medic treating a German soldier in 1943. This beautifully produced book is a fitting tribute to one of the great photographers of our time.