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In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over 19 countries. Poliza's alluring — and often surprising — photographs share this exceptional journey with the world. With a bird's-eye view, we witness the astounding beauty, scale and diversity of this imposing continent. The accompanying texts give a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the photographs, and brief background to some of the most fascinating subject matters.

Although full technical data for each photograph is given, the real fascination of the book lies in Joe Cornish’s explanations of the thought process that went into creating each of these wonderful photographs, many of which were captured after careful planning, while others were created by taking advantage of an unexpected opportunity or a moment of sudden inspiration. These fluent and very personal accounts are full of practical advice on subjects ranging from anticipating changes in the weather to the use of filters in order to capture colour as the eye sees it when, unfiltered, the film might show something very different. Above all, Joe Cornish succeeds in conveying his infectious love of landscape and in giving his readers a fascinating insight into the way in which he approaches his work. For all, amateur or professional who aspire to follow in the author’s footsteps, First, Light will be both a source of inspiration and an invaluable manual of practice.

Landschaftlich und architektonisch ist Indien so reich und vielfältig wie kaum ein anderes Land Asiens. Seine Größe, die unterschiedlichen Klimazonen und Ethnien, seine Geschichte, Kultur und Religionen übersteigen jeden »normaleuropäischen « Maßstab und sind, wenn überhaupt, nur im Breitwandformat zu erfassen. Der indische Photograph Amit Pasricha hat die Herausforderung angenommen – zunächst für die obere Hälfte seines Landes: Mit einer Panorama-Kamera bereiste er den Norden vom Himalaya bis Rajasthan und hielt, was er unterwegs an Sehenswürdigkeiten aufsuchte und an landschaftlicher Schönheit entdeckte, in grandiosen Bildern fest: Berge, Wüsten und Megastädte, buddhistische Klöster, jainistische und hinduistische Tempel, islamische Moscheen, die Prachtbauten der Moguln, natürlich das Taj Mahal in Agra, die steinzeitlichen Felsmalereien in Bhimbetka bis hin zur Architektur der britischen Kolonialzeit und Corbusiers Planstadt Candigarh. Ein in jeder Beziehung beeindruckendes Buch ist daraus geworden, das auch die notwendigen Informationen mitliefert, verfasst von dem indischen Historiker und Denkmalpfleger Aman Nath.

Посмотреть избранные развороты книги  Indien Monumental: Panoramaphotographien  в pdf-формате на сайте издательства.

The quintessential British landscape - the seaside - is the subject of these nostalgic Polaroids by the acclaimed English photographer Jon Nicholson.

Anyone who grew up holidaying on England’s beaches is familiar with the distinctive features of these historic resorts - not the exclusive haunts of the rich and famous, but the gritty, often rocky shores of the Atlantic and the Irish and North Seas, filled with amusement arcades, bathing huts, beach umbrellas, and people of all ages and classes.

Jon Nicolson’s Polaroid SX-70 camera is the perfect vehicle to capture the color and character of summers at the sea. At once immediate and ephemeral, these delicately hued, slightly muted images taken with original, outof- date film stock depict the faded glory of Yarmouth’s giant piers, Brighton’s pebbly shores, the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, and many other resorts across Britain.

Each of the 70 photographs is beautifully reproduced on its own page with descriptive captions. A foreword by Joseph Galliano provides a wry, contemporary perspective on these beloved, centuries-old locations.

This is the first monograph to be published in the West on the work of Mika Ninagawa, one of Japan’s most celebrated photographers.

The appeal of Mika Ninagawa’s photography can best be summed up by a signature approach that is bathed in vivid colours and is dreamlike in its manipulation of depth of field. Whether it is portraiture, landscape, or still life, at the heart of her work are themed looks that rotate between flora, fauna, landscapes, and glamorous young women to create Ninagawa’s lush fashion tableaux. A cultural superstar in Japan, where celebrities seek her portraiture, she is now breaking out in the West. Ninagawa shoots her ornately clad human subjects against baroque stylings that suggest a firm grasp of practical scenography, and the work achieves a calm, pictorial mastery.

Portraits of local and international personalities, from Chiaki Kuriyama to Beyoncé, pepper her portfolio, and her distinct and vibrant aesthetic has been very influential in the fashion world.

Lauded in Japan as an art and fashion photographer, the assertion on Mika Ninagawa’s official website of being "Japan’s most popular photographer" is no idle boast. She is certainly the most prolific. Formally represented by Tomio Koyama’s influential gallery, Ninagawa’s images are widely exhibited in Japan and abroad. She has had key installations at Colette in Paris and Arndt and Partner in Berlin and is a frequent participant at Art Basel Miami. She received the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award in 2001.

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Потрясающая коллекция работ известнейшего японского фотографа Микки Нинагавы. Неповторимый стиль, пропитанный загадочной культурой Востока. Оригинальные снимки способны вызвать неподдельное восхищение у любого ценителя искусства.

Mountains, one of nature’s greatest masterpieces, in their rugged beauty, breathtaking views from the top, clear air, green pastures, mountain lakes and glaciers, have cap-tivated mankind all along. Climbing mountains or just gazing at their majestic splendor causes us to slow down and contemplate, maybe even giving us a little serenity. Photographer Tim Hall beautifully captures the powerful solace of mountains in his images. He often chooses to shoot in dramatic weather, making his work and the photographed mountains look even more stunning and transcendent. The intention to strike an emotional or spiritual chord is evident in much of his landscape work, which is inspired by Rothko and Turner. The influence of painting in his work stems from his studies of Art History at Manchester University. Mountains – Beyond the Clouds presents the extensive Alpine mountain range, including famous landmarks such as the Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and the Dolomites.

 - A breathtaking photographic ode to the Alps
 - With additional information on the shown regions and mountains

TIM HALL is a British Fine Art Photographer, who specializes in travel, landscape, and portraiture. His drive to see the world through the lens of a camera was inspired by the romance of 19th-century travelers and more recently, National Geographic photographers. The work is a lyrical response to the people and places that he has visited and shows his deep interest in the urban and natural world as well as the people who inhabit them. With over 20 years experience as a project-based photographer, his works are often conceived as a series, exhibited as a collective body, or bought as single pieces. Tim lives in London and is represented by contemporary art galleries across Europe, South East Asia, and the USA.

Aus einigen hundert Metern Höhe und mit den Augen des Photographen Alex MacLean gesehen, erweist sich Amerika, »das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten«, einmal mehr als Vorreiter – auf dem Weg in die ökologische Katastrophe. Da werden Golfplätze, Reihenhaussiedlungen und ganze Städte mitten in die Wüste gebaut, neue Ferien-Hochburgen entstehen unmittelbar an ansteigenden und orkangefährdeten Meeresufern, Kohle- und Kernkraftwerke gewaltigen Ausmaßes beziehen ihr Kühlwasser aus natürlichen Gewässern und schicken es auch wieder dorthin zurück… Seit über 30 Jahren verfolgt MacLean von seiner Cessna aus, wie sich die Landschaft unter ihm verändert, wie sie mit Straßen zubetoniert und wuchernden Vorstädten verbaut wird, was die häufiger und heftiger werdenden Wirbelstürme anrichten und welche fatalen Folgen Bodenspekulation, ein bedenkenloses Freizeit- und Konsumverhalten und der ebenso unbedenkliche Umgang mit Energie und natürlichen Ressourcen für die Umwelt haben. In bestechend und täuschend schönen Bildern führt uns MacLean die Ursachen und Wirkungen des globalen Klimawandels am Beispiel der USA vor Augen. Sein Appell, den er auch verbal mit ausführlichen Kommentaren untermauert, richtet sich nicht nur an seine Landsleute. Wenn es darum geht, den Planeten Erde zu retten, ist die gesamte Weltgemeinschaft angesprochen – und jeder einzelne von uns. Alex MacLean, geb. 1947, ist Photograph, Pilot und Co-Autor von sieben Buchpublikationen. Seine Bilder wurden in Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in der ganzen Welt gezeigt und vielfach ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Rom-Preis für Landschaftsarchitektur der American Academy in Rom. Er lebt in Masschussetts. Bill McKibben, der Verfasser des Vorworts, ist Wissenschaftsjournalist und Autor von zwölf Büchern über Umweltfragen und alternative Energien. Er schreibt regelmäßig u.a. für The New Yorker, Harper’s und National Geographic. Er lebt in Vermont.

120 b/w photographs

San Francisco has long been one of America's most attractive cities, "a gleaming jewel of the West Coast surrounded on three sides by water." Its hilly streets provide gorgeous glimpses of San Francisco Bay and The Golden Gate Bridge and its neighborhoods reveals a mosaic of a city whose residents are an anthology of the world. Whether he's photographing the street life of bustling Chinatown, the gentrifying Mission or faux-Bohemian North Beach, this third generation San Franciscan renowned for his photographic essays captures it all In this superb collection of photographs of the city he loves.

Photographer and author Morton Beebe founded the West Coast arm of the Image Bank, the world's largest photography agency. His photography of exotic locales around the world is widely exhibited. He has published several books, including the best-selling San Francisco.

120 b/w photographs

Tokyo is a city of contrasts and contradictions in which East coexists with West; modernity thrives amidst age-old traditions, and orderliness prevails in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. This striking collection of black & white photographs illustrates all of these truisms about this complex city and its inhabitants. Whether he’s photographing a rooftop shrine set against the skyscrapers of the Shinjuku High rise district, a swirling mass of commuters in Tokyo Station at rush hour, or the tranquil beauty of the Imperial Palace, Ben Simmons’ photographs both radiate with Tokyo’s vitality and reveal its enduring traditions.

was born in 1952 in Columbus, Georgia. His photographs have appeared in several books and in such magazines as Time, National Geographic, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Geo, Stern, and Figaro. He lives in Tokyo, Japan where he has worked as a professional photographer since 1984.

* Strikingly illustrated introduction to this complex asian city
* The perfect keepsake for any traveler

100 color photographs

In this stunning collection of color images, noted photographer Rainer Kiedrowski presents Tuscany as it's never been seen before. Whether evocative rural landscapes or medieval towns, the verdant hills of Chianti or the great art centers of Florence, Pisa, and Siena, these pictures reveal the wondrous variety of a region unsurpassed in its natural beauty.

Rainforests are special places. Strung around the globe across five continents, they are natural cathedrals on the grandest scale, their lush, humid precincts not only places of great beauty but also home to more than fifty per cent of the world's known wildlife species. This is biodiversity at its most dramatic: a bewildering variety of plants, birds, mammals and invertebrates depend on the rainforest environment, with the total number of species continuing to grow almost daily as scientists make constant new discoveries. Yet, while we still have so much more to learn about rainforests, they are disappearing - cleared and burned, thanks to human greed for land and demand for timber and other forest resources.

In "Rainforest Safari", James Parry explores these extraordinary landscapes with reference to 25 sites, and reveals the fascinating range of wildlife they support. The book looks at the various types of rainforest, at their different ecosystems and at the diverse features that make them such exciting places to visit." Rainforest Safari" also looks at the human dimension of rainforests: at the indigenous peoples whose way of life is firmly rooted in the forest ecosystem, at the devastating impact of uncontrolled deforestation and other forms of exploitation, and at the conservation work now underway to try and save what is left of these unique habitats. In the final chapter, the book takes a forward view, assessing what the future may hold for rainforests, especially in view of their value in the battle to stem climate change.

Contents:
Foreword; Intro; A Background to Rainforests; Africa (6 sites); Asia (7 sites); Australasia (3 sites); North America (2 sites); Central, South America (6 sites); The Future for Rainforests; Resources; Index.

• 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.

Curate your home. Print Set Salgado

This inspiring print set offers sixteen designs to transform a blank wall into a personalized display. Each set of sixteen images has been specially selected from the TASCHEN collection as the most loved, and most interesting, examples of Sebastião Salgado’s work.

The prints are packaged in a sturdy cardboard box and are suitable either for framing or as a poster.

This thought-provoking collection of superb photographic landscapes explores the connection between land and national identity.

Is Europe a union in name only? How does the land we live on contribute to our culture? How does it divide or unite a collection of cultures? These important questions are at the root of this pictorial examination of Europe’s heterogeneous landscape. This book brings together images from 27 European Union nations and from prominent artists such as Olafur Eliasson (Denmark), Andreas Gursky (Germany), Carl De Keyzer (Belgium), Massimo Vitali (Italy), and Celine Clanet (France).

The book shows how landscape photography in particular offers critical insights into the characteristics of a place, inviting viewers, through a subjective lens, to form their own feelings toward that place. Organized into three broad geographic zones, it offers exquisite depictions of Europe’s wonderfully varied geography — shorelines and fjords, mountains and plains, farmland and urban centers — as it seeks to understand the source of the continent’s diversity and unity.

In the book Shades of a Woman Guido Argentini began exploring different levels and nuances of the female nature. Shot both in color and black and white the images are telling a story in one single picture, like single frames taken from a movie.

Women, photographed in USA, Thailand, Italy and Cuba are still the source of inspiration of Guido Argentini's photographs.

Argentini’s aim is that women- the muses who have guided him along his path- up until now- being the subjects of his pictures or even simply those who witness his photos, can identify themselves in these stories.

Guido Argentini was born in Florence, Italy. He studied Medicine for three years at the university of Florence. At 23 he decided to turn his passion for photography into a profession and started to shoot fashion and beauty. Since 1990 he has lived in the USA, in Los Angeles. His work has been published by some of the leading magazines in the world such as Marie Claire, Men'sHealth, Panorama, Playboy, Vogue, Max, Maxim and many others.