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Barbara Cole - Between Worlds
Barbara Cole's artwork is collected by public and private institutions and has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Canadian embassies in Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, Japan. Cole, who is often referred to as an inventor, uses a raw, hands-on photographic process that is consistent with her belief that the possibilities of photography are virtually limitless.
Since the early 1980s, she has channelled her appreciation for the camera itself. She is dedicated to the history of photography by deviating from automatic cameras and techniques. Barbara Cole uses photography to play with notions of time, place, and identity.
In her numerous series, Cole often asks the questions: how do you paint an image of timelessness? How do you capture the feeling of weightlessness in an image?Her ethereal photography takes on a quintessential painterly quality, with the transformation of figures a predominant theme in her work. Over the past 30 years, although she works with traditional photographic means, Cole's approach and aesthetic has become closer to that of a painter. The artist's work focuses on a powerful narrative, some with external motifs and others with intense figure transformations that alone tell the story.
Cole's background in fashion and fashion editorial naturally leads to a process that channels her experience into creating a particular atmosphere with costumes and backdrops.
Text in English and German.
50 Ultimate Sports Cars: 1951 to Present
For the seasoned car collector or the awestruck newcomer, this volume is the consummate sports car anthology. Bringing together 50 of the most exquisite, desirable, and adrenaline-charging sports cars of all time, it recounts the enthralling endeavors in automotive design and engineering in pursuit of optimum dynamic performance for both road and track. This expertly curated roundup of glorious, high-speed two-seaters includes both all-out sports racers as well as their street-legal homologated brethren.
Indeed, some of the most desirable cars across all auto-collecting genres are from the glorious golden era of sports car racing, which existed up until the late 1960s. In that time, gentleman privateers would drive their cars to a competition event, such as the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, race them hard-perhaps winning their class or even the race-before coolly driving them home again. Showcasing 50 of the most sought-after sports cars ever created, from the 1912 Stutz Model A Bear Cat and the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B MM Spider to the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupe"-the world's most expensive car-and the 1962/64 Ferrari 250 GTO Series II, this spectacular volume is an automobilia treasure trove.
Each fabled model is presented with lavish spreads, complete with stunning imagery taken by the world's leading car photographers alongside rare archival gems, from original factory photos to famous motorsports event posters. Each entry is also accompanied by expert descriptive texts and specs, tapping into the authors' transatlantic expertise and insider knowledge. About the seriesTASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price.
Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
Šumava za císaře pána
Šumava byla pro fotografy časů monarchie neobyčejně přitažlivým místem. Naplňovala romantické představy o divokém a pustém pralese s jeho staletými stromy, stržemi, slatěmi a malebnými jezery. Při bližším pohledu však vycházelo najevo, že je plná života a lidského hemžení. Ve velkém se tu těžilo dřevo, hledaly drahé kovy, rozvíjel se sklářský průmysl. Rozvíjely se osady a vesnice, vyrůstaly tu malebné zámečky a kostelíky. Právě o tomto už neexistujícím světě staré Šumavy vypráví nová kniha Pavla Scheuflera. Publikace přináší na 140 převážně dosud nepublikovaných fotografií z jeho rodinné sbírky a také poutavé texty, jak tyto fotografie číst. Volně navazuje na oblíbené knihy Praha za císaře pána, Lázně za císaře pána, Krkonoše za císaře pána a Pivo za císaře pána.
Brett
Profesionálna fotografická publikácia vo formáte A5 od autora Antona Diváckého, ktorá je venovaná najlepšiemu priateľovi človeka. Obsahuje čierno biele a kolorované fotografie a je „ilustrovaná“ textom autora. Kniha bola vydaná v roku 2023, je dvojjazyčná a má 45 strán.
Elektro-fotografické imaginárno
Čtvrtý svazek edice Rozhraní se věnuje vztahům fotografie a elektřiny v 19.století. Od Aldiniho demonstrací reanimace živočišných těl přes zachycení přízraků fotografií až k Röntgenovým paprskům se rozvíjí elektro-fotografické imaginárno, jehož hlavní předpoklad zní, že lidský život je jen simulakrem obrazu, ať už zastaveného, nebo v pohybu, promítaného buď na fotografickou desku, nebo do světa. To, co leží uvnitř obrazu, co je vizualizováno, není nic menšího než primát Smrti nad Životem. Organismy existují pouze v okamžiku, kdy jsou snímány přístroji a aparáty, jejichž desky obsahují záznam repetitivnosti lidského života, který je pouhým fraškovitým přestavením uprostřed nicoty. Těmi, kdo doopravdy žijí, jsou obrazy, jelikož jsou navždy uchovány v hardwaru, ve virtuálním nečasovém voidu, odkud se vyvolává stisk tlačítka, aby znovu a znovu přehrály několik scén. Nikdy nezestárnou, jsou věčné.
Jaromír Čejka - Stopy / Traces
Monografie Jaromíra Čejky s názvem Stopy je splátkou dluhu významnému českému fotografovi, kterého zná kulturní obec především jako autora fotografického projektu Jižní Město. Rozpětí tvorby Jaromíra Čejky je však daleko širší a tuto šíři má monografie čtenářům představit alespoň v těchto předkládaných obrysech. Jeho kompozice nejsou jen interpretací skutečnosti, neboť jsou rovněž výsledkem recepce umělecky směrodatných fotografií a jedinečným uchopením všeho, čemu autor vtiskl podobu stop skutečnosti.
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Reclaim the Street
A vibrant survey of the trends and talents across the globe fuelling street photography today and a fresh take of what street photography is and can be. A world tour of the very best street photography today, Reclaim the Street showcases work by more than 100 contemporary photographers, from the established to the emerging, from all corners of the globe: here is work by Indian practitioner Swarat Ghosh, Thai photographer Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet (aka Poupay), and the Brazilian photographer Gustavo Minas. Truly diverse in scope, it pays long overdue attention to flourishing scenes throughout the world, interweaving thirty-four photographer portfolios, in-depth case studies, and surveys of the geographical hotspots where communities of street photographers are thriving today.
Great photographic minds don't think alike, nor are two streets identical: follow these photographers as they capture snapshots of people and places perpetually in flux. The global, and ultimately optimistic and humanistic edge of Reclaim the Street will deepen its readers' love of photography, as well as leave them inspired by the places and people captured through today's sharpest lenses.
Albíni, Albinosi, Albinos
Rozsáhlý cyklus fotografií Michała Szalasta o albínech z tanzanského ostrova Ukerewe na Viktoriině jezeře značně koriguje naše obvyklé představy o tragickém životě lidí, kteří jsou kvůli odlišné barvě kůže svými černými spoluobčany nenáviděni, ostrakizování a někdy i zabíjeni. Není výsledkem letmé návštěvy evropského fotoreportéra v exotickém africkém prostředí, ale vznikl díky tomu, že se Michału Szalastovi podařilo během delšího pobytu v Tanzanii s mnohými albíny navázat bližší kontakty a získat si jejich důvěru. Mohl je proto fotografovat v jejich domovech, při práci, při dětských hrách i při návštěvách u lékaře. Stal se jakýmsi nepozorovaným pozorovatelem, před jehož objektivem fotografovaní lidé nepózovali, ale chovali se zcela přirozeně.
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Freedom
Celebrating the dynamic and enduring collaboration between two icons of fashion and photography
In the 1970s, despite not yet knowing each other, Azzedine Alaia and Arthur Elgort were responding to a similar current within the cultural landscape. Alaia realized that fashion had changed; its locus had shifted from the salons to the streets. Elgort, then a young photographer for American Vogue, was in the process of establishing a new vision for photography that also moved outdoors, away from the studio; his “snapshots'' ushered in a more informal photographic style marked by its spontaneity. Both actively contributed to popularizing the mobile, assertive and independent woman within fashion.
This book commemorates the long collaboration between Ala?a and Elgort. Many of the images produced by the duo are considered classics, emblematic of the late 20th century. This volume reproduces approximately 200 of these dynamic, playful photographs, many of which feature Ala?a himself.
Arthur Elgort (born 1940) studied painting at Hunter College but quickly transitioned to photography. In his long career he has worked on many major advertising campaigns, including for Chanel, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent, shot countless fashion spreads and published several books, including Personal Fashion (1983), The Swan Prince (1987), Models Manual (1993), Ballet Camera Crazy (2004), The Big Picture (2014), Jazz (2018) and I Love…. (2019).
Azzedine Alaia (1935–2017) was a Tunisian couturier and shoe designer. He produced his first ready-to-wear collection in 1980. When his clothes were first sold at Bergdorf Goodman in 1982, it was considered so momentous that the New York Times later listed it as among the landmark events that altered the city’s cultural landscape. Among his devotees were Grace Jones (who wore several of his creations in A View to a Kill), Tina Turner, Raquel Welch, Madonna, Janet Jackson and Naomi Campbell.
Robert Doisneau: Paris
This seminal volume—produced in close collaboration with his estate—is the official, most comprehensive reference of Robert Doisneau’s photographs of Paris.
Robert Doisneau infused images of daily life with poetic nuance. This unique portrait of Paris in 560 photographs is reissued in hardcover with red-tipped pages. This entrancing tour through the gardens of Paris, along the Seine, and among crowds of Parisians includes children scrambling to cross rue de Rivoli, fresh-faced accordionists, elegant dog walkers, brave resistance fighters, exuberant roller skaters, the indelible kiss in front of the Hôtel de Ville, and cyclists beneath the Eiffel Tower. The magic of Paris in black and white is timeless. Photographs curated by Doisneau’s daughters and complemented by Doisneau’s own commentary reveal his profound fascination with the city where he lived and worked.
Kids of Cosplay
In this bold, surreal photographic celebration of the fantastical beauty of cosplay, 70 cosplayers leave behind their everyday existence and become heroes for a day. Whether it is becoming a fictional character or presenting the 'you' the world sees, the craft of cosplay is everywhere. A powerful expression of individuality and diversity, cosplay is a global phenomenon that allows a large number of diverse individuals to join together in one single chaotic but inclusive community.
Cosplay allows anyone to become a hero for a day. After attending a cosplay convention in 2018, photographer Thurstan Redding became captivated by cosplay as a subject matter and embarked on a three-year photographic project to portray cosplay in a way it had never been seen before. In this bold and surprising volume, he captures the transfixing world of cosplay.
Brought to life through the presentation of 70 cosplayers in the most unassuming of locations, this exceptional book highlights how creativity can thrive in the most mundane realities: Spider-Man is illuminated by the open fridge in the kitchen, three Alices wait at a bus stop in a desolate Wonderland, Resistance Pilot plays dead on the gravel driveway of a suburban housing estate. Supplemented by commentary from the cosplayers themselves, together with behind-the-scenes pages from Thurstan's personal diary, Kids of Cosplay is 'a celebration of ... fandom and allows a glimpse into the world where people are united by their celebration of an art which transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary' (The Independent).
A foreword by fashion powerhouse Katie Grand, an essay by writer and performer Tom Rasmussen, who discusses the social and cultural context of cosplay, and an illuminating interview with Redding by noted fashion writer Sara McAlpine complete this compelling volume. Sometimes, all it takes is to scratch the surface of our realities to reveal the fantasy that lies beneath.
The Cyclades
The first comprehensive illustrated book on the Cyclades archipelago, which also includes the well-known islands of Santorini, Naxos, Paros and Mykonos. The islands are currently among the trendiest travel destinations in the world. There is no Hollywood or Instagram star who has not been photographed in front of the white cities of the Greek islands.
This illustrated book attempts to capture the islands' attitude to life in an undisguised way. In doing so, the volume does not aim at the big tourist hotspots and Instagram shots that can be seen everywhere else, but would like to capture the Greek island world as a whole - with all its discrepancies. Lonely bays and half-ruined towns stand next to the glossy world of the rich and famous who spend the summer on the islands.
Highlife in summer next to almost deserted streets in winter. Greek tradition next to modern mass tourism. It is precisely these discrepancies that make the volume so distinctive.
In addition, each individual island has its own exciting peculiarities that are worth discovering. The volume also portrays in pictures and text local Greeks who pursue an exciting profession: The last fishermen of the island, the priest of a mountain church on Naxos, the last local beekeeper, etc. Rudi Sebastian has spent many weeks on the islands over several years in all seasons and has followed the soul of the country and its people.
He was at least once on every single island of the region, so he attaches importance to completeness. The result is a probably unique collection of images that reflects the island life in all its facets. Text in English and German.
Gregory Crewdson
Crewdson's epic photographic trilogy—a portrait of America a decade in the making
Over the past three decades, Gregory Crewdson has been fleshing out a portrait of middle America, an America gazing wide-eyed at the glimmers of a fading dream. His cinematographically staged photos have pieced together the fragments of a twilight world tinged with numbness.
This book brings together three bodies of work made between 2012 and 2022: Cathedral of the Pines (2012-14), An Eclipse of Moths (2018-19) and Eveningside (2021-22). Envisaged as a trilogy, they provide unique insight into a decade of creation and offer a comprehensive view of the universe that has positioned Crewdson as one of the major figures of contemporary photography. This trilogy is introduced by Fireflies (1996), a pivotal series for grasping the intimate undercurrents in Crewdson's work.
Gregory Crewdson (born 1962) is a graduate of SUNY Purchase and the Yale School of Art, where he is now the director of graduate studies in photography. His series Beneath the Roses is the subject of the 2012 documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. His work has been exhibited widely in the US and Europe. Crewdson is represented by Gagosian Gallery, New York.
I Wanna Be An Influencer (Bilingual edition)
I wanna be an Influencer is a photographic journey that maps out the new geography of places based on the choices of influencers, a social category that has become an undisputed reference point over the last decade for marketing any type of product, from clothing to cosmetics, travel and new destinations.
The author particularly reflects on one of the aspects that characterizes tourism in the time of Instagram. Destinations that are already well-known or completely unknown become sought-after, inducing a mass of aspiring influencers to adopt the same poses and behaviour because and as long as they are Instagrammable.
A kaleidoscope of images, taken behind the scenes of a real community that aims for the immediate sharing of experiences in old and new "elsewheres" and of places whose meaning has changed. Unlikely poses and daring shots are captured by the author's attentive and amused eye. The photographs are accompanied by texts by experts in the field (Beatrice Avallone, Vincenzo Nocifora, Benedetta Donato), who analyse a phenomenon of our time, which we witness daily on the social network Instagram.
As We See It
Across photography, sculpture and painting, a new wave of Black artists is challenging persistent tropes in art and wider society to depict a richer portrait of the lives of Black people from all corners of the globe. As We See It brings together 30 image-makers creating visually refreshing narratives on Black cultural identities, and exploring what Blackness brings to the making and viewing of art.
Fotografie práce a zahálky
Knížka Fotografie práce a zahálky se zabývá fotografickým obrazem a jeho komentářem fenoménu „práce“ v proměnách času. Vycházíme z faktu, že každá fotografie, zachycující člověka a jeho interakci ve společnosti, v sobě přirozeně nese sociální výpovědní potenciál. Skrze výběrovou selekci tvorby českých fotografů přibližujeme formy, prostor, čas, proces i produkt práce v odrazu kvality lidského života. Způsoby vzájemné reflexe práce jedince i společnosti v českém prostředí, kdy se dějiny fotografie protnuly se sociálně-pracovními dějinami člověka, ilustrativně ukážeme na profesi fotografa. Publikace je zároveň teoretickým úvodem ke stejnojmenné on-line fotografické výstavě na webových stránkách Národního muzea. Kniha obsahuje na 100 fotografií předních českých fotografů, jako je Libuše Jarcovjáková, Viktor Kolář, Karel Cudlín, Antonín Kratochvíl a další.
Česká divadelní fotografie - Vilém Sochůrek
Vilém Sochůrek (1944–1976) je významnou osobností české divadelní fotografie. Navzdory krátkosti svého života za sebou zanechal rozsáhlý soubor unikátních fotografií. Divadlu se věnoval od svých 17 let, kdy fotografoval v Divadle Rokoko. Od roku 1965 až do své smrti pracoval v Divadelním ústavu, kde vytvořil fond fotografické a scénografické dokumentace (jednalo se o více než 10 tisíc položek, a to v době před digitalizací). Vedle fotografování inscenací se věnoval dokumentaci scénografických artefaktů – především v rámci mezinárodní scénografické přehlídky Pražské Quadriennale. Mezi jeho nejvýznamnější snímky patří fotografie z inscenací Národního divadla, Činoherního klubu, Divadla Na zábradlí, Vinohradského divadla, Divadla E. F. Buriana a mnohých dalších. Sochůrek se vedle divadla věnoval úspěšně také hudbě. Publikace je doplněna portréty osobností jak z divadelního, tak hudebního prostředí (Zdeněk Štěpánek, Jiří Suchý, Ivan Vyskočil, Ctibor Turba, Marta Kubišová, Waldemar Matuška ad.). V roce 1974 na IV. Mezinárodním trienále divadelní fotografie v Novém sadu získal Vilém Sochůrek zlatou medaili.
Česká divadelní fotografie - Josef Ptáček
Čtvrtý svazek ediční řady Česká divadelní fotografie, který představuje tvorbu divadelního fotografa a pedagoga Josefa Ptáčka. Edici vydává Institut umění – Divadelní ústav. Dvojjazyčná publikace JOSEF PTÁČEK prezentuje tvorbu výrazné osobnosti, jejíž svobodomyslnost se projevila nejen v osobním životě, ale je přítomná a zřetelná i v jeho tvorbě. Z ní vyzařuje odpor k podbízivosti a touha zachytit i to, co je pod povrchem.
The Little Book of Tom. Cops & Robbers
Tom's taste for police officers and felons-and for sexual tension between the two-developed late in his career. "I've never been to prison," he told a class at the California Institute of the Arts in 1985, "but I hear it's a closed world where there are different roles and people behave different from when they walk free. It fascinates me. It is another subject I come back to again and again." By which he meant fantasized about again and again, since only those subjects that aroused him sexually made it into his art.
The uniforms of the California Highway Patrol motorcyclists were his favorite: tan and tight, with high boots and soft black leather gauntlet gloves. He created his own uniform variants as well, a cross between military and civilian police gear, and invented suitably butch criminals for his cops to apprehend, though once apprehended the power struggle could go either way. Tom was determined to show top and bottom as equally masculine roles, and his cops were as likely to end up happily speared by criminal cock as delivering corrective coitus. Though criticized by some for what appeared to be a glorification of power, Tom was always quick to remind that the world he created was a fantasy world, where anything was possible, and everything was consensual-even in prison.
The Little Book of Tom: Cops & Robbers explores Tom's fascination with criminal justice through a mixture of multi-panel comics and single-panel drawings and paintings, all in a compact and affordable 192 pages. Historic film stills and posters, personal photos of Tom, sketches, and Tom's own reference photos make this far more than another Tom's Comics re-tread.
Toto je priestor, kde sa stretáva umenie s technológiou, a výsledkom sú zaujímavé, výrazné a často aj dojímavé obrazy. Fotografia je médiom, ktoré umožňuje zachytiť okamihy, emócie, krásu a príbehy pomocou objektívu.
V tejto kategórii nájdete rozmanité oblasti fotografie, od portrétov a krajín cez dokumentárne fotografovanie až po umenie experimentovať s rôznymi technikami a efektmi. Tu sa dozviete o technických aspektoch, ako je použitie svetla, kompozícia a aké sú základné nástroje fotografa.
Fotografia nie je iba o zachytení obrazu, ale aj o vyjadrení tvorivosti a vlastného pohľadu na svet. V tejto kategórii sa budeme venovať aj umeniu spracovania fotografií, rôznym štýlom a postupom, ktoré umožňujú vytvoriť jedinečné vizuálne zážitky.
Či ste profesionálny fotograf, nadšenec alebo začiatočník, táto kategória vám ponúka možnosť hlbšie sa ponoriť do sveta fotografie. Budete mať príležitosť objaviť nové perspektívy, techniky a inšpirácie, ktoré vám pomôžu rozvíjať vašu fotografickú zručnosť.
