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How a generation of women artists is transforming photography with analogue techniques.
Beginning in the 1990s, a series of major artists imagined the expansion of photography, intensifying its ideas and effects while abandoning many of its former medium constraints. Simultaneous with this development in contemporary art, however, photography was moving toward total digitalization.
Lateness and Longing presents the first account of a...
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Karel Holemans guardó secretos toda su vida, incluso a su familia. En esta biografía, su hijo desvela la fascinante historia de su padre: agente secreto, espía doble, pintor y héroe de los templarios.
Karel Holemans fue un pintor flamenco que soñaba con la independencia de Flandes. Espió en España durante la Guerra Civil, en el lado republicano. En la invasión nazi de Bélgica trabajó como espía doble. O tal vez triple. Fue agente de la...
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Born into chaos and trauma, God showed me grace at every turn. I would go to prison twice before I began to build the life God wanted for me, inlcuding a window tint franchise. This book tells of many trials I faced and how I overcame every obstacle. If you need a faith builder, this is it.
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In The Cruel Radiance, Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images-and learning to see the people in them-is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Grappling with critics from Walter...
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A Great Gay Book: Stories of Growth, Belonging & Other Queer Possibilities is a gorgeously designed collection of art, essays, short fiction, poetry, interviews, profiles, and photography from the archives of the beloved queer magazine Hello Mr., as well as new material from many of today's biggest LGBTQ+ creatives.
Hello Mr. was founded by Ryan Fitzgibbon in 2012. Over its ten-issue lifespan, the groundbreaking indie magazine became the first...
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Gay artist George Quaintance (1902-1957) had a diverse and colorful career. After attending art school with Georgia O'Keeffe and Alexander Calder, he joined a vaudeville troupe and traveled the country. His troupe, The Collegiates, was known for acrobatics and athleticism, and it was the opening act for Sophie Tucker's farewell performance. George went on to study ballet and various forms of modern dance, both choreographing and starring in theatrical...
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Considéré dans ce texte: Quiruvilca, Pérou. Bev Oda et sa «nouvelle meilleure amie». L'or, l'argent et le sous-développement. Barrick Gold. L'aide internationale comme peacekeeper. L'ACDI, la RSE, le MAECD et deux-trois autres sigles sympathiques. L'acceptation sociale des exploitations minières. Le gout du cochon d'Inde grillé.
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GigaTravels To Exotic Places A MemoirFerguson-Huntington is a twenty-first century storyteller, weaving wild yarns about her exotic travels.Artist Kathleen Ferguson-Huntington, is an accomplished artist, multi-media artist and writer. Ferguson-Huntington Her first published work was a mini-graphic tale called A Toothsome Romance, which was in Speaking Pictures published by Harmoney Books.She taught art and design at Virginia Commonwealth University...
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Dante called the most beautiful things of this world the visible parlare- the visible speaking- that comes not from our hands but God's. The surprise gift of a camera during Covid lock-down casts Kathryn Winograd into a journey through the intersections between written and visual image. Mourning what feels like the broken world, she moves between the quaking aspen of her Teller County cabin and the South Platte River near her suburban home in search...
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En este libro de la autora Maria Teresa Galdo (alias Mayte), podemos encontrar diversos capítulos los cuales son independientes unos de otros.
Sus elocuentes narraciones harán que los lectores disfruten cada capítulo de principio a fine. Estos narran, de una forma muy amena y senccilla, acontecimientos, historias y anécdotas basadas en experiencias acumuladas a través de una vida y del entorno en el cual se desarrolla.
La autora simpre...
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Discover the epic life of Gerda Taro, the brave photographer who captured the Spanish Civil War. 'Gerda Taro, the Final Shot' will transport you to the trenches and fiery streets, where courage and determination intertwine with the power of a camera.With captivating illustrations and a vibrant narrative, this graphic novel will immerse you in the harsh reality of war and the soul of an exceptional woman. Join Gerda Taro on her journey and be inspired...
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Designers are great white sharks, and we roam the waters ourselves. We often pretend to like and admire each other, but sometimes we don't even bother to fake it. The fashion industry is as hardworking, incestuous, and political as any other, and it's virtually impossible, given the size of designers' egos, to sincerely wish someone else well, because behind every false tribute is 'It should have been me.'
So writes Joseph Abboud, who fell in love...
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Guns, drugs, prostitution, and art are the only deregulated businesses in the world. And you think cartels and pimps are ruthless! Look beneath the veneer of every painting and sculpture you'll discover an equally seedy underbelly.The art world has changed in the fifty years since Patricia Hamilton has been in the business. New York City in 1977 was filled with gentlemen who genuinely loved art. Granted it was misogynistic, anti-black, and anti-LGBTQ...
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Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) taught at the University of Hamburg, New York University, Princeton University, and Harvard University. Jeffrey Chipps Smith is Kay Fortson Chair in European Art at the University of Texas, Austin. His books include Sensuous Worship (Princeton).
This classic text presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Dürer. Through the skill and immense knowledge of Erwin Panofsky, the reader is dazzled not only by Dürer the...
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The celebrity tattoo artist takes fans on a tour through his life and art, combining captivating vignettes and stories with more than one hundred color photos.
Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, Cara Delevingne, Rihanna, and many more of the hottest celebrities in the world have been seen on the red carpet, on concert stages, and in magazine spreads wearing stunning ink created by Keith "Bang Bang" McCurdy, the most in-demand tattoo artist in...
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First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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"Souvenirs & confidences - Volume II" est un ensemble de réactions au sujet de l'acharnement de la star Claude François et de ses relations avec ses paires du milieu artistique. De nombreuses opinions ont été émises sur le surnommé « Cloclo », aussi bien de son vivant qu'après sa disparition, provenant d'une variété de personnalités. Certaines l'adulaient, d'autres le méprisaient. Durant sa carrière, l'artiste a démontré une éthique...
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Born in Missouri at the end of the nineteenth century, Thomas Hart Benton would become the most notorious and celebrated painter America had ever seen. The first artist to make the cover of Time, he was a true original: an heir to both the rollicking populism of his father's political family and the quiet life of his Appalachian grandfather. In his twenties, he would find his calling in New York, where he was drawn to memories of his small-town youth-and...
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The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before; and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.
Vivian Maier's story-the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who...