photography portraits

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. Photographer Elena Dorfman examines the pop culture phenomenon of 'cosplay,' in which participants dress up in costumes--and live part of their lives--as characters from video games, animated films and Japanese graphic novels. The exploding cosplay subculture flourishes at convention centers, college dorms, private clubs and in homes across the country. Dorfman puts herself quietly behind the scenes of these fan-based events to create a remarkable collective portrait. Color portrait photos.

Hardcover. London ; New York, NY, Phaidon Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Oversized. Black cloth cover, light wear to edges of cover and dust jacket. Many b&w photographs throughout. An epic collection of poignant and often controversial stories photographed and written by acclaimed social documentary photographer Eugene Richards (b.1944). The culmination of a dozen years of reporting, both on and off assignment, these stories, each one different in style and tone, immerse us in the lives of Honduran coffee growers, members of a Kansas City street gang, drought-plagued villagers from Niger, and doctors in an embattled Bosnian hospital. A bright, clean copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Scalo, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 79 pages. Fazal Shiekh's portraits of some of the many refugees of Africa. The black and white photos and the text illuminate the tragedy and the spirit of these unfortunate and proud people.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Melrose, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, illustrated with full-page color and b/w photographs of beautiful women. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 156 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Brand new copy still in wrapper. Book in near fine condition. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color and black & white images throughout. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in publisher's shrink-wrap. 156 pages. Through portraits and candid observation, John Comino-James builds an honest and intimate record of a small and tight-knit community. This is not the Havana of the tourist, but a city in which people go about their daily lives, dealing with the everyday realities that have resulted from decades of political isolation.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Introduction by Donald Sultan. Celebrity portrait photographer Lynn Goldsmith turns to a new subject, flowers, in this interesting book. As Donald Sultan comments in his introduction, this is "an entirely new and compelling way of experiencing this classic subject." Each image is "shot in natural light with a macro lens from unexpected angles." The purpose: "I don't want to be looking at the flower, I wanted to be in it." Donald Sultan feels the results are "a tribute to the minimalist and abstract expressionist schools." The work "imparts a sense of digital eroticism to the color which is at once referential and intensely real." Lynn Goldsmith says, "I desired to create a highly subjective impression [of flower as] . . . the transcendental image . . . ." Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Atria Books, 1st Hardcover, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark to bottom edge of textblock. Otherwise a very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Tracing the highs and lows of fashion photography from the late 1940s to today, Gross vividly chronicles the fierce rivalries between photographers, fashion editors, and publishers like Conde Nast and Hearst, weaving together candid interviews, never-before-told insider anecdotes and insights born of his three decades of front-row and backstage reporting on modern fashion. An unprecedented look at an eccentric and seductive profession and the men and women who practice it on the treacherous shifting sands of pop and fashion culture, Focus depicts--perhaps most importantly--the rewards and cost, both terribly high, of translating an artist's vision of beauty for an often cold and cruel commercial reality.

Hardcover. Madison WI, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 1st, 2014-03-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 119 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Carl Corey turns his camera on Wisconsin family-owned businesses in existence fifty years or longer. The businesses portrayed here--bakeries and barbecue joints, funeral homes and furniture builders, cheesemakers, fishermen, ferry boat drivers--have survived against all the odds, weathering tough economic times and big-business competition. The owners are loyal to their employees, their families, and themselves. And they are integral to their local economies and social fabric.

Softcover. NY, Collier Books/Macmillan, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 121 pages. Tinsel and leather. Strippers in gold lame. Sleaze and sophistication. Vogue couture and flamboyant bad taste. Here, in pictures and words, is a collection of outrageous portrais of 21 men who dare to flaunt their fantasies on Halloween on Polk Street in San Francisco. Fully illustrated with photographs in B&W and color. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Bunker Hill Publishing Inc, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. In the 80 images throughout this book, Haas has forced Nature to do his bidding. Still, Haas's trees are portraits of Los Angeles in all its complexity and quirkiness, and his views of individual trees reveal much about their surroundings and the humans with whom they share their habitat.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Bunker Hill Publishing Inc, 1st, 2006-11-13, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. In the 80 images throughout this book, Haas has forced Nature to do his bidding. Still, Haas's trees are portraits of Los Angeles in all its complexity and quirkiness, and his views of individual trees reveal much about their surroundings and the humans with whom they share their habitat.

Hardcover. New York , powerHouse Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, non-paginated, illustrated throughout with photos in color. Minor shelf-wear to laminated boards, remainder mark to bottom edge. Clean, tight copy. A series of photographs capturing a gritty, glamorous, and authentic old- school New York, well before Mickey Mouse took over Times Square and scrubbed it clean. Curators and editors Beatriz and Hilton Arial Ruiz have collected and preserved the work of local street photographer Bill Butterworth, and have drawn from his work to create a revealing portrait of the Forty-Deuce, inside and out-- capturing the unique street life and street style of the era.

Hardcover. New York , powerHouse Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, non-paginated, illustrated throughout with photos in color. Minor shelf-wear to laminated boards, remainder mark to bottom edge. Clean, tight copy. A series of photographs capturing a gritty, glamorous, and authentic old- school New York, well before Mickey Mouse took over Times Square and scrubbed it clean. Curators and editors Beatriz and Hilton Arial Ruiz have collected and preserved the work of local street photographer Bill Butterworth, and have drawn from his work to create a revealing portrait of the Forty-Deuce, inside and out-- capturing the unique street life and street style of the era.

Hardcover. Brooklyn NY, powerHouse Books, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, non-paginated, illustrated throughout with photos in color. Minor shelf-wear to laminated boards, remainder mark to bottom edge. Clean, tight copy. A series of photographs capturing a gritty, glamorous, and authentic old- school New York, well before Mickey Mouse took over Times Square and scrubbed it clean. Curators and editors Beatriz and Hilton Arial Ruiz have collected and preserved the work of local street photographer Bill Butterworth, and have drawn from his work to create a revealing portrait of the Forty-Deuce, inside and out-- capturing the unique street life and street style of the era.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "While it seems we've already seen photographs of every centimeter of Paris from every angle, it's a pleasure to look at the postwar city through Child's viewfinder. A trained draftsman, painter and lithographer, he had strong theories about composition and light, as well as a desire to distill 'some aspect of each place,' whether it be fishermen on the Seine, geometrically framed by the overlapping arches of a bridge, or an old woman unwittingly anchoring an angular shadow in the South of France. As accomplished as the photographs are, and as engaging a character as Paul Child is revealed to be, the real draw here will undoubtedly be his intimate portraits of Julia Child before she was, well, Julia Child. What ultimately makes this enjoyable celebration of his work an important part of the Child archive is that it illuminates the third side of that fabled triangle, connecting us to his love of Julia - and France." (NYTimes) Clean copy.

Hardcover. Bologna, Italy, Damiani, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Rocking Fornarina celebrates the past ten years of Fornarina's "street couture" shoewear and apparel through the photographs of Francesco Musati and Valentina Aimone, who together have developed the brand's identity into a sexy, sassy and artful visual style. Founded in 1947 by Gianfranco Fornari, and now led by his son Lino, Fornarina has galvanized the women's shoe and apparel industry with its fresh take on urban style, emphasizing strong color, bold contours, humor and mischievous, tongue-in-cheek glamour, in styles ranging from sandals and sabots to boots and pumps. Rocking Fornarina includes a selection of previously unpublished photos by Musati and Aimone (who have been photographing for the company for more than 20 years), and a style gallery with portraits of Fornarina's celebrity fans, such as Lindsay Lohan and Martina Stella.

Hardcover. NY, Glitterati Incorporated, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 368 pages. An expanded edition of the best-selling collection, Freeze Frame: Second Cut, featuring 150 new photographs (more than 450 in all) of stars shot on-set over a period of more than 50 years, by the planet's most famous on-set photographer, Douglas Kirkland. From Angelina Jolie and Brigitte Bardot to Baz Luhrmann and Antonio Banderas, Kirkland, an artist in his own right, has been chronicling the making of films for more than half a century through his lens, and his riveting images take us behind the scenes to reveal much about the way movies are made. Going beyond the first edition, this book includes stories and anecdotes of behind the scenes, along with the pictures ranging from the 1960s through the 2000s. Here is a glamorous volume in a luxurious oversized format, chock-full of amazing portraits of the most illustrious and talented movie stars, directors, and performers from the last half-century of movie-making. Clean copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Assouline Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 124 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. A tight copy. 165 color illustrations. With rich and dynamic photographs juxtaposing concepts from haute couture and scientific advancements to pop stars and popular culture, French Style is as sophisticated and chic as the nation it celebrates. This lavishly illustrated, fun and informal yet surprisingly informative compendium brings to life the savoir faire and joie de vivre that is French Style.

Softcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 172 pages. Nancy Newhall wrote some of the most incisive work ever published on the inner lives of the photographers who shaped the medium. Her friendship with photographers such as Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Helen Levitt, to name a few, lends her writing a vibrancy rarely found in essays on photography. Newhall was one of the few people to gain access to the inner circle--and thoughts--of the imposing Alfred Stieglitz, and her intimate portrait of him, previously unpublished, reveals a man of genius, humor, and kindness. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Zurich, Lars Muller, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. The photographer Andreas Seibert accompanied Chinese workers to document their everyday lives and their journey to the high-population centers. Their stories are told in a collection of striking photographs that provide a close-up portrait to complement the current discussion of economic growth in China.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The photographs produced by the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) during the Great Depression constitute one of America's greatest artistic legacies. A team of young photographers, including Dorothea Lange, Walter Evans, and Gordon Parks, not only created an extraordinary and powerful portrait of American life between the wars but in doing so also set a new standard for contemporary photography. 357 pages. Over 470 photographs, many of which have never been published before.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 216 pages. Galleries of Friendship and Fame is the first comprehensive investigation of the origin, development, and practices of 19th-century American photograph albums. In this fascinating book, the author argues that the album--whether functioning as family record, parlor entertainment, social register, national portrait gallery, or advertisement for photography itself--helped transform the nature of self-presentation at the cusp of modernity.This handsome volume examines carte de visite and cabinet card albums from their introduction in the United States in 1861 through the rise of the snapshot at the century's end. By examining a wealth of previously overlooked primary materials, this study offers a completely new understanding of photograph albums, revealing how they emerged, how they were marketed and sold, and how families displayed and told stories through them. Galleries of Friendship and Fame addresses the history of technology and innovation, the interconnectedness of the commercial and domestic spheres, and the ways photography helped shape notions of identity, family, and nation in a rapidly changing America.

Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A photographic memoir charts Gary Cooper's off-screen life from his boyhood in Montana, to his family life in Hollywood, to his relationships with Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Jimmy Stewart, among many others.