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"This book charts the historical and cultural significance of the [paparazzi] industry, profiles its protagonists and discusses how its imagery of celebrity became a major part of media consumption. Kim McNamara examines the various ways in which the controversial paparazzi industry is structured, including its workforce practices, development of image markets and how it has been reconfigured during the transition from analogue paper-based photography...
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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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Stuart Daniels has hit bottom. Once a celebrated and award-winning photojournalist, he is reeling from debt, a broken marriage, and crippling depression. The source of Stuart's grief is his most famous photo, a snapshot of brutality in the dangerous Congo. A haunting image that indicts him as a passive witness to gross injustice.Stuart is given a one last chance to redeem his career: A make-or-break assignment covering the AIDS crisis in a small African...
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Clem Glass was a successful photojournalist, firm in the belief that photographs could capture truth and beauty. Until he went to Africa and witnessed the aftermath of a genocidal massacre. Clem returns to London with his faith in human nature shattered and his life derailed. Nothing--work, love, sex--can rouse his interest and no other outlook can restore his faith. The one person Clem is able to connect with is his sister, who has made her own sudden...
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Valentine (Val) Denning is a young American photojournalist in Kosovo, where she and her two colleagues - Tony Hampton and Jake Newburg - are covering the war. All three are shot in a nightmarish ambush. Only after she wakes up in a Belgrade hospital does Val learn that Tony, her lover, is dead. At his funeral she finds out that he was married. In the wake of these traumatic events, Val goes home to New York City where she finds work as a photographer...
7) Mary Coin
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In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression. - from cover p.[2]
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- Una inspiradora selección del mejor fotoperiodismo y fotografía documental del mundo. Historias desgarradoras de privaciones, desesperación, guerra y pérdida, aunque también de perseverancia, valor, amor, familia, sueños y más mariposas de las que nadie podría imaginar.
- Seleccionadas de entre más de 60 000 imágenes de más de 4000 fotógrafos de 130 países, estas obras visualmente impactantes invitan a los espectadores a salir del...
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*****************Aprenda a usar la cámara del iPhone 11 Pro y Pro Max*****************
La cámara del iPhone tiene tantas funciones y trucos ocultos que probablemente no conozca y solo un libro como este puede ayudarle a descubrir esas funciones ocultas.
Si tiene un iPhone 11 Pro y quiere poder tomar fotos impresionantes con él, este libro es para usted.
Las tres cámaras que sobresalen de la parte posterior del iPhone 11 Pro son increíbles,...
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All but closed to outside visitors and influence, its public posture guarded and combative, we see almost nothing from inside North Korea. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has had rare access to this reclusive country, traveling within its borders as well as documenting life along its northern border with China and the highly militarized DMZ dividing North and South Korea. His images are amazing: the monumental architecture and empty...
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Abandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography.
From Big Houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches to dance halls, these buildings may now be abandoned, but they are far from empty. As a photographer, Brownlie's instincts are remarkable. In the seemingly...
13) Booked
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Every year twelve million Americans are arrested and photographed by the police. In many ways, mug shots are our history. Using a dazzling selection of mug shots that are arrestingly raw in their starkness and strangely eloquent in their simplicity, this absorbing, and humorous, often bewildering collection sheds a whole new light on our rebellious century.
From political icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Davis, to A-list celebrities Hugh Grant...
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Travel the Sahara Desert on an expedition from Timbuktu to the Atlantic Ocean over a trackless, roadless, 2000 mile caravan route, not used in more than 100 years. Meet the many different tribes that inhabit the varied countries that make up Africa. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder around a campfire with tribal Bushman experiencing their ritual evening chant, each moment deepening a sense of what is universally human. This book is for the adventure traveler...
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"Through more than two hundred gorgeous and elegiac photographs, Abandoned details Lawless's journey into what was once the very heart of American entertainment: the amusement park. Lawless visits deserted parks across the country, capturing in stark detail their dilapidated state, natural overgrowth, and obvious duality of sad and playful symbolism. Previously self-published as Bizarro, this updated edition of Lawless's photographic tribute to decaying...
16) Inside Iran
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is at the center of world attention politically, socially, and culturally but it remains largely a cipher to the West. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has traveled throughout Iran to produce the first contemporary photographic book on a place seldom seen or understood. His images of daily life offer a fascinating look at a society of juxtapositions ancient and modern, commercial and spiritual, serene and...
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Quizás son pocos los territorios tan ricos y variados en recursos, biológicos, energéticos y minerales, quizás estas riquezas son las que han llevado a la población de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC) a niveles extremos de pobreza.
Solo hay cobalto en 16 países del planeta y se estima que más del 55% de las reservas mundiales se ubican en RDC. Más del 30 % de las reservas de diamantes están en tierra congoleña. Podemos seguir...
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The ability to change lenses is one of the greatest strengths of the DSLR camera but Lens Selection requires some insight. If you get serious about photography, you will spend much more money on Lenses than Cameras. The good news is that Lenses retain their value over decades and can often be used on with each new camera release. Some Lenses designed for film cameras can still be used on their digital counterparts.
You would also get unique training...
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A book designed to equip and improve beginner Photographer's ability in terms of knowing how to choose the right DSLR Camera, understanding how the camera sees the dynamic range, understanding the exposure triangle, motion blur, and image noise. This book will teach you how to successfully master the shooting modes, metering mode, exposure compensation and when to use the aperture priority mode, how to deal with white balance and how to shoot golden...
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Like painters, photographers continually analyze new concepts and techniques to enhance results.Therefore, get fine photography capturing various moods and creations with proper photography techniques.Analyze elemental topics such as Composition, ISO, Aperture, Sharpness, and other technical aspects like ISO invariance and other photographic elements on a high level.Through this work, you will grasp advanced photography fundamentals and topics.Advanced...