Author: Robert Pols
Publisher: Public Record Office Publications
Keywords: family, guide, photographs, office, genealogists, record, dating, researching, contextuallising, public
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1903365201
ISBN-13: 9781903365205

There can be few people who do not have a box or album full of fading photographs of half- forgotten ancestors somwhere in their home. These photographs can be a treasure trove of information for family historians. Apart from showing your ancestors looks, photographs can reveal much more about them, including their social class, profession and origin. This book is designed to help you research, date and contextualise these family photographs. The book traces developments up to 1945, starting with the invention of popular photography in the mid-nineteenth century and continuing with the Box

Authors:The National Hockey League, NHL Images, Getty Imag
Publisher: Greystone Book
Keywords: photographs, year, hockey, nhl, reflections
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1553654862
ISBN-13: 9781553654865

Capturing the power, speed, and grace of professional hockey, the Reflections series is a fan-favorite for its comprehensive highlights of the year�s best moments. Offering a pictorial chronicle of the 2008-09 season, this title covers the greatest victories from the first drop of the puck to the hoisting of the Stanley Cup.

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Publisher: Greystone Books
Keywords: photographs, year, hockey, nhl, reflections
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2008-10-30
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 1553653998
ISBN-13: 9781553653998

Readers relive one of hockey’s most exciting seasons in this large-format photographic book. It’s all here, from the first drop of the puck to the hoisting of the Stanley Cup. Action shots and quiet moments feature gifted players like Sidney Crosby, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jarome Iginla, Vincent Lecavalier, and Martin Brodeur. Featuring 150 high-quality photographs, an introduction recounting the high points of the season, and a full section of year-end statistics, Reflections 2008 is both a specific tribute to the season and a timeless keepsake for fans.

Author: Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Gramercy
Keywords: photographs, orleans, new
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-09-06
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 051722660X
ISBN-13: 9780517226605

From cajun cooking to the Mardi Gras celebration, this gorgeous photographic tour celebrates the sights and attractions of New Orleans. From historic buildings and architecture, to the natural beauty of the city’s parks and waterfront, New Orleans in Photographs captures the spirit of this beloved city. Each photograph highlights a famous sight or location throughout the city, as well as lesser known attractions and hidden gems. Captions offer history, trivia, and interesting anecdotes. Anyone who loves New Orleans, natives and visitors alike, will appreciate this celebration of the c

Author: Michael Eastma
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: photographs, horses
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2003-10-07
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0375414681
ISBN-13: 9780375414688

More than a hundred extraordinary portraits�lush, rich, textured, sculptural�that reveal the spirit and nobility of the horse. Portraits of horses gazing at the camera, standing in the golden light, stamping away flies, galloping, bucking, rolling in the dust. They are the work of Michael Eastman, a self-taught photographer influenced by Edward Weston, Walker Evans, and Henry Moore, who spent thirty years capturing the essential nature of subjects that range from Cuban life to landscapes to architecture in many places. Now he turns his refined eye to the magnificent horse.Eastman has caught th

Author: Stephen Shore
Publisher: Phaidon Pre
Keywords: photographs, nature
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 071484585X
ISBN-13: 9780714845852

An Essential Primer on Understanding Photography by One of the World’s Most Influential Photographers "In my roughly twenty years of writing about photography, I don’t think I’ve come across a book that has implied so much with so few words, a book that raises so many important questions with so little fanfare and with such precision." -James Kaufmann, Photographer’s Forum By the age of 14, Stephen Shore (b.1947) took his first photograph. By 17, he was a regular at Andy Warhol’s Factory photographing both the artist and his entourage. At 23, he became the firs

Author: Man Ray
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: works, ray, man, photographs
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1980-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0486238423
ISBN-13: 9780486238425

Rich selection of�various techniques include over and under exposure, shooting through fabric, superimposing images, and zeroing in on tiny details. Photographs are divided into general subjects, female figures (mainly nudes); women’s faces (including Gertrude Stein); celebrity portraits (Dali, Derain,�Matisse, Picasso, and others); and rayographs, cameraless compositions created by resting objects on unexposed film.