“…His two previous books, Picture Perfect Practice and Picture Perfect Posing , shattered the mold of instructional photography books as they empowered readers to advance their composition and posing skills. …”

“…Black-and-white photography poses unique challenges; without color to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition take on even more importance. …”

“…This book examines the art and craft of motion picture photography through a veteran professional cinematographer's personal experiences on five major motion pictures, each selected to illustrate a particular series of challenges for the photographer. …”

“…While many of the books were created by key practitioners and theorists of modern photography, scholars have rarely addressed the significance of the book format to modern conceptions of photographic meaning. …”

“…In this context, the book challenges any uniform view of anthropological photography and its resulting archives. Drawing on a variety of examples, largely from the Pacific, the book demonstrates how close readings of photographs reveal not only western agendas, but also many layers of differing historical and cross-cultural experiences. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El beso = The kiss / produced and directed by Bob Bentley ; photography, Mark Moreve, Ben Hodgson (Auguste Rodin)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Milky Way as Optical Phenomenon: Perception and Photography in the Drawings of Anton Pannekoek / 12. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bowker -- Foreword II by Barry Barnes -- Preface: The Rise of Art-Science -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Art in Science and Technology Studies -- 2 Positioning Aesthetic Knowledge: The Blaschka Models -- 3 Making Science Visible: The Photography of Berenice Abbott -- 4 The Practices of Tactical Media -- 5 SymbioticA: Culturing Art and Science -- 6 Curating Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology -- Conclusion: Art, Science, and Technology Studies -- Notes -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Seeing Is Believing: Themes in Great Depression and World War II Photography -- 5. Feast for the Eyes: Locating Visual Style in Network-Era American Situation Comedies -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Rotwang the inventor -- Framing conversations about technology -- A matter of metaphor: technology as tool, text, system, ecology -- Information ecologies -- Values and technology -- How to evolve information ecologies -- Librarians: a keystone species -- Wolf, Batgirl, and Starlight: finding a real community in a virtual world -- Cultivating gardeners: the importance of homegrown expertise -- Digital photography at Lincoln High School -- A dysfunctional ecology: privacy issues at a teaching hospital -- Diversity on the Internet…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Global Visual Cultures : Paradox and Comparison -- Sight becomes Vision : From al-Haytham to Perspective -- "1492" : Expulsions, Expropriations, Encounters -- Slavery, Modernity and Visual Culture -- Panoptic Modernity -- Imperial Transcultures : From Kongo to Congo -- Sexuality Disrupts : Measuring the Silences -- Inventing the West -- Decolonizing Visions -- Discrete States: Digital Worlds from the Difference Engine to Web 2.0 -- The Death of the Death of Photography -- Celebrity : From Imperial Monarchy to Reality TV -- Watching War…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Portraits ; Contemporary painting and sculpture ; Early Italian and Northern European painting ; Architecture and decoration ; Balmoral and the Highlands ; Music, Theatre and entertainments ; Furniture ; Metalwork ; Ceramics ; State jewellery ; Insignia ; Personal jewellery ; Textiles, fans and accessories ; Souvenir albums and topography ; Views of the great exhibition ; Books ; Photography ; Royal artists ; Memorials to Prince Albert -- Appendix I. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From empire to the People's Republic of China, 1900-1949 -- Manchuria and the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 -- The image of a new China, 1945-1966 -- State publishing: the Cultural Revolution and beyond, 1966-present -- The renaissance of Chinese photography, 1979-present -- Hong Kong and Taiwan, 1949-present -- Global perspectives on China, 1949-present -- Map -- An abridged timeline of the modern history of China -- An abridged timeline of the modern history of Hong Kong -- An abridged timeline of the modern history of Taiwan…”

“…This work collates the one hundred photographs produced by the scientist best remembered for the invention of photography. The images featured represent the full sweep of Talbot's work and are testament to the emergence of a new type of vision…”

Sumario

“…Accompanied by detailed text, this beautiful book offers breathtaking images, stunning fashion photography, and exquisite period footwear designs from the most collectable and fabulous designers…”

Sumaris