The genius of photography
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"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportageaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographyit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical senseoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundthe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centurythere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spinethe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall the pages are clean and unmarkedit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative history
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The genius of birds by jennifer ackerman (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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How can we write the histories of photography?loeb associate professor of the humanities at harvard universityrobin kelsey is john l
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Watching the pair with a beady eye, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age - the poet alexander popearabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplatesoxfam bookshop st albans what would you do if you were faced with a dangerous temptation you feared you couldn't resist? "the scandal of the season" tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever arabella fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman robert petre, seventh baron of ingatestonethe object of her desire is also flirting with a perilous jacobite plot against queen anne see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bask here in some of the genius of an artist, who as a man lived humbly and quietly, while letting the creativity of his work soar freelyoxfam shop mutley plain a prolific man, an arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes, he garnered a worldwide allure, worked across all musical fields and to whatever he turned his focus to, confronted every particular genre, with unwavering skill and accomplishmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevinyl are in immaculate condition, free from scratches and virtually without dustthe case also is unblemished
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Oxfam bookshop victoria takes a close-up look at the document that has made the united states of america the world's longest-surviving democracy and warns that the constitutional process is at risk, tracing the history of the constitution and how it came into being, how it has weathered past crises, and how it effectively helps us govern our nationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It became a landmark tv series thanks to the genius of peter cook and dudley moore and this compilation features some of their best material; including 'the leaping nuns' and the famous goodbye-ee songoxfam shop colne road classic sketches from the comic duosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe bbc began broadcasting the series 'not only but also' in and continued until
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Episodes comprise: 'ghosts in the machine', 'designs for living', 'blueprints for war', 'better living through chemistry' and 'objects of desire'oxfam shop kendal case and discs in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefive-part series charting the history of design from the industrial revolution through to the present day
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The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor thomas keller himself"  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreiacp award winner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed french laundry restaurant in the napa valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the united states" (the new york times)if you can't get to the french laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience wine spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it gets no signs of usefrom innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, the french laundry cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of america's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both uniqueone hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the french laundry kitchen-no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchensand this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a french laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courseskeller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it rightmost dazzling is how simple keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastesoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the french laundry cookbook thomas keller good, price not clipped, slight wear to the dust jacket and boards
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genius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativegenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldgenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existencevaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universethe result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to scienceevery one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storysome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencethe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkable
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Archaeology and photography calls for a change in how we think about photography and timethe book re-frames the relationship between photography and archaeology, past and present, as more than a metaphor or an analogy - but a shared visionarchaeology and photography will prove indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners in history, photography, art, archaeology, anthropology, science and technology studies and museum and heritage studiesthrough twelve new wide-ranging and challenging studies from an emerging generation of archaeological thinkers, archaeology and photography introduces new approaches to historical photographs in museums and to contemporaryphotographic practice in the fieldthe book reassesses the central place of photography as an archaeological method, and re-wires our cross-disciplinary conceptions of time, objectivity and archives, from the history of art to the history of scienceoxfam books & music kentish town does a photograph freeze a moment of time? what does it mean to treat a photographic image as an artefact? in the visual culture of the 21st century, do new digital and social forms change the status of photography as archival or objective - or are they revealing something more fundamental about photography's longstanding relationships with time and knowledge?archaeology and photography imagines a new kind of visual archaeology that tackles these questionsthe book challenges us to imagine photography, like archaeology, not as a representation of the past and the reception of traces in the present but as an ongoing transformation of objectivity and archiveit argues that new archaeological accounts of duration and presence can replace older conceptions of the photograph as a snapshot orremnant received in the presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: -floored geniusafter all, you're not the only one who leaves it till the last minute!artist: -julian copethe best of julian cope and the teardrop explodes
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Oxfam books & music fareham marketing fine art photography by martin briot in recent years as the field of photography has exploded, many photographers consider selling their work to make a profit and to help defray the high costs of equipmentafter a series of trials and errors, briot devised a marketing system that allowed him to get out of debt, pay for a state-of-the-art studio, and purchase his first home, all from the sale of his photographythough directed toward selling fine art, this method can be applied to other productsbut many photographers don't have the business and marketing knowledge required to successfully sell fine art photographs; and many of those who have tried have been met with disappointmentin marketing fine art photography, alain briot offers practical, up-to-date and field-tested marketing techniques from the viewpoint of a fine art landscape photographer who earns a living from the sale of his fine art printsuntil now, little information of value has been available in very good conditionbriot teaches that by taking control of the selling process, you can increase your profits and, ultimately, direct your own destinybriot's approach is based on offering quality not quantity; and offering something unique, rather than something that is mass-produced see oxfam website for delivery information read more large format paperback with flapspublished by rockynook
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In her extensive text, nancy newhall has written a classic of photography literaturehis views on photography let loose a bombshell that opened the way for photographic crusaders to followwith his photographs and writings speaking eloquently for him, emerson causes a major upheaval of prevailing artistic attitudesas in her previous works on ansel adams and edward weston, and in her collaborative effort with paul strand, mrsshe defines both the historical and artistic significance of a man whose work and ideas influenced the development of one of the most notable art forms of the twentieth centuryoxfam shop magdelen street as scientist, naturalist, physician and artist, psee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe set out to reproduce this grace and beauty in photographs and at the same time to escape from the pitfalls of sentiment, to call truth to naturethe breezy, mist-enshrouded landscapes of the norfolk broads, with the marshes and flowers and flocks of geese, possessed a special attraction for emersonemerson was one of the first to express photography's unique powers as an independent and potentially great art formnewhall has once again displayed her unique talent for combining scholarship and intuition
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Whether discussing the zone system, 35mm rangefinders, large format or even digital photography, roger tells it like it is, challenging the legends and stripping away the myths to get to the very heart of what photography is really all about containing all but a few of the original matter of opinion columns that have appeared every week in amateur photographer over the last few years, plus a few earlier pieces, this is a book that should be appreciated and treasured by everyone who loves the art of photographysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford roger is the author of dozens of books on the techniques of photography, but here for the first time is a book about the man himself, his experiences and his frequently controversial "emperor's new clothes" philosophies
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Here the genius and ironies behind those discoveries are describedoxfam bookshop thame this book is an essential guide for anyone inquiring about the present and future place of science in mankind's cultureit finds answers to the deepest questions of modern physics and ultimately describes a unified design of the universe, which has truth beauty and symmetrythis paperback is in a very good clean conditionthis book has great clarity and removes the shrouds of mystery, which envelop one of contemporary science's greatest challengesone such great change occurred at the turn of the twentieth century, when there was a revolution in modern scientific thinkingevery so often science moves by large leaps,sometimes spurred by the realization that the commonly held beliefs of the day need revisingthe subject is the the history and explanation of modern physicssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Spine faded, closed tears to top and wear to all edgeslightly soiled through wearsigns of water damage on edges of several leavessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue endpapers, discolouredoxfam bookshop newport this book offers a religious, aesthetic, historical and philosophical representation of the nature of the man of genius, of his principles, views of life and also of his errorsfoxing to edges of and within text blockwoven head and tail bandspencilled annotations throughoutvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to front and spine
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Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crimebut when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shatteredits blend of a page-turning story, evocative tokyo setting and utterly surprising ending make it a must-read for anyone interested in international fictionwhen detective kusanagi of the tokyo police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigatedone of the biggest-selling japanese thrillers ever, and the inspiration for a cult film, the devotion of suspect x is now being discovered across the worldoxfam bookshop royal exchange square yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only childsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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genius of glenn millertitle: genius of glenn millercondition: used; goodbinding: audio cdauthors: glenn miller
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2 x genius gridsthe aim of each of the possible puzzles is to complete the square using the nine coloured shapes, once the seven 'blockers' have been positioned
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Michael schumacher - the rise of a genius by luc domenjoz176 pages, hard back, many photosgiven two copies of this book as a present - this copy has not been usedin as new condition
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Many antique rare books of photography phoograms / photographs of the year from to all book at £10 each collected or posted at costie antique rare book of photography focal press : speaking likeness by kurt hutton (kurt hubschmann) a book of quality candid photo of celebrities, such as lloyd george, the king chamberlain, churchill, john gielgud, hemingway ect ectgood condition £10 collect from exmouth or courier at cost
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Art of photographycovering all aspects of photography etime life books- life library of photographyphotographing childrenvery good conditioncomplete set of 17 books + index
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The hidden mother eegrave; composed of photographs (from daguerreotypes to business cards), all examples of a now redundant practice: masking or hiding a parent against the background of a child's portrait, a common procedure from the advent of photography until the s, when exposure times were relatively slow and a hiding parent had to hold the baby stillcolor plates 4tovery slight shelf wear to bottom edge of front covertexts by massimiliano gioni, geoffrey batchen and a conversation between francesco zanot and linda fregni naglerthe many bubbling themes beneath the surface of his collection are unified by the singular principle of erasing - as if this gesture spoke of the nature of serious parenting; itself, or the place of women in a serious society; patriarchal, where it is imagined without a serious identity a haunting and now very hard to find bookoxfam shop balham the hidden motherthese hiding mothers can be spotted in the background of each of these portraits - looming behind their children, wrapped in blankets, rugs and brocades as they support their ancestry which represents the central subjectthe iterations vary and in some cases the hidden mother is revealed by the detail of a single hand, or in some cases the parent literally hides, ensuring that the identity is; of the child is transposed onto his ownfirst edition (first edition)by creating and defining a sub-genre of photography, fregni nagler has accumulated images that repeat a particular gesture: the denial of the parent in the interest of readability; of childco-published with the nouveau musée national de monacosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The genius star educational dice gamebrand new and sealed thanks for lookingplay solo, or race an opponent to fill the star! the aim is to complete the star using the eleven coloured shapes, once the seven ‘blockers’ have been positionedthe happy puzzle companyall puzzles have at least one possible solution
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The happy puzzle company the genius square puzzle game complete vgcthis game is in very good used condition there is some minor storage wear to the box please check the images carefully before purchase many thanks for looking
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Coleman hawkins genius ofcondition is very goodoscar peterson/milt jackson v tall cds
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The genius star educational dice game the happy puzzle company great for kids
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The happy puzzle company the genius square puzzle game
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The genius square educational dice gameall puzzles have at least one possible solution, now race your opponent to complete the grid thanks for looking athe happy puzzle companyage 6years + 1-2 players brand new and sealed skills: thinking at speed, spatial awareness and visual perception
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