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The Fotografis Bank Austria Collection
Ed. Toni Stooss;Ed. Margit Zuckriegl

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Birds of Japan & North-East Asia
A Photographic Guide
Tadao Shimba

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The Extended Moment
Fifty Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada
Ann Thomas;John McElhone

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Unseen
London, Paris, New York
Katy Barron
This exhibition catalogue assembles three bodies of work by 20th century photographers, observing a city as an outsider: Wolf Suschitzky's London in the 1930s, Dorothy Bohm's Paris in the 1950s and Neil Libbert's New York in the 1960s. Depicting street scenes and local life, the black-and-white images across all three collections are in the tradition of Eugène Atget and Bert Hardy.

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The Exploration Treasury
Amazing journeys Around the World in Rare Artworks and Prints, Maps and Personal Narratives
Beau Riffenburgh

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Capturing the Universe
The Most Spectacular Astrophotography from Across the Cosmos
Rhodri Evans
Beginning with an image of a pale blue dot – Earth – obtained by Voyager 1 at a distance of around six billion kilometres from home, this book presents some of the most spectacular astrophotography gathered by robotic space explorers and ground-based telescopes. Dr Evans explains the technology used to capture these images and the celestial objects depicted, travelling from our own Solar System, via the Milky Way and the Local Group to the edges of the Universe.

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Heinkel He 111
The Latter Years – The Blitz and War in the East to the Fall of Germany
Chris Goss

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The Legend of the Sea
The Spectacular Marine Photography of Gilles Martin-Raget
Gilles Martin-Raget

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Wonders
Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography
Ed. Rhonda Rubinstein
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Equus
Tim Flach
The result of a seven-year project to document the horse in places as far-flung as Iceland and the deserts of Utah, Equus is a remarkable gallery of over 135 photographs showing the variety of equine physique and breeds as diverse as zebra, donkeys and Thoroughbreds. From a tracking vehicle, Flach captured the image of an Arabian at full gallop, on the Mongolian steppes he photographed wild Przewalzski horses, and other techniques used range from studio close-ups to x-ray and, remarkably, underwater photography.

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Gemologue
Street Jewellery Styles and Styling Tips
Liza Urla
Describing jewellery as 'the ultimate means of self-expression', the stylist Liza Urla started her popular Gemologue blog in 2009, and since then has worked with brands including Chanel, Bulgari and Fabergé. This collection of photographs, interspersed with styling suggestions, chronicles her journey around the world in search of inspirational pieces of jewellery from private collections, boutiques and trade shows.

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Dog Dance
The Photographs of Brad Elterman
Brad Elterman
Brad Elterman was a key Los Angeles photographer of the 1970s and 1980s music scene, capturing stars from Bob Dylan, Blondie, Michael Jackson and Joan Jett to the Ramones: this selection of his best images captures the wild spirit of the times.

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9 Photographers for the Planet
Gianni Berengo Gardin;Irene Kung;Joel Meyerowitz et al
Nine of the world’s leading art photographers bring their distinctive visual styles to bear on a different food, including rice, bread, coffee and chocolate. They depict the fields in which they are produced, the workers who toil there, and the consumers who enjoy the fruit of their labours. The text explores the issues of availability, sustainability and working conditions. In English and Italian.

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The Altering Eye
Photographs from the National Gallery of Art
Sarah Greenough
In 1949 Georgia O’Keeffe donated 1,600 photographs by Alfred Stieglitz to the National Gallery, Washington: the ‘Key Set’ that became the touchstone for the Gallery’s collection, now comprising 15,000 American and European photographs. This magnificent volume presents 290 of its finest examples, from Fox Talbot’s Leaf Study (1839/40) to Adam Fuss’s daguerreotype For Allegra (2012) and includes work by virtually every great photographer, along with essays on the evolution of the medium and some of its most important practitioners.

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Gidopark
Yelena Yemchuk

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Thomas Struth
Dandelion Room

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Bullfight
The Pas de Seux
Ricardo B. Sanchez: Rosa Olivares: Joseph Campbell

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Thomas Hoeffgen African Arenas
Nadine Barth
Slightly off-mint

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Graphis Photography 2008 (Photography Annual)
Design Graphis
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Archeology of Fear and Desire
Slightly off-mint

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Thomas Struth
Dandelion Room
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Bottle in the Smoke
Jonathan Bayer
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Thomas Hoeffgen African Arenas
Nadine Barth
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The World Atlas of Street Fashion
Caroline Cox
In this highly illustrated volume, the fashion historian Caroline Cox explores the derivation and development of sartorial movements in different regions of the world – such as the Chinese skinheads of Beijing, the feminist funkeiras of São Paolo, the raggare of Stockholm and the ravers of Ibiza. In doing so, she demonstrates how clothing choices can transmit messages of resistance, solidarity, subversion or musical affiliation.

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Taj Forer
Threefold Sun
Taj Forer

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Bori
Healers of the Soul (Imago Mundi)
Caroline Alida;Adeline Masquelier

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Guy Tillim
Second Nature
Guy Tillim

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Thomas Hoeffgen African Arenas
Nadine Barth

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Graphis Photography 2008 (Photography Annual)
Design Graphis

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In Prison Air
The Cells of Holmesburg Prison
Thomas Roma

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Chaotic Harmony
Contemporary Korean Photography
Anne Wilkes Tucker;Karen Sinsheimer;Bohnchang Koo

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The Calumet Region
An American Place
Gary Cialdella;Gregg Hertzlieb

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Motor Blues
Thomas Demand;Rineke Dijkstra;Candida Hofer;Thomas Struth
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Larry E. McPherson
Beirut City Center
Larry E. McPherson
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Touhami Ennadre
Moira
Okwui Enwezor;Lauri Firstenberg
Slightly off-mint

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Trajectories
Slightly off-mint

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Burning Heart
Portrait of the Philippines
Jessica Hagedorn;Marissa Roth
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Earth Meets Spirit
Douglas Beasley
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Koto Bolofo/Claudia Van Ryssen-Bolofo
The Prison
Claudia Van Ryssen-Bolofo

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Adam Bartos
Darkroom
Nicholas Negroponte

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Koto Bolofo
Lord Snowdon

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William Carter
Causes and Spirits
William Carter

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At City's Edge
Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront (Center Books on Chicago and Environs)
Bob Thall

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London!
Marc Hoberman;John Andrew
From tourist destinations and historic monuments to markets, streets and suburbs, this photographic celebration sets out to capture the essence of London in the bustle and chaos of everyday life as well as the majesty of some of its famous sites. Over 230 large format colour images include aerial views and architectural studies as well as reportage of London life.

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Through Her Lens
The Stories Behind the Photography of Eva Sereny
Eva Sereny
Eva Sereny's career took off in 1970 when she was hired as a 'Special Photographer' on the set of Catch-22, breaking the glass ceiling in what was then a male-dominated industry. She progressed to working behind the scenes on many of the films that shaped late 20th-century American and European cinema and captured some of the greatest stars of the age, including Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor. This retrospective presents more than 100 rare images, interspersed with her memories and anecdotes.

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Musée du Louvre
Painted Shoes
Margo Glantz;Ed. Catherine Belanger;Lois Lammerhuber
Among over 120 full-page details of paintings in this volume are the naked feet of Christ, Napoleon’s gold-embroidered boots and the discarded pink slipper of Ingres’ La Baigneuse de Valpinçon. Posing the question, ‘How can we decipher the mysteries – or the enigmas – concealed in this fragmentary narrative?’ Margo Glantz discusses this intriguing way of approaching art and the meanings that feet and shoes can convey. The full paintings appear at the end of the book.

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1969
The Year in Pictures
Contrasto

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Images of Home Counties Railways
Classic Photographs from the Maurice Dart Railway Collection
Maurice Dart
These vintage photographs from the well-known Dart collection are drawn from the Home Counties and suburbs of north and west London. Each of the photographs is accompanied by a brief text, the images are organized by locomotive wheel arrangement and types from the largest downwards, and the locations are identified according to the 1938 Railway Clearing House Handbook of Stations.

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Glorious Berkshire
Colin Roberts
The historic county of Berkshire stretches about 70 miles from the Marlborough Downs to the suburbs of West London, and its scenery includes forest, ancient chalk hills and Thames Valley lowlands. This collection of photographs from around the year is accompanied by the author’s personal reflections on the landscape and story of England’s Royal County.

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Provence and the Côte d'Azur
Discover the Spirit of The South of France
Janelle McCulloch
With an emphasis on discovering the spirit of each town, this tour of Provence and the Cote d’Azur characterizes each one, such as Cannes ‘the film star’, and Avignon ‘the art lover’, and explores its distinctive atmosphere, culture, food and architecture. Richly illustrated throughout, the book highlights experiences that could easily be missed, and concludes with a directory of guest houses, museums, galleries and markets.

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The Most Beautiful Villages of Burgundy
James Bentley;Photo. Hugh Palmer
Organized by département – Yonne, Côte-d'Or, Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire – this celebration of the ancient communities of Burgundy presents more than 250 photographs and detailed captions. Each village is introduced with historical and architectural notes, and three additional chapters focus in turn on the region's gastronomic tradition, its Romanesque structures and its distinctive patterned roofs. Also included are a map and traveller's guide.

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The Most Beautiful Villages of Brittany
James Bentley;Photo. Hugh Palmer
The granite-built communities of Brittany lie nestled within a varied landscape comprising jagged coastline, fertile plains and wild moorland. Arranged by département – Finistère, Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine – this volume offers detailed historical and cultural notes about each of the featured locations, accompanied by more than 250 photographs of village architecture and scenes of village life, a map and a traveller's guide. Slightly off-mint

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Lives of the Great Photographers
Juliet Hacking
Juliet Hacking presents brief biographies of 38 major figures in the history of photography, arranged alphabetically from Ansel Adams to Madame Yevonde, the art and portrait photographer celebrated for her early use of colour. Each profile is illustrated by a portrait or self-portrait of the subject and one or two examples of his or her work.

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Landscapes of the Passing Strange
Reflections from Shakespeare
Rosamund Purcell;Michael Witmore
This collaboration pairs lines by Shakespeare with 70 photographs of landscapes reflected in antique bottles. Michael Witmore, who chose the texts, discusses the playwright’s visual imagination, while artist Rosamund Purcell tells how the distressed glass transforms sky, trees and human forms into something rich and strange.

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Through the African American Lens
Double Exposure
Rhea Combs;Deborah Willis
Based on the photography collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, each book in this series illuminates a facet of 20th-century African American history through 50–60 photographs, with brief captions and curators’ commentaries.This first volume in the series introduces the collection and illustrates the ways in which African Americans have used activism, community and culture to fight for social justice and better living standards.

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Revolution in Hungary
The 1956 Budapest Uprising
Erich Lessing| George Konrad| Francois Kejto| Nicholas Bauquet
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From War to Peace
A Photographer's View of British Aviation During the 1940s
Richard Riding
As an aircraft inspector during the Second World War, Richard Riding's father, Eddie, could only take pictures of the planes surreptitiously, but from 1946 to his death in 1950 he amassed many more images and his collection showcases the British aviation scene of the period. Accompanied by detailed captions, the photographs include air-to-air shots of light aircraft, the new generation of passenger craft operating from Croydon and Heathrow and innovations on display at the Farnborough Airshow.

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Dress Like a Woman
Working Women and What They Wore
Vanessa Friedman
Although women started to enter employment en masse in the early 20th century, it was not until the 1970s that they began to exercise a modicum of autonomy over what they wore at work. Accompanied by introductory essays by fashion journalist Vanessa Friedman and New York Times. bestselling author Roxane Gay, the 240 photographs in this volume depict the changes in women’s clothing in the workplace over the last hundred years.

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1000 Faces / 0 Faces / 1 Face
Gerardo Mosquera

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Horizons
Sze Tsung Leong
Sze Tsung Leong

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Robert Rauschenberg
Photographs 1949–1962
Nicholas Cullinan;Ed. Susan Davidson;David White

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This Must Be the Place
Pieter Hugo
This selection of over 100 images by the award-winning South African photographer Pieter Hugo, author of The Hyena and Other Men, is presented along with essays by TJ Demos and Aaron Schuman.

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Mr Salesman - Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton

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Into the Sunset
Eva Respini

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Inside the Favelas
Douglas Mayhew

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Furthermore
Ed. Jeffrey Fraenkel
Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, this volume presents a selection of art works and photographs from the gallery’s renowned collection of work by the great 20th-century photographers.

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F.C. Gundlach
Klaus Honnef

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My America
Christopher Morris;Ed. Claudia Christen
Comprised of photographs taken during a three-year Time Magazine assignment, this is Christopher Morris’s personal view of Republican America during George W Bush’s second administration: ‘a nation that has wrapped its eyes so tightly in red, white, and blue that it has gone blind’.

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Timeless Journeys
Travels to the World's Legendary Places
Ford Cochran
For over a century, National Geographic teams have been travelling the globe and describing exotic sites in words and photographs. For this book, 50 places have been chosen as the most desired, but often challenging, places to visit. Arranged by continent, from Cappadocia in Asia to the Marquesas Islands in Oceania, the description and photographs of each place are accompanied by travel tips and a ‘Nat Geo Flashback’ to an early expedition or a ‘Classic Shot’ by one of the magazine’s photographers.

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The Life of Tea
A Journey to the World's Finest Teas
Michael Freeman;Timothy d'Offay
‘The taste and experience of pure nature, with all its exquisite flavours and aromas, are at the heart of the enjoyment of tea.’ For this spectacular three-part ‘Journey’, the authors, a documentary photographer and a tea expert, first went in search of the tea plants and the process from ‘earth to cup’, then explored the finest tea mountains of China, Japan, India and Sri Lanka and, finally, sought out the cultural world that has developed around tea drinking.

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Lucien Clergue: Brasília
Eva-Monika Turck
Lucien Clergue, the notable French photographer and friend of Picasso, was invited by the architect Oscar Niemeyer to photograph the futuristic city of Brasília in the 1960s. Accompanied by informative essays, this collection of the resulting images is a tribute to the spectacular curves and brutal monoliths of modernist architecture and the movement’s vision of a future that never quite happened.

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Indigenous
Peter Voss
Hiring local guides to take him into the hinterlands of countries in the West, South and East of Africa, Peter Voss made repeated trips to the continent between 2011 and 2013. His resulting photographs, reproduced in this large-format portfolio, comprise candid portraits of the people of remote tribes living traditional lifestyles, including the peoples of the Omo River in Ethiopia, the semi-nomadic Masai of Kenya, the Somba people of Benin and Togo and the Himba of Namibia.

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India
Peter Voss
The German photographer Peter Voss is fascinated by India and, despite setbacks of illness and camera equipment ruined by heat and humidity, he has returned several times to capture ‘the wonderful scenes which are acted out on a daily basis’ in the holy cities along the banks of the Ganges. His photographs are of people and sometimes animals, in Allahabad and Varanasi, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur and Agra, and Kolkata: a world ‘where time seems to have stood still’.

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A Vision of Snowdonia
Jerry Rawson
The subject of this photographic tribute covers an area of 827 square miles in the north west of Wales and boasts a varied landscape of heather moors, lakes, wooded valleys, craggy mountains and dramatic coastline. Capturing the majestic scenery at different times of the year and in different lighting conditions, each of the images is presented in a wide-view panoramic format and printed across a double-page spread.

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Perfect Bowland
Andy Stansfield
Designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1964, the Forest of Bowland lies to the south of the Yorkshire Dales National Park but its different geology makes it a notably distinct environment. This portfolio is a photographer’s portrait of the area, ranging from moorland views and studies of the flora and fauna to picturesque buildings and life in villages such as Slaidburn and Newton-in-Bowland.

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The Importance of Elsewhere
Philip Larkin's Photographs
Richard Bradford
The most widely read British poet of the 20th century, Philip Larkin was also a gifted amateur photographer. This handsome book reproduces the best of his images in short, thematic chapters arranged in chronological order to form a visual biography, capturing the places and people - including his lover Monica Jones and his friend Kingsley Amis - that meant the most to him. These haunting pictures are infused with the poignancy of everyday life that also informs his verse.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Early Years – Poland, the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain
Chris Goss
The most numerous and successful Luftwaffe fighter of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a formidable opponent for the RAF’s Spitfires and Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain. This photographic collection assembles over 150 archive images of the plane in active service in 1939 and 1940, from pilots and crew with their machines at base to the wreckage of downed aircraft.

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Flydogs
Ed. Todd R Berger
All the images in this portfolio, some spectacular and some slightly bizarre, capture dogs in a moment of dynamic vitality, leaping, bounding, playing or catching balls and frisbees. From thoroughbred greyhounds and whippets in full flight to springing spaniels and jumping Jack Russells, every dog is captured in mid-air. Top land speeds are given for each breed.

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Fragile Legacies
The Photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge
Amy J Staples;Flora Edouwaye S Kaplan;Bryna M Freyer
The first official photographer to the royal court of Benin, Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911–1994) took portraits of its obas, or kings, in their regalia, and created a record of ceremonial life. Produced in collaboration between Washington’s Smithsonian Institution and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, this book reproduces many of his images, examines their role as a documentary record of an era of change, and explores the practices of early studio photography in West Africa.

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The Swinging Sixties
An Iconic Decade in Pictures
Ed. Ian Penberthy;Caroline Watson
In this photographic portrait of the 1960s, drawn from the Mirrorpix archive, musicians, models, fashion designers, actors and artists dominate the ‘swinging’ scene; but amid the hair-dos, festivals and flower power, there’s also Bobby Moore kissing the World Cup and the new Concorde being wheeled out to meet its adoring fans.

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The 1980s
Britain in Pictures
PA Photos
The Falklands War, striking miners, the Brighton bombing and riots in Brixton; but on the plus side, Torvill and Dean won gold at Sarajevo, Live Aid had an estimated audience of 1.5 billion, and the photo-opportunity of the decade was Charles and Diana’s wedding.

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The 1970s
Britain in Pictures
PA Photos
As well as the fashion disasters, the Press Association pictures reveal extremes of good and bad in the 1970s – bomb blasts and industrial strikes, but also Red Rum winning his third Grand National, Concorde and Michael Caine looking devastating in Get Carter.

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Faraway Focus
Photographers Go Travelling (1880–2015)
Ed. Ulrich Domrose;Thomas Kohler
With 180 images by 17 photographers, this catalogue of an exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie explores how photography has shaped perceptions of the world since staged tourist images were created in the late nineteenth century. From the photojournalism of Erich Salomon and Thomas Hoepker to the more abstract work of modern artists such as Wolfgang Tillmans, it explores how photographers have engaged with the debate about how social reality is depicted.

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Yachting
A Visual Celebration of Sailing Past and Present
Olivier Le Carrer
With photographs of classic and historic yachts, regattas and racing scenes, harbours, marinas and yacht clubs, this illustrated volume considers all aspects of the appeal of sailing, pinpointing the essence of yachting culture down to varnished wood, Dockside shoes and the yacht club bar. Exciting and exotic locations, expensive boats and famous owners are part of the picture but the author also identifies the 'beautiful discomfort' that lies behind the glamour – the sailing itself. Off-mint.

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Families
National Geographic Moments
Leah Bendavid-Val
Drawing on the photographic archive of National Geographic, this book comprises reportage photographs of family life around the world and throughout the 20th century and early 2000s, from villagers in Sudan in 1906 to a family by the pool in Clovis, California, 2001.

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A Place in History
Britain's Headline News Stories Remembered
Colin Philpott
Through archival and modern photographs, this book revisits the scenes of headline-grabbing events from 20th-century British history. Disasters such as the Crystal Palace fire of 1936 are commemorated, alongside the sporting triumph of Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile in Oxford and Liverpool’s cultural landmark – the Cavern Club. Comparing the appearance of these places then and now provides a pictorial record of the far-reaching social and economic changes that Britain has experienced.

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Great Britons
Britain in Pictures
Ammonite
A young Julie Andrews as Cinderella, Colin Jackson in mid-flight over hurdles, Harold Wilson shrouded in pipe-smoke... This A–Z of outstanding personalities, captured in more than 400 reportage photographs, presents a century of sportsmen and women, actors and musicians, writers, artists, politicians, soldiers and royalty.

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Fashion in Pictures
Pop stars and actors as well as models and society figures feature in this pictorial survey of fashion since 1900 through photographs taken for the Daily Mirror newspaper. From reportage images of Royal Ascot to studio fashion shots and tabloid-style photographs, the images reflect the changing times as well as changing attire.

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Airport
Twentieth Century in Pictures
Since the beginning of passenger air travel, photographers have recorded the rich and famous as they arrive at their destination. These 300 images from the Press Association's archives form a gallery of 20th-century celebrity, from Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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The 1960s
Britain in Pictures
Ammonite Press
The 1960s is known as the decade of music, fashion and youth culture; this volume has its share of Beatles but shifts the emphasis to people and events in the news, including Kim Philby, Christine Keeler, the army in Belfast and England collecting the World Cup.

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The 1930s
Britain in Pictures
Ammonite
Drawn from the Press Association’s archives, the photographs in this collection start with a penny-farthing race in 1932 and end with a jitterbug competition in 1939 – but in between are years of mass unemployment, fascists in London, the abdication crisis and the declaration of war.

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France
Colin Baxter
This portfolio of more than 100 photographs reflects the varied regions, natural scenery and architectural styles of rural France, including panoramic views of plains, valleys and mountains as well as detailed close-ups, remote châteaux and village scenes. Presenting images taken over many years of travel, the experienced landscape photographer Colin Baxter has created a personal collection that aims to capture the essence and atmosphere of the country throughout the seasons.

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The Who
Ed. Marcus Hearn;Des. James King
Perhaps the most aggressive expression of the pop culture of the 1960s, The Who were powerful exponents of early British rock and their reputation as an unrivalled live act kept audiences flocking to their concerts well into the 21st century. This photographic portfolio presents many previously unpublished images of the group from early promotional portraits and London pub gigs of the mid 1960s to their Live 8 performance of 2005. Felt-tip mark on the upper trimmed edge.

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Royal Gardens
Extraordinary Edens from Around the World
Photo. Jean-Baptiste Leroux
Throughout history, monarchs have created magnificent gardens both for relaxation and to advertise their wealth and power. Illustrated with 150 colour photographs, this book explores 20 of the finest, including Louis XIV’s Versailles, Frederick the Great’s Sanssouci, the royal palaces of Fez and Edo Castle in Tokyo. Each entry explains the history of the garden, profiles its creators, describes its style, planning and principles, and includes interviews with the present owners.

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Power & Style
A World History of Politics and Dress
Dominique Gaulme;François Gaulme
This exploration of regalia and its numerous accessories, extensively illustrated with paintings and photographs, demonstrates how clothing reflects social structure as well as individual rank and identity. It examines the art of power dressing through the ages and around the world, from the feathers and pigments of ‘naked’ societies to the cufflinks and suits of modern global leaders, and provides a comprehensive view of the sociological aspect of clothing.

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Life
Lennart Nilsson
Using scanning electron microscopes, award-winning photojournalist Lennart Nilsson presents images of human development from conception to adulthood. His groundbreaking photographs capture with extraordinary detail the organs, hair and muscles that make up the body, as well as the bacteria and viruses that threaten life, including HIV and SARS. Likened to Leonardo da Vinci, his work combines technical skill with artistic flair to picture the intricate details of life. Slightly off-mint.

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