This magnificent catalogue, with over 100 reproductions, juxtaposes work by pioneering photographers with Impressionist paintings and drawings, demonstrating the crucial role of photography in the development of Impressionism.

Almost as soon as photography was invented, its practitioners rushed to the four corners of the earth to document its peoples. Accompanying a major travelling exhibition, this catalogue reproduces more than 240 rare photographs from the Wilson Centre for Photography in London. On subjects ranging from Italian street musicians to opium smokers in Tonkin, these images reveal the tensions in 19th century society as it struggled with issues of personal and national identity in an age of exploration and imperial expansion.

Afghanistan is one of the world's most ancient and fascinating countries, yet in recent decades it has been scarred by successive invasions and civil conflict. These stunning, richly atmospheric photographs by Seamus Murphy - taken on many expeditions over 14 years - inevitably confront the ravages of war, but they also capture the stark beauty of the landscape, the dignity and resilience of its people, and the richness of its culture.

The photographs of the British royal family by Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-80) are among the most widely published portraits of the 20th century and were instrumental in shaping the monarchy's public image. From teenage princess to mother and sovereign, Elizabeth II posed for his camera on numerous occasions. Containing over 50 formal portraits as well as candid behind the scenes photographs, and enlivened with anecdotes from Beaton's personal diaries, this book celebrates a unique collaboration.

The Erotica series presents selections of the nude work of contemporary photographers, both professional and amateur, from Europe, Russia, the USA and Japan. Each volume contains around 500 photographs, including both monochrome and colour images, mostly reproduced full-page.

This first book in the series contains the work of 58 photographers, arranged by themes such as Light and Shadow, Performance, Portrait and Couples. Text in eight languages. Sexually explicit.

The Erotica series presents selections of the nude work of contemporary photographers, both professional and amateur, from Europe, Russia, the USA and Japan. Each volume contains around 500 photographs, including both monochrome and colour images, mostly reproduced full-page.

This third volume in the series presents selections of the nude work of 17 photographers. Text in eight languages. Sexually explicit.

This study of the photographer Heinrich Kuehn (1866-1944) sets his work in the context of his early association with the Viennese avant-garde and explores his close friendship with Stieglitz and Steichen.

In its heyday in the late 19th century, the magic lantern show was a hugely popular spectacle, designed to both educate and entertain and, in particular, to satisfy curiosity about distant lands. This remarkable collection is drawn from those geographical slide shows. Dating from the 1870s to the 1930s, the 674 photographs cover every continent and recover lost worlds such that of late 19th century Mandarin bureaucrats, cowboys in Montana in 1900 or the Nile annual inundation in the 1890s.

Like many great cities, Leeds has undergone periods of expansion and degeneration and the story of the city's growth and industrial decline can be read in the renovated textile mills, terraced housing and impressive Victorian town hall. This photographic essay demonstrates how Leeds's past contributes to the buoyant modern city with views of its buildings from Anglo-Saxon churches to modern offices, redeveloped industrial areas and post-war concrete.

Although this photographic history of the war includes iconic shots such as MacArthur wading ashore in the Philippines and the Russian flag being raised over the Reichstag, much of the material is less familiar, and some published for the first time. Painstakingly selected - and avoiding staged pictures - the photographs cover as many theatres of war as possible and, with Richard Holmes's accompanying text and captions, narrate the war, year by year, from its origins to the Japanese surrender in August 1945.

America's most honoured photographer and one of its most influential and effective environmental advocates, Ansel Adams (1902-1984) led a life marked by bursts of creative energy, a tireless dedication to his craft and a joie de vivre that earned him a wide circle of friends and admirers. In this intimate and richly illustrated account, Andrea Stillman explores Adams's life and photography in 20 chapters, each devoted to a significant image, from Lodgepole Pines (1921) to El Capitan, Yosemite (1968).Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge.

Described as 'the photographic equivalent of Ken Loach', Sefton Samuels has been documenting everyday life across the north of England for more than six decades. As well as shots of mines and mills, gurning and greyhound racing, the photographs collected in this book illustrate the changing face of Manchester's Moss Side and include portraits of such eminent northerners as Sir John Barbirolli, LS Lowry, Harold Wilson and Morrissey.

From Fox Talbot's photograph of ships in harbour at Rouen in 1843 to 21st-century aerial photography and satellite images, this well-presented collection spans the entire history of photography.

Originally planned for six episodes in 1964, the success of Top of the Pops earned it an indefinitely extended run which only came to an end in 2006. This celebration of the programme recalls the famous appearances and iconic performances that influenced generations of pop fans, as well as revealing some of the backstage secrets and telling the story of the producers, presenters, dancers and regular performers that shaped the show over the decades.

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is best known for the pioneering photographic studies of humans and animals in motion that anticipated the invention of cinematography. This concise account of his extraordinary life and work describes his childhood in England, his emigration to the United States, where he built a career as a photographer, his adventures in the Wild West, the stagecoach accident that nearly killed him, and his trial for murder.

From the build-up to war in Nazi Germany and the invasion of Poland in September 1939, to the sinking of the Graf Spee in December, this book follows events in the first months of the Second World War using around 250 contemporary photographs, artworks, posters and ephemera, including many rare and previously unpublished images, all with informative captions.

From heavy losses to U-boats at sea in January to Londoners celebrating Christmas underground in Tube station air raid shelters, this book follows events in the second year of the Second World War, using around 250 contemporary photographs, artworks, posters and ephemera, including many rare and previously unpublished images, all with informative captions.

This collection of wartime photographs includes images of Allied and German warships in action and photographs taken on the decks of the Japanese carrier Kaga attacking Pearl Harbor.

During 1941 the war spread from Europe to north Africa, to the USSR and, in December to America and the Pacific as Japan's raid on Pearl Harbor brought the USA into the conflict. This book follows events during the year that the Second World War became truly global, using around 250 contemporary photographs, artworks, posters and ephemera, including many rare and previously unpublished images, all with informative captions.

The progress of the air war is followed month-by-month through Archard's remarkable collection of contemporary photographs of aircraft in action, air crew, anti-aircraft defences and the devastating effects of Allied and Axis bombing. This volume covers the intensive Blitzkrieg on the Eastern front as Germany invaded the USSR and, later in the year, the widening of the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

The Cirkut, Eastman Kodak's rotating panoramic camera, was introduced in 1905 and widely used in America in the 1910s and 1920s to photograph scenic vistas, major events and large groups. This collection of 'yard-longs' from the era includes views of fairgrounds, sports meetings, factories and engineering projects as well as historic events such as the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. The book's very large format and numerous fold-out pages mean that the images can be reproduced at the size they demand.

'Change,' John Banville writes in his introduction to this photographic history, 'comes tardily in Ireland.' Through the work of photographers of the celebrated agency Magnum, from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Martin Parr, it documents the nation's journey from the dour 1950s to the confident 21st century. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, it features 236 images in colour and duotone, with texts by six of Ireland's leading writers, including Anne Enright and Colm Toibin.

Between the wars Pierre Yves Petit, known professionally as Yvon, produced some of the most hauntingly evocative photographs of Paris ever created. Shunning the bright light of noon, he captured the quais, the alleys, the bookstalls and the down-and-outs beneath the looming bulk of Notre Dame in the mist of dawn or dusk. Originally printed as postcards, more than 60 of these images are reproduced here at the scale and in the detail they deserve.

After Louis Daguerre unveiled his photographic process in 1839, the technique was taken up with widespread enthusiasm and soon became enormously popular. But this new way of representing reality also excited controversy, particularly among artists, to whom it posed a unique challenge. Illustrated with hundreds of paintings and early photographs, this ground-breaking study examines the fraught relationship that developed between the two art forms across a range of genres, from portraiture and still life to landscape and the nude.

Gerda Pohorylle and Andre Friedmann met in Paris in the 1930s and together the two political emigres created the fictitious photographer Robert Capa under whose name they published and marketed their pictures. This beautifully printed book assesses the life and work of Taro who was tragically killed while covering the Spanish Civil War with Friedman (who kept the name Capa), and includes many images recently discovered from the so-called 'Mexican suitcase' containing negatives by Taro, Capa and David 'Chim' Seymour.

In a preface to this magnificent collection of wartime photographs, Mark Holborn describes Cecil Beaton as 'able to realise the visual potential from the most mundane as well as the most dramatic circumstances'. Whether taken on the home front amid the London Blitz, in the Western Desert, in India, Burma, China or industrial Tyneside, Beaton's photographs for the Ministry of Information are unfailingly eloquent and a powerful record of the years 1939 to 1945. With commentary by Beaton and a detailed chronology.

Celebrated American photographer Annie Leibovitz's first place of pilgrimage was Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, and this trip inspired her to begin a personal project seeking out the locations and objects associated with people who mean the most to her. This beautifully produced volume intertwines Leibovitz's notes on her visits with the images she took while exploring places connected with people as diverse as Georgia O'Keeffe, Elvis Presley, Virginia Woolf and Annie Oakley.

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) became famous for his society portraits in the 1920s and went on to photograph people in all walks of life - from royalty to rock stars. This volume presents more than 120 of his portraits, accompanied by the photographer's written observations or reflections on his sitters. His thoughts are often wicked - John Betjeman is described as 'an Edwardian vaudeville tramp' - but always compelling as notes from Beaton's vast experience of the worlds of society, art, literature and performance.

Steve Lewis found fame as a show business photographer, but London's East End was his first home. This collection of his photographs reveals life on those streets during the early 1960s. Uncaptioned, they speak loudly and poignantly of the variety and drama of everyday life, for the families who had lived there for generations and for the newly arriving immigrants. There is poverty and hardship, but also laughter and above all a strong sense of community.

Unlike other moorland areas of Britain, Exmoor is dotted with tiny hamlets and settlements adding to the visual appeal of a region of spectacular and varied landscapes. Geographic features include the glacier-carved Punchbowl and the highest sea-cliffs in the UK along the unspoilt north Devon and Somerset coastline. This photographic collection examines the area in over 70 images created with a large-format panoramic camera and each printed over a double-page spread.

Away from the historic sights and characterful towns, the distinctive rooflines of oast houses and square-towered churches punctuate the attractive fields of the Kent countryside. Andreas Byrne's portrait of the county makes a study of the changing moods of winter on the landscape, from the golden hues of autumn along the River Eden to snow-covered lavender fields at Lullingstone and a dew-covered snowdrop.

Lithe, graceful and elusive, the otter is one of Britain's most fascinating mammals. The photographer Laurie Campbell has documented their lives on the River Tweed near his Berwickshire home for more than two decades. In this collaboration, the writer Anna Levin accompanies him as he follows the otters through their riverside habitat throughout the four seasons of the year. The result is a compelling portrait in words and images of these enchanting creatures.

these direct and unsentimental photographs and drawings span the whole of his career as a film-maker, writer, storyteller and photographer, from his student years in Leeds in the mid-1960s through to 2012. The book accompanied a retrospective exhibition in Aberdeen and includes an outstanding portrayal of Scotland's Travelling People and Scottish traditional life and culture.

Oscar Marzaroli (1933-1988) was Scotland's most prestigious photographer of the 20th century, renowned for his images of Glasgow, and particularly the Gorbals, in the throes of urban renewal. This volume brings together a selection of those iconic photographs along with previously unpublished pictures, including many of friends and family, a sketch biography by his widow, and essays examining less familiar aspects of Marzaroli's work in portraiture and landscape.

From the Great Grey Owl hunting in the snowy wastes of northern Finland to Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, the polar regions are not only home to some of the most spectacular wildlife on the planet but also the most surprising and beautiful landscapes. This portfolio by Dutch photographer Jan Vermeer explores these unusual and extraordinary ecosystems in a series of striking images, and includes an introduction and explanatory captions in English and Dutch.

'Never act with children or animals,' they say, but many of Hollywood's greatest stars were only too happy to be captured on film with their feline companions. This collection of over 100 vintage photographs offers a glimpse of such luminaries as Dirk Bogarde, Marlon Brando, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak and Elizabeth Taylor in charming unguarded moments with their beloved pets, as well as the nameless strays who ruled the studios.

From early photographs in Sweden, to her last formal portrait, taken by Lord Snowden in 1982, this volume follows the life and career of Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) in over 350 photographs. Accompanied by an interview with John Kobal and texts by Robert Capa, John Updike, Martha Gellhorn and others, the photographs show Bergman on and off-set in all her major films, with family and friends, and in her final role, as Golda Meir in A Woman Called Golda (1982). Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the greatest stars Hollywood has ever known. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, including many never seen before, this retrospective charts her career from her childhood appearance in National Velvet, though her stunning performances in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, to her final film These Old Broads, demonstrating that she was not only a charismatic screen presence but also a brilliant and totally professional actress.

Jim Marshall started photographing musicians in the 1950s, moving to New York in the 1960s,where he hung out with jazz, blues and folk artists, gaining the trust that he cites as the reason he has been able to capture such candid and revealing images over the years. This celebration of Marshall's work collects the best of his photographs, which are mostly from the 1960s and 1970s and feature such legends as Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.

Born in the Bronx, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was a pioneering photojournalist who had, in her own words, 'an insatiable desire to be on the scene when history was being made'. With essays by Rubio and Quimby, this book brings together some of the images she captured at key moments of the 20th century, among them Germany and the USSR in 1930-32, Czechoslovakia in 1938, the opening of Buchenwald concentration camp and Germany in the aftermath of war, 1945.

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. Off-mint.

Month by month, the authors use a collection of around 250 photographs and reproductions to follow events during the final year of war, from the arrival of American troops and guns in January to the German surrender in November. The final chapters examine many aspects of the immediate aftermath, including the battlefields where 'peace visitors' toured the devastation, the ongoing treatment of wounded men, and the funeral of the Unknown Soldier in London.