Photojournalism category: 145 books
Tsunami: Images of Resilience
Honoring the Tenth Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
They say an image speaks a thousand words—these images speak millions. The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, which devastated the shores of 11 countries and took the lives of over a quarter of a million people, burned through the world’s consciousness for months afterwards. Just...
Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...
Seeking Light
Portraits of Humanitarian Action in War
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
A profoundly moving collection of unforgettable photographs from conflict zones around the world
Paul Grabhorn’s stunning four-color photographs tell an amazing, essential story—one of hope in the face of violence and deplorable conditions, of dignity in the midst of degradation, of light...
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Life in the Motor City
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Since 2007, John Carlisle has fascinated readers with his untold stories of Detroit in his "Detroitblogger John" column for the Metro Times. His words and photographs shed light on the overlooked and forgotten while bringing life to neglected, far-flung neighborhoods. The Detroit chapter of the Society...
World War II
Unforgettable Stories and Photos by Correspondents of The Associated Press
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Powerful, visceral, and essential to preserving and understanding our past, the work of Associated Press photographers and journalists lives on through the pages of World War II.Never before in history had the day-to-day struggles and victories of war—from the home front to the front lines—been...
Kilroy Was There
A GI's War in Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2000
When I saw Frank Kessler’s collection of photographs I was struck by how different they were from the movie-camera views I see on television. No public relations pictures here, intended to glorify battle and rally support. These were up-close snapshots of the dirty, damp, and disheveled men in the...
Arctic Voices
Resistance at the Tipping Point
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
**"One of the great strengths of Arctic Voices is that it shows how Alaska and the Arctic are tied to the places where most of us live. In this impassioned book, Banerjee shows a situation so serious that it has created a movement, where 'voices of resistance are gathering, are getting...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Hitler’s decision to invade Poland in August 1939 triggered the start of the Second World War. It was also the first demonstration of Blitzkrieg tactics – the ruthless use of armor, mobile infantry and air support.
The brave Polish army, inadequately equipped and inferior in numbers, was...
by Marc A. Hermann, New York Press Photographers Association
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
New York City has earned its place as the media capital of the world, and its newspapers have chronicled life, death, triumph, and tragedy. While people like Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell, and Jimmy Breslin are remembered for how they wrote about the news, the people who documented it visually are...
The Photographer's Story
The Art of Visual Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Having already taught you how to compose and interpret great photos, Michael Freeman now continues his best-selling series by exploring the most successful methods for presenting photography meaningfully and in an engaging format. This is the critical "next step" that separates adequate...
by Mark Edward Harris
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
All but closed to outside visitors and influence, its public posture guarded and combative, we see almost nothing from inside North Korea. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has had rare access to this reclusive country, traveling within its borders as well as documenting life along its...
by Peter May
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Since the publication of The Blackhouse in 2011, the books of Peter May's groundbreaking Lewis Trilogy have enthralled millions of readers around the world with powerfully evocative descriptions of the Outer Hebrides.
From its peat bogs and heather-coated hills, from its weather-beaten churches...
by Pamela Hall
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Traveling is something people do on a regular basis. However, if you are not sure how to take great travel digital pictures, you stand a good chance of missing out on some great memories of the trip that you might never get a second chance to recover!
In this book you will learn how to master digital...
Booked
The Last 150 Years Told through Mug Shots
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Every year twelve million Americans are arrested and photographed by the police. In many ways, mug shots are our history. Using a dazzling selection of mug shots that are arrestingly raw in their starkness and strangely eloquent in their simplicity, this absorbing, humorous, often bewildering collection...