Prvá fotografia uzrela svetlo sveta v roku 1826 a urobil ju Joseph Niépce. Za prvý film vďačíme bratom Lumierovcom, ktorí v roku 1895 zorganizovali prvé filmové predstavenie . Tieto počiatočné zázraky sa stále zlepšovali, a tak sa v dnešnej dobe môžeme tešiť z tých najdokonalejších fotografií a najlepších filmov. Na to, aby ste sa stali majstrom fotenia či odborníkom na filmy, potrebujete knihy, ktoré vám v tom pomôžu. Ak však len zbierate knihy plné úžasných fotografií, aj vy si prídete na svoje.
Three generations of the Porsche family have defined automobile history, in particular the saga of the sports car. This tale spans 110 years from the Lohner electric car, the first hybrid vehicle, to the latest from Porsche, the new Panamera touring car - exciting cars, whose forms and names are known ...
The Polaroid Corporation''s photography collection is the greatest portfolio of Polaroid images in the world. TEXTTEXTBegun by Polaroid founder Edwin Land and photographer Ansel Adams, the collection now includes some 23,000 images by hundreds of photographers throughout the world, including pieces by ...
Contrary to the expectations of 20th-century rationalists, religion has not faded away in the 21st century, but roared back onto the scene with renewed vitality. This survey shows how religious themes and images continue to permeate the work of contemporary artists from across the globe. Some exploit ...
World-weary Jonathan Craine is a detective at the LAPD who has spent his entire career as a studio 'fixer', covering up crimes of the studio players to protect the billion-dollar industry that built Los Angeles. When one of the producers of The Wizard of Oz is found dead under suspicious circumstances, ...
Steve McCurry has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including the Iran-Iraq war, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines and the Gulf war, but his continuing coverage of Afghanistan is perhaps his greatest achievement. It was with his first images of Afghanistan that McCurry established ...
A landmark work of American fiction, now for the first time in Penguin Classics §First published in 1967, S. E. Hinton's novel was an immediate phenomenon. Today, with more than eight million copies sold and now available with a perceptive introduction by Jodi Picoult, The Outsiders continues to resonate ...
This revised and expanded edition of "Art Photography Now" builds on the hugely successful first edition (2005), which traced the developments in art photography since the mid-nineteenth century and profiled world-famous artists such as Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin and Martin Parr. The book retains its seven ...
Shooting to international super-stardom as a runway model for Victoria’s Secret and a cover model for Sports Illustrated’s coveted Swimsuit edition, Heidi Klum…
Formed in New York City in 1971, the New York Dolls prefigured Punk, New Wave and Glam Metal Rock with their over-the-top cross-dressing and their shambling, sloppy, but highly energetic playing style, which set the tone for many rock bands that would later come on the scene. Comprised of singer David ...
For over four decades, Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer and the director of award-winning feature films (Control, 2007; The American, 2010; A Most Wanted Man, 2014) and near 100 music videos, has been making portraits of artists and celebrities such as Robert de Niro, Nelson Mandela, Gerhard Richter, ...
Acclaimed photographer Peter Jirmann’s focus is the female nude but his pictures reveal as much about emotion and personality as they do the contours and surfaces of the human body. His images capture his subjects’ ironical outlook on the world. Jirmann meticulously plans each shot before he actually ...
This major, long out-of-print survey, widely regarded as the definitive overview of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photography, is once again available in a new…
Scott Schuman is back to complete his trilogy of street-style bibles. With a vibrant collection of beautiful images of the men and women who have caught his attention around the world, Schuman remains a thrilling source of urban and high-end style. From its origins on the streets of New York, his much-loved ...
61 master classes on photography by some of the world s greatest photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt, Alex Majoli and their colleagues use the photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking and editing photographs.
Po úspechu Loft Bible prišlo vydavateľstvo Tectum s druhou knihou do tejto jedinečnej série: The Nude Bible. Fotografi aktov v tejto knižke vzdávajú úctu kráse ľudského tela. Nie hrubo a obscénne, ale umeleckým a erotickým spôsobom osloví táto knižka širokú verejnosť, mužov aj ženy.
VIEW—the monthly general interest magazine from the publishers of Stern—recently held an online competition for the best nude photographs. This title presents the ten winning images chosen by Internet users as well as a "Best-Of” of the nude photography from the VIEW photo community. These pictures constitute ...
Once upon a time in America: Rediscovering the first color photographs of the New World These rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images from the private collection of Marc Walter were produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924. Using a photolithographic process that ...
This richly diverse exploration of female artists and self-portraits is a brilliant and poignant demonstration of originality in works of haunting variety. The two earliest self-portraits come from 12th-century illuminated manuscripts in which nuns gaze at us across eight centuries. In 16th-century Italy, ...
Known throughout history as man’s best friend, the bond between humans and dogs is a deep and enduring one. Literature and art are studded with tributes to these loyal companions. This charming volume is a heartwarming addition to the tradition of public homage to beloved pets. The German magazine dogs ...
In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over 17 countries on their zigzag route from Hamburg to Cape Town. Poliza''s alluring - and often surprising ...
