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Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Matthew Johnstone has been practicing what he terms 'photopresent' for the last 15 years and believes that next to meditation, this is one of the most creative and enjoyable ways to attain mindfulness in day-to-day life. Mindfulness photography is about seeing something that no one else can, capturing something that will never happen again and finding beauty where it doesn't typically exist.
Author
Publisher
In Easy Steps
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
This title not only offers a comprehensive guide to getting up and running with Photoshop Elements 2019, but goes further: providing a wealth of detail in ways to progress to more advanced photo-editing and also find some of the hidden secrets of the software.
68) Camera girl
Author
Publisher
Trinity Mirror Sport Media
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Doreen Spooner, Fleet Street's first female photographer in the 1940s, worked at the heart of breaking news and celebrity in a male dominated environment. This is her extraordinary, untold, personal story of an unwitting feminist pioneer. Her memoirs include 24 pages of exclusive images from over 5 decades.
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2016
Description
This title takes readers on a mesmerising tour of Tim Peake's historic and inspirational six-month Principia mission. Based on over 150 of Tim's photographs that he took on board the International Space Station, many of which have not been seen before, it showcases the beauty of Earth from above, and is the perfect visual time capsule of Tim's remarkable trip, which captured the imaginations of millions of children and adults across the world.
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2015
Description
For 20 years John Aitchison has been travelling the world to film wildlife for the BBC and other broadcasters, taking him to far-away places on every continent. 'The Shark and the Albatross' is the story of these journeys of discovery, of his encounters with animals and occasional enterprising individuals in remote and sometimes dangerous places. His destinations include the far north and the far south, expeditions to film for Frozen Planet and other...
71) Consumed
Author
Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2023
Description
On a lonely farmstead, a 70-year-old woman falls down outside and, unable to move, is consumed overnight by two of her pigs. It seems like a tragic accident, except the woman was well-known photographer Sophia Bertilak - and inside her house, someone has removed all her photos from their frames, seemingly erasing her past. The first photo Sophia ever took remains her most infamous: a missing girl who was never seen again. Forensic veterinarian Cooper...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
1995
Description
The principal elements of High Renaissance art, first formulated by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s, came to their true flowering in the brilliant achievements of Bramante, Raphael and Michelangelo in Rome, of Michelangelo in Florence and of Giorgione and Titian in Venice.
Author
Publisher
Granta
Pub. Date
2008
Description
O.G.S. Crawford was the cultural and political maverick who changed our view of Britain by reading its history from the earth and from the air. In recounting Crawford's story, Kitty Hauser uses many of his photographs and penetrates neglected but fascinating aspects of British life and beliefs that have themselves become history.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2013
Description
'Capturing the Light' starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it 'might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist': the world's first photographic negative. This captivating book traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve...
Author
Publisher
Birlinn
Pub. Date
2024
Description
The beautiful routes through the Highlands are some of Scotland's fasting growing tourist destinations, with visitor numbers up by 26% in a year. This book is full of practical information to get the most out of your trip through some of the country's most spectacular scenery.
Publisher
Ammonite Press
Pub. Date
2024
Description
The best-selling band in history, with sales of over a billion, The Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - have had more number-one albums and sold more singles in the UK than any other act, and achieved more sales in the USA than any other artist. They became one of the most critically acclaimed acts in popular music. Formed in Liverpool in 1960, The Beatles had their roots in skiffle and 1950s rock 'n' roll, but...
Author
Publisher
Pitch Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Description
'Soul and Glory' takes you on a journey through football history spanning four unforgettable and unique decades. Using beautiful library stock images, this is a celebration of the game, from the packed-out terraces to the glory and despair on the pitch. Legends such as Best, Greaves, Moore, Gascoigne, Bobby Charlton and Stanley Matthews all feature.
Author
Publisher
Seven Dials
Pub. Date
2024
Description
For years, A.J. Bennett was the first person onto a crime scene. Before the detectives and the forensics teams, it was her and the body, the only sound her flashbulb as it lit up scenes of unimaginable horror. It was her job to record, in exhaustive detail, the images that would allow someone's last moments to be understood. Now she takes us into the shadowy world of the crime scene photographer, from murders to suicides, accidents to assassinations....