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Stills from Life
Stills from Life opens with Syd Shelton's dream of hope that the struggle and the fight for racial and class justice will prevail and it is the driving force dominating the last fifty years of his subjective photographic practice. From that time, he has never been anywhere without his camera bag in pursuit of what he calls the graphic argument.
Facing Britain
A fascinating glimpse into Britain's rich documentary traditions This comprehensive view of an overlooked subject brings together leading postwar British documentary photographers, including Mike Abrahams, Meredith Andrews, Rachel Louise Brown, John Davies, Ken Grant, Daniel Meadows, Roy Mehta, Peter Mitchell, David Moore, Tish Murtha, John Myers, Martin Parr and many more.
Cardiff After Dark
Cardiff After Dark is the first monograph by British-based Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz. Dakowicz spent five years photographing the nighttime revelries that take place in Cardiff over the weekend. Focused around a few pedestrianized streets in the city centre, Dakowicz's images capture nightlife fueled by alcohol and emotions. The arc of an evening's entertainment is captured in these candid photographs, which reveal fun and hilarity as well as fighting and drunken exhaustion. There are stag nights and hen parties, men dressed as superheroes and women dressed as Playboy bunnies, mountains of discarded chip wrappers, arrests by the police, and lots and lots of posing for photographs. Dakowicz's images, at times shocking or upsetting, form an important documentary photobook of British urban life in the early part of the 21st century.
The Birth of Cool
It is broadly recognized that black style had a clear and profound influence on the history of dress in the twentieth century, with black culture and fashion having long been defined as 'cool'. Yet despite this high profile, in-depth explorations of the culture and history of style and dress in the African diaspora are a relatively recent area of enquiry. The Birth of Cool asserts that 'cool' is seen as an arbiter of presence, and relates how both iconic and 'ordinary' black individuals and groups have marked out their lives through the styling of their bodies. Focusing on counter- and sub-cultural contexts, this book investigates the role of dress in the creation and assertion of black iden...
Grafters
Jones' photo subjects are working people--miners, shipbuilders, dockers--and dancers. This is his best work from his career to date. 81 photos.
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Infidel
'Infidel' is an intimate portrait of a close band of warriors - a small battalion of US soldiers, posted to an outpost in the Korengal Valley and considered one of the most dangerous Afghan postings in the war against the Taliban. It documents the battalion, who model themselves on the Spartans, over the course of a year.
On the Road Again
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Covers
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