Known for her evocative portraits, Diane Arbus is a pivotal figure in American postwar photography. Undeniably striking, Arbus's black-and-white photographs capture a unique gaze. Criticized as well as lauded for her photographs of people deemed "outsiders,? Arbus continues to attract a diversity of opinions surrounding her subjects and practice. Critics and writers have described her work as "sinister? and "appalling? as well as "revelatory,? "sincere,? and "compassionate.? In the absence of...

"Jarrod Hore brilliantly adds the camera, its photographs, and its photographers to our understanding of past landscapes. We see afresh just what these visions of nature enabled and curtailed, conjured and sequestered. An important book as we move into another generation's appraisal of the environmental history of settler colonialism."--Alison Bashford, Director of the New Earth Histories Program, University of New South Wales, Sydney "Visions of Nature analyzes landscape photography as an i...

A collection of Damien Dufresne's work capturing the relationship between the art of makeup and the art of photography. When the art of photography and the art of makeup come together, the result is a deeply original book. World-renowned photographer Damien Dufresne has been living in China for several years. There, he's developed a passion for Chinese symbolism in colors and makeup.

This collection of intimate portraits reveals not just the star Tina Turner, but the real Tina, captured by her lifelong friend Peter Lindbergh. He shows the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll in the spotlight, enchanting millions with her energy, as well as the genuine person backstage, proofing once again – Tina is simply the best!

Between 1978 and 1989, Mitch Epstein made eight trips to India and shot tens of thousands of photographs. He also made three films there with his Indian wife, director Mira Nair. The photographs in this book are the result of Epstein's unusual dual vantage in an extraordinarily complicated culture: through his Indian family life and work, he was both an insider and outsider. Epstein was able to enter a wide swath of subcultures that included a striptease cabaret, the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, ...