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Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An historical collection of the Society's best photographs-- from the time National Geographic's first editor and president began collecting pictures, until today--divided into four themes: "Wilderness, Exploration and Adventure"; "Wildlife" ; "Peoples, Cultures and Lifestyles"; and "Science and Climate Change." Includes two introductory essays and a one-hundred page appendix referencing the entire collection
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Through such formal devices as series and multipanel works, JoAnn Verburg invigorates photography's common genres: the portrait, the landscape, the domestic view. Some of her works visually catch viewers off guard, leaving them unsure where they stand in relationship to the scene being shown; others investigate the passage of time, offering narratives that play out in either space or time, or both or neither. Another of Verburg's ongoing themes involves...
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"The exhibition and book were conceived by Roxana Marcoci ... who organized them around distinct conceptual ideas. Examining the rich historical legacy of photography, and the aesthetic shifts that have taken place in the medium over the last 170 years, she also built on extensive conversations and collaborations with living artists to explore its uses within contemporary art practice. At the same time she asked the question, 'What is sculpture?,'...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Black Hollywood, photographer Carell Augustus has enlisted Black celebrities and performers from all areas of entertainment to recreate iconic scenes from classic Hollywood movies, television, and other media. The images illuminate the role of race in Hollywood history by re-imagining classic films with Black actors, renewing readers' appreciation of the past while celebrating the hottest Black stars of today and inspiring the artists of the future....
100) Goodnight selfie
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After a young girl learns how to take photos of herself on a cell phone, she takes selfies all day, while brushing her teeth, skateboarding to school, and visiting her Grandma Joe.
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