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41) Mary Coin
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322 pages ; 24 cm
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In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression. - from cover p.[2]
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"Capturing the Wild: The Ultimate Handbook for Amateur Wildlife Photographers" is a must-have e-book for photography enthusiasts eager to explore the beauty of the natural world. Tailored specifically for amateurs, this comprehensive guide takes readers on a journey through the essentials of wildlife photography. From mastering camera settings and understanding animal behavior to choosing the right gear and ethical considerations, this handbook provides...
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Ce livre foisonnant et passionnant associe scènes de vie, rencontres et parcours de créateurs. La quête de repères dans une ville meurtrie par le séisme : un passage saisissant au «Club des Jeunes du monde» via Gary Victor; l'atelier d'écriture de Lyonel Trouillot; un échange sur la condition homosexuelle dans la capitale avec le vidéaste Maksaens Denis; un portrait de la grande dame de la danse haïtienne, Viviane Gauthier, 97 ans; une...
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Partez à la découverte de la photographie africaine avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Si la musique, la danse, la littérature, le théâtre, le cinéma et les arts plastiques africains sont depuis longtemps reconnus, ce n'est qu'en 1993, grâce à la consécration internationale du Malien Seydou Keïta, que l'Occident découvrit la photographie africaine.
Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d'en savoir plus sur la photographie...
45) Abandoned Havana
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Dissident Cuban writer, photographer, and pioneering blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo presents a collection of surreal, irony-laden photos and texts from his native city. His "diary of dystopia"-an unexpected fusion of images and words-brings us closer to Havana's scaffolded and crumbling facades, ramshackle waterfronts, and teeming human bodies. In this book, as beautiful and bleak as Havana itself, Pardo guides us through the relics and fables of...
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El escritor disidente, fotógrafo, y pionero entre los blogueros cubanos Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo nos presenta una colección de textos surreales e irónicos sobre su ciudad natal. Este "diario de la distopía"—fusión inesperada de palabra e imagen—nos acerca a desmoronantes fachadas con andamios, muelles desvencijados, y desbordantes cuerpos humanos. En este libro, tan bello y baldío como La Habana misma, Pardo Lazo nos guía a través de las...
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Partez à la découverte de la photographie de presse avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Élément majeur de l'information dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, la photo de presse subit désormais les effets des mutations économiques et technologiques survenues au début des années 1990. Les photojournalistes, comme les agences qui les regroupent, ont été confrontés aux nouveaux enjeux d'une communication mondialisée.
Un ouvrage spécialement...
48) For Sama
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Arabic
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The Frontline film is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama; all while Waad films the cataclysmic conflict raging around them.
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vi, 234 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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This tribute in text and photos to librarians and libraries in all fifty American states and Canada describes the diverse backgrounds and motivations of today's librarians. Includes original essays by such contributors as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, and Paula Poundstone.
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From the pages of Epic magazine come the true stories that Inspired the Apple Original Series.
Includes nearly a hundred color photographs and a Foreword by Kumail Nanjiani.
Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea-an identity and place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking a thousand languages, carrying every culture, each with their own reason for uprooting...
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From presidents to royalty, war torn regions to stunning scenery, the camera of John Jochimsen has captured it all. Perhaps the last person left alive today who was with Queen Elizabeth the day she became queen, John is one of the last remaining old school photojournalists. Eighty Years gone in a Flash traces the remarkable story in his own words, and with his own incredible pictures. From life at The News of the World to the jungles of Malaya, John...
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What better way to celebrate 50 years of book publishing than to celebrate everyday life in Maine. Gathering the work of 50 photographers from all over the state, the book captures the day-to-day lives of ordinary Mainers. Primarily a book about people, these images are arranged to follow the course of a day, starting with morning routines, passing through the events of the day, and closing at night.
It's a stunning tribute to the extraordinary that...
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Photojournalist Tor Eigeland looks back at the most memorable highlights of his remarkable life and travels on assignment for the likes of National Geographic, Time Life and multiple foreign publications.
'Stuff Happens' is a catchphrase Tor has used time and again during his 60-year career when something out of the ordinary happened....his life has certainly never been humdrum. This incredible, unique memoir, with varied tales and anecdotes, the...
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Réflexion sur le journalisme de guerre et ses implications.
L'histoire du journalisme de guerre offre des exemples exceptionnels de courage et d'excellence, d'erreurs et de dérives aussi. Ce livre dépasse le portrait des "baroudeurs de l'info" pour soulever les grandes questions auxquelles ceux-ci ne peuvent se soustraire : comment conserver son indépendance alors que tout pousse au parti paris ? Comment gérer la peur et les risques ? Comment...
55) WMD, A Memoir
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This is the story of a man feeling his mortality, trying to make sense of his past and possibly his future as he receives the diagnosis of White Matter Disease. It records a year in the life of a writer fixed in history, doing his best to transcend life's challenges and achieve spiritual certainty. Haunted by a glamorous past and the love of his life who has died, it traces his mind's progress as he travels the world and his own internal geography....
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288 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
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Examines the historical and cultural significance of American news wire picture services, and demonstrates how the images they created captured and molded American identity during such events as the Hindenburg disaster, the Scopes trial, and Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight.
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Le photojournalisme suisse, auquel nous consacrons chaque année la dernière édition de Sept mook, regorge de pépites, parfois oubliées, souvent méconnues. C'est le cas de Marcel Bolomey (1905-2003), né à Carouge (GE), qui fut le premier photographe officiel des Nations Unies avant de couvrir le second conflit mondial pour différents journaux et magazines suisses et étrangers. Le reporter s'est également intéressé à la vie quotidienne...
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Fifty Sandwiches is a 501(c)
3 non-profit project dedicated to presenting the public with a rare glimpse into the lives and experiences of America's homeless. For 105 days, Justin Wilder Doering circumnavigated the country interviewing America's homeless to share their stories and struggles in a book called Fifty Sandwiches. The intent of this project is to foster the realization that there is more to homelessness than simply being homeless; a testament...
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A classic early example of "muck-racking" journalism, or reporting by reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt, "How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York endured at the end of the 19th century. Danish immigrant Jacob A. Riis saw first-hand the horrible conditions of the Lower East Side of Manhattan following his immigration...
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