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  • Arms Against Fury: Magnum Photographers in Afghanistan

    • ASIN: 1576871517
    • ISBN: 1576871517
    • Manufacturer: powerHouse Books

    Arms Against Fury examines the dramatic struggle of the Afghan people through the lens of Magnum photographers, dating back to co-founder George Rodger’s documentation of the country’s role in World War II. Ever since, Magnum’s intrepid photographers have crisscrossed the country’s striking landscape from the Central Asian steppes to the pa... [Read More]

  • Freedom & Justice: Four Decades of the Civil Rights Struggle As Seen by a Black Photographer of the Deep South

    • ASIN: 0865544786
    • ISBN: 0865544786
    • Manufacturer: Mercer Univ Pr

    "This is a photographic journey back into the legally segregated world in which I grew up. A world entirely shaped by race and color. This book is an eyewitness account of many sociological events having a direct impact on my life. These events also affected the lives of millions of blacks and whites, especially those who lived in the Deep South. M... [Read More]

  • Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King

    • ASIN: 0820326267
    • ISBN: 0820326267
    • Brand: Brand: University of Georgia Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press

    Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as a slave in Cheraw, South Carolina, received no formal training makes his story all the more remarkable. This is the first major biography of the gifted architect and engineer who used his skills to transcen... [Read More]

  • South Africa (German and English Edition)

    • ASIN: 3832793909
    • ISBN: 3832793909
    • Manufacturer: teNeues

    From its rugged coastlines to its lush vineyards and windswept deserts, South Africa is one of the most remarkable places on Earth. The stunningly diverse landscapes and rich tapestry of humanity are all captured in this latest work from photographic master Michael Poliza. Settling here for seven years after an epic round-the-world trip, Poliza dev... [Read More]

  • Camera Man's Journey: Julian Dimock's South

    • ASIN: 0820324248
    • ISBN: 0820324248
    • Brand: Brand: University of Georgia Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press

    A poignant collection of 150 photographs, Camera Man's Journey takes us to a place at once familiar and foreign. Set in the South early in the twentieth century, these photographs bridge a distance not only of time but also of contrasting attitudes and customs.The images show African Americans in or around Columbia, Beaufort, and Hilton Head, South... [Read More]

  • Gordon Parks (Black Americans of Achievement)

    • ASIN: 1555466044
    • ISBN: 1555466044
    • Brand: Brand: Chelsea House Pub (L)
    • Manufacturer: Chelsea House Pub

    Relates the Black photographer, writer, and film director's struggle to overcome his background of poverty

  • Chicago's South Side, 1946-1948

    • ASIN: 0520223160
    • ISBN: 0520223160
    • Manufacturer: University of California Press

    Wayne Miller's photographs chronicle a black Chicago of fifty years ago: the South Side community that burgeoned as thousands of African Americans, almost exclusively from the South, settled in the city during the Great Migration of the World War II years. The black-and-white images provide a visual history of Chicago at the height of its industria... [Read More]

  • Art and Revolution: The Life and Death of Thami Mnyele, South African Artist (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)

    • ASIN: 0813927641
    • ISBN: 0813927641
    • Brand: Brand: University of Virginia Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press

    Thami Mnyele's life spanned the era of apartheid. He was born the same year the National Party won office and came of age in a time (the 1960s) and a place (Johannesburg) that offered a sensitive young black artist little encouragement. In 1985, in the waning days of apartheid, he was killed by South African Special Forces operatives in Gaborone, B... [Read More]

  • Muhammad Ali

    • ASIN: 0810956055
    • ISBN: 0810956055
    • Brand: Brand: Harry N. Abrams
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    A photographic portrait of the Olympic gold medallist and heavyweight champion features images that include photos that were taken during his upset over Sonny Liston, his conversion to Islam, and his speeches on social issues.

  • In the Spirit: The Photography of Michael P. Smith from the Historic New Orleans Collection

    • ASIN: 0917860543
    • ISBN: 0917860543
    • Manufacturer: Historic New Orleans Collections

    In the spring of 2007, The Historic New Orleans Collection acquired the archive of photographer Michael P. Smith, ensuring both its long term preservation and ultimate public access. Through photographs, field recordings, journals, correspondence, printed ephemera, and other documents, Smith s professional and personal interests offer an extended g... [Read More]

  • Daufuskie Island: 25th Anniversary Edition (Non Series)

    • ASIN: 1570037485
    • ISBN: 1570037485
    • Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press

    Twenty-five years ago, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe found herself enraptured by the people of Daufuskie Island and recorded their lives through photography. This anniversary edition of Daufuskie Island boldly contrasts the changes caused by economic growth, which occurred after land developers began building expensive homes and hotels.At the time of fir... [Read More]

  • Guy Tillim: O Futuro Certo

    • ASIN: 3869308087
    • ISBN: 3869308087
    • Brand: Guy Tillim Dan Leers
    • Manufacturer: Steidl

    Futuro Certo is a selection of South African photographer Guy Tillim's (born 1962) most influential works and series of the last decade. Exploring modernist architecture―and its utopian ruins―in postcolonial Angola, Congo and Mozambique, Tillim portrays the communities, social landscapes and symbolic structures of societies altered by conflict.... [Read More]

  • African Trees: A Photographic Exploration

    • ASIN: 1919930760
    • ISBN: 1919930760
    • Manufacturer: Double Storey Publishers

    The book takes the reader on a journey to a range of habitats – from the savannah of the Serengeti and the bushveld of Mpumalanga to riverine forests, woodlands and other fragile ecosystems in the game reserves and national parks of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Kenya. Seventeen pristine destinations are covered in all. ... [Read More]

  • All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts

    • ASIN: 0805054561
    • ISBN: 0805054561
    • Brand: Brand: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

    This special picture book offers a window into the African American community of Columbia, South Carolina, during the early twentieth century. While the town is specific, the themes and photographs are universal--weddings and funerals, teachers and preachers, sassy cars and baseball teams, and, of course, families of all sizes. More than half a cen... [Read More]

  • Zwelethu Mthethwa

    • ASIN: 1597111139
    • ISBN: 1597111139
    • Brand: Brand: Aperture
    • Manufacturer: Aperture

    Since Apartheid's fall in 1994, South African photography has exploded from the grip of censorship onto the world stage. A key figure in this movement is Zwelethu Mthethwa, whose portraits powerfully frame black South Africans as dignified and defiant individuals, even under the duress of social and economic hardship. Photographing in urban and rur... [Read More]

  • Picturing Greensboro: Four Decades of African American Community (Vintage Images)

    • ASIN: 1596292849
    • ISBN: 1596292849
    • Brand: Brand: The History Press
    • Manufacturer: The History Press

    Photographer Otis Hairston's camera snapped nearly forty years of fond memories and historic Greensboro events--from community gatherings and North Carolina A&T Aggie homecomings to celebrations of the historic 1960 sit-in. This stunning photo collection depicts ordinary people, local heroes and national celebrities as it captures the strength of G... [Read More]

  • Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50

    • ASIN: 0316113042
    • ISBN: 0316113042
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    Photographer Michael Cunningham (coauthor of Crowns) and author Connie Briscoe, a New York Times bestselling novelist, profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful--whether in reaching the top of the corporate ladder, finding fame in politics or the arts, or raising a son to be proud of a single mother--and reveal th... [Read More]

  • Mine Eyes Have Seen

    • ASIN: 1603200002
    • ISBN: 1603200002
    • Brand: Brand: Time Home Entertainment
    • Manufacturer: Liberty Street

    A stirring visual tribute to the Civil Rights Movement and the long and difficult battle for racial equality captures in more than 150 extraordinary photographs the leaders and events of the era, with portraits of Sidney Poitier, James Baldwin, Miles Davis, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many other activists, both famous and unknown, who took part in... [Read More]

  • Tonle Sap: The Heart of Cambodia's Natural Heritage

    • ASIN: 9749863151
    • ISBN: 9749863151
    • Brand: Brand: River Books Press Dist A C
    • Manufacturer: River Books Press Dist A C

    Colin Poole examines all aspects of Tonle Sap, Cambodia's Great Lake: its environment, fauna, history, culture and its beauty, all shown through evocative and memorable photographs, encouraging visits!

  • South Africa: The Structure of Things Then

    • ASIN: 1580930263
    • ISBN: 1580930263
    • Brand: Brand: The Monacelli Press
    • Manufacturer: The Monacelli Press

    South Africa: The Structure of Things Then is the culmination of fifteen years of photography, research, and writing by acclaimed South African photographer David Goldblatt. In more than 130 evocative black-and-white photographs, Goldblatt probes the relationships between South African structures and the forces that shaped the society from 1652 to ... [Read More]

  • A Photographer’s Mission to Capture a New Image of Africa

    4 Photographers 1 Model: South African Edition

    KRISJAN ROSSOUW - South African Photographer