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A good photojournalist must combine keen technical ability with an acute sense of observation, and David Herrod is one of the best. His images tell stories, and reveal truths about what it means to live in the world today. In this beautifully presented and inspiring collection of his finest pictures, he shares his technical and aesthetic approach to the art. Herrod's subjects are diverse and fascinating, including hunting dogs in action, out on the trail; a jazz festival; a bicycle racer who's taken a tumble; an auction, and children in special education classes. Every stunning black-and-white picture is testament to the unique ability of this talented photographer to capture the moment with clarity and emotion.

About the author:
David Herrod's fine-art photographs are held in collections throughout the world, including London's famed National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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This unique collection of never-before-seen photographs by veteran Magnum photographer Burt Glinn records Fidel Castro's historic entry into Havana four decades ago. In the introductory memoir, Glinn describes the combination of chutzpah and journalistic prescience that led him to leave a New York party and hop a plane to Havana on New Year's Eve, 1959. The photographs he returned with - of Fidel thronged by his countrymen and women as he stops to encourage them along the road to Havana, of troops embracing, and of fierce men and women taking up arms in the streets - are full of the revolutionary fervor and idealistic anticipation that characterized that moment in Cuban history. With an introduction by Cuban culture minister Rafael Arriba de Acosta, interviews and photographs by Cuban master photographers Corrales, Korda, Figueroa, and more. ... Read more

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Definitely one to add to your personal library
Talking about pictures being worth a thousand words! Every photo in the book I felt drew me in to imagining what it would have been like if I was the person behind the camera. I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who is looking for more of the technical "heavy duty" information on the war, i.e. tactics, troop movement, etc. It's more for the person who likes browsing through a book at their leisure especially picture books. The write-ups by the journalists are very interesting and do a great job of portraying what they and the soldiers experienced in the opening hours of the war and during it. I especially enjoyed the "Verbatim" sections that were scattered throughout the book. I am hoping that TIME might do a similar follow up book on the reconstruction of Iraq as my husband is currently over there with the 1st Armored Division assisting in the peace keeping processes.

21 Days to Baghdad Review
21 Days to Baghdad is Time magazine's first large-format book detailing what essentially became Gulf War II, featuring many photographs from various photographers and various short reminisces by photographers and correspondents on or near the fluid front lines.

As a picture book and one of the first books on the 2003 war it serves as a descent introduction but does very little else - many of the photographs, while professionally and expertly shot, provide a wide overview of the war, and very little is of real combat. Which is not to say there isn't any, but mostly you see the results rather than any actual fighting. Again, the book does a good job of detailing all aspects of the war, and does a decent job detailing the Iraqi side - from what was available through government censors apparently.

The photographs themselves are excellent; many are two-page shots that provide every single grain and spec of detail, from the blood in a used coffin to the drops of sweat on a Marine's exhausted face. There is a real sense of urgency crossing a bridge near Baghdad (in a series of very widely published photographs), and a sense of tragic loss for a group of Iraqi parents. This is not a book for the young; the dead and wounded have equal treatment with the living.

21 Days to Baghdad also features some graphics evidently from the magazine, as well as a map or two, though it could have really used more. The editorial content seems fair though is mostly from the US-point of view.

There's definitely some value to this work, but one hopes this is just the beginning of more comprehensive - and better - books and photographic works to come. ... Read more

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Golden Gateway
If you think a book about a bridge could just possibly be a little tedius, think again!

Superspan is a riveting (no pun intended) read from start to finish. I love the Golden Gate Bridge and this is a fascinating read detailing the Golden Gates conception, the delays before the go ahead was given and the actual construction of the bridge. For years they said it would be impossible to build a bridge at the Golden Gate, but it was done. I was reading the book on the bus home and missed my stop!

A good read, brilliant photos.

If you like bridges...
It is easy to take for granted the grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge. This book does an excellent job of detailing out the "end to end" process involved in creating this marvel as well as illustrating the glamour of it. ... Read more

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Many photographers have recorded the devastation of September 11, but Eugene Richards transcends description to offer instead a way of beginning to come to terms with this tragedy. He says, "the fenced-in sight of the World Trade Center has been largely dealt with as a crime scene, as a 'marvel' of destruction, or as the tourist attraction it is fast becoming. What I see when I stare downtown is an ever-evolving repository for the missing, a focal point for grieving, for remembering, for reflection, for self-examination."

This project is about New York and America during a period of sudden and massive historical, economic, and psychological change. It's about how we feel about September 11, how we feel about our country today, how we feel about those lost in the disaster.

In Stepping Through the Ashes, Richards, like so many of us, digs into the depths of his soul, trying both to work through his own feelings, and to live with the specter of September 11. It is for this reason that Stepping Through the Ashes is not only an extraordinary reflection in the wake of such tragedy, but also another turning point in the remarkable work of Eugene Richards.

These often-metaphorical images are accompanied by interviews with some of the families who lost sons, daughters, husbands, wives, mothers, and fathers on September 11.
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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 parched southern desert by way of the Hindu Kush mountains surrounding Kabul and the adjacent Panjshir Valley.As early as the 1950s, Eve Arnold and Marc Riboud filed unprecendented stories from a legendary Shangri-la, showing a small kingdom struggling for statehood against the forces of underdevelopment and unfortunate geographic position during the Cold War.The ultimate overthrow of the monarchy and brutal liquidation of Afghanistan's consitutional government in 1978 heralded the arrival of Soviet-style communism.Peasants in Nuristan rebelled immediately and initiated a jihad that was covered first by Raymond Depardon and then by Stever McCurry, and later by renowned photojournalist Abbas, who also focused on the progress of the jihad, which eventually faced a massive Red Army invasion and savage aerial bombardments.The victory against the Soviets also signaled the beginning of a civil war that began in 1992.Documented by Luc Delahaye, Christopher Steele-Perkins, Abbas, and Stever McCurry, Afghan militias destroyed large swathes of Kabul.The Taliban militia subdued warring factions in 1996 and proclaimed an Islamic emirate.Steele-Perkins was one of the few journalists to report from Afghanistan during this period of theocratic tyranny.In the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States, the hated Taliban were shaken from power by a loose alliance of mujahidin backed by American forces.Yet nothing seemed to remedy the miserable spectacle of a ruined country littered with ten million land mines and thousands of innocent victims of the hi-tech war on terror.The future of Afghanistan, as depicted by Abbas, Eve Arnold, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Dworzak, Alex Majoli, Steve McCurry, and Francesco Zizola, remains uncertain at best. Containing additional photographic work by Ian Berry, Elliott Erwitt, Stuart Franklin, Philip Jones Griffiths, Susan Meiselas, and Wayne Miller, commentary by the photographers, and several illustrated essays, Arms Against Fury will become an indispensable reference for documentary studies, social history, and critical photography. ... Read more

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You are there, in Sierra Leone, during the past ten years.
For people from Sierra Leone, this book verifies the stories and rumors that they have been hearing over the years. The excellent pictures speak for themselves. References are there so that the reader may continue to read more about the devastation of a people from a peaceful country. For those who don't know about the tragedy going on in West Africa, this book tells all.

Incomplete, conceited tale
While this book offers up a narrowly focused tale on Sierra Leone's civil war, Tuen Voeten's strained efforts to sound hip in the telling make this book one worth reading only if you're looking to see events from a different angle. Voeten's flagrent use of swear words (I wouldn't care about them if they added to the story) throughout the book seem to be an effort to sound like a cowboy on assingment instead of a professional journalist. Overall Voeten provides an easy to follow narrative about his experiences, but essentially no background on the events in Sierra Leone during the period of his times there.

True to life
I recently visited the places Voeten speaks about in this book. He tells the truth about a beautiful people and a tragic land.

Fun and terror as a war reporter...
a most amazing mix of humor, terror and intrigue. voten is charming and real. One of the best books in this genre ever! ... Read more

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A unique autobiography in images from seven decades of Duncan's photographic career.

The legendary photographs of David Douglas Duncan explore the broad range of human nature, from the most quiet notes of life to the crashing crescendos of war. Duncan began taking pictures for newspapers in the mid-1930s, then joined the Marines, where he produced some of the most moving images of World War II. With Life magazine, he documented the end of British rule in India and covered conflicts in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Korea with clarity and compassion. Returning to the battlefield with the escalation of war in Vietnam, he produced two more books that became icons of the American soldiers' experience.

Since then, he has produced books on such diverse subjects as Picasso's making of a painting to the sunflowers of France, with forays into the world of tragic personal loss. Still exuberant in his eighth decade, Duncan's keen eye and heart continue to illuminate the human experience. Over 400 photographs in color and duotone. ... Read more

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An Epic Life Tale Told in Photographs
About ten years ago, when I was about 30, I kept running into this book called "Yankee Nomad" at used bookstores. It was a book published in 1966 and it contained some incredible photographs. I finally found a copy which was in perfect condition for a reasonable price and I bought it.

And I actually found myself reading it from cover to cover. My initial attraction was based on my love of photography. But I soon discovered that the book appealed even more to my love of travel. David Douglas Duncan was a photojournalist who roamed the world for various major magazines (Life, National Geographic, etc.) for several decades (five or six!) on assignment covering some of the most significant events of the 20th century. I do not exaggerate when I say this man's life makes Hemingway's pale by comparison. The variety of places, people, events and dramas which this man photographed is staggering.

This book, "Photo Nomad" seems to be an updated and revised verion of "Yankee Nomad." It includes the next three decades of DDD's life as well as the photography going back to the late 1930's covered in "Yankee Nomad." There is some overlap of photos, but the new stuff is so good and of sufficient quantity that it is definitely worth having even if you happen to have (or want) "Yankee Nomad."

It is the DIVERSITY of images and places which I find most appealing. A sampling: The south Pacific in WWII; North Korea; treasures of the Kremlin; Palestine; Afgahnistan; the High Atlas mountains of Morocco; giant squid fishing off the coast of South America; Egypt; and, as quite an enhancement, many photos of Picasso at work (DDD and Picasso became close friends and were mutual admirers). I also loved a series of photos of classic 1950's Mercedes which were raced by DDD at high speed in beautiful European settings and photographed at slow shutter speeds so DDD could capture "the spirit" of the car as it whizzed by leaving a trail of light.

I've always been a Robert Capa admirer, but DDD has war photos which are just as good and then a vast variety of other images. His life has been a montage of powerful images and events. I just wish I'd read (or just looked at the photos) of his books 20 years ago, as I'm sure I would have altered my career choices based on what I learned about this man's career.

This book is very well produced in cloth-covered hardbound. There is a moving little photo story of DDD's small doggy which apparently was recently taken when his car was stolen and which DDD responded to by utilizing his media friends to mount a massive publicity campaign to recover (successfully, for ransom money). DDD is apparently still alive and well and living in France.

My short list of Magnificent 20th Century Lives would include DDD in the TOP FIVE. This book explains why. If you are into travel, photography, adventure, history, geography, or humanity, you will LOVE this book and you will feel great affection for its creator. ... Read more

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A stunning and unforgettable portrait in words and picture of war's searing aftermath and the struggle to save lives. ... Read more

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War from the Eyes and Hearts of Medical Workers
THE FACE OF MERCY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF MEDICINE AT WAR is a powerful compendium of images and responses to the hungry monster of war that still stalks this sadly ignorant planet.For those who need to evaluate the madness and destruction of war unchanged since the beginning of time, this volume forces us to SEE via photographs taken from the time the camera was invented to the present: here is irrefutable evidence, uncensored by the media, that war is a pitiful response to those who fight and those who wait at home and especially those who are called to tend to the wounded and dying on the fronts and in the residual hospitals housingfragments of human lives that always follow war.

The photography is for the most 'amateur' in execution, but that only emphasizes the immediacy of the brutality of the machine of death.From the opening photographs of Mathew Brady who froze the Civil War in the nineteenth century, through the horrors of World Wars I and II, the 'small wars' fought in civil conflicts in smaller countries, the Russo-Japanese War, the Korean War, the Vietnam tragedy, observations captured by Salgado, and the images fromSomalia and Croatia which were the most recent wars at the time of publication of this book in 1993 - all are documented visually with enormous power.

Writers of the quality of William Styron, Ward Just, and Stuart Nuland add to the impact of this paean and plea for peace.Yet some of the most touching elements of this important book are the asides from the soldiers and the medical workers in the field captured in utter simplicity by the author Matthew Maythons.

If this book were in the homes of every family on the globe, perhaps the resultant response would be strong enough that mankind might be forced to witness that War is the Enemy, not People.Grady Harp, March 05

An explanation of the perverse way war aids medicine
War's usual outcome is warped, maimed and dead men.

'The Face of Mercy' documents medicine's work to counter the cost for the soldiers and civilians who survive. With narrative by several authors, including Dr. Sherwin Nuland, 'Mercy' begins with an introduction by novelist William Styron.

The book straddles the urge to destroy and the desire to heal. 'The body's very tissues reflect this struggle in their constant process of breakdown and repair,' Nuland writes. 'Unfortunately, the ability and impulse to cure have never kept up with the ability and impulse to kill.' The physician's will to save lives so near to battles is a conflict that partially explains why the text is strangely hopeful, given its subject. The large-format photography is matched by lucid writing.

The battleground has yielded some of medicine's great accomplishments Ð mass inoculation, antiseptic surgery, blood and plasma transfusions, plastic reconstruction, and huge leaps in heart and lung surgery. Perhaps more importantly for soldiers, war observation established the relationship between speed of treatment and survival;the casualty statistics bear it out. In World War I, the average time between injury and treatment was 10 to 18 hours; surgeons write of removing battle dressings to discover maggots. In Vietnam, the swiftness and valor of helicopter pilots carved the wait to an average of one to two hours. In that conflict less than 2 percent of the hospitalized died.

But some things are immutable. The psychological impact of war on doctors and the wounded remains. And as our inventiveness in destruction increases, so does the cost to the mind. One doctor who served in Vietnam writes of'mud, screams and the terrible smell of death.' Napolean's chief surgeon, Dominique-Jean Larrey, is said to have performed more than 200 amputations during a single day of the doomed expedition into Russia. Undoubtedly, men lived because of his extraordinary effort, but what butchering dreams did he live with afterward?

The pictures, largely black and white, range from documentary to editorial. Physicians discovered photography could aid teaching and straightforwardly recorded their methods. But other images are heavy with emotional weight, such as 'A Morning's Work,' a haphazard monument of men's amputated feet and legs, piled outside the door of a Civil War hospital.

The effect of war upon civilians is also represented. Survivors in St. Petersburg are shown delivering their bundled dead aboard a child's sled, to a dynamited mass grave. In Leningrad, an estimated million died from starvation, waiting for the war to end. The city's loss was more than the combined military and civilian death toll for both the United States and Great Britain during all of World War II.

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This is a compelling, beautiful and sad road story: Luc Delahaye, photographer and melancholy storyteller, travels in winter across the dark landscape of Russia, where he looks into the private face of Russia's moral and social crisis.

This is an exceptional body of work, bridging the divide between art and journalism. The photographs are poetic - simultaneously terrifying, exciting, intimate, moving and very revealing. They offer many pleasures despite the depressing subject matter of a nation falling to pieces, in winter, through alcohol and drug abuse. ... Read more

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An amazingly accurate picture of Russia today.
Everyone has seen the Russia of fairytales in storied picture books, but Luc Delahaye seems to be the first photographer to cut through the glossy exterior of a time long gone by to show the Russia of today. I've spent nearly 5 years in this country and get chills when looking through this book as it reminds me of so many images I saw first-hand here. My own journals from my time here don't even come close to Luc Delahaye's depiction of what more than 70 years of a system gone wrong can do to a society.

Seek and you shell find...
This book will tell you more about the author than about his subject...

As someone who lived in the Soviet Union for 22 years, and someone who still visits Russia at least 3 times a year, I have one word for the this book - "chernucha" (Russian word for something that is deliberately made to be depressing by concentrating on the negative). The author has spent all this time in Russia, and this is all he found worthy of photographing?!?! I guess some people can only find inspiration in human depravity.

If you like photography, you will enjoy it, because the pictures are masterful. But if you are looking for a balanced photojournalistic account, stay far away.

Small and Intimate Touch - Great Photo Diary
This is a collection of documentary photographs of Russia, which was taken by Magnum photographer Luc Delahaye, during 1998-1999. The warm and contrast colour make you feel like unreal on the scenario. It provides you with an insight into the life and living environment of ordinary people in the places. Some photos somehow look like a paintings. It is not a 'great' (in size) photographic book, but the 'diary' like size makes you get closer and have intimate touch with the subject and photographer's eye.

Nice and intimate touch ...

winterreise
There is no doubt that Luc Delahaye is one of the more formidable photojournalists today and there cannot be any serious criticism of his style and dedication to producing strong images. His book, 'Winterreise', is a well produced book and its smaller than usual format does not affect the impact of the pictures. However, I found one problem with this work - it is immensely depressing.

In my opinion this book is a highly professional, well documented study of poverty and abject misery . Moving through the book, one wonders in what mental state the photographer ended up after having spent so much time in such an oppresively miserable environment. Having completed my first look of the book, I immediately thought that Delahaye should have titled the work, 'Misery'.

I must emphasise again that there is nothing poor about the quality of 'Winterreise'. The book meets the highest standards of photojournalism and documentary reporting. Yet it is so depressing that I find myself avoiding it.

surreal and tragically beautiful
as another reviewer wrote, this is a tragic poem. this work is beautiful, and considering the time this work took (under a year), the language and cultural barriers the photographer had to deal with, and the difficulty of the subject matter, it is a wonder to be studied by any serious student of photography. i can't remember a recent book which has undertaken such a difficult task and done so with near perfect results. ... Read more

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A great resource of photos from the Qing era.
This is a wonderful visual history of china in the late Qing dynasty. It represents a wonderful era that few western eyes have really ever seen. The text is informative, and the beautiful sepia toned photos are truly stunning. If your even vaguely interested in this era of China's history, snap up this book now. ... Read more

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At the time Jean Karotkin was diagnosed with breast cancer, she found herself at a stage in her life she had never anticipated.In the wake of a troubled marriage, she had no true identity of her own and her self-esteem was gone.Refusing to give up or give in, she garnered the strength needed to beat the disease and, in the process, turned her tragedy into a rebirth, both professionally and personally.Ironically, breast cancer gave her the power to make life changes and decisions she never thought she could manage.Karotkin heard women relate their fears of no longer being attractive, no longer being whole, no longer being feminine and recognized that it was their stories she wanted to document using her newly developed talents in fine art photography; to show her "sisters-in-spirit" – and the world – that their perceptions were unfounded.

Though still relatively unknown in the photographic field, Karotkin, on the sheer power of her images, received significant attention with full features in Oprah and Rosie magazines, an appearance on the Today show, and multiple gallery exhibits of her work. She found a voice and a place in life she never imagined for herself.Because she had fought the same battle, Karotkin’s photographs reveal a profound energy, grace, and connection between artist and subject. Now, for the first time, this compelling collection of black-and-white photographs has been gathered in a single volume, BODY & SOUL: The Courage and Beauty of Breast Cancer Survivors. Rich in visual and emotional content, the book is an effort to heal the body and spirit and a tribute to the willpower and inner radiance of women who have prevailed over the physical and psychological ravages of breast cancer.

Included in its verbal and visual portraits are actress Lois Chiles, philanthropist Carolyn Farb, and Dr. Jerri Nielsen, whose daring self-diagnosis and treatment while icebound at the South Pole was documented the world over. ... Read more

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Among the most accomplished color photographers of our time, Jeff Brouws presents over 80 resplendent photographs capturing the dreamy magic of the carnival midway. Gravity-defying amusement rides, brightly colored booths, the beseeching barkers--Brouws' tableaux are accompanied by dozens of historical images from photographers such as Ben Shahn, Marion Post Wolcott, and Arthur Rothstein, and vivid text by cultural historian Bruce Caron. Inside the Live Reptile Tent is a journey to the heart of every special weekend and holiday adventure. ... Read more

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Step Right Up, Folks!
Carnival fans and amusement park historians alike will delight in the many beautiful images of a dying breed - the small travelling carnival and family owned amusement parks. Mr. Brouws takes us up close and behind the scenes, and the many nighttime photos of the midway's dazzling lights are worth the price of admission alone. Mr. Caron's colorful commentary is definitely not your usually tepid "guided tours" that so many other amusement industry books offer, with wild insights and historic tidbits that are sure to amuse. Many never before seen photos appear from other photographers personal archives, bringing a rich sense of tradition to the subject at hand.
The final chapter is dedicated to San Francisco's Playland. Mr. Brouws takes a look back at the Playland of his childhood, echoing sentiments from any of us who have spent their afternoons strolling along those tawdry but always fascinating midways of yesterday. We see the peeling paint, the crooked games with cheap prizes, the worn out rides and run-down fun house. But we also realize why these places captivated us, the simple, carefree fun these places held for us for just a few days each summer. The few photos he did take (with his first camera) before the park disappeared combine with his childhood tales to add the perfect epilogue to this colorful story. ... Read more

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An inspiring biography of one of the most successful photojournalists of the 20th century, this life of Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) is exactly the type of book teachers and parents of adolescent girls are looking for. It would be a mistake to treat this as a book for girls only, however, when so many great men--Bourke-White's father, her second husband, several darkroom technicians, and even General Jimmy Doolittle, commander of the 12th Air Force in World War II--figure prominently in it as mentors, teachers, colleagues, and friends. Author Susan Goldman Rubin gracefully deals with sensitive material such as the photographer's shame at discovering that her father was Jewish. And she does a remarkable job of choosing appropriate pictures. As the chief photographer for Life magazine, Bourke-White shot many hugely important but often harsh subjects. Rubin deftly edits these images so that famous photos like the haunting Living Dead of Buchenwald, April, 1945 are here, but not such profoundly disturbing ones as Bourke-White's shot of bony corpses stacked for burning. The author underscores the photographer's extraordinary self-confidence as a young woman of huge ambitions and--beginning with Bourke-White's initial flirtation with the soft-focus style of Edward Steichen--delineates the growing power and clarity of her mature documentary style. Bourke-White's life-long interest in science--she kept jars of multilegged fauna on her office bookshelves at Life--is fascinating, and the stories of her wartime adventures--in marooned life rafts, low-flying reconnaissance planes, and torpedoed ships--are frighteningly vivid.

The photographs themselves are ultimately given pride of place, in large duotone reproductions that do them ample justice. This book would be right for anyone over 10, and older readers might go on to Sean Callahan's Margaret Bourke-White: Photographer, which is more of a traditional monograph and includes those images that tell truths so painful that Bourke-White herself had great difficulty sorting their negatives. --Peggy Moorman ... Read more

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Great book for young adolescents
First off, this is a KIDS book. Interested in Margaret Bourke-White's work I picked this up from the photography section of our local bookstore, but quickly found the simple declarative sentences absolutely maddening.

As a child's book I rate it 4 to 5 stars. Great photo selection and actually quite a lot of interesting information on Ms. Bourke-White's life. As an adult book maybe one star (and that one for the good selection of photos).

Margaret, a pioneering female
I didn't know who Margaret Bourke-White was until I received this book as a gift. I have always been interested in photography but never considered it as a career until I read this book. The photos that are in the book are very inspirational. Reading about her life and what she went through to make her dream come true was very interesting. I have had this book for two years and still enjoy looking through her photos. ... Read more

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Art of Seeing 2
I really enjoyed viewing The Art of Seeing 2, by Reuters. Coming from a journalism point of view, the photographs in this book are stunning! The book truly does capture some of the most significant moments in recent history. The photos range from important sports and celebrity moments to symbolic or historical political statements.
Since the photos are taken from an agency that shoots primarily photo journalistic photos, some people may not appreciate some of the photos. The true beauties of these images lie in the capture of the moment and emotion and truth. I really enjoyed many of the political and war photos, very in your face. Some of them were shocking, taking me back in realization and touched me at the same time. In a solely artistic sense, the pictures had a great sense of composition and lighting however they are documentary. This is definitely not printed to act as a fine art book, more of just a collection of incredible pieces of journalistic work. The book definitely demonstrates the talent pool found in the world of photo-journalists.

The Art Of Seeing 2
I really enjoyed viewing The Art of Seeing 2, by Reuters. Coming from a journalism point of view, the photographs in this book are stunning! The book truly does capture some of the most significant moments in recent history. The photos range from important sports and celebrity moments to symbolic or historical political statements.
Since the photos are taken from an agency that shoots primarily photo journalistic photos, some people may not appreciate some of the photos. The true beauties of these images lie in the capture of the moment and emotion and truth. I really enjoyed many of the political and war photos, very in your face. Some of them were shocking, taking me back in realization and touched me at the same time. In a solely artistic sense, the pictures had a great sense of composition and lighting however they are documentary. This is definitely not printed to act as a fine art book, more of just a collection of incredible pieces of journalistic work. The book definitely demonstrates the talent pool found in the world of photo-journalists. ... Read more

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America On My Mind is a tribute to the nation celebrating all that is unique about America with awe-inspiring photos and memorable quotes from the people and places that make this country special. This book includes over 200 full color photographs and an introduction by Jimmy Carter. (10 x 13, 160 pages, color photos) ... Read more

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Hugh Morton has had a long and active public life as an environmentalist, developer, and promoter of tourism. His favorite role, however, is that of news photographer. Hugh Morton's North Carolina gathers hundreds of photographs from his sixty-year career, including unpublished images from his personal collection and many well-known images of the state's people and places.

The collection is divided into three sections. "Scenes" ranges from the coast to the mountains, including many of Morton's famous images of wildflowers, wildlife, and state landmarks. "People and Events" features state and national politicians, educators, business professionals, and media figures. The "Sports" section reflects Morton's passion for athletics, with a particular focus on college basketball and football. Informative captions throughout the book provide background on the people and places pictured as well as Morton's reflections on the moments he captured on film.

As this collection reveals, Hugh Morton was on the scene for some of the most important events in the history of twentieth-century North Carolina, and he always carried his camera with him. Lovers of North Carolina, both local and distant, will all benefit from this richly personal state portrait. ... Read more

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Spectacular
Destined to become a classic, Hugh Morton has captured the true essence of North Carolina. He includes the physically beautiful and the rich endowment of people the state has been blessed with. Chronologically, it covers an extensive period of time and mixes color with black and white photography. An excellent selection for the native North Carolinian or someone who has visited and was awestruck by its beauty, from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks.

Great!!!
I am so happy that Hugh Morton decided to share his photos with North Carolina and the rest of the world. This book is a true gem and records and reflects a history of a proud people and state.

Brilliant photography
Stunning photographs of a beautiful state and it's wonderful flora and fauna.

A Tar Heel celebration
As one might expect, the pictures far surpass the stories... This book celebrates all things Tar Heel.

Hugh Morton's WHITE North Carolina - SHAME SHAME!
Hugh Morton's book portrays a North Carolina that is decidedly "vanilla" in its image. "Prosaic" is the choice word in the other review. I call it profoundly narrow and racist. In the year 2003 there is no excuse for this book, especially from a publisher with the caliber of University of North Carolina Press. Morton was supposedly "on the scene" photographing the "historic moments" of the past sixty years of the state. Funny how almost all the images and events captured contain only white people.

In the People section there are literally a thousand or more persons in all the individual and group shots. There are, culled from these, a paltry 29 images with Blacks - and this count only by scraping them from the backgrounds in some cases for even the fuzziest representation of their place in the "history" of the state. There are, to his credit, three Blacks appearing at center-stage including Louis Armstrong. However in none of the photos is there to be found a Black woman (except two fuzzy "possibilities" appearing in the background to many whites) - arguably the group upon which much of the state owes it greatness to for supporting others on its trip to greatness, no matter the burden. Oh, and it should be pointed out that of the 29 images of Blacks *twenty three* of them appear as basketball players. Clearly, in Hugh Morton's lens anyways, Black men in North Carolina have contributed most to that history of the past 60 years by doing what they do best - shooting hoops for the Tar Heels. Give me a break....

While it is true that a sum of many experiences and images of many photographers will make up a whole picture of a state, or even a nation, in 2003 this kind of myopic representation - particularly in a state where race has been (and continues to be) such a contentious issue - is not acceptable. In the twenty-first century there is no excuse for such poor judgment where an entire piece of a state's history is left out, erased or "made fuzzy" in the background of a dominant foreground of white hegemony. Publishers are well aware of the politics of representation in media and press these days and UNC Chapel Hill Press is no exception and should be ashamed to be behind such a work: Mr. Morton clearly needs to work on his "black and white" photography some more.... ... Read more

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The vast landscape of New Mexico won the heart of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe on her first visit there in 1917, and the open sky, parched earth, and bleached white bones she found there soon became the prominent subjects of her paintings. She granted John Loengard, a photographer for Life magazine, the rare opportunity to photograph her in her home at Ghost Ranch in 1966. Fifty of the black-and-white photographs he took that day fill this 79-page, small-format hardcover and form a classic record of a day in the life of an eminent yet elusive artist. Quotes by O'Keeffe about New Mexico and brief biographies of the painter and Loengard add extra dimension to the images. --A.C. Smith ... Read more

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Excellent small version of the larger book!
Convenient size. You can take it with you when you travel to New Mexico and see the lands that inspired a truly remarkable woman. The black and white photographs and the simple design of the book would please Ms. Okeeffe, I feel. I have been to Ghost Ranch and it really is amazing to see some of the changes and similarities that the pictures present. The photographer John Loengard has produced a compelling insight into the private life of a very intriguing woman. ... Read more