Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide

The Museum Ludwig’s handbook of photography in the 20th century
The history of photography began nearly 200 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognized as a medium in its own right. Cologne’s Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book is drawn, is one of the most important in Germany and one of the most representative anywhere in the world, constituting the core of the museum’s holdings.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the collection’s rich diversity; from conceptual art to abstraction to reportage, all of the major movements and genres are represented via a vast selection of the 20th century’s most remarkable photographs. From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart, over 850 works are presented in alphabetical order by photographer, with descriptive texts and photographers’ biographical details, providing a comprehensive and indispensable overview of 20th-century photography.

The Many Worlds of Dennis Hopper
A reluctant icon captures a decade of cultural transformation
During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere—on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways and walking on political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye. A reluctant icon at the epicenter of that decade’s cultural upheaval, Hopper documented the likes of Tina Turner in the studio, Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show, Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

From a selection of photographs compiled by Hopper and gallerist Tony Shafrazi, this extensive volume, finally back in print in a new edition, distills the essence of Hopper’s prodigious photographic career. Also included are introductory essays by Shafrazi and legendary West Coast art pioneer Walter Hopps, as well as an extensive biography and new afterword by journalist Jessica Hundley. With excerpts from Victor Bockris’s interviews of Hopper’s famous subjects, friends, and family, this volume revives an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of one of America’s most fascinating personalities.

„Dawnych pocztówek piękno i czar. Pamiątka z…” to seria książek w których znajdziecie przedwojenne widokówki z wybranej miejscowości. Tym razem przedstawia czarno-białe zdjęcia Kłodzka z opisami.

W kolejnych odsłonach publikacji planowane są „Pamiątki z…” Gór Stołowych, Mielna, Kudowy-Zdroju i wielu innych.

From Elvis to Nirvana: the most important record covers in rock history
Album art is indelibly linked to our collective musical memories; when you think of your favorite albums, you picture the covers. Many photographers, illustrators, and art directors have become celebrities from their album artworks—the best examples of which will go down in history as permanent fixtures in popular culture.

Paying tribute to this art form, Rock Covers brings you a compilation of more than 750 remarkable album covers, from legendary to rare record releases. Artists as varied as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Iron Maiden, and Sonic Youth are gathered together in celebration of the cover art that defined their albums and their cult status. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the art director, photographer or illustrator, year, label, and more, while nearly 250 records that marked particular turning points for a band, an artist, or the music genre, are highlighted with short descriptions.

This far-reaching catalog of visualized rock is contextualized with insider interviews with five professionals who shaped the history of rock, and by top-10 record lists from ten leading rock collectors.

Album z niezwykłymi fotografiami Szczecina, wykonanymi w latach 60., 70. i 80. XX w. przez szczecińskiego fotografa Zbigniewa Wróblewskiego.Książka ważna dla wszystkich miłośników Szczecina i fotografów. Znakomity fotograf opowiada o swoim życiu i co jest ważne dla fotografów oraz dlaczego pomimo nagród na konkursach filmowych związał się na całe życie z fotografią.Polecamy tę publikację i dla dojrzałych fotografów, którzy przypomną sobie pracę w technologii analogowej i dla młodych adeptów, dla których Zbyszek Wróblewski przekazuje bezcenne rady.Na stronach albumu zobaczymy miasto jakiego już nie ma oraz wiele ważnych wydarzeń w ciekawych ujęciach Z. Wróblewskiego – ulice Szczecina przed kilkudziesięcioma laty, Festiwal Młodych Talentów, Wydarzenia Grudnia '70, Sierpień '80 czy słynnych Chłopców z „Sorrento”. Fotografie poprzedzone są wywiadem ze Zbigniewem Wróblewskim, w którym opowiada o fotografii i o swoim życiu w zmieniającym się Szczecinie.

Elliot Erwitt's nom de plume, André S. Solidor, is all about the gratuitous and over-the-top, with the same tongue-in-cheek humor that is applied to Erwitt's more traditional work.

In the persona of André S. Solidor, veteran photographer Elliott Erwitt plunges deeply into the kookier excesses of contemporary photography.