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George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial innovator in photographic history.

Eastman died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated as an international museum of photography and film, and today holds the largest collection of its kind in the world, containing over 400,000 images and negatives-among them the work of such masters as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Ansel Adams.

Home also to 23,000 cinema films, five million film stills, one of the most important silent film collections, technical equipment and a library with 40,000 books on photography and film, the George Eastman House is a pilgrimage site for researchers, photographers, and collectors from all over the world. This volume curates the most impressive images from the collection in chronological order to offer an incomparable overview of photographic history.

40 years of era-defining photography, now in an accessible edition When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge. The project took several years to develop and when it was finally published in 2014, it weighed in at 26 kg (57 pounds). This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format. Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images—such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace—as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before. The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga. “What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else,” Leibovitz says. “The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It’s not arranged chronologically and it’s not a retrospective. It’s more like a roller coaster.” Fans of Leibovitz and her many celebrated subjects can now enjoy that same roller coaster ride for themselves with this unlimited edition.

For more than half a century, Annie Leibovitz has been taking culture-defining photographs. Her portraits of politicians, performers, athletes, businesspeople, and royalty make up a gallery of our time, imprinted on our collective consciousness by both the singularity of their subjects and Leibovitz’s inimitable style.

The catalogue to an installation at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, France, Annie Leibovitz: The Early Years, 1970–1983 returns to Leibovitz’s origins. It begins with a moment of artistic revelation: the spontaneous shot that made Leibovitz think she could transition from painting to photography as her area of study at the San Francisco Art Institute. The meticulously and personally curated collection, including contact sheets and Polaroids, provides a vivid document both of Leibovitz’s development as a young artist and of a pivotal era.

Leibovitz’s reportage-like photo stories for Rolling Stone, which she began working for when she was still a student, record such heady political, cultural, and counter-cultural developments as the Vietnam War protests, the launch of Apollo 17, the presidential campaign of 1972, Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, and the Rolling Stones on tour in 1975. Then, as now, Leibovitz won the trust of the prominent and famous, and the book’s pages are animated by many familiar faces, among them Muhammad Ali, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ken Kesey, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Didion, and Debbie Harry, as well as John Lennon and Yoko Ono, captured in their now iconic embrace just hours before Lennon was assassinated.

Throughout the book, the portraits and reportage are linked to images of cars, driving, and even a series on California highway patrolmen. In many ways, it’s a celebration of life on the road—the frenetic rhythms, the chance encounters, the meditative opportunities. And with its rich archival aspects, it is also a tribute to an earlier time and a young photographer enmeshed in a culture that was itself in transition.

"Dzięki starannemu doborowi cytatów, zdjęć i wypowiedzi, książka „Fotograficy o fotografii” ujawnia to, co zdaniem mistrzów jest najważniejsze. Dzięki pouczającym komentarzom Henry’ego Carrolla, autora serii „Fotografuj jak mistrz”, dowiesz się, jak najwybitniejsi przedstawiciele tego gatunku sztuki rozwijali swój niepowtarzalny styl, jakimi ideami się kierują, a przede wszystkim zrozumiesz, czym fotografia jest dla ciebie. Książka zawiera wypowiedzi 50 wybitnych fotografików, w tym: Nobuyoshi Araki Broomberg & Chanarin Maisie Cousins Tacita Dean Lisette Model Daido Moriyama Irving Penn Viviane Sassen Harley Weir Garry Winogrand "

Bryan Peterson w charakterystycznym dla siebie stylu przenosi nas do świata kolorów i fotografii. W swojej najnowszej książce pokazuje metody perfekcyjnego wykorzystania koloru, wyjaśniając przy tym, jak fotografować w każdym świetle, w jaki sposób zestawy kolorów mogą tworzyć zachwycające obrazy o niezwykłej sile oddziaływania, a także jak wykorzystać ekspozycję oraz światło błyskowe.

Autor "Koloru bez tajemnic" omawia podstawy patrzenia na barwy i tego, jak widzi je aparat fotograficzny przedstawia także porady na temat prawidłowej ekspozycji bieli i czerni oraz pozostałych odcieni.

Dzięki tej książce zobaczysz, jak kolor wpływa na kompozycję i jak go wykorzystać do uzyskiwania lepszych zdjęć. Możesz również zgłębić działanie głównego narzędzia, używanego do wzmacniania kolorów w cyfrowych zdjęciach – Selective Color w Photoshopie, oraz kilku innych, takich jak kolorowe filtry w Photoshopie, Color Balance, AutoColor i Replace Color.

Książka w praktyczny i prosty sposób uczy doskonałego warsztatu, dzięki któremu podniesiesz swoje fotograficzne umiejętności.

Bryan Peterson jest zawodowym fotografem, znanym na całym świecie instruktorem w tej dziedzinie i autorem takich bestsellerów, jak: Ekspozycja bez tajemnic, Fotografia bez tajemnic, Kompozycja bez tajemnic czy Lampa błyskowa bez tajemnic. Założył internetową szkołę fotograficzną – Szkołę Perfekcyjnej Fotografii Bryana Petersona (polish.ppsop.com). Mieszka w Chicago.

Dorota Raniszewska is a certified Accredited Coach & Mentor EMCC Senior Practitioner, pioneering teacher on Photography in Coaching, fascinated by photography as ways to explore, experience and express ourselves. She develops a professional coaching practice with the use of clients personal photos as well as photography.
A unique book on using photography in coaching and personal development.
One Image – Many Words is about images, personal development, and creative integration of the use of photography with professional coaching techniques and storytelling. It takes the reader in a journey of inner research and self-expression through the world of images, personal snapshots and meanings that enable open and creative communication. The book is a valuable resource for coaches who want to use photos to inspire their clients to authenticity, vulnerability, courage. It provides descriptions of exercises and learning actions helpful in individual, group and team coaching, building communities and collaborative teams, building connection and trust among people. It describes innovative tools and techniques for self-awareness and free expression of thoughts and opinions that every coach can benefit from. It encourages creativity in coaching. It is an inspiring book for everyone who wishes to dig deep and visualize what they truly desire in their life and career, develop self-reflection, sensitivity, self-esteem, creativity, courage to lead their lives. It can be a great source of inspiration for teachers, mentors and counsellors who have an impact on children and youth.

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2. The use of photos in personal development with real-life examples, ready-made formulas you can incorporate into your coaching practice
3. How to adapt PhotoTherapy Techniques to coaching practice
4. Photography in coaching
5. Transcription of two interviews with the Author about photographs in coaching.

All chapters are illustrated with many photos and thought-provoking questions.