How contemporary photographers from Hank Willis Thomas to Libita Clayton have subverted the constructions and complicities of whitenessFrom the advent of early colonial photography in the 19th century to contemporary “white savior” social-media images,...

A sumptuous trove of photographs, stills and more from Goldin’s innovative work in filmThis is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of Nan Goldin’s work as a filmmaker. Accompanying the retrospective show and tour of the same name,...

Rare color portraits of the downtown royalty of 1970s New York, from Patti Smith and John Giorno to Hannah Wilke and William BurroughsPhotographer Stephen Aiken (born 1948) does more than simply add color to the established record of New York City in the...

A grand panorama of race and civil unrest in America’s past and presentCarrie Mae Weems has often confronted the uncomfortable truths of racism and race relations over the course of her nearly 40-year career. In The Shape of Things she focuses her...

Vivid photographs and engaging text illustrate a tighly knit, cooperative society in a remote area of Mali, West Africa, and a people who survive today as they have for thousands of years--in mud-brick houses below the Bandiagara cliffs where they grow...

Featuring images spanning his entire career, this comprehensive monograph explores the hidden themes behind the work of photographer Bill Brandt.With a career spanning nearly half a century, Bill Brandt, an English photographer of German birth, was a...

Long before he published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll" to the world) took up photography as a hobby. Unlike most of the other amateurs in his circle, he persevered to become a dedicated, prolific, and...

The first comprehensive survey of post-revolutionary Cuban photography.

Winner of the 2021 California Book Award (Californiana category)A brilliant California history, in word and image, from an award-winning historian and a documentary photographer.“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”...

A compelling photographic history of the important moments of progressive resistance--from the civil rights movement to the present--to inspire the change-makers and activists of today.A powerful commemoration of notable moments of protest, Picturing...

Touching the Mekong is a visual exploration of contemporary life in those Southeast Asian countries that border, or contain within their borders, segments of the region's largest river, the Mekong.Freelance photographer Andrea Baldeck, who traveled...

Best known for his modernist paintings and prints, the multitalented artist Ralston Crawford (1906–1978) maintained a deep and intensive interest in photography throughout his career, using the camera as a tool of both documentary and artistic expression...

A compilation of photographs of famous actors, artists, dancers, musicians and writers taken by Van Vechten from the 1930s to the early 1960s. Includes portraits of Bessie Smith, Lena Horne, Billie Holliday, Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Georgia...

Accompanying a major survey of the American artist Laurie Simmons, this generously illustrated book features every important step of her ever-evolving career--from small black-and-white photographs of miniature furniture to large-scale, full color images...

An illustrated biography of one of the 20th century's greatest photographers, this book looks at the life and work of Inge Morath.The late playwright Arthur Miller, speaking of his wife Inge Morath, said "She made poetry out of people and their places...

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