Testament

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Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970--April 20, 2011) was an American Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist. Born in New York City to Greek and German immigrants, both survivors of World War II, he moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, as a child. After studying English literature at North Carolina State University and receiving a master's degree from Ohio University's School of Visual Communication, Hondros returned to New York to concentrate on international reporting.
Hondros covered most of the world's major conflicts and disasters since the late 1990s, including work in Kosovo, Afghanistan, the West Bank, Iraq, Liberia, Egypt, and Libya. Hondros was also a frequent lecturer and published essayist on issues of war, and he regularly wrote for the "Virginia Quarterly Review," "Editor & Publisher," the Digital Journalist, and other news publications.
Hondros, a staff photographer for Getty Images since 2000, was a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography: in 2004, for his work in Liberia, and posthumously in 2012, for his coverage of the Arab Spring. During his career, he received dozens of awards, among them honors from World Press Photo, the Pictures of the Year International competition, Visa pour l'Image, and the Overseas Press Club, including the John Faber Award for his work in Liberia and the Robert Capa Gold Medal, war photography's highest honor, for his work covering the conflict in Iraq.

Eye to Eye: Photographs by Vivian Maier

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The exceptional story of masterful nanny street photographer Vivian Maier (19262009) continues to unfold, entrancing viewers and readers everywhere. The documentary film Finding Vivian Maier (2014) provides a wider lens on her life, and now the superbly gifted writing and photo restoration duo, Richard Cahan and Michael Williams, bring out their second Maier book, following the revelatory Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows (2012). Here they publish for the first time 100 pristine and electrifying portraits of strangers the rapturously observant Maier encountered by chance and swiftly connected with eye-to-eye. Attaining particular rapport with the young and the old, Maier elicited smiles and scowls as she courageously roamed, cameras around her neck, streets and byways in New York City, Chicago, Florida, the French countryside, Malaysia, Thailand, and Yemen. Cahan and Williams suggest that Maier's work as a domestic enhanced her ability to astutely, intimately, and forthrightly scrutinize people and their worlds. The longer you gaze at these sumptuously printed black-and-white photographs, taken from 1949 into the 1970s, the more you realize how brilliantly and vibrantly composed they are and how captivated resolute and relentless Maier was by the power of faces and by people's profound relationships with their surroundings. Maier's portraits, radiant flashes of mutual recognition, are breathtaking works of art.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

Superlight: Rethinking How Our Homes Impact the Earth

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One of the most influential design philosophies of the past 25 years has been Glenn Murcutts dictum that buildings should touch the earth lightly. Today, climate change, new materials, and restricted land use have given fresh impetus to finding lightweight solutions for our dwellings. The 40 houses gathered here by Phyllis Richardson - author of the highly successful XS series and Nano House - show us that buildings can weigh less and have minimal impact on their environments, and that this lightness - visual, material, ecological - can create beautiful, ethereal homes that offer new, natural modes of habitation and greater communion with our surroundings.

Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas: Advice and Projects from 50 Successful Artists

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Everyone draws a blank occasionally. Fortunately, this title is there to help inspire visual artists and get their creative ideas flowing again. Artist and blogger Krysa ("The Jealous Curator") interviewed 50 working artists from around the world. They share insights about their process, the notion of creativity, and what they do to get out of a rut. There are no step-by-step instructional projects included, however; instead each artist offers a short assignment suggestion. These exercises vary widely--everything from road trips to 30-day challenges--and sometimes depart far from conventional art making in their tactics. Library Journal (07/01/2014)