Photographic Composition: A Visual Guide

However amazing the subject or technically excellent the photography, the single biggest factor in deciding whether a photograph is good or bad is how well it is composed. Photographic Composition Visualized offers a unique take on this fundamental issue by offering instruction in a visual format - the book is laid out in a unique spread format of a beautiful image on one page, with an in-depth break down of why the rule of composition works in the image, but also how a photographer can apply it to their own photography. Inspirational, instructive, and, most importantly, visually stunning and beautiful, photography master Richard Zakia teaches the lessons he has learned from over 40 years as a photographer. This is the book every photographer needs to own in order to create the outstanding images they always wanted to -but didn't know how.
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The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression

This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography (originally published in 1994), which has often been described as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. With well over 100 beautiful photographic illustrations in both black-and-white and color, as well as numerous charts, graphs, and tables, this book presents the world of photography to beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers seeking to make a personal statement through the medium of photography. Without talking down to anyone, or talking over anyone's head, Barnbaum presents "how to" techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. Yet he goes well beyond the technical, as he delves deeply into the philosophical, expressive, and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.

Bruce Barnbaum is recognized as one of the world's finest landscape and architectural photographers, and for decades has been considered one of the best instructors in the field of photography. This latest incarnation of his textbook, which has evolved, grown, and been refined over the past 35 years, will prove to be an ongoing, invaluable photographic reference for years to come. It is truly the resource of choice for the thinking photographer.(Ingram)
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Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

"Stagedoor Manor is famous in the performing arts community for transforming young unknowns into the likes of Natalie Portman and Robert Downey, Jr., two previous participants. Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ, follows three campers as they rehearse for major roles in Sondheim shows and recounts the camp's storied history, complete with anecdotes of overly-dramatic directors and lax adult oversight fueled by sex and drugs (far more entertaining that any of the present-day shenanigans). Although Rapkin has obviously spoken frequently with each of his chosen subjects, he neither delves into their stories, nor questions the outlandish things they say. Indeed, one girl's rivalry with another veteran camper is presented with such gravity that it almost seems... important. Then the reader recalls that this was on a one-day production put on by teens in a Pennsylvania forest. Theatre is a powerful force, but Rapkin rarely explores beyond the proscenium. Instead, he embraces the relationship between Stagedoor and the industry with little question, leading one to wonder what the campers who didn't land the lead, or the agent, might have to say about all this." Publisher's Weekly
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Sheila Hicks: 50 Years

Sheila Hicks (born 1934) is a pioneering artist noted for objects and public commissions whose structures are built of color and fiber. This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of Hicks’s work; it documents the remarkable versatility and dramatically divergent scale of her textiles as well as her distinctive use, and surprising range, of materials. Hicks deliberately and provocatively engages what are often considered mutually exclusive domains, rethinking and pushing the limits of generally accepted contexts, conditions, and frameworks. These include distinct objects and temporal, performative actions; studio works and commissions for public buildings; and textiles made in artisanal workshops as well as for industrial production in places as different as Chile, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden, and the United States. 

 Exhibition dates : Addison Galley of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover MA - Nov. 5, 2010 - Feb.27, 2011.

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A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings

Provides a comprehensive listing of the 45s, 78s, LPs and CDs recorded by folk performer Pete Seeger as a solo artist and with the Almanac Singers, the Weavers and with other musicians and contributors.
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Seven Mozart Librettos: A Verse Translation

"Celebrated poet McClatchy has done an invaluable service for lovers of Mozart's operas. He has undertaken the gargantuan task of rendering into idiomatic, accurate, and lively poetic English the complete librettos of Mozart's seven mature operas: The Magic Flute, Idomeneo, The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così Fan Tutte, and La Clemenza di Tito. There is a chapter dedicated to each opera, complete with an introductory essay and a detailed synopsis of the plot. The librettos are presented on facing pages to facilitate easy comparison, with the original language on the left and the new translation on the right. In a lengthy introduction, McClatchy explains the pleasures and pitfalls of creating translations that accurately convey the meaning while capturing the beauty and liveliness of the original language. He has succeeded admirably."Library Journal Reviews by Larry Lipkis.
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Natural Magic: The Art of Patrick Dougherty

Natural Magic: the art of Patrick Dougherty documents from beginning to end the exhibitions, the collaborative process of creating major installations, and the eventual, natural demise of Dougherty's unique sculptures.
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