Aperture
With profound respect for the integrity of the viewer’s experience
and the artist’s vision, Aperture presents to the public the finest
photographic images that are faithful to the artist’s intent and to
the truth of the subject. These images are conveyed as intended
by the artist, uncompromised by commercial motive, marketplace
trends, or external censorship.
http://aperture.org/
Migrations
This website, "Migrations," includes
photographs and text done by Sebastião Salgado that
are reproduced in his exhibitions and books,
Migrations: Humanity in Transition and The
Children. It is Mr. Salgado's first major
venture into the Web and includes an interview
with him, a section on how to
help, and other features. Sebastião Salgado
is someone who believes in not only witnessing what
is going on in the world but helping to reflect on its problems.
http://www.terra.com.br
/sebastiaosalgado/
Michael Ruetz
What you find here is a selection of texts, an overview of
books and catalogues by Michael Ruetz, an
introduction to his current projects – and
some personal information about the artist. Note: This is an archived page so some of the links probably don't work.
http://www.michaelruetz.com/
Culturegrams
Since its beginnings in 1974, the aim of CultureGrams has
been to foster understanding and appreciation of the world's countries and
peoples by creating and publishing excellent content. Today the
CultureGrams series is one of the most trusted and widely
used cultural reference and curriculum products in the
education, government, and non-profit arenas.
In 2004, the CultureGrams product line was
acquired by ProQuest, a global leader in collecting, organizing,
and distributing value-added information to researchers,
faculty, and students in over 160 countries.
http://online.culturegrams.com//
Olivier Föllmi
"I love photography as it allows me to approach
others and communicate by the simple signs of complicity.
I put everything into taking a photograph and bringing
out the best in someone. Feeling honoured, that person
will naturally give in exchange.
So, a meeting, an exchange has taken place."
http://www.follmi.com/
Raghubir Singh
Raghubir Singh is considered a pioneer of color photography. In the 1970s he
was one of the first photographers to reinvent the use of color at a time when
color photography was still widely disconsidered. His photographs, acclaimed for
their organization of space, reflect the multiple aspects of contemporary India.
http://www.raghubirsingh.com/
International Center for Photography
As a world-class museum and school, a collecting
institution, a library, and a co-publisher of
photography books, we're proud that we now
have a website that represents all of those facets to the public.
http://www.icp.org/
Women in Photography International
Founded in 1981, and reorganized in 2000 as an online resource center,
Women in Photography International serves the needs of photographers, photo
educators, photography students, gallery owners and photographic
organizations around the world. In keeping with our mission,
we promote the visibility of women photographers and their
work through a variety of programs, exhibitions, juried
competitions and publications. As an educational nonprofit
organization, Women in Photography International perpetuates this
tradition by providing member benefits that accommodate
changing interests and needs as we head into our third
decade as a resource for the international photographic community.
http://www.womeninphotography.org/
International Photography Hall of Fame
Mission of the International Photography Hall of Fame &
Museum: [is] "To promote awareness and education of the
history of photography."
http://www.iphf.org/
To see other displays stop by the DEEP ARCHIVE
Through the camera’s lens and the photographer’s eye, it is possible to travel the globe from the comfort of a cozy chair and the pages of a book or the window of a computer screen. This display features books and web sites that show photos of diverse places and cultures including: Europe, Japan, Australia, the Himalayas, India, South America and more.
Acebes, Hector.
Hector Acebes: Portraits in Africa, 1948-1953.
Seattle, WA: Marquand Books, 2004.
TR680 .A4535 2004
It is Acebes's still photographs from his travels in the late 1940s
and early 1950s throughout Africa and South American, however,
that may become his most important legacy. With the
respect they command for the individuals who appeared before his lens,
these recently rediscovered images attest to Acebes's photographic gift. They offer
a valuable resource for scholars and students of local societies and
cultures in Africa and South America, yet their importance reverberates far beyond the classroom.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Hector-Acebes-Portraits-Africa-19481953/dp/0295984139
Ahad, Zalmai.
Return, Afghanistan
New York: Aperture Foundation, 2004.
TR654 .A355 2004
For more than a quarter of a century, Afghanistan has been ravaged by war,
drought, and famine. In this magnificent volume, Zalmaï, Afghan-born photographer,
returns after twenty-three years in exile to rediscover his homeland at
a crucial moment of transition. Working in rich color, and frequently
using a panoramic format that embraces the vastness of the sky and sand,
Zalmaï immerses us in the ravaged landscape and the bustle of reconstruction.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Zalmai-Return-Afghanistan/dp/1931788499
Bentley, James.
The Most Beautiful Villages of England.
York: Thames & Hudson, 1999.
DA667 .B464 1999
and magnificent photography by James Bentley and Hugh Palmer. Grouped
by area and subdivided by county--northern, midland, eastern, southern,
and western--this splendid volume describes and illustrates the most
beautiful villages and that most beautiful of lands--"this earth, this Realme"
--this England.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Most-Beautiful-Villages-England/dp/0500019053
Briski, Zana.
Born into Brothels: Photographs by the Children of Calcutta.
New York: Umbrage, 2004.
TR654 .B6743 2004
A powerful story that unfolds in the red-light district of Calcutta: a photographer
that becomes a teacher and the extraordinary children she meets
who learn to dream with cameras in their hands.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Into-Brothels-Zana-Briski/dp/1884167454
Chapman, William.
The Face of Tibet.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2001.
DS786 .C464 2001
This work reveals the splendour and intricacies of Tibetan life in this
collection of photographs. It celebrates the mountains and the Plateau of
Tibet, the Forbidden City of Lhasa, the countryside, religious life, and
the people in this troubled land. William Chapman's commentary
accompanies his colour photographs that pay tribute to
the majesty of the landscape and the uniqueness of the Tibetan people.
Source:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Face-Tibet-Holiness-Dalai-Lama/dp/0820323004
Mattison, Harry. ed.
El Salvador: Work of Thirty Photographers.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1983.
TR820.5 .E4 1983
The history of the political turmoil in El Salvador from
the coup d'etat in 1979 to the present is traced in photographs and accompanying text.
Source:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/El-Salvador-Work-Thirty-Photographers/dp/0863160646
Föllmi, Olivier.
Africa.
New York: Abrams, 2006.
DT12.25 .F6513 2006 Oversized
Those of us who have never had the privilege of visiting Africa can
take solace in this splendid pictorial journey across the immense
and magnificent continent, courtesy of photographer
Olivier Föllmi. A worthy companion to Föllmi’s lovely Offerings for
Humanity series, which celebrates the day-to-day spirituality of
an entire continent throughout the year, Africa follows
India and Homage to the Himalayas in assembling
the lensman’s most spectacular pictures of this rich and diverse land.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Olivier-Follmi/dp/081094832X
Föllmi, Olivier, Danielle Follmi, and Matthiew Ricard.
My Himalaya
New York: Abrams, 2002.
BQ400.H542 F65 2002
This spectacular book invites the reader on a journey to a faraway
exotic land-and into one's own heart and soul. The beauty of the
majestic Himalayan countryside, of the Tibetan people - spiritual
masters and humble shepherds alike - and of their sacred places
all inspire a desire to look within, in search of an understanding
of the essence of Buddhism and the Himalayan spirit.
Source:
https://www.amazon.com/My-Himalaya-YEARS-
AMONG-BUDDHISTS/dp/3961711402
Harmon, Tim D.
The Land and the People: The Republic of China.
Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Pub., 1992.
DS799.8 .H37 1992 Oversized
Harmon's album of photographs samples the wide variety of sights
to be found in Taiwan, from contemporary skyscrapers in Taipei to traditional
aboriginal villages in the isolated mountain and island areas.
The colorful images present an engaging portrait of the Chinese people and
culture, making this a pleasant book for browsing by general readers, students, and travelers.
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Laurance, Robin.
Portrait of Islam: A Journey Through the Muslim World.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002.
DS35.57 .L38 2002
This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book uses Laurance's
compelling photographs to elucidate the tremendous diversity of
the Islamic world. It is arranged geographically,
with sections on North and West Africa; the Near East and
Middle East; South Asia; and Southeast Asia
(including Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation).
Photojournalist Laurance has an appreciation of apparent paradox,
as displayed in one particularly memorable image: a Jordanian
woman, dressed from head to toe in black with no part
of her face showing, sits in an outdoor caf‚ sipping coffee
and chatting on her cell phone.
Source:
http://www.amazon.ca/Portrait-Islam-Robin-Laurance/dp/0500510989
Marent, Thomas.
Rainforest.
New York: DK Pub., 2006.
QH86 .M29 2006
Over the past 16 years Swiss photographer Thomas Marent has
traveled all over the world photographing rainforests, from Peru
and Ecuador to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Usually traveling alone, Marent has been known to
spend extraordinary lengths of time to get
the perfect shot - sometimes 12 days. You can see
the results in his first book, Rainforest. The book
is his testament - an intimate collection of more than
500 breathtaking animal and plant portraits, and
the fascinating stories behind them.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Rainforest-Thomas-Marent/dp/0756619408
Michaud, Roland.
Afghanistan.
New York: Abrams, 2002.
DS352 .M528 2002
Once upon a time, before the Soviet invasion and two
decades of civil war, Afghanistan stood as a beautiful,
if austere, country. Enchanted by the dramatic
landscape, two photographers from the West devoted
14 years, from 1964 to 1978, to documenting its
rugged charms. From ruined cities covered with desert
sands to the Pamir mountains, where
caravans of camels walk across frozen rivers
in winter, to the Turkestan bazaars along
the old Silk Road, Roland and Sabrina Michaud
traveled and came to love this ravaged paradise and
its proud peoples: Pashtuns, Tadjiks, Hazara
farmers, Uzbek horsemen, Kirgiz shepherds,
Nuristani mountain dwellers, and Derbiche vagrants.
Source:
http://www.amazon.ca/Afghanistan-
Land-That-Roland-Michaud/dp/0810934906
Melis, Wim, curator.
Nazar: Photographs from the Arab World.
New York: Aperture, 2005.
TR114 .N66 2004
An Arabic word meaning "seeing, insight, reflection," Nazar is an apt title
for this multifaceted view of the Arab world seen through the eyes
of fifty-six Arab and Western photographers. With essays
by seven international writers, this stimulating catalog to
a highly acclaimed exhibition at the Noorderlicht Festival
presents the largest collection of Arab photographs ever exhibited in the West.
Source:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nazar-Photographs-
World-Michket-Krifa/dp/1931788855
Carver, Richard and Judith Carver, eds.
One Day/U.S.A.: A Self-Portrait of America’s Cities.
New York: Abrams, 1986.
TR654 .O69 1986 Oversized
"We chose the first day of spring, March 20, 1985. It was an
extraordinary day, because thousands of photographers, amateur
and professional, went out with a single idea in
mind and took pictures – outstanding pictures, human pictures,
beautiful pictures, and some dreadful pictures. But in all,
they produced a fascinating montage, the overriding
theme of which was the rich humanity of our cities."
Source: Carver, Richard E. "Foreword." In One Day/U.S.A.:
A Self-Portrait of America’s Cites. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986.
Ruetz, Michael.
Eye on Australia.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1987.
DU105.2 .R84 1987 Oversized
“Beauty is said to dwell in the eye of the beholder. Every individual
makes personal judgements about beauty; some individual judgements,
of course, are commonly
held and may even become universally accepted as standards within a
community or even an entire culture. Unfortunately it
is often the case that such perceptions become habitual,
unthinking, and thus superficial, however intelligent or
sensitive they may have orginally been. This is true with
respect to precetions of Australia – as a landscape, as a
country - as it is for any other subject. Michael Ruetz’s
unique, unpreconceived vision of this land will come,
therefore, as a startling revelation to many."
Source: Butler, Harry. "Inrtroduction." In Eye on Australia.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1987.
Ruetz, Michael.
Germany.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1990.
DD258.35 .R8416 1990 Oversized
Those who think Germany is all factories and autobahns
will be stunned by the lush Bavarian forests, soaring
Alpine peaks, and turreted castles that sweep
across these pages. Ruetz has captured the pastoral
as well as urban essence of his homeland with
a Linhof Technorama camera that
encompasses 100-degree views without distortion.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Germany
-Michael-Ruetz/dp/082121795X
Salgado, Sebastiao.
Other Americas.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
TR820.5 .S3313 1986
"The seven years spent making these images
were like a trip seven centuries back in time to
observe, unrolling before me, at a slow, utterly
sluggish pace – which marks the passage of
time in the region – all the flow of
different cultures, so similar in their beliefs,
losses and sufferings. I haunted the universality of
this world apart, traveling from torrid coastal lowlands
of Northeastern Brazil to the mountains
of Chile, to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico."
Source: Salgado, Sebastiao "Preface" In Other Americas. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
Singh, Raghubir.
River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh.
London: Phaidon Press, 1998.
DS408 .S56 1998
First published in 1998 to mark the occasion of an
exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, this
book is arranged into eleven thematic sections. The images
capture the sights and smells of street life,
monuments, and pilgrims, creating a picture of daily life in India.
Source:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
River-Colour-Devika-Singh/dp/0714846023
Takeuchi, Keiichi.
Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs, 1945-1964.
Paris: Flammarion, 2004.
TR105 .K45 2004
Chosen for aesthetic merit and content, these 150
photographs are accompanied by essays from renowned
Japanese experts, covering historical, social, and
photographic perspectives. Three chapters reflect the
different periods of this societal transformation and
the evolution of Japanese photography
from social realism to a subjective and increasingly personal style.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Self
-Portrait-Osam-Hiraki/dp/2080304631
Wolf, Michael.
Hong Kong: Front Door/BackDoor.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005.
DS796.H75 W65 2005
This is a surprising and at times shocking visual journey
through the narrow streets and urban wastelands
of one of the most densely populated corners of
the world. Hong Kong resident and World
Press Photo Award-winning photographer
Michael Wolf captures the lives and living conditions of his
neighbours through the traces they leave on
the city's dense architecture and dark back alleys.
Supported by thought-provoking texts by art
critic Kenneth Baker and designer Douglas Young,
this is a humanistic tribute to the ingenuity of city-dwellers.
Source:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
Hong-Kong-Front-Door-Back/dp/
0500543046
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