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 Thursday, November 26, 2009
about face by john russo
Hollywood's Hottest Young Male Stars Pose For New Limited-Edition Book
What do stars Jason Lewis (Sex and the City), Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) have in common? They all make an appearance with over 100 other celebrities, athletes, and top models in "About Face", a stunning limited-edition book of portraits by top celebrity photographer John Russo, scheduled for a February 2010 release by Pixie Press Worldwide.(view more...)
  
 Monday, November 23, 2009
"Museums in a Digital Age" by Ross Parry
Examining a range of articles, "Museums in the Digital Age" explores the developments, functions and meanings that are associated with the museums use of new media technologies.(view more...)
  
 Wednesday, November 18, 2009
"Treasury of Baroque and Rococo Designs" by W. B. Scott
Drawn from a historic treasury of designs from France, Germany, and other European countries, this magnificent book and CD-ROM set overflows with 350 arresting black-and-white illustrations: architectural elements, distinctive woodcarvings and metalwork, jewelry, sculpture, and other decorative arts. The images are a delight to browse and applicable to many design projects.(view more...)
  
 Sunday, November 15, 2009
"VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography" by David duChemin
"VisionMongers: Making a Life and Living in Photography" is a book for any photographer who's ever felt compelled to combine their craft with the world of commerce and make the transition to becoming a vocational photographer. More like a sketchbook of ideas and wisdom than it is a system to get rich quick on photography, "VisionMongers" takes a look at the changing landscape of professional photography and the various journeys that can be taken to get there. Driven by passion and vision, and guided by his own unlikely journey to becoming a full-time photographer, David duChemin leads you through his own thinking and experiences, as well as those of others.(view more...)
  
 Wednesday, November 11, 2009
"Untitled: The Beautiful Renaissance" by Gary Shove
As Banksy winds up his residency at the Bristol Museum with crowds running round the block since it opened, a new book celebrating the astonishing success of the International Street Art scene has been published.(view more...)
  
 Monday, November 09, 2009
"Earth on Fire" by Bernhard Edmaier and Phillip Strand
"Earth on Fire" features images of a wide variety of phenomena from hot flowing lava and towering columns of smoke and ash to lakes, islands and mountain ranges that are the result of volcanic activity, accompanied by clear, accessible texts explaining key details and events.(view more...)
  
 Wednesday, November 04, 2009
"American Portraits: 100 Countries" by Michael Clinton
In this collection of portraits, acclaimed photographer Michael Clinton captures the diverse faces that make up the mosaic that is modern-day America. The portraits feature Americans whose bloodlines add up to 100 distinct countries of origin.(view more...)
  
 Sunday, November 01, 2009
"Heaven Has a Face, So Does Hell: The Art of the Noh Mask" by Stephen E. Marvin
A remarkable combination of superb artistry, sophisticated design, and a lengthy history of continuous usage sets the masks of the Noh theater of Japan apart from all others. That so little is known outside of Japan about their great beauty and brilliant craftsmanship prompted the author to undertake the two decades of study, research, and writing that has culminated in this work. The result is nearly 800 pages of text and images published in a two-volume boxed edition limited to 1200 copies.(view more...)
  
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