Le Corbusier : Complete Works in Eight Volumes
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  • The definitive statement on Modern Architecture
  • Well, you know, it is the gold standard
  • print quality issues but still fantastic
  • fascinating books, expertly put together
  • le corbusier complete works in english eight volumes
Le Corbusier : Complete Works in Eight Volumes

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Book Description

Die acht Bände dieser außergewöhnlichen Edition, die zwischen 1929 und 1970 veröffentlicht wurde und seit dem immer wieder nachgedruckt wurde, dokumentiert die große Bandbreite des Werks von Le Corbusier. Sie dokumentieren das Werk des einflussreichsten Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. In direkter Zusammenarbeit mit Le Corbusier in über 40 Jahren entstanden, bildet das Set eine einzigartige und erschöpfende Bestandsaufnahme seiner Gebäude, Projekte, Skizzenhefte, Manifeste, Zeichnungen und Texte, welche die Welt der Architektur nachhaltig verändert haben.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The definitive statement on Modern Architecture.......2006-01-20

While there have been many monographs of Le Corbusier, this is the definitive edition. It is the set of volumes that inspired everyone from Alvar Aalto to Zaha Hadid, shaping the way we look at Modern Architecture. There is a typo in the number of pages. This set is massive but it doesn't weigh in at 176,000 pages. The 8 volumes, about 200 pages each, were originally released individually from 1929 to 1969 with Boesinger and Stonorov working directly with Le Corbusier. These are the original drawings and photographs, so if you are looking for glossy prints of Corbu's more famous works, I suggest purchasing monographs by Kenneth Frampton or William Curtis, which have contemporary photos of his better known buildings. Also, much of the text is not translated, presented in the original French. You have to have a great appreciation for Corbu's work to consider such a purchase, but given how rare first editions are, not to mention expensive, this is the best price by far for this invaluable collection.

5 out of 5 stars Well, you know, it is the gold standard.......2005-12-03

I agree with the earlier review, if you are looking at this, then you likely know what you are getting into. A few comments:
1. The first two volumes are NOT multi-lingual. The majority of the text in these 2 volumes is in French. All notations/labels for the images and photos are in French. Only the more extensive texts/essays are in German and English.
2. These appear to be straight reproductions of the original books, no reformatting has occurred. This may be a reason for the lower quality of the images/photos.
3. Great opportunity to see models/drawings of major unbuilt works - Governor's Palace in Chandigargh, Strasburg, Algiers, Venice, Geneva, etc. As well as paintings, le Modulor and other non-building works.

The packaging was incredible, and worth saving in my opinion.

I would recommend this for this price, and is much more convenience than hunting on eBay for the early editions of the individual volumes.

5 out of 5 stars print quality issues but still fantastic.......2005-11-10

If you are looking at this book, you probably already know that this is the most informative collection of Corbusier's work short of the Corbusier Archive. That said, I won't review the content.

I purchased the 'new' (1996) printing from Birkhauser. This seems to be the cheapest edition to be found, and the quality of the paper, images, and text support this. Birkhauser tends to make excellent books (check out the complete works series of Aalto, Herzog & DeMeuron, and Botta for proof), but I'm left a little confused by the modern feel to the paper, which the rustic quality of the image/print. I guess there is something to be said for a mid 1970's slightly yellowing gently read copy. That is if you can find one for less than a $1200.

Nevertheless, I highly recommend spending the $400 on this fantastic body of knowledge. You won't regret it for a second.

On a side note, Birkhauser's packaging is fantastic: even UPS and my not-so-gentle delivery man weren't able to damage the contents.

5 out of 5 stars fascinating books, expertly put together.......2005-06-18

I had the good fortune of checking these books out from my university library. They are without a doubt the best books on Le Corbusier out there. They're endlessly fascinating.

4 out of 5 stars le corbusier complete works in english eight volumes.......2000-05-22

most excellent masterpieces of architectures of 20th centry

Perspective Drawing and Applications (3rd Edition)
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    Perspective Drawing and Applications (3rd Edition)
    Charles A. O'Connor
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    ASIN: 0131914669

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    Provides a concise, systematic, and comprehensive introduction to perspective drawing along with examples of practical applications. Explains the fundamentals of effective freehand drawing through more than 250 drawings, photographs, and illustrations along with step-by-step procedures. It includes examples from a wide range of fields, including illustration, advertising, fine arts, architecture, and industrial and interior design. The second edition of Prespective Drawing and Applications has been revised to include 50 new illustrations and more coverage of General Principles, Cone of Vision, Apparent Scale, and Reflections and Shadows. It has been redesigned in a new, larger format with a more readable typeface and a spiral binding that allows the text to lay flat. It also incorporates a new portfolio section featuring recent examples of perspective applications. An essential reference book on perspective drawing for every professional illustrator, industrial and graphic designer, architect, and interior designer.
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      ORIGINAL PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 26,493 FOR IMPROVEMENTS I PERSPECTIVE DRAWING INSTRUMENTS.
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        ORIGINAL PRINTED PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 9,623 FOR AN IMPROVED MEANS FOR USE IN DRAWING PERSPECTIVE VIEWS. [1910]
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                        ASIN: 1580931677

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                        Turning a lens on her kin, photographer Andrea Stern captures the visually rich and psychologically intriguing world of a wealthy Jewish family in New York. She chronicles momentous family gatherings-weddings, bar mitzvahs, funerals-as well as everyday events, such as visits to a grandmother in Palm Beach and weekend trips to Long Island. In the midst of bustling celebrations, she often focuses on individual family members, zeroing in on the tension that arises as individuals attempt to carve out separate identities in the midst of family entanglements.

                        At first, the book's title alludes to the photographer's privileged upbringing, but the word 'inheritance' reverberates in other ways as one contemplates, in these alluring, candid portraits, the myriad traits and influences that are passed on from one family member and one generation to the next.

                        Bygone Days:1907-1957 Photographs By John Penor And Family
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                          Patti Smith
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                          ASIN: 193304523X
                          Release Date: 2005-11-15

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                          John Penor was born 1910 in Bison, South Dakota and he spent all of his life in the same sod house on his homestead where he tended to his horses and cattle. In the 1940s and 50s he photographed the world around him--horses, bison, rodeos, baseball games, town fairs, family picnics, and parades down Main Street. He put the photos in a box where they sat for 50 years, until discovered by his grand-nephew, New York-based photographer, Steven Sebring. Sebring retrieved the negatives and had the images printed--letting them breathe for the first time in half a century.
                          Family: Photographers Photograph Their Families
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                            ASIN: 0714844020

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                            Drawing from those same impulses that compel us all to take pictures of our family, this book considers the entirely unique response that photographers have to their own families, and the significance of this work in the broader context of their photography. Family is a collection of almost 200 photographs by a wide range of photographers that consciously reflect on the emotions and experiences wrought and woven into the family unit. It presents the work of some of the earliest photographers to consider the subject, alongside those taking pictures of their family today. Rather than a sociological study that maps its metamorphosis, the book marks the curiosity for family and the element of autobiography that continues to stand the test of time. Family: Photographers photograph their families reflects upon some of the meanings behind our family photographs and considers the time-honoured relationship between family and photography.The normally private and intimate world of familial relationships is revealed to us through the work of these photographers, and through their vision we are reminded of the common patterns and forms that underlie our most intimate and personal emotional ties.The book is not organised chronologically or by theme and chapter, but many of the ideas and themes we associate with family photographs are discernible through sequenced stories and the juxtaposition of single images.Each selection of photographs will be represented by a short commentary placed at the back of the book.
                            FAMILY PICS PB (Photographers at Work)
                            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                            • Family pictures from angles you'd never consider
                            FAMILY PICS PB (Photographers at Work)
                            NIXON NICHOLAS
                            Manufacturer: Smithsonian
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                            ASIN: 1560980494

                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars Family pictures from angles you'd never consider.......2001-12-27

                            I bought this book after Mr Nixon came to our house to take portraits of my husband and me for a current project. I hadn't known his work before and was intrigued when I saw the big turn-of-the-century camera!

                            This book shows pictures of Mr Nixon's children and wife in everyday situations, incredibly direct, sincere, and humorous - you feel like you're there with them, only unseen, a ghost invading their family warmth.
                            Chris Verene
                            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                            • I like it
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                            Chris Verene
                            Manufacturer: Twin Palms Publishers
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                            Binding: Hardcover

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                            ASIN: 0944092756

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                            4 out of 5 stars I like it.......2000-12-09

                            Chris Verene should be very pleased with this. The book is beautiful, with bold reproductions of his work, and the usual high standard of production by Twin Palms. The photographs are mostly poignant slices of the artist's life, full of resonance and truth, reinforced by Verene's fierce commitment and loyalty to his family and community. When so many photographers feel the need to strive for (detrimental) effects, and the method is the message, Verene keeps it simple, and lets the complexity flow from the images and captions. Not necessarily ground breaking work, this is, nonetheless, an important book, sure to become one of my favorites.

                            5 out of 5 stars Best new photography book.......2000-11-14

                            When I bought this book---my heart stopped. Chris Verene has captured the familiar feeling you get when you revisit an old town from your past. His pictures contain so much emotion--I am speechless. I hope he continues to take pictures and put out books. As an aspiring photographer, I truly look up to this man.
                            The Last Day of Summer: Photographs by Jock Sturges
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                            • Not All Nude, But All Wonderful
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                            • Jock Sturges first, not best book, does have some nice work in it
                            • Sturges' Continuing Family Relationship - As we grow up
                            The Last Day of Summer: Photographs by Jock Sturges

                            Manufacturer: Aperture
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                            ASIN: 0893814946
                            Release Date: 2005-06-15

                            Book Description

                            The photographs of Jock Sturges are the record of people he cherishes: mothers and daughters, friends, children. Before his 8 x 10 camera, they show their relationship not only to one another, but also of the inner self to the world. Magical in their detail, these images are a collaboration of trust and admiration between artist and subject. Jayne Anne Phillips's compelling prose both illuminates the photographs and explores the unending sensuality and complexity of the bond between mother and child.

                            Whether photographing on naturist beaches in the south of France, in the communes of northern California, or in the affluent, East Coast summer resort of Block Island, Jock Sturges is at home with his subjects. Many of them are families with whom he has deep ties and whom he photographs as they are, clothed or nude, revealing the iconography of family affection. Each summer Sturges returns to visit the friends whose uninhibited grace, warmth, and beauty he so lyrically captures. He is now making pictures of girls and boys whose parents he first photographed as children.

                            In 1990 the Federal Bureau of Investigation entered Jock Sturges's San Francisco studio and seized his work, implying violation of child pornography laws. Citizens, artists and the media responded with outrage. With The Last Day of Summer, Aperture accords to Jock Sturges's humane and lovely visions the dignity and respect it so richly deserves.

                            Customer Reviews:

                            5 out of 5 stars The Real Deal.......2007-09-01

                            Jock Sturges will probably stand as one of the great photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries....someday. His work with the friends and strangers who populate summer beaches and cottages where clothing is optional, year after year, testifies to his respect for his subjects and his affirming humanity. In current American culture, where hypersexuality is the marketing tool of choice, and merchants exploit every normal insecurity about appearance to sell endless crap to yearning multitudes, Sturges's pictures show us how beautiful we are, in all our shapes, sizes and ages, in nothing but the skin we are born with.

                            As a photographer, I am amazed at Sturges's ability to convince people to simply offer themselves up to his visual instincts. He returns to the same venues again and again, and becomes part of the places himself, rather than an intruder, and the people in his photographs see the work that results. Seeing themselves as he sees them, they appear to trust him completely. He steals no souls, but rather, affirms the conviction that we have souls in the first place. When asked to suggest a present for my own 16 year old daughter, a young woman with endless interests and curiosity, including photography, I could think of no better work to show her at this point in her life.

                            5 out of 5 stars Not All Nude, But All Wonderful.......2006-07-24

                            This is what children, young people growing up, and parents with children look like: people in bathing suits, jeans, everyday attire, as well as nude. There are photographs on the beach, in a tree, on a tricycle (one of the best as a photographic design, in my opinion), in hammocks, standing...a whole range of locales and postures.

                            While it astounds me that anyone could think this wonderful collection is child pornography, I *can* see the concern. There's no doubt in my mind that a genuine pedophile would be attracted to this, and for all the most unfortunate reasons. Still, this is an accurate and sensitive representation of something that seems almost vanished from the world--the innocence of people comfortable with themselves, their bodies, and with each other. Alas, this is our loss.

                            This collection of touching, humorous, and occasionally beautiful photographs is our gain.

                            5 out of 5 stars You'll be moved.......2006-02-22

                            If you are after pictures for the sexual excitement, look somewhere else. Yes there are naked women and men, young women and men, and even boys and girls of adolescent age, but you'd have to have a pretty sick mind to find them sexually exciting.

                            Rather on the contrary this are works of art with some of the best printing you'll see in your life (I'd love to see the originals, as I suspect as good as the book edition is, it still doesn't make it justice), with that simple beauty and simple "laiser faire" that is simply breathtaking.

                            3 out of 5 stars Jock Sturges first, not best book, does have some nice work in it.......2005-10-07

                            Mr. Sturges first photography book, it shows the style his fans all know and love but as a first effort has a less polished feel to it. I was surprised to see some pictures taken in Rhode Island, the later books seem to consist of France, California and Oregon with no East Coast U.S.
                            As always with Mr. Sturges books the subject matter is mostly nude but there are several clothed photos here as well, more than will be found in later books. The style is all well done,(many very nice images), the book is certainly worth owning but doesn't seem quite the quality of the books from "Radiant Identities" onward.

                            5 out of 5 stars Sturges' Continuing Family Relationship - As we grow up.......2005-08-09

                            A superb example of natural people doing what comes naturally captured in a wholesome way. Through Jock Sturges' images, we see what we see around us every day - families growing older. His nudes are prime examples of beauty - of which Jock captures with a particular reverence. The subjects represent whole body acceptance - something our society lacks today. The book is well done, and the images crisp and of excellent tone.
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                            Tom Bianchi
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                            5 out of 5 stars Inspiring and Ground-Breaking.......2006-01-04

                            "This collection of inspiring and ground-breaking photographs by Tom Bianchi eloquently captures the love and joy shared by two men married to each other, portraying the relationship between former Mr. Universe, Bob Paris, and his mate, Rod Jackson."--© ZEBRAZ

                            2 out of 5 stars unnatural.......1998-08-09

                            What does Bianchi's glorification of genetically "perfect" beings say to the rest of us who don't - and can never - match the looks of such sculptured, preening idols? Yes, I have a few Bianchi books, which I muse over as I would photo albums of Michelangelo Davids. Yet, I must wonder if the message given by Bianchi is a gift or a putdown to the readers who will, naturally, lack in themselves the exacting physical standards and fairy-tale love lives of Bianchi's worshipped man-gods. (Some "fairy tale," since Bob and Rod apparently split up. Perhaps reality DID intrude itself on those clones.) Is Bianchi saying, Look at these gorgeous men with their wonderful lives, you can never come close to this grand existence because your genes didn't work out. By the way, what happens when Bianchi-quality models grow (gasp!) OLD, or reach middle age? Do they simply disappear from the visual landscape like so many discarded wares? Are they dropped in the bargain! basement bin? Perhaps they all jump off a cliff when they reach 40 years of age...

                            2 out of 5 stars High-class camp porn "art".......1998-07-30

                            This book, like all of Tom Bianchi's books, celebrates the perfect "beauty" of one, two, or several musclebound, narcissistic "hunks" - usually male models, but, in this case, two professional body builders, Rod (what a name!) and Bob Jackson-Paris. The loving couple have certainly pulled off one of the camp extravaganzas of the century with the help of Bianchi's technically flawless photography. It is hard to describe exactly what makes this book so ridiculous - it could be the cliched settings, the needlessly cloying and coy poses, the "Silhouette Desire"-paperback conception of love and romance, or maybe it's just the colossal hubris of the three men responsible for this exercise in total self-involvement. Bianchi's fascist adoration of Arno Breker-like bodies is embarrassing in its slavish, drooling lust, while Bob & Rod's antics will certainly provide inspiration for drag kings everywhere. Buy this book only if you want a reall! y good laugh, along with a product testifying to the sheer vapidity of fin-de-siecle gay "culture." Particularly ludicrous because its adolescent true-love-forever-fantasy has been completely invalidated, alas, by the couple's recent "divorce."

                            5 out of 5 stars Superior!.......1998-05-17

                            Being a relative of Bob I may have bias opinions. However, its a great thing that has happened. Keep up the super work! - Gary Hundley, Phoenix, AZ (originally columbus Indiana
                            Appalachian Portraits (Author and Artist)
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                            Appalachian Portraits (Author and Artist)
                            Lee Smith
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                            5 out of 5 stars Diane Arbus photographs Gomer Pyle........2004-06-11

                            This book is attractive on several levels. Bluegrass fans will like the heartfelt portraits of ancient, weathered men cradling banjos, guitars, or a homemade Jew's harp. Fans of the Foxfire series of books on Appalachian crafts and survival skills will like Shelby Lee Adams' Ellis Bailey, Yeaddiss, 1989 (posing with a large animal skin); Mary Napier, Viper, 1989 (posing with squirrel trap and skins); The hog killing, 1990; and Chester and his hounds, Delphia, 1992. People who are amazed by photographer Nicholas Nixon's use of a 4X5 camera for ensemble portaits (Nicholas Nixon Photographs From One Year (1983) Untitled 31, The Friends of Photography) will find even more to admire in Shelby Lee Adams' portraits: Leddie with children, 1990; Children at Topmost, 1991; and Banks family portait, Beech Fork, 1987. Fans of photographer Russell Lee and his portraits of po' folks living in homes where newspapers line the walls for insulation (see, e.g., Russell Lee Photographer (1978) by F.Jack Hurley) will find much to admire in Shelby Adams' photographs of the Napier family home. Fans of Richard Avedon's In the American West will like Shelby Adams' The coal miner, Isom, 1988, and other portraits. Overall, though, there is something else busy at work here. Many of the photographs are shocking or chilling. All of the images depict people living in squallor. A weatherbeated young woman poses by a wheelbarrow filled with trash, wearing a misspelled tattoo on her arm reading: BORN TO LOOSE. The woman cradles a beautiful, spic'n'span baby, where the contrasting cleanliness of the baby only increases the shock that is lent by the trash and tattoo. In another portrait, three churchgoers (two men and a woman) pose by their church, smiling, but their smiles seem oddly unnatural. One of the churchgoers wears an incongruous SURF GEAR T-SHIRT. The name of their town (Hooterville) is spelled wrong, and a correction had been inserted by small hand-printed letters. These three people posing by the church have creepy smiles. The woman smiles broadly, but her face is sweaty and she has a gaping hole where a tooth is missing. One asks, are the unnatural smiles real, or did they result from the photographer's time-consuming task of adjusting (tilting, swiveling, swinging, expanding) the knobs on his 4X5 camera? Most overtly chilling are the images of the religious snake handlers and firehandlers, complete with shark-bite sized scars. Again, oddly unnatural features abound: Holiness Man holds a snake where the man has menacing eyes, and where the menacing quality is not intended. In another picture, Holiness Man places a hand on a Bible, but one of his fingers is oddly and unintentionally twisted. The man's other hand holds a snake. To conclude, Shelby Lee Adams' pictures take two approaches. The first approach is wholesome, happy families posing in squallor. This approach is also shown in Marion Post Wolcott FSA Photographs (1983) Untitled 34, The Friends of Photography, and in Social Graces by Larry Fink, published by Aperture A New Images Book. Shelby Lee Adams' second approach is portraits with incongruous or unnatural expressions, where these expressions are not intended by the subjects. The fact that the odd expressions seem not intended makes the photographs ever more chilling. Andy Grundberg expressed similar thoughts on Bill Burke's photographs of people in Kentucky: the faces we meet in his pictures seem alien, if not lurid and as viewers we are made into voyeurs (Andy Grundberg 1990) Crisis of the Real, Aperture, pages 203; 210-214). If Diane Arbus had done a portfolio of Gomer Pyle, the result would be images in Shelby Adams' second style.

                            4 out of 5 stars Praise for devotion to a culture.......2000-07-24

                            Shelby Lee Adam's doesn't, as some accuse him of, train his camera on the families of Eastern Kentucky to ridcule or expose them in their poverty or backwardness. Instead, because of his devotion to capturing in an authentic way authentic people, he simply and lovingly captures their reality. Is the poverty easy to look at? No. Is the "backwardness" easy to understand? Not very. But Adam's neither condemns nor condones his subjects; he simply and carefully records. We should all be grateful for that.

                            4 out of 5 stars An askew view of Eastern Kentucky life.......1999-11-02

                            I grew up in central KY, just 1 1/2 hours away from Appalachian KY. While the stories and families depicted in these photos are quite true to their nature, it may offer a skewed view of Eastern Kentucky life. Not everyone over there lives in the condition that my dad and I jokingly call "Squalor in the 'holler." However, it happens to be the part that is fascinating. I think the purpose of this book was not to represent Eastern KY, but to represent the intense poverty of the region and to share a glimpse of a lifestyle that most of us cannot comprehend. This book shows what people want to see of Appalachian KY. It's what they are looking for, and it is delivered. That is a place that time has left behind. It's one of the poorest regions in the U.S. due to several certain factors and it is fascinating to see how other folks live. It is a different world over there. If you enjoy thinking about human geography and sociology, this book may welllead to hours of thought.

                            1 out of 5 stars a distorted portrait of appalachian people.......1998-12-15

                            This book paints a disturbingly distorted portrait of a people who have been constantly misrepresented by our society. I was born in Eastern Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains, and am personally offended by this book. Adams and Smith deliberately sought out to find the most backward people they could, and pass them off to the rest of the nation as mainstream Appalachia. Portraits slaps the face of everyone from the Appalachian area, and keeps the extremely unfair stereotype of Appalachia alive. It is a very culturally biased piece of work, and both Adams and Smith should have known better.

                            4 out of 5 stars Dignity and despair, in black and white................1998-11-11

                            Shelby Lee Adams book offers the reader a chance to glimpse a world that is real, is current and is so close by as to be uncomfortable. Through his photographs he has been able to capture uncompromising images of the Appalachian mountain people with terrible accuracy. Whilst their lifestyle and habits might challange the most open minded reader, the characters deep behind the oh-so-human faces tell a different story; one of a long history of a lifestyle that leads to no envy, no greed, just acceptance. Lee Smith's narrative captures in words what Shelby's does in black and white. It doesn't compromise, it doesn't back off, it goes for the jugular, and in that respect it is a book to buy, to keep and to treasure.
                            Flesh & Blood: Photographers' Images of Their Own Families
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                              Alice Rose George , and Abigail Heyman
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                              Flesh & Blood dramatically reveals family life- intimate, joyful, and poignant - through the personal family pictures of many of the world's finest photographers.

                              Selecting from wallet snapshots, private albums, and museum walls, the editors viewed a wealth of emotional and insightful images taken by more than 500 photographers. Because of the intimacy that is evoked by family events and family members, these are the images that photographers ( like everyone else) usually consider their most dear.

                              This extraordinary collection represents a broad range of contemporary photography. Included are images by both the very famous, and the younger, less known photographers who will emerge in the next generation. Among the sixty-sic photographers whose work is included are Tina Barney, Bill Burke, Raymond Depardon, Elliott Erwitt, Ralph Gibson, Emmet Gowin, David Hockney, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Sheila Metzner, Joel Meyerowitz, Eugene Richards, Stephen Shore, Clarissa T. Sligh, Larry Sultan, Carrie M. Weems, and William Wegman.

                              The deeper definition of family that emerges from this unique and beautiful work is one of involvement and complexity. Flesh & Blood expands the way we see our own families.
                              Kindred: Collected Portraits 1984-1991
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