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Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England’s most celebrated and influential photographer during the 1850s, the “golden age” of this radically new medium. Fenton’s majestic pictures of cathedrals, country houses, and varied countryside were without peer in England—as were his views of the royal castles and Houses of Parliament that embodied Britain’s power. But Fenton’s choice of subjects ranged more widely still: he was among the first to photograph the Kremlin and other landmarks of Moscow and Kiev; he was commissioned in 1855 to document the Crimean War, producing early war photographs; and he created theatrical Orientalist costume pictures and a startling series of lush still lifes.
Fenton had first studied law and painting, but soon after he took up the camera he was making photographs that were technically superb and highly original in their handling of composition, perspective, atmosphere, and light. Always he strove to demonstrate that photography could equal the art of painting and even surpass it. He was the force behind the founding of the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society), which worked to advance the profession and encouraged the exhibition of members’ works throughout Britain. In a career of a single decade, Fenton did much to transform photography into a medium of powerful expression and visual delight.
This exquisitely produced book—the first comprehensive publication on Fenton in almost twenty years—presents eighty-five of the artist’s finest photographs and discusses every aspect of his work and his remarkable career.
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The Past of Future.......2006-06-19
An Ode to Roger Fenton's Valley of the Shadow of Death by Ayul M Zamir
The photograph: pale, grainy, and fading
And on the ground, you see them, where they solemnly lie,
like boulders of an ancient river bed
that has since long dried.
Strewn across the valley floor:
innumerable spheres--dark and silent--
spent up cannon balls.
On this desolate land, once, there was a great war, and
many battles, brave men had marched here to fight.
And now across that prized land,
that men had, then, fought so hard to conquer,
now, only rocks and abandoned metal lie.
And not a single soul is in sight
All of the same shape and size, these
round, metallic, man-made spheres.
Can almost feel the texture of those in a sharp focus,
so many lie scattered far and near.
Wonder: what color impressive uniforms,
did the soldiers on march to that war, then, wear.
Looking at this eternal photograph,
you can almost hear that distant rumble.
And feel the ground beneath your feet shake
under the recoil of giant cannons when they thunder.
When volley after volley of heavy metal
was sent soaring high into the air,
both sides knew another battle had begun--
in one more war that was just, honorable, and fair.
And all that metal,
once laboriously molten and carefully cast,
hurled into the air
with each soul shaking blast.
Dispatched, flying across
to land on the enemy--
to hit and hurt him
before he is near enough to be even seen.
That shocking power unleashed on the enemy
That flying metal, now, on its downward journey
Lethal arches drawn by metal balls--
as they, now, race down to find bodies
in that final,
awesome, terrorizing, whistling freefall.
You could trace back their long paths
to earlier fought wars,
and well thought out, rehearsed plans.
Emotions ran high:
military honor, national pride, old resentments,
and long held anger
--thoughtfully, however, on the map, and
carefully--precise lines were drawn.
"We feel just and right about it.
"Conquest is ours in the end.
"That is our Nation's destiny.
"Ours is that God granted fate."
And with that righteous inner strength,
new perfect plans were made.
And a minute ago, in final brave acts,
in the midst of rousing cheers,
they fired the guns
--could feel the ground shake
--they swaggered lightly:
the shocked and awed enemy
was about to meet his fate.
Hot metal balls are landing:
see that mud erupting, and sand flying;
and desperately in all directions--
our wretched enemy is running blind.
"Get ready to charge the stunned-softened enemy, now, boys;
use whatever: knives, bayonets, swords, sticks, hands, or dogs;
glorious victory is ours--
and on our side is the God."
"Of course, few of our brave men too
--honorable mothers--
are left with severed limbs and torn flesh.
And, yes, irreparable damage to hands and feet.
But hear the Heaven greeting those
who fell in the last final battle;
for them, now, let us cheer and ring in the victory."
"And thanks of a grateful country
to those who, now, in the mother Earth's womb
lie for eternity.
At peace--and like in their mothers' laps
lie breast fed, pink, sleeping babies.
Roger Fenton's hundred and fifty years old photograph:
from 1855, of the Crimean war.
An eternal testimony,
a little pale and grainy,
silent, lifeless, spent up cannon balls
strewn across the land
as far as the eyes can see
in the "Valley of the Shadow of Death"
in the past of the future.
A Beautiful Tribute to a Pioneer Photographer and his Art.......2005-08-17
Though Roger Fenton may not be a name known to the general public, he certainly is a hero among those who have devoted their lives to the art of photography. Working in the mid-nineteenth century with a novel invention - the camera - Fenton was probably the first to see the possibilities of photography as art.
This magnificent volume shares 85 of the artist's finest photographs, including moody views of the buildings of London, Moscow, Kiev, landscapes of countrysides, delicately composed still lifes and even some of his war photographs, works which compare to Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs.
The accompanying essays and comments are not only highly informative, they also are written with a reader in mind! This is a beautiful and important book about an under appreciated artist about whom we all should know more. Highly recommended, and well worth the price. Grady Harp, August 05
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More and more people discover diving, and the wonders of the undersea world, with every passing summer. Divers are stunned by the beauty they see—but how can they capture it? The Essential Underwater Photography Manual shows and tells them how. In this beautifully illustrated, practical guide, underwater photography gurus Larry and Denise Tackett draw on their years of experience to share everything a diver needs to know to take great photographs of life beneath the sea. Along with information on choosing equipment, the book discusses lighting, composition, and macrophotography, all in simple, straightforward language. With practical exercises, reassuring advice, illuminating anecdotes, and, of course, awe-inspiring photographs, The Essential Underwater Photography Manual is the one book to get before you get wet.
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"An excellent guide for both novice and experienced underwater photographers."Amateur Photographer magzine, UK
Diving is a popular hobby that attracts more enthusiasts every year, and many divers are keen to record the wonders they see underwater.
In this beautifully illustrated, practical guide, underwater photography gurus Larry and Denise Tackett draw on their years of experience and learning to share everything the snorkeller and diver needs to know to capture the beautiful diversity of life beneath the sea.
Underwater includes essential advice on choosing the right equipment, and in straightforward language discusses lighting, creative composition, making the most of a subject and macrophotography, showing how the basic principles of photography change when shooting underwater.
Underwater includes practical exercises, reassuring advice, illuminating anecdote, and, of course, awe-inspiring photographs. Welcomed and acclaimed by both the photography and diving press, this book is perfect for those new to underwater photography, it also offers both inspiration and up-to-date new techniques for the more advanced.
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Beautiful ideas for photos.......2007-08-25
But this is mostly in Micronesia, Great Barrier and Red Sea, not much in Caribbean, however excellent info and worthwhile for the underwater photographing enthusiast.
Excellent.......2007-05-12
In my opinion this is the best modern book on underwater photography by a long way. It is clearly written, very informative, practical and inspiring. It covers an amazing amount of material in a concise and readable fashion. It is much more clearly written than The Underwater Photographer, Third Edition: Digital and Traditional Techniques and other popular competitors. It's the only photography book I find myself re-reading before I go on a dive trip. Highly recommended for readers with all levels of skill.
The "Ultimate" Underwater Photography..........2005-06-07
As the subject suggests, this book should be titled Ultimate. Essential, yes, but where this book departs from the others on the subject is the chapter on Behavior, describing how to spot the critter's habits and make that part of the shot. Also excellent is the "How to Wow" chapter. Borrowing a page from Larry and Denise's seminars, this chapter explains how to add the "Pizzazz" that separates a good photo from an award winner. All the technical information is right on and very up to date with current digital technology as well as traditional film technics. Every underwater photographer needs this book!
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85 Cartoons
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Reflections of the way law's going to be.......2004-08-31
I'm surprised at how small this collection is. Attorneys are such an inviting target for comedic attacks that it amazes me that as long as the New Yorker has been around, it only found about 85 attorney cartoons worthy of collection into this 1993 edition and that it hasn't found enough worthy cartoons since then to fill out a second edition.
Originality isn't a feature point of this New Yorker collection of cartoons, but talent is.
The 85 attorney cartoons largely revolve around two themes. One is surrealistic art which makes attorneys look as uncharacteristically undignified as possible (many of which are variations on the old "shark" joke that shows attorneys in the open water with fins and teeth).
The other is animated commentary on the ubiquitousness of attorneys in everyday life, a ubiquitousness that deprives each attorney of his individuality ("Would everyone check to see if they have an attorney?" asks a meeting-organizer. "I seem to have ended up with two.")
As I say though, the talent of the cartoonists is great enough that the same joke can be replayed several times and still retain a certain amount of freshness each time.
Still, the funniest cartoons are those which break the mold and display some actual knowledge about the profession such as the courtroom setting on the moon, in which judge, jury, and counsel are dutifully wearing spacesuits. The spaceships that transported them there are displayed in the background. "Not ANOTHER change of venue, counselor," the judge protests to one forceful advocate.
But as for the garden-variety attorney jokes, to my mind as a member of the bar myself, the joke is always on the jokester.
The public that enjoys these cartoons hates attorneys so much that they place their kids on an ever-increasing basis into law school and hire attorneys with the same frequency, expecting their own attorneys to engage in the same tactics that they would object to in anyone else's attorney. The public even hates attorneys enough to recently forgive an attorney who happened to be President of the United States for criminal and unethical conduct in a litigation setting.
Sure, this collection has a funny wedding-cake cartoon, in which the plastic bride-and-groom at the top of the cake are both accompanied by their respective plastic lawyers. In a world in which the divorce rate approaches 50 percent and pre-nups are necessary legal insurance, the bride and groom have created the need for counsel.
Sure, there's a cartoon in this collection that shows attorneys sold over the grocery counter in six-packs. Since 1993, at least one organization has taken to marketing legal services on a multi-level marketing basis in the same way that Amway or Herbalife market health products. Legal services ARE becoming like food, drink and health to the public.
Who creates such demand? Who's responsible for the proliferation of attorneys? The cartoonists who lampoon us and the public who laughs at the lampoons; that is, you, me and all of us because we've created the demand for that which we outwardly disdain. And I have a feeling that the cartoonists themselves know this.
It's OK to laugh at cleverly-delivered jokes ostensibly directed at the legal profession, but you'll probably enjoy the jokes more if you don't peer too closely to see if the joke isn't really on you.
Amusing New York cartoons regarding those pesky lawyers.......2002-10-20
My father had a giant book of cartoons from "The New Yorker" that I never got tired of reading as a kid. Some of the cartoonists that I learned to love way back when, such as Chas. Addams, Sidney Hoff, and Wm. Steig, are present and accounted for in this 1994 collection of cartoons devoted to the practice of the law (by those who have yet to get it right). However, most of these 85 cartoons are by some of the newer kids on the block, such as Michael Maslin and Danny Shanahan, who just do strike my funny bone with as much regularity as the old masters. The looks on the faces of the lawyer and his two clients in the Steig cartoon is not equaled throughout this book and their is not a better caption than Chon Day's lawyer sadly informing his client, "I've just about resigned myself to your getting twenty years." These are amusing enough, but really not up to the quality I expect from "The New Yorker." On the other hand, if you were to give this book as a present to a lawyer acquaintance, they are not going to be terribly offended (which may well be the problem in a nutshell). Still, "The New York Book of Lawyer Cartoons" is worth a look through, just like an issue of the magazine. I always read all the cartoons whenever I see a copy lying around. Oh, and the listing of what movies are playing in the revival houses. The thought of going to a theater to see a Chaplin, Bogart or Hepburn movie still sounds like high culture to me.
No Holds Barred: Lawyer Humor Requires Visuals.......2000-07-03
I first discovered The New Yorker when I was a teenager. When I saw how many people subscribed to the magazine, I started asking people why they did. Inevitably, the answer was, "For the cartoons." Since then, I have come to realize that The New Yorker is like the hall of fame for cartoonists.
I recently read The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons, which encouraged me to read this book. Unfortunately, that book made this one seem a bit inadquate (hence the four star rating). First, there is no witty essay in this one to introduce the subject, unlike Christopher Buckley's outstanding one in the money book. Second, the lawyer humor seems a bit forced to me, compared to the money humor in that book.
While I think this book will appeal to many lawyers and their families, I think that few defendants and plaintiffs will be amused because the humor is often about how lawyers prosper at the client's expense.
It's hard to convey a sense of these cartoons without showing one. Unlike the money cartoons that usually work as quips, these cartoons almost always need visuals to work. Many of them involve lawyers circling like sharks surrounding a potential client, or invoke other old chestnuts of lawyer humor.
The privileged position of the lawyer compared to the client comes through clearly. "I've just about resigned myself to your getting twenty years."
Lawyers are expensive, as is the legal system. "You have a pretty good case Mr. Pitkin. How much justice can you afford?"
The humor works best when it is fresh. My favorite was "May I ask you, Miss Howre, what made you select a homeopathic attorney?"
As you can see, this book would make a wonderful present to the attorney who lost your case and you just sued for malpractice.
Seriously, the humor is pretty savage. I'm not sure that someone who is proud of being a lawyer would appreciate it. The market is limited to those lawyers with humility and a sense of humor.
The lesson for nonlawyers is to resolve your conflicts without the legal system, whenever possible. That can be a great stallbuster!
Retain your sense of humor in the meantime!
A very funny book........1998-01-22
No one can resist picking up this very funny book of cartoons. Short enough to read in one sitting, the New Yorker Book of Lawyer Cartoons also looks great in the home or office. The humor is urbane, the art work fresh and eye-catching. Every lawyer should have this book.
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New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan wittily portrays litigious living in this hilarious volume of 120-plus cartoons on lawyers, legal matters, and courtroom antics. From corporate contretemps to judicial jujitsu, Innocent, Your Honor, a new addition to Abrams' popular line of books by New Yorker cartoonists, covers a wide compendium of colorful characters and twisted tales.
Law is the profession we all love to hate, and this book shows us why. From an aspiring attorney, who confesses, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. After that, law school was pretty much a given," to the mythical Hercules signing a contract where ". . . she gets the house, the chariot, and custody of the kids. You get to keep the lion skin," to a terrifying future in which "everyone will be a lawyer for fifteen minutes," Shanahan's offbeat humor is sure to delight anyone who is involved in the legal profession or who has an upcoming day in court. Just don't sue him if you hurt yourself laughing! AUTHOR BIO: Danny Shanahan has published more than 700 cartoons, covers, and illustrations in The New Yorker since his work first appeared there in 1988. His work has appeared in Playboy, Esquire, Time, and many other periodicals, and he has illustrated a number of humor and children's books. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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Great gift!!.......2007-07-25
These cartoons are funny, and the book is great for lawyers or for anyone. Nice gift for someone who has "everything," or for an unusual gift for an office party.
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Wonderful, dry, British Humor but with an American twist.......1999-05-28
This book of postcards lambasting the legal profession says it all. A wonderful way to share the wit and timeless humor that captures the spirit of how today's public feels. Simon Bond takes his brilliance from "101 Uses for a Dead Cat", his blockbuster first book and applies it mercilessly on the Legal community. Great fun and a clever way in postcard form to share the laughs with friends and associates.
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