The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist's life. Still as vital today -- or perhaps even more so -- than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a [...]
Julia Margaret Cameron's 'fancy subjects' is the first study of Cameron's allegorical photographs and the first to examine the intellectual connections of this imagery to British culture and politics of the 1860s and 1870s. In these photographs, Cameron depicted passages from classical mythology, th[...]
Bringing together three of the most important early writings about Julia Margaret Cameron - her own autobiographical fragment, Annals of My Glass House, the biographical essay by Virginia Woolf, and the path-breaking appreciation by Roger Fry - this book is essential for anyone interested in Victori[...]
In terms of artistic achievement, Julia Margaret Cameron and Roger Fenton are probably the two most important British photographers of the nineteenth century. This book illustrates Queen Victoria's own set of Cameron's remarkable portraits alongside Fenton's images of Windsor Castle and the royal ch[...]
This thorough and accessible introduction to the greatest women photographers from the 19th century to today features the most important works of 55 artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments. Since the inception of photography as an art form nearly 200 years ago, women have [...]
Since the inception of photography as an art form nearly 200 years ago, women have played an important role in the development of the genre, often pushing boundaries and defying social convention. This comprehensive volume presents fifty-five of the most important women photographers such as Eve Arn[...]
Utdrag ur boken: Två konstnärer som har valt fotografi som uttrycksmedel, separerade genom en tidsålder. Deras verk är väsensskilda men besläktade, de känns samtida och ändå tidlösa. Deras skapande möts i viljan och förmågan att fånga sin tidsanda och göra den beständig. Miroslav Tic[...]