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2021.
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English
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"In 2015, while working at a London hair salon, Joshua Coombes took to the streets with his scissors to build relationships with people sleeping rough in the capital and began posting transformative images on social media to amplify their voices - #DoSomethingForNothing was born. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and all-new writing, this book explores themes of love, acceptance, shame, and perseverance, while inviting us to see ourselves in...
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[2022]
Language
English
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Presenting interviews with more than fifty members of the oldest generation of Black Americans, including civil rights activists, hometown heroes, celebrities and many others, this testament to the strength and stories behind these individuals reveals their lives, experiences, and wisdom.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O'Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece -- the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen by Nazis during World War II, subsequently became the subject of a decade-long dispute between her heirs and the Austrian government. When the U.S. Supreme Court became involved in the case, its decision...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years. What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book-against a background of today's "sculpture wars"-Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than...
14) A study in death
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English
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Seeking a respite from her pregnant sister's wedding plans in nineteenth-century Scotland, Lady Kiera Darby accepts a commission to paint the portrait of an abused baroness who is subsequently murdered.
15) Phone photography for everybody: Family portrait techniques for iPhone, Android & all smartphones
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Explains how to create professional quality family portraits using an iPhone camera, covering such topics as how to use natural light from sunrise to sunset, work with various directions of light, create flattering poses for individuals and groups, and use the iPhone's native camera app to easily crop photographs, adjust exposure, and create striking effects in black and white images.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
ART: GENERAL INTEREST (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). 'Selfies' are everywhere - from Kim Kardashian, queen of the selfie, to the Queen of England photobombing the Australian hockey team's selfie in 2014, you can't open a newspaper, or visit a news website, without seeing one. Recent technology, such as the selfie stick, and camera phones, have helped make the selfie a global trend, so you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a modern trend. But in...
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English
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A critical overview of how Native Americans appropriated photography and integrated it into their ways of life, both as patrons who commissioned portraits and as photographers who created collections, between 1840-1940 throughout the United States and Canada"--Provided by publisher.
"What is American Indian photography? At the turn of the twentieth century, Edward Curtis began creating romantic images of American Indians, and his works--along with...
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