New Books in Photography

Erin Edwards, “The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous” (U Minnesota Press, 2018)

Erin Edwards
The Modernist Corpse
Posthumanism and the Posthumous
University of Minnesota Press, 2018

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Photography New Books Network May 7, 2018 Eric LeMay

At the beginning of the 20th century, surrealists such as André Breton and Man Ray played a game called “Exquisite Corpse.” You can play it by drawing or by writing, and the rules are very simple. Let’s say you’re writing.… Read More

Jo Farb Hernandez
Singular Spaces
From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments
Raw Vision, 2013

New Books in Architecture New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in Folklore New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books Network March 28, 2018 Jo Farb Hernandez

Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments (Raw Vision, 2013) is an audacious tome. A comprehensive survey of 45 art environments on the Spanish mainland, it weighs just over eight and a half pounds and… Read More

Stephen Sheehi, “The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910” (Princeton UP, 2016)

Stephen Sheehi
The Arab Imago
A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910
Princeton University Press, 2016

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in History New Books in Middle Eastern Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network February 15, 2018 Nadirah Mansour

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and… Read More

John Neel
Focus in Photography
Master the Advanced Techniques That Will Change Your Photography Forever
Ilex Press, 2016

New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Photography New Books Network November 29, 2017 Lorena Turner

John Neel’s Focus in Photography: Master the Advanced Techniques That Will Change Your Photography Forever (Ilex Press, 2016) is both instructional manual and analysis on why focus is such an important artistic tool for photographers. Neel uses his own images… Read More

Laura E. Smith, “Horace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Modernity” (U. Nebraska Press, 2016)

Laura E. Smith
Horace Poolaw
Photographer of American Indian Modernity
University of Nebraska Press, 2016

New Books in American Studies New Books in Art New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Biography New Books in Native American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Photography New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network November 28, 2017 Matthew Johnson

In Horace Poolaw, Photographer of American Indian Modernity (University of Nebraska Press, 2016), Laura E. Smith, Assistant Professor of Art History at Michigan State University, unravels the compelling life story of Kiowa photographer Horace Poolaw (1906-84), one… Read More

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