Art&DesignWinter2024

Exit Wounds: Soldiers’ Stories—Life after Iraq and Afghanistan Photographs and In- terviews by Jim Lommasson, Introduction by Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D. A compelling and timely work presenting the author/photographer’s portraits and interviews with soldiers, as well as the soldiers’ own photographs from the war zones. The stories expressed in words and imag- es are intimate, profound, and timeless. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 92 color images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-4893-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Havana Forever: A Pictorial and Cultural His- tory of an Unforgettable City 2E Kenneth Treister, Felipe J. Prestamo, Raul B. Garcia. Havana has always been a dynamic city, and its unique architecture makes it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In this documentary-style history of old Havana, readers are invited to tour the city’s buildings alongside its culture, people, plazas, and parks. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •275+color photos •344pp. •978-0-7643-5365-9•HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science Norman Barker and Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Foreword by Bert Vogelstein. This collaborative project by a scientist and an artist from Johns Hopkins University asks the reader to consider the aesthetics of human disease, a dynamically pow- erful force of nature. Here more than sixty medical science professionals present visually stunning patterns of different diseases affecting various areas of the human anatomy. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 113 b/w & color images • 232 pp. • 978-0-7643-4412-1 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Brooklyn’s Sweet Ruin: Relics and Stories of the Domino Sugar Refinery Paul Rapha- elson. Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery was the largest in the world. Artist Paul Raphaelson photographed the site just weeks before its demolition and collected stories from former Domino workers to create this beautiful fusion of art, document, industrial history, and Brooklyn visual culture • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 138 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5412-0 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spir- it Alison Wright. The recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography for covering child labor in Asia and two-time recip- ient of the Lowell Thomas Travel JournalismAward, Al ison t ravels the globe col lec t ing raw, thought-provoking images. • 12" x 12" (304 x 304mm) •184color photos•208pp. •978-0-7643- 4366-7 • HC • $75.00 / £68.99 / $105.00 CAD High Sierra: The Range of Light Fred Wey- man. The Sierra Nevada Mountains, which many consider the most beautiful range in the world, don’t easily reveal their treasures, but this pho- tographic compilation, the result of over thirty backpacking trips in the remote high country, reveals the spirit and beauty of a national gem through brilliant images • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 125 photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-5344-4 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Gary An- thes. A photographic journey along the 184-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, from the streets of Georgetown to the railway depot at the canal’s western terminus. More than 100 beautiful pho- tos offer stunning views of the resolute houses, locks, and aqueducts left behind by the men and women who kept the canal boats flowing one hundred years ago. • 11 3/4" x 15" (298 x 381mm) • 110 color images, 2maps • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-4310-0 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Human Tribe Alison Wright. A page-turner in the most exquisite sense, this book of 161 portraits expresses the emotive beauty of the human face. Documentary photographer Alison Wright trav- eled to every continent to capture the diversity of the human tribe, from South America to Afri- ca, Asia, and points in between • 8" x 8" (203 x 203mm) •161color images•176pp. •978-0-7643- 5396-3 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Coney Island: 40 Years Harvey Stein. Over 200 black-and-white photos tell the tale of New York’s Coney Island amusement park over the last 40 years. Coney Island provides a sense of adventure, escape from daily worries, and much pleasure, whether riding the jarring Cyclone roller coaster, walking the boardwalk, viewing the Mermaid Parade, or just sunbathing on the beach. • 113/4" x 9" (298 x 228mm) •214 b/wphotos •240 pp. •978-0-7643- 3796-3 • HC • $49.99 / £45.99 / $72.00 CAD Geisha & Maiko of Kyoto: Beauty, Art, & Dance John Foster. This exquisite collection of photographs and interviews portrays four of Kyoto’s most beautiful geisha and maiko (apprentice geisha). The book focus- es on their dancing, artistic training, and the transfor- mation of one girl from maiko to geisha. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215x279mm) •149color photos•144pp. •978-0-7643- 3221-0 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Briefly Seen—New York Street Life Harvey Stein. Harvey Stein documents the iconic areas of Midtown/Downtown Manhattan in 172 beau- tiful black-and-white photographs taken over 41 years from 1974 through 2014. The energetic crowds that flock to these neighborhoods are depicted to reflect the vigor and power of New York street life • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 172 b/wphotos •184pp. •978-0-7643-4979-9•HC•$45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00CAD Getting into Face: 52 Mondays Featuring JoJo Baby and Sal-E Bernard Colbert. Here is a visual feast in the tradition of 1990s club kids. Performance artists JoJo Baby and Sal-E use their bodies as canvases to become inspired and whimsical conceptual characters executed with expert skill using original theatrical makeup and costumes. • 12" x 12" (304 x 304 mm) • 102 im- ages •128pp. •978-0-7643-4201-1•HC•$45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Cuba’s Evolution: Columbus to Castro Kim Buddee. This thoughtfully composed visual tour of contemporary Cuba captures the island and its people emerging from a time capsule through vivid photographs and narrative vignettes that relate the story of the nation’s evolution from Columbus to Castro. But hurry: the nation’s slow but inevitable transformation has already begun • 91/8" x 81/8" (231 x 206mm) •145 color photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-5312-3 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Grunts: The Last US Draft, 1972 Ed Eckstein. This photojournalistic essay documents one of the last groups of civilians to be drafted into the US Army in 1972. The journey begins at an in- duction center in Philadelphia, where recruits swear allegiance to the US and undergo physical and mental examinations. The focus then shifts to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, for orientation and the acquisition of uniforms and supplies • 9" x 9" (228 x 228 mm) • 116 b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5302-4 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Coney Island People: 50 Years, 1970–2020 Harvey Stein. A themed black-and-white photo book that shows well-known photographer Harvey Stein's Coney Island photographic collec- tion over a 50-year time frame (1970–2020). • 12" x 9" (304 x 228mm) •174b/w images •200pp. • 978-0-7643-6406-8 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Grit and Grace: Women at Work in the Emerging World Alison Wright. A renowned international female photographer presents 128 powerful color images and inspirational stories of Third World women empowered by their work. This call to action contains an insightful foreword by the Dalai Lama and includes essays by CEOs of international organizations working on creative solutions to women's poverty and oppression. • 9" x 9" (228 x 228 mm) • 144 color images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-6391-7 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Dune Shacks of Provincetown Jane Paradise. Step into a haven for solace and rebirth, revealing Provincetown's serene dune shacks through 100 evocative photos. Accompanied by anecdotes of inhabitants like Mary Oliver, Tennessee Williams, and Jack Kerouac, the text and images harmonize, narrating tales of these rustic abodes and the untamed Cape Cod National Seashore vistas. • 9 1/2" x 8" (241 x 203mm) • 100+ color images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-6361-0 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone John Thomas Grant. The story of life and death in America can only be told in one place: its cemeteries. View 224 beautiful cemetery photo- graphs along with heartfelt epitaphs that bring the past alive in this one-of-a-kind study of American tradition. • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) • 170 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-3910-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Brass Valley: The Fall of an American In- dustry Emery Roth II. In this ode to Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the region’s legendary in- dustrial history. This elegy captures glowing metal flying at the Ansonia foundry in its final days and abandoned opera houses and train tracks, vestiges of a dying infrastructure and American way of life. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 236 color photos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-4930-0 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Capitol America Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein. Master photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein have created an unprecedented photographic portrait of all 50 US state capitol buildings, exploring the archi- tecture, interior spaces, furnishings, landscape settings, and urban locations of each one. In America's state capitol buildings, one can find some of the most shin- ing examples of neoclassical, Renaissance, art deco, Bauhaus, Gothic, and modernist architectural styles. • 9" x 12" (229 x 305 mm) • 250 color and b&w images • 288 pp. • 978-0-7643-6676-5 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD The Colors of the Earth Earth looks like a blue planet, particularly in the wondrous tones emanating from south of the equator. Zoom in, however, and see this opulent blue tone morph into a dazzling array of every color imaginable. Travelers, photographers, anthropologists, and daydreamers alike will marvel at the almost infinite treasure trove of rich colors and diverse forms held here. The five most dominant hues of each image are placed in a color bar at the top of the page. • 15" x 10" (381 x 254mm) • 301 color images • 360 pp. • 978-0-7643-6672-7 • HC • $75.00 / £68.99 / $105.00 CAD 52 | CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY