Art&DesignWinter2024

The World of Urban Decay 2 Martin ten Bouwhuijs. Imposing, seemingly lifeless struc- tures—some abandoned for more than 25 years— including churches, mortuaries, factories, hospitals, swimming pools, and more become reanimated in this series of arresting, sensually provocative images. Surreal angles and unique perspectives bring the photography to life and keep the interest in this urban expedition at a thrilling peak • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •156 color images•176pp. •978-0-7643-5256-0•HC•$34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99CAD After Images Amy Arbus. For her fifth book of por- traits, Arbus has borrowed ideas from iconic modernist paintings by artists including Picasso, Cezanne, Munch, Schiele, and Modigliani, and transferred their visceral energy and psychological intensity to live staged scenes to be photographed. To replicate the powerful effects of the original paintings, she has painted costumes, props, and the models themselves. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) •24 color photos •64pp. •978-0-7643-4455-8 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Bare Landscapes Sigthor Markusson. Sixty provoc- ative photos grace the pages of this photographic jour- ney across the topography of Iceland. It is the explora- tion of two bodies: the land and the female form. Ac- companying the images are poetry in English and Ice- landic that frames the view and sets the scene. The rough and angular Icelandic landscape and the smooth, curved human body create surprising juxtapositions at every turn. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 60 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-3797-0 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Bodyscapes® Allan I. Teger. Bodyscapes®. Allan I. Teger. At first glance, Allan I. Teger’s Bodyscapes appear to be landscapes; a second look shows that they are in fact nude bodies with small toys and miniatures set on them. Spanning a 35-year period, this collection shows more than 110 black-and-white images photographed in a single exposure on film. • 113/4" x 9" (298 x 228 mm) • 114 b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-4194-6 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY: FIGURES Braziliangels Joaquim Nabuco. The themes revealed by this fresh collection of art nudes tells a story of Brazil’s culture and the angels who grace its natural beauty. Photographer Joaquim Nabuco’s collection of art photos creates a lush, whimsical, and sensual land- scape that revolves around the feminine, exotic, and vibrant character of these women. • 9"x12" (228x304 mm) • 160 color and b/w photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3651-5 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Paradise in Brazil Joaquim Nabuco. Head back to paradise with another tantalizing collection of images from Brazilian photographer Joaquim Nabuco. In nearly 200 color and black-and-white images, the stunning women of Brazil grace equally beautiful tropical landscapes, including locations with mountains, jungles, beaches, and historical sites. From the mys- terious beauties of the south to the spicy women of the north, this collection makes it very clear why Bra- zil is known as the home of supermodels • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 166 photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-4244-8 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Painted Alive: The Fine Art Bodypainting of Craig Tracy Craig Tracy. A collection of bodypainted images by New Orleans artist Craig Tracy. More than sixty transformative and inti- mately provocative works reveal Tracy’s vision, which ranges from realistic to conceptual and surreal. This monograph challenges the percep- tion of conventional contemporary art and is ideal for anyone who collects, appreciates, and/or studies contemporary art. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 166 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-4152-6 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Peak of Perfection: Nude Portraits of Dancers, Athletes, and Gymnasts Jon Ortner. A black-and- white collection of 150 powerful nude portraits of stunning American dancers, athletes, and gymnasts at the height of their youthful vitality and virtuosity. Accompanied by 30 quotes by poets, artists, and philosophers • 11 1/4" x 14 1/4" (285 x 361 mm) • 143 b/wphotos•176pp. •978-0-7643-4778-8•HC•$75.00 / £68.99 / $105.00 CAD She Shoots Men Vivienne Maricevic. Vivienne Maricev- ic’s desire to reveal, challenge, and transform the imbal- ance between the frequent representation of the naked female form and the rarity of the male nude in art has led to more than three decades spent devoted to the unadorned male form. Included are more than 150 images from three of her most distinct periods: 1975 to 2005’s “Naked Men,” 1994 to 2002’s “Me & Men,” and 2001 to 2005’s “Strip-to-Strip. • 9"x12" (228x304mm) • 154 b/w photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4510-4 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Urban Atrophy Dan Haga. 560 color photos and compelling text capture a wide variety of abandoned power plants, mental asylums, mili- tary bases, prisons, hospitals, schools, and ca- thedrals in the Mid-Atlantic region. Exploring these forgotten locations, according to the author, is like “being in another world, a surreal dream where people just disappeared and left everything behind. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 539 color & 21 b/w photos • 184 pp. • 978-0-7643-3738-3 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Vista Manhattan: Views from New York City’s Finest Residences Mike Tauber, Intro- duction by Michael Gross. These 200 images show spectacular views from hundreds of Man- hattan’s finest residences. Everyone loves an amazing view, and this collection reflects the shimmering pull of New York’s views through the seasons,frommorning light over Central Park to twilight over the Hudson • 11"x11" (279x279 mm) • 200 color images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5148-8 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD The World of Urban Decay Martin ten Bou- whuijs. This collection of stunning images takes the curious into abandoned hospitals, morgues, monasteries, power plants, schools, factories, swimming pools, and castles throughout Western Europe. Each of the 150+ images is accompanied by a brief history of the building. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 196 color photos • 176 pp. • 978- 0-7643-4569-2 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD A Vanishing New York: Ruins across the Empire State Photographs by John Lazzaro, Foreword by Thomas Mellins. This photographic essay explores over 40 of the most evocative abandoned sites in the Empire State and puts their individual stories in the larger context of New York's historical legacy. • 11"x9" (279x228 mm) • 174 color and b/w images • 176 pp. • 978-0- 7643-6358-0 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Yellowstone Country: Idaho, Wyoming & Montana David Skernick. Ride along the back roads of the vast Yellowstone region and enjoy stunning panoramic photographs that reveal the beauty of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, and include Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park in all their glory • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 143 photos • 192 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5339-0 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Two Scoops of Hooah!: The T-Wall Art of Kuwait and Iraq George Hauer with Robin Whitney. Cement structures, intended for barri- ers, are transformed into pictorial walls that identify military units and honor service members who gave their lives for freedom. These painted walls represent Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guard, and D.O.D. Civilians who answered the call of freedom and deployed far from home and family. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) •274 color photos •208pp. •978-0-7643-4950-8•HC•$29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Village Beaches: Pinhole Photography of East Hampton, New York Phillip Andrew Lehans, Foreword by Michael Halsband.. An art photographer's contemporary interpretation of coastal landscapes, captured through the slow, old-school lens of a pinhole camera. Taken during the pandemic, these panoramic images of 5 East Hampton beaches distill the dreamy, escapist quality we all long for at the beach. • 15" x 10" (381 x 254mm) • 165 color and b/w images • 192 pp. • 978- 0-7643-6583-6 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD Suburban Classic Patrick Jackson, Foreword by Tommy Hilfiger. The exclusive suburban communities in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey that New York commuters call home are as special in their exqui- site beauty and style as the metropolis itself. Here are thirty-four of the most exceptional and unique small towns around New York and the homes, many belong- ing to celebrities, and land that make them vastly popular tourist destinations. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) •723 color photos •256 pp. •978-0-7643-4486-2•HC• $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD These Hamptons Phillip Andrew Lehans. In 186 color photos, this book provides a portrait of the famed East End of Long Island. The coalescence of varied photographic media, techniques, and subject matter create a dynamic representation of the lifestyles and landscape of the Hamptons’ year-round culture. • 11 3/4" x 11 3/4" (298 x 298 mm) • 186 photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-4331-5 • HC • $50.00 / £45.99 / $73.00 CAD Timeless: Photographs by Kamoinge Edited by Anthony Barboza and Herb Robinson, Coedited by Vincent Alabiso, Foreword by Quincy Troupe. The old- est collaborative group of photographers in the nation, Kamoinge offers over 280 stunning photos here, from portraits to landscapes, with insights from its 30 mem- bers. Kamoinge, founded in 1963 at the height of the American civil rights movement, continues today to chronicle the prejudices and truths in society • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 288 b/w and color photos • 384 pp. • 978-0-7643-4974-4 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD Tough Guys John Wyatt. This book, with over 70 photos, explores the human side of sixty fighters, rang- ing from mixed martial arts fighters to bouncers, a bounty hunter, and a combat military soldier, to a barroom brawler, and underground fighters. All of them are tough and none of them would ever quit in a fight. However, here we find out who they really are, in their own words. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 48 color & 29 b/wphotos •144pp. •978-0-7643-4522-7•HC•$34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD True Africa: Photographs by David Sacks David Sacks. David Sacks is a master at drawing out qualities of beauty, dignity, and joy in his subjects. He shows that people are not defined by the outer shell of their adversity. Enjoy this photographic journey into the beautiful and joyful people who live there • 12" x 12" (304 x 304mm) •174 images•192pp. •978-0-7643-4217- 2 • HC • $75.00 / £68.99 / $105.00 CAD 54 | CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY • FIGURES