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Picturing Model Citizens: Civility in Asian American Visual Culture by Thy Phu Synopsis At the heart of the model minority myth—often associated with Asian Americans—is the concept of civility. In this groundbreaking book, Picturing Model Citizens, Thy Phu exposes the complex links between civility and citizenship, and argues... (read more) List Price $86.50 Your price: $79.75 New - Hardcover 
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Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage by Yasufumi Nakamori Publisher Comments From the time of its invention, photography has enabled artists not only to capture the world around them but also to create worlds of their own. Utopia/Dystopia investigates how artists from the late 19th century to the present have used photographic... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Photography Reader (03 Edition) by Liz (ed.) Wells Publisher Comments "The Photography Reader" is a comprehensive collection of twentieth-century writings on photography- its production, its uses and effects. Encompassing essays by photographers including Edward Weston and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and key thinkers from Walter... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $36.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski Publisher Comments Originally published in 1973, this marvelous collection of photographs with accompanying texts by the revered late Museum of Modern Art photography curator John Szarkowski has long been recognized as a classic. Reissued in 1999-with new digital duotones... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer Publisher Comments In his most ambitious work to date, the acclaimed author of "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It" offers an irresistibly idiosyncratic look at what viewers see when they look at photographs. in color.... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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On Photography (77 Edition) by Susan Sontag Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Photography and Death (Reaktion Books - Exposures) by Audrey Linkman Publisher Comments The idea of photographing the dead is as old as photography itself. For the most part, early death photographs were commissioned or taken by relatives of the deceased and preserved in the home as part of the family collection. Once thought... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Another Way of Telling (82 Edition) by John Berger Publisher Comments 'There are no photographs which can be denied. All photographs have the status of fact. what is to be examined is in what way photography can and cannot give meaning to facts.'... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Look at Photographs by David Finn Publisher Comments This book has been written to share revelatory experiences and to help you discover what the eye of the photographer can teach you.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography by Errol Morris Publisher Comments An extraordinary, timely update on the classic Coleridge poem Is it possible to update a masterpiece? Only, perhaps, with a brand-new masterpiece. Written in 1797, andldquo;The Rime of the Ancient Marinerandrdquo; was the original eco-fable; drawn in... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Photography Reborn: Image Making in the Digital Era by Jonathan Lipkin Publisher Comments Not long ago photographers considered digital pictures apostasy-but now film is increasingly being replaced as a great alternative medium for professionals, artists, and everyday snapshooters. "Photography Reborn" is the first comprehensive survey of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Spoken Image: Photography & Language by Clive Scott Publisher Comments Language has always been central to the meaning and exploitation of photographic images. However, the various types and "styles" of language associated with different photographic genres have been largely overlooked. This book considers the nature of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present by Beaumont Newhall Publisher Comments Since its first publication in 1937, this lucid and scholarly chronicle of the history of photography has been hailed as the classic work on the subject. No other book and no other author have managed to relate the aesthetic evolution of the art of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Photographs Not Taken by Will (edt) Steacy Publisher Comments Photographs Not Taken is a collection of photographers' essays about failed attempts to make a picture. Editor Will Steacy asked each photographer to abandon the conventional tools needed to make a photograph--camera, lens, film--and instead make a... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Talk about Contemporary Photography by Elisabeth Couturier Publisher Comments From photography’s role in society, such as photojournalism and fashion photography, to more traditional and purely artistic shots, this book explores all aspects of contemporary photography—photographers’ obsessions, unusual formats... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Image Matters: Archive, Photography, and the African Diaspora in Europe by Tina M. Campt Publisher Comments In Image Matters, Tina M. Campt traces the emergence of a black European subject by examining how specific black European communities used family photography to create forms of identification and community. At the heart of Campt's study are two... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield Publisher Comments In The Cruel Radiance, Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images—and... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Criticizing Photographs by Terry Barrett Publisher Comments This brief text is designed to help both beginning and advanced students of photography better develop and articulate thoughtful criticism. Organized around the major activities of criticism (describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizing... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On Photography by Susan Sontag Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism (1977), this is "a brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have made in our way of looking of the world and ourselves over the lost 140 years."-Washington Post BOOK... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wisconsin Death Trip (Wisconsin) by Michael Lesy Publisher Comments A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling--socially, morally, physically and emotionally--under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s. This "cult classic" is now available again in paperback.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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