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1	Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places more books like this by Ferdinand Protzman add to wishlist In 250 glorious photographs "Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places" documents the beauty and depth of every part of the world. Delving deeply into a picture archive that houses over ten million images, with many photographs being published for the first time, this new book-the third and final in the "greatest photographs" series-presents ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits more books like this by Various, National Geographic Society (Editor), Leah Bendavid Val (Editor) add to wishlist National Geographic Greatest Portraits tells the story of portrait photography through the eyes - and words - of five accomplished National Geographic photographers. The book showcases images never-before-seen alongside award-winning favorites. New and fascinating text reveals photographers' individual experiences photographing people and their ... see all copies from $2.63! new only from $17.58! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Agustin V. Casasola: Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond more books like this by Agustin Victor Casasola add to wishlist During the first four decades of the twentieth century, Mexico underwent revolutionary changes, politically, economically, and socially. Documenting those changes visually was a remarkable photographer, Agustin Victor Casasola, whose pictures of the period stand as works of enormous artistic and historical significance. Casasola photographed ... see all copies from $16.85! new only from $26.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs more books like this by Leah Bendavid-Val (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of famous and lesser-known works of historical significance, culled from more than a century of photography, is divided into geographical regions and includes a special section on space exploration. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Irving Penn: A Career in Photography more books like this by Irving Penn add to wishlist Trained as an artist, Irving Penn began photographing for "Vogue" in the 1940s, going on to become a versatile and accomplished image-maker. His photographs vary from portraits of the native peoples of Peru, New Guinea and Morocco to those of artists and writers, from stylish fashion editorials to nudes, and from still lifes of trash to gravity ... see all copies from $66.77! first editions
6	Mutter Museum Historic Medical Photographs: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia more books like this by Laura Lindgren (Editor), Max Aguilera-Hellweg (Foreword by), Gretchen Worden (Introduction by) add to wishlist The first book on the Mutter Museum contain artful images of the museum's fascinating exhibits shot by contemporary fine art photographers. Here, the focus is on the museum's archive of rare historic photographs, most of which have never been seen by the public. Featured are poignant, aesthetically accomplished works ranging from Civil War ... see all copies from $26.41! new only from $26.41! \| SVS
7	1000 Nudes: Uwe Scheid Collection more books like this by Uwe Scheid, Michael Koetzle add to wishlist Offers a cross-section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerrotypes, via ethnographic nude photographs, to experimental nude photography. All the pictures shown are from the Uwe Scheid Collection, one of the largest collections of erotic photography in the world. see all copies from $7.49! first editions
8	Shades of California: The Hidden Beauty of Ordinary Life more books like this by Kimi Kodani Hill (Editor), Robert Daseler (Introduction by), Carolyn Kozo Cole (Afterword by) add to wishlist California is the state of constant change and surprise, from its evolving vistas and landscapes to the ever increasing number of people who call it home -- either by birth or by choice. Few states in the nation can claim as much diversity among their citizens. The face of California is a collage of different ethnic groups working alongside each ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
9	Velvet Eden more books like this by Rh Value Publishing, Richard Merkin add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
10	A Vanished World more books like this by Wilfred Thesiger add to wishlist Wilfred Thesiger presents a lifetime of photographs from the farther frontiers of the civilized world, including Nuba wrestlers, the murderous Danakil of Ethiopia, and the Bedouins of Syria. see all copies from $22.00! new only from $89.00! \| first editions
11	Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits more books like this by Mark A Vieira add to wishlist Between 1928 and 1942 George Hurrell photographed all the great Hollywood stars. Perhaps his most notable collaboration was with Joan Crawford: a pair of "before and after" photographs reveal the extent of her debt to Hurrell's retouching techniques. This book presents 275 examples of his work. see all copies from $29.98! new only from $54.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Mining Town: The Photographic Record of T.N. Barnard and Nellie Stockbridge from the Coeur...... more books like this by Patricia Hart, Ivar Nelson add to wishlist see all copies from $6.08!
13 view cover	Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It more books like this by Kevin Hymel, George S Patton (Photographer), Martin Blumenson (Foreword by) add to wishlist The author has discovered, buried deep in the archives of the Library of Congress, a number of photograph albums containing unique pictures that General George S. Patton himself took during World War Two. These have proved to be a goldmine of first hand historical images of which even Patton's official biographer was unaware. Patton used his ... see all copies from $6.73! new only from $7.59! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Nelson Algren's Chicago more books like this by Arthur Shay add to wishlist Algren & Shay continued to wander the mean streets and dark alleys of the tough city they both loved, camera at the ready (though often concealed). The two frequented Algren's favorite bars, poolrooms, missions and courtrooms, mixing freely with hustlers, addicts, pimps, and ordinary hardworking people, some of whose lives Algren fictionalized ... see all copies from $8.65! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	In Focus: Paul Strand: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum more books like this by Anne M Lyden add to wishlist Paul Strand (1890 - 1976) defined twentieth-century American photography in a prolific career that spanned more than sixty years. His photographs explore the abstract and dynamic qualities found in the natural world, search for humanity in portraits of people and places, and document the experience of life itself. Highlighting the development of ... see all copies from $5.77! new only from $10.48! \| SVS
16 view cover	A Maritime Album: 100 Photographs and Their Stories more books like this by John Szarkowski, Va A. Sta Mariners' Museum Mnewport add to wishlist Primarily a photographic tribute to the sea and the human activities associated with it, this book also provides insight into the life of a mariner. Accompanies a traveling exhibition. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $21.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	In Focus: Eugene Atget: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum more books like this by Eug Ene Atget add to wishlist More than 50 of Atget's simple, profound, and evocative photographs of Paris--its streets and street people, architecture and interiors--are represented in this sumptuous book, which also provides commentary on each image. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Chicago's Nelson Algren more books like this by Art Shay (Text by), David Mamet (Foreword by) add to wishlist They met in 1949 when Art Shay was a reporter for Life. Shay followed Nelson Algren around with a camera, gathering pictures for a photo-essay piece he was pitching to the magazine. Life didn't pick up the article, but Shay and Algren became fast friends. Algren gave Shay's camera entrance into the back-alley world of Division Street, and Shay ... see all copies from $6.88! new only from $6.88! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Camera I: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection more books like this by Robert A Sobieszek add to wishlist A collection of self-portraits by the masters of photography from the 1850s to the present. Among them are Andre Kertesz, Nadar, Cecil Beaton and Cindy Sherman, each image conveying the personality of its maker. see all copies from $8.60! new only from $60.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars: Ford Motor Company Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York more books like this by Ms. Maria Morris Hambourg add to wishlist A broad historical study of the provocative innovations of European and American photography between the World Wars. This volume presents more than 160 images from the Ford Motor Company Collection, a group of about 500 photographs formed by John C. Waddell, which Ford Motor Company and the collector recently gave to the Metropolitan Museum. The ... see all copies from $7.37! new only from $13.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Peek (CL) more books like this by Carol Squires, Jennifer Yamashiro (Contributions by), Betsy Stirratt (Contributions by) add to wishlist The Kinsey Institute's pioneering work in the field of sex research resulted in a collection of over 75,000 photos and graphic illustrations, including numerous anonymous snapshots. For the first time, the public can get a peek of this rich visual resource of sexual imagery, discussed in historical context by four scholars. 40 color, 85 duotone ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $99.99! \| first editions
22	Velvet Eden: The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography; Commentaries by Richard Merkin & Bruce McCall; Produced and Art Directed by Harris Lewine more books like this by Richard Merkin add to wishlist see all copies from $26.25! new only from $194.22! \| first editions
23	Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic more books like this by Compilation, Jane Livingston add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Who's a Pretty Boy, Then?: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Gay Life in Pictures more books like this by James Gardiner add to wishlist This work comprises one man's personal and highly idiosyncratic view of gay history since the invention of the camera. Alongside the famous and infamous are images of "ordinary" gay men, taken at times that only friends and lovers would bother to record. see all copies from $15.50! new only from $15.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum more books like this by Bates Lowry, Isabel Barrett Lowry add to wishlist In the Getty Museum's collection are nearly two thousand daguerreotypes, including such notable examples as John Plumbe's The United States Capitol, one of the earliest known photographs of the building; an 1849 image of Edgar Allan Poe; and the documentation of the first public demonstration of ether for surgery. This beautiful book's drologue, ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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