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1	Bystander: A History of Street Photography more books like this by Colin Westerbeck, Joel Meyerowitz add to wishlist Street photography is spontaneous, a moment captured by the camera. "Bystander" chronicles the development of a photographic genre created from the chaotic energy and chance juxtapositions of everyday street life. The setting might be a crowded city pavement, a country lane, a park, an underground station or cinema lobby - any public place where ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $149.99! \| first editions
2	New York State of Mind more books like this by Ms. Martha Cooper (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.88! new only from $9.88!
3	Street Photography: From Atget to Cartier-Bresson more books like this by Clive Scott add to wishlist Street photography is perhaps the best-loved and most widely known of all photographic genres, with names like Cartier-Bresson, Brassai and Doisneau familiar even to those with a fleeting knowledge of the medium. Yet, what exactly is street photography? From what viewpoint does it present its subjects, and how does this viewpoint differ from that ... see all copies from $28.32! new only from $28.32! \| SVS
4	Photographing Buildings and Cityscapes more books like this by Jack Tresidder add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.20! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway more books like this by Gary Gladstone add to wishlist With camera in hand and a penchant for the unexpected, Gladstone captures a photographic portrait of small towns with unusual names and the folks who keep them on the map with their offbeat civic pride. Find the bar in Goofy Ridge, Illinois; stop in at the mechanics shop in Nothing, Arizona; listen to the colourful stories from the locals of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Main Street more books like this by Sourcebooks Inc add to wishlist The 1950s and '60s were the halcyon days of the American Dream. Life was easier, safer and altogether more innocent. Nowhere was this more apparent than the freeway, that symbol of the growth of American prosperity. American Retro is a wonderfully evocative collection of gift books celebrating the motels, diners, cars and Main Streets that were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
7	Casting Shadows: Images from a New South Africa more books like this by Edward West, Leslie King-Hammond (Text by) add to wishlist Edward West uses the metaphorical power of shadow to foreground the shifting visibility of South Africa's black population post apartheid. From 1997-1999, he traveled in South Africa to photograph the country's townships, squatter camps, and locations during this historic time of transition. In focusing on the private moments of these newly ... see all copies from $2.96! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
8	Martin Parr: Mexico more books like this by Martin Parr (Photographer) add to wishlist For much of his career, Martin Parr has specialized in skewering the eccentricities and peculiarities of his native Great Britain--in particular those having to do with food, tourism, bad fashion choices and more food. "Mexico" is Parr's first new thematic series to be published in book form since 2002, a distinct geographical departure, and in ... see all copies from $9.80! new only from $22.42! \| first editions \| SVS
9	A Maverick Eye: The Street Photography of John Deakin more books like this by Robin Muir, John Deakin add to wishlist John Deakin's extraordinary documentary photographs are haunting evocations of life on the streets of London, Paris and Rome in the 1950s and 1960s. His eye is a profoundly generous one and his chief focus is on ordinary life. His pictures of dog walkers, priests, nuns and shopkeepers reveal and empathy to tival that of Doisneau and Brassai. ... see all copies from $26.57! new only from $26.57! \| first editions
10	On the Street more books like this by Amy Arbus (Photographer) add to wishlist Between 1980 and 1990, over five hundred of photographer Amy Arbus's impromptu and edgy portraits of New Yorkers appeared in the "Village Voice"'s monthly fashion feature, "On the Street." The column's missive was to document the city's most adventurous trednsetters as they lived their lives. But Arbus's photographs tell much more than a style ... see all copies from $7.49! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt more books like this by Helen Levitt (Photographer), Mr. John Szarkowski (Foreword by) add to wishlist World-renowned for her iconic black-and-white street photographs, New York City's visual poet laureate Helen Levitt also possesses a little-known archive of color work, which has been collected for the first time in Slide Show, her third powerHouse Books monograph. In 1959, and again in 1960, Helen Levitt received grants from the Guggenheim ... see all copies from $23.74! new only from $31.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Slices of the Big Apple: A Photographic Tour of the Streets of New York more books like this by James C Freund add to wishlist The acclaimed photographer who celebrated the beauty of Central Park in his last book now takes his camera to the streets of Manhattan. In more than 200 color and black and white photographs, Jim Freund moves uptown and down to catch the dazzling contrasts that make New York so unique. From sidewalk artists to skyscrapers, from the lights and ... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Helluva Town: New York City in the 1940s and 50s more books like this by Vivian Cherry (Photographer), Barbara Head Millstein (Text by) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Here and There more books like this by Helen Levitt (Photographer), Adam Gopnik (Foreword by) add to wishlist The recently discovered photographs featured in HERE AND THERE represent Levitt's own favorite images selected from her immense private collection. Shot over seven decades, HERE AND THERE reveals Levitt's acute sense of how cosmetically street life has changed--and how substantially it has remained the same. see all copies from $20.40! new only from $27.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Louis Faurer more books like this by Anne Wilkes Tucker add to wishlist The first major study of the work of Louis Faurer, known for his raw, melancholy and psychologically charged photographs of life on the street, and in particular for his evocative shots of 1940s and 1950s Times Square. see all copies from $37.97! new only from $76.29! \| first editions
16 view cover	Seconds of My Life more books like this by Jamel Shabazz (Photographer), Lauri Lyons (Text by) add to wishlist see all copies from $10.69! new only from $12.58! \| SVS
17 view cover	Color is Power more books like this by Robert Walker add to wishlist An aggressively bright yellow taxi hopes to catch the attention of a harassed city dweller...A window display of theatrical complexity suggests a microcosm of the metropolis itself...Graffiti-spattered walls and vehicles might well be confused with the bright frames of comic-books...These are the targets of Robert Walker's extraordinary ... see all copies from $12.85! new only from $12.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Frank Paulin: Out of the Limelight more books like this by Frank Paulin (Photographer), Massimo Vignelli (Editor), Mr. Max Kozloff (Foreword by) add to wishlist Twin Palms is pleased to be distributing "Frank Paulin: Out of the Limelight," published by Silverstein Photography. Born in 1926, Paulin came of age as a photographer in the 1940s studying with the likes of Harry Callahan and art director Alexey Brodovitch. By the 1950s, the streets of New York City had established themselves as Paulin's primary ... see all copies from $5.76! new only from $43.01! \| first editions
19	Urban Options more books like this by Chip Pankey, William W Pankey add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	True Color more books like this by Mark Cohen (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $14.55! new only from $16.29! \| SVS
21	Cityscape Photography more books like this by Jonathan Eastland add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Pedestrian Photographs more books like this by Larry Merrill add to wishlist "Pedestrian Photographs" showcases the keen eye of photographer Larry Merrill, and includes forty-eight color plates - mainly created between 2004 and 2007 - depicting street life in Manhattan's east side and Central Park. Introductory essays by noted author Wendell Berry and by the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's chief curator, ... see all copies from $12.56! new only from $20.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Landscapes and Cityscapes: The Digital Photographer's Handbook more books like this by Simon Joinson add to wishlist A new approach to the conventional handbook, this essential guide avoids the traditional, textbook style in favour of a highly visual, contemporary design. Intelligent use of diagrams, illustrations and photographs allows for a more concise text which is easy to follow at all times. Every aspect of producing digital landscape photographs is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95!
24 view cover	Sydney more books like this by Robert Billington (Photographer), Gina Schien (Text by) add to wishlist Here is a photographic portrait of Australia's premier city that illustrates why Sydney is the country's capital in everything but name. Whether he's photographing a landmark such as the Sydney Opera House, the spectacular sweep of Sydney Harbor, or street scenes that reveal the devil-may-care urbanity of Sydney's residents, Billington's pictures ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
25 view cover	Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography more books like this by Ute Eskildsen (Editor), Florian Ebner, Bettina Kaufmann add to wishlist Any examination of the history of the photographic portrait uncovers two very different traditions, shaped by the place where they were made - in the street or in the studio. Both are essentially urban. The street has been the place where small and easily concealed cameras allowed photographers to capture subjects unaware or at least in informal ... see all copies from $28.61! new only from $28.61! \| SVS

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