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Sam Houston's Texas
With engaging text, extensive quotations, and more than 100 striking photographs, this volume captures the world of the iconic Texas Revolutionary. When Sam Houston crossed the Red River for the first time in 1832, he termed Texas the "finest portion of the Globe that has ever blessed my vision." His diplomatic, military, political, and personal activities took him all over what is now the e…
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Framing a Lost CityScience, Photography, and the Making of Machu Picchu
An "engaging" study of Machu Picchu's transformation from ruin to World Heritage site, and the role a National Geographic photo feature played ( Latin American Research Review). When Hiram Bingham, a historian from Yale University, first saw Machu Picchu in 1911, it was a ruin obscured by overgrowth whose terraces were farmed by a few families. A century later, Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World…
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Los CubanosAuf der Suche nach der Seele Kubas / Searching for Cuba's Soul
Reise in die Seele Kubas! Mehr als nur ein Bildband Geschichten und Momente, fotografisch festgehalten und erzählt Ein Einblick in das wahre Kuba – befreit von Klischees Kuba ist einer der verführerischsten, exotischsten und romantischsten Orte, die ein Fotograf finden kann. Der Fotograf Volker Figueredo-Veliz hat sich ganz diesem Land verschrieben. Er lebte in Havanna und erkundete die Sta…
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The Bible and the ImageThe History of Photography in The Holy Land, 1839-1899
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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Where in the World is the Berlin Wall?170 Sites around the World
A symbol of freedom, of the human strength of will and a relic of the Cold War. Countless pieces of the Berlin Wall were scattered around the globe after the Wall fell in 1989. These pieces of Wall embody the Berliners fight for freedom. More than 240 of these sections - each weighing tonnes - can be found in over 140 countries and on every continent. They have been located for this book. Among…
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- 9783957231864
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Drone PhotographyArt and techniques
Drones offer the photographer new creative horizons, but how do you get started? This practical book shows you the way. The first section deals with drone flying, while the second guides you through the complexities of aerial photography. Together with practical insights, case studies and professional shots, it illustrates how to take stunning photos from incredible - and hitherto unreachable -…
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- 9781785006906
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Beyond Extreme Close-Up Photography
Extreme macrophotography opens up a new world for photographers, particularly biologists. By photographing subjects way beyond just life size magnifications, this book takes you a step closer to the very cells that make up organisms. Written with clarity and detail, Julian Cremona's book is the perfect guide and sister title to Extreme Close-Up Photography and Focus Stacking. His enthusiasm for…
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Photographing Nature in Action
This book explains how to take great shots of animals moving in water, land and air, as well as perhaps less obvious plant movement. The main topics covered include the functions of your camera, and the fundamentals of good photography; setting up and taking photos in the field, as well as using a flight tunnel, aquariam and microscope; details of the set-up, lighting, background, lens aperture…
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Landscape PhotographyArt and Techniques
Every continent, country and region in the world has magnificent landscapes to photograph. Every season, climate and time of day has its own unique quality. This practical book describes how best to look at a scene and work with the elements within it to produce images that really encapsulate those elements and describe in visual terms the expanse, depth and beauty of a place. Explains how a di…
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Extreme Close-Up Photography and Focus Stacking
This practical book explains what is meant by macro photography and how to get even closer to your subject: not just a close-up of a butterfly, but details of the eye and wing scales. The techniques described explore ways to photograph virtually any creature, whether terrestrial, marine or from freshwater. All the key elements to achieve extreme close-ups are built in a clear way, for both outd…
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