MaineIn 2023, Swedish photographer Gerry Johansson roamed the state of Maine with a Rolleiflex, curious to make new pictures in a region of America he first encountered in the work of Paul Strand five decades ago he found Strands views of New England boring at the time and also wondering, Why is American photography so focused on the west? Johanssons Maine echoes the formal restraint of his earlier books, notably American Winter, Spanish Summer, Meloni

and tears there came to a point where I couldn't breathe

ready to see and feel this new world of ours photographically

reference lists of historical books by women photographers

A vast majority are previously unpublished images of some of the most iconic and revered figures of the late 20th century

The book also includes a generously illustrated appendix of Brandt’s published photo-stories during the Second World War

and actively recorded the landscape of Korean traditional life under the subjective intention of capturing our traditional values and beauty

Amanda Marchand is a Canadian

and the flawless and playful compositions never seem to repeat — Johansson’s endlessly inventive arrangements of architecture and landscape orient the viewer in a specific geographic and cultural place while generously sharing his way of seeing

It is a book with “new” quotations and a free spirit that somehow shows us what China is to- day

Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop takes readers on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop and from analog to digital photography

Beauty in Photography and Why People Photograph

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