Magnum Stories

Cena: 45 € (povodna cena: 65 €)

• Hardcover: 512 pages

This book explores the 'photo story' through 61 master classes by some of the world's greatest photographers, all members of the international photographic agency Magnum. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and their colleagues use the photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking and editing photographs. It is about the Magnum photographers, their subjects and their approaches to photography in general and to the particular form of the photo story. The book will also comprise a history of Magnum practice and photojournalism over a 70-year period.

Magnum Stories is a collection of photo stories produced by the photographers of Magnum. Through the work of key Magnum photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eugene Richards, Martin Parr, Inge Morath and Leonard Freed, this book covers a wide range of subjects including the Vietnam War, student protests in Tiananmen Square, Fidel Castro overthrows Cuban dictator in 1959, Picasso, Malcolm X, the French theatre group Theatre du Soleil, the US invasion of Grenada in the early 1980s, the New York police, Apartheid and Buddhism.

The photographic genres covered include war photography, documentary, photojournalism, social realism, portraits of people and places, fashion and news. There are 61 Magnum photographers featured in the book. Each photographer is represented across 8 pages by a photo story of their choice, which is fully illustrated, and a text which is written in the photographer's own voice based on new interviews with the author.

Magnum Degrees

Cena: 30 € (povodna cena: 45 €)

• Paperback: 536 pages

Here the photographers of Magnum, 50 years after the legendary group began its documentary mission, address the world following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; a period which has seen the triumph of US capitalism at one extreme and the resurgence of ancient blood feuds at the other. The book is built around photo-essays selected and introduced by the photographers, many shot especially for the book. From Henri Cartier-Bresson to Magnum's newest recruits, each photographer navigates the issues of history in their own way - some tackling the dramatic changes in the world head-on in the traditional manner of the "concerned photographer", others choosing subjects and aesthetic viewpoints which are entirely personal. The result is an album of contemporary photography about the world today. "Magnum" is introduced by historian, broadcaster and cultural commentator Michael Ignatieff, linking the substance and pace of change in the post-Cold-war world with the historic role of the Magnum witness and image-maker. This is a book about history and humanity, journalism and art, and revealing the photographers of Magnum entering a new era.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World

Cena: 35 € (povodna cena: 55 €)

• Paperback: 432 pages

Newly available in paperback, this collection of work by Henri Cartier-Bresson is the ultimate retrospective look at a lifetime's achievement. It is full of classic photographs that have become icons of the medium, as well as rarely seen work from all periods of Cartier-Bresson's life, including a significant number of previously unpublished photographs and a generous selection of drawings, paintings and film stills. The book also features personal souvenirs from Cartier-Bresson's youth, his family and the founding of Magnum.

The Manual of Photography

Cena: 40 € (povodna cena 54 €)

• Paperback: 584 pages

The tenth edition of The Manual of Photography is an indispensable textbook for anyone who is serious about photography. It is ideal if you want to gain insight into the underlying scientific principles of photography and digital imaging, whether you are a professional photographer, lab technician, researcher or student in the field, or simply an enthusiastic amateur. This comprehensive guide takes you from capture to output in both digital and film media, with sections on lens use, darkroom techniques, digital cameras and scanners, image editing techniques and processes, workflow, digital file formats and image archiving.

This iconic text was first published in 1890 and has aided many thousands of photographers in developing their own techniques and understanding of the medium. Now in full colour, The Manual of Photography still retains its clear, reader-friendly style and is filled with images and illustrations demonstrating the key principles. Not only giving you the skills and know-how to take stunning photographs, but will also allowing you to fully understand the science behind the creation of great images.

Studia vizuální kultury - Marita Sturken, Lisa Cartwright

Cena: 35e (povodna: 45)

• 472 strán, pevná väzba

Studia vizuální kultury
Marita Sturken, Lisa Cartwright

"Vizuální kultura a vizuální studia vymezují nové pole pro studium kulturní konstrukce vizuálna nejen v umění, ale i v médiích a každodenním životě. Tento směr zkoumání současné kulturní produkce pojímá vizuální obraz jako ohnisko procesů, kterými je vytvářen význam v kulturním kontextu. Přestože vliv obrazů na život společnosti stále vzrůstá, dlouho se o nich uvažovalo téměř výlučně v rámci tradičně definovaných kategorií „umění“, „fotografie“, „film“ či „masová média“. Každá z nich má své specifické tvůrce a aktéry, své segmenty publika a svou rétoriku. Studia vizuální kultury pojímají média a obrazy v jejich komplexním vztahu a usilují o vytvoření nové disciplíny, která by překonávala tradiční úzké pojetí vizuální kultury."