A maverick in the history of photography, Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) burst onto the scene in Tokyo during the mid-1970s, at a time when men dominated the field in Japan. Working prodigiously over the last forty years, she has created an impressive oeuvre and quietly influenced generations of photographers born in the postwar era. Recipient of the prestigious Hasselblad Award in 2014, Ishiuchi ranks as one of the most significant photographers working in Japan today. Spurred by her contentious relationship with her hometown, Yokosuka — site of an important American naval base since 1945 — Ishiuchi chose that city as her first serious photographic subject. Grainy, moody, and deeply personal, these early projects established her career. This choice of subject also defined the beginning of Ishiuchi’s extended exploration of the American occupation and the shadows it cast over postwar Japan. Ishiuchi has since addressed the theme of occupation both indirectly — through her photographs of scars, skin, and other markers of time on the human body — and more explicitly, with her images of garments and accessories once owned by victims of the atomic blast in Hiroshima. Essays featured in this volume reveal the past as the wellspring of Ishiuchi’s work and the present moment as her principal subject. Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows — which includes a selection of more than 100 works — is published on the occasion of an exhibition by the same name, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from October 5, 2015, to February 21, 2016.

Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was the preeminent photographer of Glasgow in the mid-nineteenth century, a period when the rise in industry and population dramatically altered the landscape of the “second city” of the British Empire. Often working in conjunction with civic projects, Annan produced numerous series that underscore the transformation of the city and its environs, though he remains best known for one series in particular: a group of enigmatic photographs of central Glasgow's narrow alleys, or closes, on the verge of demolition. These haunting images, made between 1868 and 1871 and regarded as precursors of the documentary tradition in photography, represent the notion of progress that underpins much of Annan’s oeuvre. Annan’s publication history serves as the organizing principle for this book, which considers both the breadth of his body of work as well as the multiple formats in which his photographs appeared and circulated. Featured here are seven examples— including private albums and commercial books—that focus on subjects as varied as the city’s streets and closes, the Loch Katrine aqueduct, Glasgow College, the cathedral, and the country estates of the landed gentry, highlighting Annan’s extensive engagement with the city of Glasgow. Plates from each of these works are faithfully reproduced in full color, and an introductory essay by the leading authority on Annan surveys the life and career of this widely influential photographer.

A sweeping survey of Mary Ellen Mark's most recognizable series, enhanced with original archival material The images of American photographer Mary Ellen Mark are icons of documentary and humanistic photography. Focusing her camera on the socially disadvantaged and those on the fringes of society, she told the stories of her protagonists without prejudice. In the context of the emerging women's movement in the USA during the 1960s and 70s, and as a freelance photographer at a time when print media was suffering its first major crisis, Mark fought her way to the forefront of female voices in photojournalism. Encounters provides an expansive cross-section of the photographer's full body of work. The book focuses on five iconic series that contributed significantly to Mark's reputation: Ward 81 in which she photographed residents at an Oregon psychiatric hospital for women; a reportage on prostitutes on Falkland Road in Mumbai; a tribute to Mother Teresa's charitable work; Indian Circus, documenting traveling circus families; and the long-term project Streetwise, in which Mark followed the life of Erin Blackwell (Tiny) for more than 30 years. For the first time, this book contextualizes these works within Mark's oeuvre and presents them alongside original magazine spreads and archival material--including contact sheets, letters and notebooks--to reveal the breadth of her accomplishments and singularly compassionate eye. Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) received her Master's degree in photojournalism from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. In the late 1960s she relocated to New York City, documenting counterculture movements and societal outsiders. Over the course of her lifetime she published 18 photo books and frequently contributed to Life, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and other publications.

Scherpstellen is een bundel van acht essays geschreven door toonaangevende conservatoren, critici, fotografen en kunstenaars uit de wereld van de fotografie en beeldende kunst. In opdracht van het Mondriaan Fonds betogen de auteurs welke ontwikkelingen wenselijk zijn voor fotografie als kunstvorm. Hans den Hartog Jager, Kim Knoppers, Amanda Maddox, Marwan Magroun, Katja Mater, Anne Ruygt, Vincent van Velsen en Joke de Wolf geven elk op eigen wijze antwoord op de vraag: waar staat fotografie vandaag binnen de beeldende kunst en hoe verder? De invalshoeken lopen uiteen: van een oproep tot meer debat en een pleidooi voor fluïde vormen van fotografie tot het wijzen op de verantwoordelijkheid van beeld ten opzichte van mens en wereld. Scherpstellen is de 15e publicatie in de essayreeks van het Mondriaan Fonds. Het fonds brengt regelmatig essays uit van schrijvers, denkers en bemiddelaars over actuele onderwerpen binnen de beeldende kunst en erfgoed. De E-bookversie van deze publicatie bevat in tegenstelling tot de fysieke uitgave geen beelden in het binnenwerk.

Orphan. Tri-blood. Dragonrider? As if they need an introduction. Meet Den and Souliei the greatest Dragonrider team history could offer. A true warrior and a chosen, but when their way of life and everything they know and love is threatened by Seara Gorum, the spoiled daughter of the guild head and fellow Dragonrider. Den and Souliei will stop at nothing to stop her and the army she has acquired. Souliei, a young dragon born with out a rider, his egg stolen by a man bent on total domination, but is freed by his own hand, meets Den a young orphan who found herself on the verge of destiny, their destiny. But on their way to battle the team is knocked out of the sky, separated, both bruised and broken in their own way. Den, her body, and Souliei, his mind. Now Den must discover what has happened to them, and at the same time help her best friend rediscover who he is and they were and win a war that threatens their very existence.