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Lots of great pictures
Nearly every photograph in this book evoked a memory, whether good or bad. Some were disturbing, as they were meant to be, but many were uplifting. And it was neat to see how the cover art had changed over the years, and how Life's priorities have shifted. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    2. General    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Photojournalism    6. 20th century    7. American history: from c 1900 -    8. Photographic reportage    9. Photography / Photojournalism    10. USA   

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After September 11th, 2001, the Ground Zero site in New York City was classified as a crime scene and only those directly involved in the recovery efforts were allowed inside. The press was also prohibited from the site, but with the help of the Museum of the City of New York and sympathetic city officials, award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz managed to obtain unlimited access. By ingenuity and sheer determination, he was the only photographer granted unimpeded right of entry into Ground Zero. Read more

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Shocking with a presentation that brings a fresh unseen angle
The images of September 11th are ones that are familiar to anybody in the western world and beyond. The death tolls as well as the political and sociological ramifications of these events on the following years and years to come have also been the subject of much discussion. However the glory of Joel Meyerowitz's photographic collection is that it ignores all the larger political manoeuvering and focuses on the minutia.
A Fitting Memorial on the Fifth Anniversary of September 11:
We still struggle with knowing how to think about the events of 9/11/2001 - and with how to depict them in the popular media. The reactions to the films "World Trade Center" and "Flight 93" have been all over the map. For some, it seems too soon to reopen the raw wounds that the tragedies of that day inflicted on our national psyche. For others, remembering the events and trying to make sense of them is part of the healing from those wounds.
Astonishing
I recently purchased this book from Amazon.It was worth the $$$ to add this book to my 9/11 book collection.The photos are stunning.Joel did an excellent job with his project.This book is a must-have book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architectural & Industrial    2. History    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic    8. 21st century    9. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    10. Local history    11. New York    12. Photographic reportage    13. Photography / History   

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Lovely exquisite coffee table book
I ordered my copy direct from Time Life and it came in the mail yesterday; I was truly impressed; I heard about the Seychelles Islands, but who knew it was that lovely; the flat as pancake Maldive Islands impressed me as well; How they got through the tsunami is nothing short but a miracle; To see the pictures of these islands are beautiful. Closer to home, The Natchez Trace and how it started really impressed me to check it out; Of course, The Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty(which I'vebeen to) was all interesting; Highly recommended for the wanderlust among us; ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Collections Of Photographs    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Photography Of Specific Subjects    6. Photojournalism    7. Subjects & Themes - Travel - General    8. History / General    9. Photographs: collections    10. Places & peoples: general interest   

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Though he is probably the world's most honored recent war photographer, James Nachtwey calls himself an "antiwar photographer," as the preeminent critic Luc Sante notes in his excellent foreword to Read more

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Mind blowing
Having met James and briefly discussing his work, only makes me appreciate the book that much more. When I asked him why he did what he did and why he risked life and limb to capture some of these images, he simply replied "People have got to know."
The most amazing and moving photojournalism
When I first looked at Inferno by James Nachtwey it was hard to believe what I was looking at. The images of the harsh and inhumane conditions in which Romanian ophanes are kept, the starving and impoverished people of Somalia, the battlegrounds and devastion of Bosnia and Chechyna, the social and economic divisions in India, and the terrible images of Rwanda that defy human comprehension. Nachtwey combines amazing artistic abilities that remain in one's mind with the raw and unrefined images of the harshest places in the world. To look at Nachtwey's pictures is more than just looking, but experiencing. When looking at these pictures you experience an intense mixture of emotions from anger, fear, sadness, and struggling to grasp how this acts could be done.
Il lato peggiore dell'uomo
E' impossibile trovare le parole per descrivere queste immagini. Sono fotografie che parlano da sole e colpiscono duro, lasciandoti solo, con mille domande, a cercare una risposta che � solo sussurrata nel vento.... Read more

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Essays    3. Photography    4. Photojournalism    5. Armed conflict    6. Bosnia-Herzegovina    7. Chechnya    8. India    9. Individual photographers    10. Photographic reportage    11. Photography / General    12. Romania    13. Rwanda    14. Somalia    15. Warfare & Defence    16. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    17. c 1990 to c 2000   

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Scary and sad
I bought this book because I do not want to hate Bush. As a recovering member of AA, I wanted to know more about him, because I doubt he has ever set foot into an AA meeting. If he had done so and truly grasped the concepts, he would not be doing the things he does.
Justin Frank on the Couch
Well, first off, I have to admit to not having read the book, but I heard this nitwit on The Randi Rhodes Show this afternoon, and within about a minute I nearly lost control of the car I was laughing so hard.Something about the young G.W. Bush getting off torturing small animals and shoving hot pieces of steel up their rectums.But he's a famous doctor - who am I to question his diagnoses?
Serious Work
This is not just your usual Bush bash - it is a serious work by a well respected professional. If you find The Toxic Texan's thoughts and actions inexplicable and want to make some sense of it all, read this book. This is probably the best book I have read on why/how this man operates. It explains why Bush cannot speak when talking about subjects requiring understanding or compassion - but he never gets it wrong when he's talkin' tough.
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Subjects:  1. (George Walker),    2. 1946-    3. Bush, George W    4. Bush, George W.    5. General    6. Government - U.S. Government    7. Movements - Psychoanalysis    8. Political Process - Leadership    9. Political Science    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Presidents & Heads of State    13. Psychology    14. Photographic reportage    15. Political Science / General    16. Political campaigning & advertising    17. USA   

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By a recent count, the continent of Africa comprises some 1,300 cultures. Some of them number millions of people, some only a few families; some are thriving, while others are in danger of disappearing, the victims of acculturation or, in extreme cases, of genocide. This diversity--and the dangers to it--is little known outside Africa. PhotographersCarol Beckwith andAngela Fisher highlight both matters in Read more

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Book is good, but the supplement CD is...
There is no-doubt about the photos are more than good.
See it before it disappears
A beautiful look at cultural conventions that may soon be relegated to the quaint and unusual.

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
HOW CAN ANYONE SAY THAT THESE CULTURES DON'T EXIST ANYMORE, OR THIS IS AN AFRICA THAT NO LONGER EXISTS. THEY TOOK THESE PICTURESWITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.. DIDN'T THEY ? DUH ?EVERYONE KNOWS THERE IS A COMMON EVERYDAY AFRICA.. GOING TO WORK GENERAL LIVING ( JUST LIKE US HERE IN AMERICA FOLKS) BUT STILL THERE IS AFRICAN TRIBAL SPLENDOR. JUST LIKE IN AMERICA INDIAN'S GET TOGETHER FOR TRIBAL POW WOWS. THEY STILL EXIST TOO. THE PICTURES IN THIS BOOK ARE SHOCKINGLY GORGEOUS...AFRICAN PEOPLE STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE! THE MEN ARE HANDSOME, THE WOMEN WONDEROUS. IT JUST MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE EUROPEAN STANDARD, HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE "STANDARD" OF BEAUTY. THIS REVUE MAY SOUND SHALLOW, BUT IF YOUR INTO THE HUMAN HAS ART FORM ...BUY THIS BOOK!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Africa - General    3. Anthropology - Cultural    4. Customs & Traditions    5. Initiation rites    6. Marriage customs and rites    7. Photo Essays    8. Photography    9. Photojournalism    10. Rites and ceremonies    11. Ritual    12. Sociology    13. African studies    14. Anthropology    15. Customs & folklore    16. Photographs: collections    17. Religion / Ethnic & Tribal    18. Religious rites & ceremonies   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Photojournalism    5. Photography & Photographs   

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How Photography Made the Day
The 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center was not only the biggest news event in decades, it was also the most photographed one.Some people by chance got pictures of Flight 11 crashing into the north tower, and after that the cameras never stopped."Men and women by the hundreds, then thousands - bystanders with point-and-shoots, TV news teams, photojournalists by the score - felt compelled to snap history, fiery and cruel against the blue."So writes David Friend, who used to be the director of photography for _Life_ magazine, in _Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11_ (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux).You have heard plenty of 9/11 stories, but chances are you remember mostly the images.Friend makes the point that Americans who are old enough remember where they were when they _heard_ about JFK's shooting, but they remember where they were when they _saw_ the 9/11 terror attacks.The book is a lucid and fascinating recounting of how some of the most famous of the photographs came to be.It is not a coffee-table book full of photos; there are only forty or so reproduced here, but the recounting of the shots and the reflections on photography in the modern news era will make intense reading even for those who have seen the images over and over.And all of us have seen the images over and over; we cannot look away, which makes Friend's observations particularly pertinent.
Stunning, touching, excellent book
This book is a riveting read about the stories behind the photos of 9-11. It presents information within a context that explores both the personal point of view of the photographer, as well as different points of view when relevant.
The Craft of a day's shooting pictures
This is a prefect craft of the power of photographs and everything that comes into play around shooting a cataclysmic disaster such as 9/11. The author has navigated the wherabouts of several people and what drove them to shoot that day and the affects of certain photos on our lives. The NOTES section at the end, the bibliography, is the best and most detailed that I've ever seen. Photos in the middle of the book are well used and described throughout the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: American    3. New York    4. New York (State)    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Pictorial works    8. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    9. Political Terrorism    10. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001    11. Terrorism    12. United States - 21st Century    13. United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic    14. 21st century    15. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    16. Photographic reportage    17. Photography / General    18. World history: postwar, from c 1945 -   

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Almost "The One Textbook" for Photojournalism
I have been using Kobre's excellent book as a text for teaching Introductory Photojournalism ever since the first edition; it has always been the best source out there for teaching and has improved with each edition.I consider the current (5th Edition) is be almost "The ONE Textbook" for learning everything you need to knowfor understanding and practicing Photojournalism. A bit more on layout and design for Picture Stories would make it perfect.
Tremendously useful; a photojournalist's bible
I bought this book for a photography class at Temple University, and it now serves as a wonderful guide and mentor toward all aspects of photojournalism. Readings from this book provided much debate and learning experiences for our class. Best book in Photojournalism you will ever read.
I'm been reading this book for a Photo course. The Material on it is quite interesting and the writing is pretty clear. I have been studing photography for about 3 years now and by far this is one of the best books you could ever hold on your book shell. A++ to a great writter and author. Will recomend this book to other college students that are persuding to go into the a photo journalist aventure like myself. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Photo Techniques    2. Photography    3. Photojournalism    4. Photographic reportage    5. Photography / Photojournalism    6. Press & journalism   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Photojournalism    5. Photographs: collections   

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The Girl In Tower 1
The absolute best book out there on 9/11.I wish they had a volume 2 and 3 and 4, as there were enough photos.
A book that focuses on a powerful event in our country.
I am glad to have this book in my collection on the tragedy that gripped New York City on September 11th. The pictures showed the emotion of that day. It was well worth the money to purchase this book.

Words can not describe...
This book is so special to me that I bought a copy to put away for my two year old son.It is important to me that someday he will fully grasp the enormity of that day and the consequences that he will experience from it throughout his life.
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Subjects:  1. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001    2. Photo Essays    3. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic    4. Photography    5. Photography, Documentary    6. Photoessays & Documentaries    7. United States - State & Local - General    8. Photographic reportage    9. Places & peoples: general interest    10. Social impact of disasters    11. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    12. Exhibitions    13. New York    14. New York (State)    15. Pictorial works   

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100 pictures saya million words...
This is an amazing book. It captures America at its finest and also not-so finest, but thats America for you. "They" say a picture says 1,000 words but there are so many pictures in this book that capture life at its fullest and these pictures say a million words. I rented the book from the library for the longest time and kept renewing it because I enjoyed looking at it so often, and finally I bought my own- and several others like Missouri 24/7, California 24/7, florida 24/7... etc. This is something that should be sitting on your coffee table, or at least something you look through once.

Great Gift Idea, Great Custom Cover
I bought this book as a gift after hearing about it on NPR. The custom cover looked fantastic. I'm not sure what happened with those customers who gave this a 1 star. My experience with the custom cover process and the service was extremely smooth. They told me it would take 3 weeks but I received it in 5 days. THERE'S NO BETTER GIFT FOR A SOMEONE INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY. GET READY FOR BIG HUGS AT THE UNWRAPPING!

wonderful book and custom cover!
The book has beautiful photographs and wonderful captions full of miniature stories. I ordered a cover, and when I had trouble with uploading (I'm not very computer literate) their customer service team got back to me in a day and they helped me through it -- even resizing my picture for me. My custom cover order came in three weeks. I have to say it was really worth the effort seeing the final cover in my hands. I'm surprised they don't charge us more for the whole thing.I've ordered many more as gifts.Their new site is easier to use and I was even able to track my order using the USPS tracking number they gave me. I would expect any company trying out a whole new idea to take a few months to get such a large operation together, but now its June and the site seems so be working great! I would give it another chance if you had problems in the past. I'm a satisfied customer and I hope they get more positive reviews because I know they're really trying their best. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1971-    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Photojournalism    6. Pictorial works    7. Social life and customs    8. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./General    9. United States    10. Photography / Photojournalism    11. Art, Architecture & Photography   

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Don't know how to explain this book, but it is worth the buy and so on
Nothing else to say about it.

A true to life history of 9/11
I bought both Aftermath books for my wife who is a photographer.Her opinion is this book is the better of the two.While it might be smaller and in black and white, it has a much better depth of feeling to the pictures presented.
Disappointing!
9/11 is obviously is major tragedy, and it is hard to downplay any effort to memorialize it.However, Botte's "Aftermath:Unseen 9/11 Photos by a New York City Cop" is a far less impressive work of photography than Meyerowitz's "Aftermath:World Trade Center Archive."
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Subjects:  1. Documentary Photo Collections    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Photojournalism    6. Political Terrorism    7. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic    8. United States - 21st Century    9. Photography / Photojournalism   

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Pssst, wanna make a weird photograph? How about a moody blue cyanotype or a Kallitype? Or maybe a ziatype, anthotype, or Ambrotype? Or perhaps you'd just like to know more about image transfer processes or how to make a pinhole camera. Imagine knowing a really cool guy who casually tells you lots of valuable stuff about the history and science of photography while you're working in his experimental darkroom, and you've got the essence of the unusual and delightful Read more

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Best book I have found so far...
This book is great. It has nearly every process I was interested in, and steps you through each of them with: easy to follow instructions, checklists of chemicals, and useful/helpful pictures.
one of the best
this book is excellent if you're interested in alternative photographic tech's. it is very thourough and offers MANY different processes.

The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (Book of Alternative Photographic Processes)
This book is great for someone who has a little experience, or for those who may have a lot. It gives a lot of great ideas for new ways of creating and working on images, and provides a lot of information on how to go about the processes. Some info is pretty technical, but there are plenty of processes that are novice-friendly.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career/Job    3. Careers - General    4. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    5. Graphic Arts - General    6. Photography    7. Photography, Handworked    8. Printing processes    9. Processing    10. Techniques - Darkroom    11. Techniques - Equipment    12. Art / Graphic Arts    13. Photographic equipment & techniques    14. Photographic reportage   

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Beautiful
It's a beautiful book, the pictures are wonderful.I haven't gotten down to reading it yet as I just received it, but it's worth it for the Edie end papers alone.One thing is I don't see are any rare photos of Sienna as Edie, as the description touted.Not that I care or wanted that but it's strange that it says it contains them and as far as I can see they're not there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Motion picture actors and actresses    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photography    6. Photojournalism    7. Sedgwick, Edie    8. United States    9. Women    10. Photographs: portraits   

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Excellent collection
I am sure everyone is aware that Scene of the Crime is not the first collection of police archive photos to be released. The past few years have seen the release of many collections of such photos; the most well known being New York Noir, Evidence and Death Scenes.New York Noir and Death Scenes have a common thread in their use of well-known writers in their introductions. Luc Sante the noted New York historian collected the photographs for Evidence and penned the introduction for New York Noir.Katherine Dunne, the author of Geek Love is responsible for the intro to Death Scenes. Scene of the Crime follows that tradition; drafting the modern master of Los Angeles noir, James Ellroy, to pen the introduction to this collection of archival Los Angeles crime photos.Much as Luc Sante was the ideal choice for New York Noir, Ellroy is perfect for this collection of photographs from the city that has been his muse.
Good but not great
Scene of the Crime was a bit disapointing due to the fact that the readr must go back and forth from the photos, to the captions, which are compiled at the end.Quite a few of the cases have no information available at all, as the other reviewers have mentioned, and although the LAPD has done a great job maintaining paper on most of these cases, some details are bound to slip through the cracks.
LAPD Scene Of The Crime (captions)
Just a note on other reviews in regard to the lack of captions. The LAPD negatives are not kept with the case files. There are very few case files even available, as they have been destroyed due to lack of space. There is a normal descruction process within the LAPD for paper files. The cases researched in this book were taken from old homicide log books. Also newspaper databases were used. If you would like more details on the LAPD Archive please visit fototeka.com ... Read more

Subjects:  1. California    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    3. General    4. Legal photography    5. Los Angeles    6. Los Angeles (Calif.)    7. Murder - General    8. Photoessays & Documentaries    9. Photograph collections    10. Photography    11. Police Dept    12. True Crime    13. Photographic reportage    14. Photography / General   

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A Beautifully Printed Book!!!
Ugly cover design, but beautiful tonal range in the printing of this beautiful collection of Eugene Smith's work.A very comprehensive book of Smith's photojournalistic art.

Eugene Smith... what can I say!
Superb.I am a professional photographer, and i really admire Smiths work.This book is a great collection of some of his images. Staff Photographer, Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington
An excellent display and text of one of one of the world's great photojournalists.I would recomend this book highly to any fan of E. Eugne Smith ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1918-    2. General    3. Individual Photographer    4. Individual Photographers And Their Work    5. Photo Essays    6. Photography    7. Photojournalism    8. Smith, W. Eugene,    9. United States    10. Individual artists    11. Photographic reportage    12. Photography / Individual Photographer    13. Smith, W. Eugene   

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An intimate peek into the early Stones
The Rolling Stones: In the Beginning by Bent Rej is a marvelous look at the behind the scenes life of the Rolling Stones before they became the band we are so familiar with.As the book tells us, Bent Rej had unprecedented access to the band when they made their first European tour.Many of the photographs come from this trip.
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Subjects:  1. Composers & Musicians - Rock    2. Genres & Styles - Rock    3. Photo Essays    4. Photoessays & Documentaries    5. Photography    6. Photojournalism    7. Rock Music    8. Photography / Photo Essays    9. Rock musicians - England - Portraits    10. Rolling Stones - Pictorial works   

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Gives faces to the fallen soldiers and journalists.
Normally I am able to tell a person why I like a book or why I like a movie.However, in this case, I am really not able to say why I thought this book was excellent. Haunting . . . and a memorial to anyone killed in Vietnam
As a photographer, I can't say I own "Requiem" out of sheer joy for the greatness of the photographs within.(No one who owns this book will keep it for that reason.)In fact, this is a book that can be at times painful to open up and look at.