PANORAMAS
The books
in this section are those very unique panoramic photographs.
The books
are available through our association with Amazon.com If you are interested
in a book that is not available through Amazon.com, we most likely have
an alternative source or a copy in our collection that you may inquire
about. NOTE: The prices of the books listed on this web site are the
publishers list prices. Most books are available significantly
less than the posted list price.
The listing
here is alphabetical by the photographer's last name.
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The
American Rockies,
Gus Foster
2002, University of New Mexico Press
7" x 12", 80 pp.
List price: $18.95
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"The
American Rockies presents an extraordinary visual diary of
Gus Foster’s Rocky Mountain odyssey with his panoramic camera.
Foster climbed the major peaks along the backbone of the continent
from the Canadian border to the border with Mexico, photographing
the spectacular landscape sometimes at greater than 360 degrees.
As James Enyeart writes in A Traveler’s Notebook: "A
lifetime of travel places Gus Foster in a succession of artists
who have gained insight and inspiration from the exotic and unfamiliar."
Foster’s panoramic photographs enable even the armchair traveler
to experience the enormous grandeur of the Rockies.
Essays included are by James Enyeart, Anne and John Marion Professor
of Photographic Arts and the Director of the Marion Center at the
College of Santa Fe; Alan Wallach, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art
and Art History and Professor of American Studies at the College
of William and Mary; Roger Badash, Foster’s longtime climbing
companion; and Gus Foster. |
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Road
Trips,
Timothy Hearsum
2001, Hearsum Editions
9" x 11.25", 25 color plates
(order this book) |
"There
is a long tradition in the arts of taking to the road to discover
something about one's own country. Writers, photographers and artists
have all set out, only to realize they have found themselves or,
more likely, some fundamental truths about humanity."-the photographer.
This accordion-fold book is an excellent vehicle to view the rich
color panoramic photographs of Timothy Hearsum whose work is at
once reflective and humorous. Santa Barbara, 2001." |
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The
Panoramic Photography of Eugene O. Goldbeck,
Clyde W. Burleson and E. Jessica Hickman
1986, University of Texas Press
11.75" x10.5", 119 pgs.
(out of print, copies available upon request) |
This
book of panoramic photographs includes 20 large fold out duotones
approximating the original size of the negatives.
"At
the heart of ther book are Goldbeck's extraordinary photographs.
The cast range includes baptisms, bathing beauty contests from
the early 1920's, military units with full equipment, Machu Picchu,
and Babe Ruth's New York Yankees in San Antonio. These photographs
- and many more comprise the 72 images reproduced in this book."
This is the
original publication with slip case.
Eugene
O. Goldbeck (1891 - 1986) |
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Goldbeck
Eugene O. Goldbeck
1999 , Actar Editorial
7.44" x 10.56", 136 pgs.
List price: $33.00
(reprint of the original 1986 edition) |
Goldbeck
died in 1986 after a long career producing commercial photographs
from his San Antonio-based business, The National Photo Service.
He documented some groups in their working or social environments;
others he organized into formal patterns that he photographed
from specially built towers. While studying the visual details,
one can also reflect on the cultural aspects of time and place:
for example, the captivating 1922 "Bathing Girl Revue,"
the disturbingly juxtaposed "Fred Beebe Rodeo riders and
Ku Klux Klan drum and bugle corps," and the "living
insignias" composed of thousands of military personnel. ... |
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Theatre
du Temps,
Josef Koudelka
2003, ACTES SUD
8.75" x 11.75", 56 pp.
List price: $120.00
(order this book) |
"The
legendary Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka has just added another
volume of terrific panoramic photographs to his bibliography. Koudelka,
who was born in Moravia (within the Czech Republic) in 1938, first
won international acclaim for his poignant b&w studies of gypsy
communities in the 1960s. His surreptitious documentation of the
invasion of Prague by Warsaw Pact armies set him apart, and ultimately
got him into the prestigious Magnum Agency. For years now he has
been working with a panoramic camera, slowly putting out stunning
images that often finding their way into books of limited availability.
Theatre du Temps contains a mere 25 images, gorgeously printed,
of work made in Rome over the past three years." |
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Stretch:
The World of Panoramic Photography,
Nick Meer
2003, Rotovision
7.5" x 12", 144 pp
List price: $30.00
Amazon price: $21.00 |
An inspirational
guide to creating panoramic pictures using everything from simple
35mm and APS cameras, through more specialised medium- and large-format
cameras, right up to the 360-degree digital panoramas created
using stitching programmes.
Stretch
covers compositional issues (finding subjects that fit the shape
and making the most of them), technical considerations (exposure
measurement, avoiding flare, etc), and the various types of equipment
that can be used. Much of the book is practical, but it is also
illustrated with stunning panoramic pictures. It opens with a
gallery of images, and there are insightful interviews with a
selection of panoramic photographers, discussing their approach
and equipment. Stretch has a fun, modern look and will be a must-have
book for anyone with an interest in panoramic photography. |
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Eadweard
Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco 1850-1880
1993, MIT Press
9.75" x 12", 135 pgs.
(used copies available, softbound) |
With essays
by David Harris and Eric Sandweiss. Preface by Phyllis Lambert.
These photographs from the CCA collection and other private and
public collections document one of the supreme technical and conceptual
achievements in the history of architectural photography. On July
14, 1877, Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) announced in the San Francisco
Chronicle the publication of a set of photographs, Panorama of San
Francisco from California Street Hill. It was available in two formats:
as a set of albumen prints mounted on cabinet cards, and as an album
of 11 albumen prints. Approximately one year later, Muybridge rephotographed
the view, this time using a mammothplate camera. The result, a breathtaking
360-degree panorama measuring more than 17 feet in length, was published
as an album, comprising 13 albumen prints. This book documents Muybridge's
panoramas of a now-vanished San Francisco, and also discusses the
antecedents of his work, thereby placing it within its historical
context. |
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One
Billion Indians,
Paolo Pellizzari
2003, 5 Continents Editions
9" x 11", 160 pp.
List price: $39.95 |
"Showcasing
the remarkable photographs of Paolo Pellizzari, this is a compilation
of scenes of ordinary life in the streets, squares, and public locations
around India-from a barber shop and a market to a bookstore and
a road bustling with people. The title suggests the photographer's
unique style-his eye sees and expresses one billion details, one
billion attitudes, and one billion feelings. The panoramic format
of the photographs gives each picture the grand feeling of an operatic
stage. Captured here are the ways in which India's swelling population
influences its physical characteristics, its architecture, and its
public transportation-all facets of daily life in India."
Read more about this book |
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Tibet,
Jaroslay Poncar
2000, Te Neuse
18.5" x 8.75", 160pp
List Price: $100.00 |
In 1985, Prague native Poncar became the first
Westerner to successfully travel the full length of Tibet, from
east to west. Throughout his travels, he used an old Russian FT-2
panoramic camera to produce some of the most beautiful landscape
images ever made of this mysterious land. Published in an extremely
oversized format, Tibet captures the light and life of a spectacular
country.
Read more about this book |
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Then
& Now,
Ed Ruscha
2005, Steidl Publishing
17075" x 12.5", 148 pp
List Price: $175.00 |
Between 1963 and 1978 Ed Ruscha produced eighteen
small artists’ books. Usually self-published in small print-runs,
these publications have become seminal works in the history of conceptual
art and the photography book. THEN & NOW is the first artist
book that Ruscha has made since 1978.
Read more about this book |
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Praha
Panoramatická,
Josef Sudek
1959
8.75" x 13.75", 300 pgs.
(out of print, copies available upon request) |
Sudek photographs
the city of Prague using a panoramic camera creating negatives
10 x 30 cm. The reproductions in this book are superb photogravure.
The images are of both city life and the surrounding landscape
of Prague. |
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Prague
Panoramique,
Josef Sudek
2002, Paris Audiovisuel |
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Prague
Panoramic,
Josef
Sudek
1992, Odeon
292 pgs.
(used copies available) |
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Return, Afghanistan
Zalmaï
2004, Aperture
11.75" x 8", 128 pp.
List price: $39.95
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For more than a quarter of a century, Afghanistan
has been ravaged by war, drought, and famine. In this magnificent
volume, Zalmaï, Afghan-born photographer, returns after twenty-three
years in exile to rediscover his homeland at a crucial moment of
transition. Working in rich color, and frequently using a panoramic
format that embraces the vastness of the sky and sand, Zalmaï
immerses us in the ravaged landscape and the bustle of reconstruction.
“My project tries to capture the resilience of a people who
have rarely known peace, their optimism in the face of overwhelming
odds and the very real worry that the country remains on a knife-edge
and could easily slip back into a nightmare from which it is still
trying to escape.” |
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