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How Does a Camera Work?

by Jennifer O'Brien

Alex and her mom, two scruffy dogs, are packing for their New York City trip when they realize mom’s camera is lost. While searching for the camera, Alex asks her mom "How does a camera work?" Alex learns through everyday objects like a mirror, magnifying glass, and even the pupil of her eye. Mom shows Alex her NYC photos while explaining key photography concepts like aperture, shutter speed, zoom, composition, portrait and landscape orientations, and long exposure photography.

Colors of Compassion: The Artivism of Lila Marquez (Paperback)

by Lila Marquez

Featuring a selection of digital paintings and sketches with a heart for nonhuman animals, Colors of Compassion is a personal tribute of vegan artist and poet, Lila Marquez, to the animal world. The collection spotlights artworks specially crafted for a cause. The warm colored, scribble art pieces primarily depict themes addressing topics on animal rights and veganism, making it a perfect coffee table book for compassionate people. Available in hardcover and paperback.

Rowdy Ronnie: Special Edition Rabbit Care Book

by Shermaine Perry-Knights

Looking for an engaging book to teach kindness and patience? Here it is! Join Ryan as she explores what it means to be responsible for and be kind to a rowdy rabbit named Ronnie. All Ryan wants is a pet to love and care for, but what happens when she gets a rabbit that is too much to handle? Is she able to take care of a pet that makes her home a mess and isn't very lovable? This isn't as easy as it seems, considering the trouble Ronnie gets into.

Return to Heartwood, A Search for the Heart of Live Oak Country

by William Guion

What began as a long-term photographic study of a single subject grew into a calling, a four-decade-long pilgrimage deep into the heart of Louisiana’s live oak country to find and document the state's oldest oaks, many growing before European settlement of this region. In Return to Heartwood – A Search for the Heart of Live Oak Country, author and photographer William Guion shares his experiences in search of ancient and historic Southern live oak trees. In the process, he came to know the o... more

Dude Looks Like a Lady

by John Devilman

The old saying goes, "You can't understand someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes", or in this case, "heels". To punish my prejudiced relatives for gossiping about my supposed sexual proclivities, I asked my female-presenting friends to submit pictures of themselves that I would then recreate to post on my social media. If my kin wanted to talk about me behind my back, I wanted to make sure they had something to talk about. Then something curious happened... not with the supposed... more

Faces of Old Key West 1918

by Richard M. McGarry

A collection of portraits and personal stories of local Key Westers a century ago that show what life was like on the island before it became a glamorous resort.

Treasure Found

by Cinthia James

Treasure Found can be a guide to starting your own art process, ensuring a continuous stream of inspiration and visible improvement in your work. You’ll be able to discover and define your style and feel confident to experiment with your art. Treasure Found shows you ways of finding inspiration, how to understand art as a discipline, and it outlines some design fundamentals.

The Joy of Drawing

by Caroline Mustard

A 21st century approach to teaching the beginner how to draw in easy steps with video demonstrations for both traditional and digital artists. From learning how to hold a pencil to gaining the skills needed to draw anything, this 80-page manual also provides the student with a printable workbook. Just scan the QR codes at the start of each chapter to access the 20 demonstration videos as well as the printable workbook and you are al set to learn how to draw. Based on over a decade of experienc... more

There Will Be Nonsense

by Leah Ode Kiser

There Will Be Nonsense. is an enchanting picture book that invites readers to experience the whimsical world of Leah Ode Kiser. Leah displays each of her highly detailed paintings with a fun question to encourage readers of all ages to look beyond the pictures and imagine stories of their own.

Using Japanese Paper for Digital Printing of Photographs

by Carl-Evert Jonsson

Using Japanese paper on digitally printing photos can yield tremendous results for photographers who are interested in experimenting with new methods. But beware: The common concept of how photographs should look will be challenged if you decide to use this technique. Carl-Evert Jonsson shares his experiences using the experimental technique in this book. After using Japanese papers (washi) for paintings and collages, he started to use the papers for his photos. This technique is not an alter... more

Throw away your camera: and become a photographer

by George Tatakis

Photography guide: composition, light and philosophy. Throwing away your camera when you want to be a photographer may sound weird at first, but all this book is about, is for you to manage to escape the first significant barrier in photography, which is photography gear. An essential part of becoming a photographer is to master light and be able to create images by using it appropriately. That is all there is to it. At least the artisan part of it. The first part of this book, “Creating ... more

Cloud Conversations & Image Stories--Leonardo's Theory

by Margaret A. Harrell

How does Leonardo's theory of chance images, “accidental” inspiration, relate to clouds? In Cloud Conversations & Image Stories, Margaret A. Harrell weaves her own cloud photography into the art history of chance images, bringing in related drawings, scrying, and our relationship to Mother Nature. Regarding Robert Desnos’ trance drawings, Andre Bréton called the “tangled web of lines” a result of chance, but the figures that “appear suddenly... more

A Body Hair Experiment: An Intimate Lens on Gender

by Eli Cohen

As an experiment, Eli Cohen removed the hair off the left side of his body and began to journal about the experience. The result is a luscious and intimate photo essay that invites us to challenge assumptions and unearth hidden beliefs around masculinity, femininity, and gender. These tenderly provocative photos and words create a powerful prompt and open a doorway to the vast potential of experiences within our human bodies. o\tCan our seemingly inconsequential decisions around body hair lim... more

Forever Famous and Fxxxing Naked

by Bambi Woods

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JACQUES VILLEGLÉ AND THE STREETS OF PARIS

by Barnaby Conrad III

Jacques Villeglé and the Streets of Paris is a large format art book about the the last great French artist of the 20th century. Born in 1926 in Brittany, Jacques Villeglé moved to Paris in 1949 and began stealing torn, damaged posters off walls and billboards, then mounting them on canvas and proclaiming them Art. In 1959, André Malraux wrote to Picasso: "It is the art of the future showing its teeth." With over 3... more

Painting Joy: the Art and Life of Fernando Llort

by Teddi Ahrens

Painting Joy: the Art and Life of Fernando Llort describes how a Salvadoran artist used the power of art to bring resilience and joy to his country. He restored the ancient symbols of El Salvador to its people and transformed a struggling village into an artisan community. Even in the midst of a civil war, the men and women of La Palma dedicated themselves, not to violence, but to creating colorful art and crafts as their mentor taught them.

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