PhotoBooks Great Britain - London

Celebrating this beloved city, London Then and Now offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. This book features dozens of fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of one of our greatest urban landscapes.

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Already well established in the fields of travel, journalistic, and advertising photography, Horst and Tina Herzig focus on Britain's dynamic capital city to give us a stunning visual survey in black and white. The results of their walks through London's streets, parks, and neighborhoods collected here are more than a simple documentary record of a time and a place. Interspersed among the many artfully composed photographs of London's most famous landmarks are dozens of pictures that capture the spirit and energy of Londoners themselves. Designed to fit in any briefcase or handbag, this portrait of everyday life in one of the world's great cities is also the perfect keepsake for any traveler.

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In 1921, when the earliest of the photographs in this book was taken, George V was on the throne, David Lloyd George was Prime Minister, and Queen Elizabeth II had not yet been born. That same year, the first helicopter made its shaky maiden flight over France, making international headlines. Almost 80 years later, booking a helicopter to take the color images for this book was a matter of routine for aerial photographer Jason Hawkes ‹ a far cry from the rickety biplanes used by Aerofilms for the early photography. Hawkes had been inspired by these old pictures of London and decided to recreate the same views to provide graphic evidence of the changes in the capital during the intervening years. The result is both a fascinating aerial history lesson and a photojournalistic delight.

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Gerald Hoberman's "London" is the very quintessence of this great city, a surprising and delightful portrait. It is a celebration and an important record of England's capital at the dawn of the new millennium. Many of the stunning photographs in this book were shot from a helicopter, and show London as it has never been seen before. Readers will encounter an eye-popping city; outgoing and splendidly green, yet urban at the same time. When coupled with John Andrew's fascinating text, this book is a must for anyone who has ever been to London, or dreamed of visiting. The 161 color photographs featured in this mesmerizing volume have been spot U.V. varnished so that they seem to literally "pop" off the page.

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The Tower of London is one of Britain's premier ancient monuments and tourist attractions. Until the 19th century, however, the Tower was a collection of self-contained communities: a royal residence, government offices, and armory. From 1850 on, older buildings have been repaired and more recent ones demolished as part of a mammoth program to return the Tower to its medieval castle origins. Through more than 200 previously unpublished photographs selected by the Keeper of Tower History, this unique history records the remarkable transformations which have shaped the Tower of London with its Crown Jewels that millions visit every year.

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Using a digital camera and digital imaging technology, photographer Nick Wood has developed a new way to photograph landscapes and cityscapes, placing the viewer in the center of dramatic 360 panoramas. Exploring New York and London with this equipment, he documents his favorite places. The resulting books are perfect souvenirs of great cities and intriguing photographic adventures. Each book visits famous landmarks as well as hip and popular spots off the beaten path in spectacular 360º photographs. Numerous visual details give a sense of closer involvement with a scene. The long, landscape format is suited to the style of the photographic images, and each volume has one amazing gatefold. Included with each book is a Mac- and PC-compatible CD-ROM with QuickTime movies of all the sites.

360º London similarly offers a combination of the familiar and the offbeat, from Buckingham Palace to Madame Tussaud's, and including the Tate Modern, Carnaby Street, Greenwich Observatory, Tower Bridge, a Rolls-Royce showroom, Portobello Market, and other memorable locations.

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Celebrating this beloved city, London Then and Now offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. This book features dozens of fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of one of our greatest urban landscapes.

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Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique atmosphere of the city. He followed British financiers around the City, capturing them in their traditional top hats and long coats, creating images that depict them in a poetic dance with their fog-shrouded environment. He shot pictures of workers, men delivering coal, children playing on the streets, people waiting or relaxing in the parks, and images of poverty. In these photographs he juxtaposed money and work, wealth and poverty, creating a dynamic photographic project that has never been shown before in its entirety. Then, in March 1953, before the impending nationalization of the country's coal mines, Frank travelled to the town of Careau, in Wales, to photograph the coal miners whose lives revolved around their work. One miner, Ben James, and his family became the subject of a picture essay (originally published in a 1955 issue of U.S. Camera) in which Frank downplayed the classic modernist photographic moment in favor of a more provocative form that offered informal, revealing glances rather than an official document.

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Photographer and author combine in this book to present some of the small visual delights of London. Effusions of cast iron, miniature pepper pots and Moorish minarets, Elizabethan half-timbering and Gothic tracery are all testament to centuries of building for pleasure rather than for function.

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