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In this landmark collection, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades, with new commentary from Vollmann on his process, inspiration, and the many intersections with his writing.

Bill Gentile did more than just "cover" Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution and the Contra War. He lived them. First as correspondent for United Press International and later as photojournalist for Newsweek, Gentile experienced those historic events from the inside. His memoir takes listeners not only to the 1979 revolution, the Contra War in the merciless mountains of Nicaragua, and to the deadly streets of El Salvador, but also to the steel mills and backyards of Southwestern Pennsylvania. This book introduces the American public to the victims of US intervention abroad.

She waits at the far end of the empty ballroom, restless and obscured by shadow. Here in the lightless corners, there is cover…an illusion of safety, where the only judgment suffered is her own. Ahead, a single spotlight burns a soft, white circle into the darkness. She is drawn to the promise of the light; to be seen, to be heard, to be recognized. We stand here now in the midst of a wave of awakening to the power of the divine feminine. The world is shifting in immensely beautiful ways that are painful, exhilarating, and necessary.

Eye Contact is the story of a photographer's decade-long journey in search of meaning and manhood. An experienced freelancer with the New York Times, author Luke Sharrett treats listeners to a behind-the-scenes look at covering the White House and flying aboard Air Force One. Despite achieving professional success at a young age, he is haunted by a feeling that he simply doesn't belong. He can't seem to outrun a nagging fear that he doesn't have what it takes to succeed in life. As he navigates his career, he begins searching for answers. Who am I? Where do I belong?

This book is for public relations professionals who must photograph their events because the budget doesn't allow hiring a professional photographer, or they think they don't need one. Photographers who want to expand their offerings with event photography will find this introduction practical and informative. There are many things to consider when doing this work. There's nothing like on-the-job training to make you a seasoned professional! We discuss knowing how your camera works, getting the job, preparing for the event, working the room, post-production, and more.

If you have paid a premium to get the most famous device available, then you deserve a book that is also able to create the same kind of user experience in making your use of the iPhone 13’s Pro Max camera an easy experience. Even for experienced iPhone users, iPhone 13 Pro Max comes with new innovative features that make it the coolest phone out there in the market. The iPhone 13 Pro Max is an embodiment of luxury and as is typical of Apple, customer user experience is at the forefront of its usage which is what this book aims to help illustrate.

This provocative coming of age story, explores the power of branding strategy, a technique the writer developed at an early age and carried with him throughout his lifetime. Lowery puts forward a raw compelling narrative of an individual who repeatedly perseveres, re-imagines his life, and finds innovative ways to move forward.

From presidents to royalty, war-torn regions to stunning scenery, the camera of John Jochimsen has captured it all. Perhaps the last person left alive today who was with Queen Elizabeth the day she became queen, John is one of the last remaining old-school photojournalists. 80 Years Gone in a Flash traces the remarkable story in his own words and with his own incredible pictures. From life at The News of the World to the jungles of Malaya, John provides an honest, witty, and touching account of a colorful career spanning more than five decades.

For four years, from January 2017 to January 2021, writer and publisher Martin Rowe documented the state of the United States and the world - using the verse form of ottava rima. In June 2019, he dedicated 30 of those verses to two extraordinarily compelling and distressing photographs of animals in extremis taken by Canadian photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur. Now expanded to include more verses and more of McArthur’s stunning images.

This audiobook focuses on the best topics for photos and videos that are saleable, shows proven marketing methods for selling them, tells you places the buyers are (online or off), and helps you earn an income from your photos or videos. The second part picks up on the latter in more detail, outlining how to optimize sales and use the best ways to promote your images inside microstock agencies and for internet search engines in general.

Make your microstock images get found. Improve the rankings of your photos or video clips both within microstock agency search and general internet search engines. In this simple guide you will learn the top-five tweaks and measures employed by power users and SEO experts to quickly and easily improve the visibility of your photo portfolios or video clip collections and greatly increase your chances to get more image sales. As "the future is downloadable", these skills will be increasingly important to make your digital creations stand out and shine online.

Selfies have become such a big part of everyday life. Thanks to Instagram and similar platforms, this applies to many people all over the world. They are a big part of social media, especially on image-based platforms. Research shows that around one in every three images taken is a selfie and that around one billion are selfies taken every week. That’s why it’s so important to make your selfies stand out.

Picture Your Profit helps managers catapult their business forward in ways they have never thought possible. Picture Your Profit shows managers how to create and increase awareness about their company’s products and services using photography in a strategic marketing plan.

It is easy to make a picture. Right? Think again. Of course, in today world, pictures are everywhere and tools for making them are available to everybody. Cyanotype 101 is an audiobook that speaks about, for a long time now commercially obsolete but beautiful photographic process, the Cyanotype. The audiobook is not intended for scientific research, advanced, or professional photographic artwork. The audiobook is intended for the starters in alternative photo processes and professional that could use simplification of the process.

By selling my photos and videos online I have earned more than 100 thousand euros, thanks to microstocks: agencies that provide webmasters, marketers, documentary directors, and anyone who wants to buy content created by others to use on their projects. As a photography enthusiast, I traveled the world with my reflex camera paying for flights and hotels with the sales of my images and videos. This was incredibly satisfying, but not easy at all, as I had to learn which subjects sold the best.

Digital photography has become the standard today. Welcome to this guide to digital photography. Learn everything you need to know about digital photography.

Exposure Mastery takes a basic understanding of Digital SLR cameras and transforms it into professional-level skill. Covering the integral physics of the tool of a photographer’s trade, the guide transforms pure knowledge into artistic know-how. Written by a professional photographer, Exposure Mastery introduces the amateur photographer to the most fundamental ingredient in a professional photograph: light. From here, it branches out to cover all the important aspects of photography and the tricks of the trade every photographer should know.

The iPhone camera has so many hidden features and tricks that you probably don’t know about and only an audiobook like this can help to expose those hidden features for you. If you have an iPhone 11 Pro and want to be able to take stunning photos with it, then this audiobook is for you. The three cameras that protrude from the back of the iPhone 11 Pro are incredible, but will require that you master the camera setting for you to be able to use it to capture great shots, this audiobook is it is going to tell you how to do just that.

If you're an intermediate photographer who've mastered the basics of DSLR photography and are looking to upgrade your portfolio with masterpieces, then this guide is for you. In DSLR Photography Advanced, Leonard Piquar shows you how to take amazing, professional-quality photographs every time you press the shutter button and take your photography skills to a whole new level.

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