"By blending photography and writing Michael provides insight into the diseases of alcoholism and addiction and the pathways to recovery. In this new collection of photographs and essays he shares stories of resilience, compassion and empathy. Michael reveals candid details of his own journey, from his three month stay at the Talbot recovery campus in Atlanta to a new life filled with caring and connection. Along the way he discovers that sobriety...

"This Land presents some one hundred and forty photographs that span the nation, from Key West to Death Valley and Texas to Montana. From the monochromatic and distressed black-and-white images that began the series to the oversaturated color of more recent years, these photographs present a startlingly fresh perspective on America. The breadth of imagery in This Land brings to mind the works of such American masters as Edward Hopper, Grant Wood,...

Spanning the career of one of Japan's most revered photographers, this monograph - the only English-language volume of its kind - features exquisitely detailed full-page images that capture the relationship between human-made structures and the natural world. Toshio Shibata's large-format contemporary landscapes are distinguished by their haunting beauty, graceful composition, and meticulous detail. Using long exposures, and eliminating any references...

The "edges" that Harry Gruyaert, a pre-eminent member of the Magnum photo agency, explores in this incredibly lush, full-colour book, are the oceans, seas and rivers where humans meet the edge and the water begins. This unusual volume, which opens from the top up, takes the reader to Israel's Dead Sea, the Mali River in Niger, the North Sea of Iceland, South Korea and Biarritz, as Gruyaert's sensitive photos record the subtle chromatic vibrations...

Fast ist der Pfälzerwald noch ein Geheimtipp unter Fotograf*innen. Die kleine Mittelgebirgslandschaft erstreckt sich südlich von Kaiserslautern bis zur französischen Grenze und bietet eine erstaunlich abwechslungsreiche Fülle von Motiven. Landschaftsfotografen finden hier spektakuläre Felsformationen wie den Teufelstisch, pittoreske Burgruinen wie in Neudahn und eine äußerst abwechslungsreiche Berglandschaft mit Tälern und Canyons. Wer sich...

The Human Planet' is a sweeping visual chronicle of the Earth today from a photographer who has circled the globe to report on such urgent issues as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and the ever-expanding human footprint. George Steinmetz is at home on every continent, documenting both untrammeled nature and the human project that relentlessly redesigns the planet in its quest to build shelter, grow food, generate energy, and create beauty...

In 1941, Ansel Adams photographed America's national parks for a series of murals that would celebrate the country's natural heritage. Because of the escalation of World War II, the project was suspended after less than a year, but not before Adams had produced these images, which illustrate both his early innovations and the shape of his later, legendary career as America's foremost landscape photographer.