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Everything That Creeps 11 reviews
Elizabeth McGrath
Last Gasp, 2006
Great book for fans of Liz McGrath
+ Creepy & Everything!
+ love it!
+ Inspiration and Magic
+ Everything That Creeps
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Walker Evans: Signs (Getty Trust Publications, J. Paul Getty Museum)2 reviews
Andrei Codrescu
Getty Publications, 1998
Just Beautiful!
+ Graphics / Black & White fans MUST BUY
Walker Evans SIGNS are unique and wonderful. These images glow in there black and white surroundings. Some of the images are simple and delicate and other are busy and loud...a great mixure.Codrescu's essays give you a delightful walk through of Evans life.Andrei has an original insight... ...
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Pop Surrealism: The Rise Of Underground Art10 reviews
Last Gasp, 2004
raves from a lowbrow newbie
+ Buy It Now!!
+ trends of pop culture
+ I am a newbie.. This is the start of my journey..
+ Excellent
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The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi 17 reviews
Mark Ryden, Carlo McCormack
Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2001
Awe Inspiring
+ one of the the greatest living artists
+ B is for Beautiful
+ Such a gem
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Andy Warhol 365 Takes: The Andy Warhol Museum Collection6 reviews
Staff of Andy Warhol Museum
Harry N. Abrams, 2004
Shows the Andy Warhol Museum collection
+ It shipped fast and was sealed
+ Good stuff
+ Andy Warhol: 365 Takes: The Andy Warhol Museum Collection
+ AN ANDY A DAY ... MOST ARTFUL, INDEED!
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Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon25 reviews
May Pang
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Lennon AAA+++
+ Instamatic Karma
+ A nice book
+ What might have been?
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Mexican Notebooks 1934-19643 reviews
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cartier-Bresson Bresson
Thames & Hudson, 1996
Mexico uncovered
+ Inspirational, but limited
+ an honest and delicate look at mexico
There is a consistant light which runs through Cartier-Bresson's work. It is the late afternoon light or the early morning glow, that enters his leica. We see it in the streets, behind the waitress in the Mexican bar as she leans unknowingly towards Cartier-Bresson's lens. It's surrounded by this ...
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The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book54 reviews
Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2007
in love with postsecret
+ Love it.
+ WE ALL LOVE SECRETS
+ Post Secrets
+ enjoyed the insight
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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives246 reviews
Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2005
Perfect??!!
+ I love secrets!
+ Post Secrets
+ You can't resist picking this up
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Brassai: The Eye of Paris 4 reviews
Anne W. Tucker
Harry N. Abrams, 1999
An Exhibition Book That Does Justice to the Exhibition
+ Great view of Paris
+ Please
I saw this exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and bought the book. The exhibition blew me away and so did the book! It is the best exhibition book on photography I have seen. The print quality of the photographs is superb and the text is excellent. This book is a lesson in photography, ...
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Robert Frank: The Americans29 reviews
Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac
Scalo Publishers, 1998
The definitive "The Americans"
+ Robert Frank, not Jack Kerouac
+ iNTERESTING
+ It's not by Jack K.
+ Black and White and Grey
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Andy Warhol: Giant Size19 reviews
Editors of Phaidon Press, Dave Hickey
Phaidon Press, 2006
Great book
+ Great gift idea
+ Awesome Warhol book!
+ Andy Warhol Giant Size
+ WOW! A beautiful tribute
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The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography (Taschen's 25th Anniversary ...9 reviews
Taschen, 2008
What a SEXY book!!!
+ The Polaroid Book - A Must-Have Ode to a Fine Artistic Medium
+ a MUST-HAVE for all polaroid enthusiasts
+ Do not miss the opportunity to own this treasure!
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Revenge10 reviews
Ellen Von Unwerth
Twin Palms Publishers, 2003
fabulous
+ Delightful read for the S&M voyeur
+ Beautiful, provocative book
+ Unwerth's 'Revenge'
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The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean82 reviews
Nick Bantock
Chronicle Books, 1994
Completely Original
+ Incredibly imaginitive...
+ Beautiful, intriguing and enchanting!
+ A truly unique set
+ Worth a hundred smiles
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The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon52 reviews
Dan Eldon
Chronicle Books, 1997
Truly Profound
+ Enlightening
+ Amazing, Inspiring, & Beautiful
+ An amazing visual record of a brief, spectacular life
+ Awesome read, beautiful art
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Mapplethorpe: Polaroids1 review
Sylvia Wolf
Prestel Publishing, 2007
Must have
Grab a copy of this book, especially if you're a photography buff. Unlike the cover may suggest, it's not just a book of dirty pictures. It's a wonderful collection of brilliant black and white Polaroid transfers. Each image is a genuine work of art and, unlike the cover, images show genius in ...
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Life Our Century in Pictures29 reviews
Richard B. Stolley
Little Brown & Co., 1999
A scrapbook of the century...
+ A great treasure trove
+ Amazing!
+ It's a family favorite!
+ A scrapbook of the century...
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For Ever Godard1 review
Black Dog Publishing, 2007
An excellent collection of original essays
This is a pretty amazing collection of new writings on Godard. I've read pretty much every book on Godard, but nothing matches the depth and breadth of For Ever Godard. While there are many great studies of the nouvelle vague films, there are very few that cover his later films. Until now. ...
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Wall and Piece54 reviews
Banksy
Random House UK, 2007
Funny and Very Creative Vandalism
+ Great Book for any graffiti enthusiast!
+ finished reading it at the bookstore
+ Mezmerizing!
+ Great collection of graffiti art.
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