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Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780976501800 Category : Portrait photography Languages : en Pages : 0
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A lifetime project, this book contains vivid, eye-catching photographs of the many friends that Al Sadpour has made during his over thirty years of traveling the globe, at times to its most remote areas. Influenced by the inimitable Yousuf Karsh, Al has adopted his mentor's philosphy of focusing on those great in heart, mind and spirit, be they famous or humble. Photographed in their own environments, the very human subjects here reflect extreme diversity in ages and ethnic backgrounds -- yet a common theme runs through each of the pictures: the uniqueness of the Human Face.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780976501800 Category : Portrait photography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A lifetime project, this book contains vivid, eye-catching photographs of the many friends that Al Sadpour has made during his over thirty years of traveling the globe, at times to its most remote areas. Influenced by the inimitable Yousuf Karsh, Al has adopted his mentor's philosphy of focusing on those great in heart, mind and spirit, be they famous or humble. Photographed in their own environments, the very human subjects here reflect extreme diversity in ages and ethnic backgrounds -- yet a common theme runs through each of the pictures: the uniqueness of the Human Face.
Author: Margo DeMello Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1598846183 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 361
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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives. Our faces identify who we are—not only what we look like and what ethnicities we belong to, but they can also identify what religions we practice and what personal ideologies we have. This one-of-a-kind A–Z reference explores the ways we change, beautify, and adorn our faces to create our personalities and identities. In addition to covering the basics such as the anatomical structure and function of parts of the human face, the entries examine how the face is viewed around the world, allowing students to easily draw connections and differences between various cultures around the world. Readers will learn about a wide variety of topics, including identity in different cultures; religious beliefs; folklore; extreme beautification; the "evil eye;" scarification; facial piercing and facial tattooing masks; social views about beauty including cosmetic surgery and makeup; how gender, class and sexuality play a role in our understanding of the face; and skin, eye, mouth, nose, and ear diseases and disorders. This encyclopedia is ideal for high school and undergraduate students studying anthropology, anatomy, gender, religion, and world cultures.
Author: Max Arthur Publisher: Cassell Illustrated ISBN: 9781844037995 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
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Charting the Allies' entry into warfare in 1914, Max Arthur tells the story in words and pictures of the new conscripted army's life through the five years of slaughter and suffering. He brilliantly conveys not only the heroism, but also the universal horror, futility, humour and boredom of warfare. From the front-line troops and the daily dice with death, to the support lines, communications, enlistment, training and propaganda, every aspect of the soldier's life is covered in this brilliant collection of images and interviews that brings the Great War to life once more.
Author: Sasha Maslov Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1616896132 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 146
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Ichiro Sudan trained to be a kamikaze. Roscoe Brown was a commander in the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators. Charin Singh, a farmer from Delhi, spent seven years as a Japanese prisoner of war and was not sent home until four years after the war ended. Uli John lost an arm serving in the German army but ultimately befriended former enemy soldiers as part of a network of veterans—"people who fought in the war and know what war really means." These are some of the faces and stories in the remarkable Veterans, the outcome of a worldwide project by Sasha Maslov to interview and photograph the last surviving combatants from World War II. Soldiers, support staff, and resistance fighters candidly discuss wartime experiences and their lifelong effects in this unforgettable, intimate record of the end of a cataclysmic chapter in world history and tribute to the members of an indomitable generation. Veterans is also a meditation on memory, human struggle, and the passage of time.
Author: Francois Robert Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811827935 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 280
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It was 20 years ago that Swiss graphic designer Jean Robert discovered a face in a padlock. Since then, he and his brother Francois have been photographing the smirks, smiles, and pouts in everyday objects. The result, this collection of more than 150 whimsical photographs that communicate a world of expressions. 117 color, 42 b&w images.
Author: Mary L. Hanneman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317878965 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 199
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By 1925 the process of Japan's transition to a modern industrialised, westernised state was pretty much complete. Not only had the imperial tradition been restored with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, but some forms of democratic parliamentary institutions had been set up. However, during the years that followed, the so-called imperial democracy came under pressure as the Japanese sought to impose tight control over not only their own people but their neighbours as well. This impressive survey looks at developments at home, Japan's aggressive foreign policy particularly in China during the 1930s and 1940s, and her role in the Second World War. Finally, the post-war reconstruction orchestrated by the Americans is examined. The cut-off point is 1952 - the date when Allied Occupation formally came to an end and Japan once again became independent.
Author: Max Hastings Publisher: Cassell ISBN: 9781844037131 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The follow-up to Faces of World War I, this photographic journey is testament to the 100 million military men and women, and many more civilians, whose lives were so profoundly affected by the catastrophic war of 1939-1945. Faces of World War II pays tribute to all who fought and died, and won and lost for greater human rights and freedom. Structured by year, the book includes images of the major events from Blitzkrieg to the Battle of Britain, from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor. With over 17 million people perishing during the course of the conflict, brutality, suffering and slaughter are inevitably shown, and these pictures take their place alongside poignant and uplifting scenes of civilians, nurses and doctors fighting their own battles, and the endless task of clearing the battlefields and the brief moments of respite. This book remarkably captures the reality of war: the suffering, the toil and the hopelessness, as well as the mundane aspects of a world turned upside down in those seven fateful years. From enforced confinement to trench warfare and mechanization, Faces Of World War II shows every aspect of this very modern war, in images that will inform, shock, move, but always engage.
Author: Maijastina Kahlos Publisher: Brepols Pub ISBN: 9782503539997 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 324
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The foundations of European civilization as we know it today were laid in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. The Faces of the Other: Religious Rivalry and Ethnic Encounters in the Later Roman World traces the roots of the attitudes and argumentation about religious or ethnic otherness in modern western culture. It aims at deepening the historical understanding of attitudes towards otherness as well as cultural and religious conflicts in world history. The Faces of the Other discusses the conceptions, depictions, and attitudes towards the other in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The book focuses on the perception of otherness, whether other peoples or religions, in the Later Roman Empire as understood broadly, from the first until the fifth century CE. These others are ethnic others such as the Persians, Huns, and the Germanic peoples were to Romans, or religious others such as Jews were to Christians or Christians to Jews, Christians to pagans or pagans to Christians, or different cults to the 'mainstream' Romans, or different Christian sects to each other. Dr Maijastina Kahlos teaches at the Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies. Her main areas of expertise are: Roman history, the religions in the Roman Empire, cultures, ideas and religions in Late Antiquity.
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Author: Margo DeMello
Author: Max Arthur
Author: Sasha Maslov
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Author: Edward Malin
Author: Maijastina Kahlos