Author and photographer John Lander takes the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites of Japan as a starting point for exploring the country's architecture, history, customer and festivals. Lander, who has lived in Japan for 35 years, travelled to al...

This monographic volume offers a selection of Jose Guerrero's finest series in chronological order, from the beginning of his career in 2002 to the year 2020: Thames, La Mancha, Sierra Nevada, New York – Night Lights, Carrara, and others. His work d...

In the second half of the 19th century, unprecedented advances in technology resulted in the collision of travel and photography. Explorers were able to document their journeys, hauling enormous amounts of equipment over arduous terrain. The results...

There's nothing quite like a relationship with an aged pet – a dog or cat who has been at our side for years, forming an ineffable bond. Pampered pets, however, are a rarity among animals who have been domesticated. Farm animals, for example, are usu...

An illustrated biography of one of the 20th century's greatest photographers, this book looks at the life and work of Inge Morath. The late playwright Arthur Miller, speaking of his wife Inge Morath, said "She made poetry out of people and their pla...

Few American artists today are creating work as striking and politically charged as Carrie Mae Weems".Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement" explores a unique body of aesthetically powerful work that is particularly relevant in the context of cu...

Contrary to the common "Don't Touch – Just Look" approach, the exhibition "Phenotypes / Limited Forms" encourages visitors to pick their favorite subjects out of a total of several hundreds of displayed photographs, rearrange them, name their sequenc...

This generously illustrated examination of architectural photography from the 1930s to the present shows how the medium has helped shape familiar views of iconic buildings. Photography has both manipulated and bolstered our appreciation of modern ar...

In 2014, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago received a generous gift from collectors Lester and Betty Guttman: 830 photographs, created by a total of 414 artists, that cover a time period stretching all the way from the early 1800s...

"Columns of Smoke" is a four-volume collection. The first volume includes "Photography or Life" and "Popular Mies", which illuminate overlooked aspects of modern architecture and photography and reveal a more nuanced – and plausible – conception of t...