30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY 23
See the history of image manipulation in Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, an Amazon Editor's Pick for this holiday. This captivating book reveals that almost every type of manipulation we associate
with Adobe’s now-ubiquitous Photoshop software was also part of
photography’s pre-digital repertoire, from slimming waistlines and
smoothing away wrinkles to adding or removing people in images, not to mention fabricating events that never took place. Among the techniques discussed–and beautifully illustrated
with works from an international array of
collections—are multiple exposure, combination printing, photomontage,
composite portraiture, over-painting, hand coloring, and retouching. Save 37%, enjoy free shipping with gift wrapping available!
30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY TWENTY
For the wish lists of Rudolf, reindeer, and all animal lovers, check out Award-winning photographer Tim Flach's book, More Than Human. Flach has spent years inquiring into the
essential bond we have with animals, and presents an extraordinary body of work in which each image
is more striking and powerful than the last. A constant affirmation of the animal, whether it
be rare or common, powerful or defenseless, odd or majestic, the book
showcases a menagerie of creatures—pandas, tigers, bats, lions,
orangutans, cobras, bullfrogs, chimpanzees, wolves, porcupines,
elephants, owls, armadillos, among many others—as they have never been
seen before. As an Editor's Pick, this book is 40% off at Amazon this week!
30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY ELEVEN
Pack your bags and get ready for an analogue road trip with the Diana Travel Pack! This bundle has all the essentials you need—a fun film
Diana F+ camera, a
Prophecies edition Packrat Bag, a Lomo Notebook, and the aptly titled
“Road Trip” issue of Light Leaks Magazine.
30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY SEVEN
The amazing street photography of Vivian Maier is captured in this beautiful book by Powerhouse– the perfect gift for photographers and non-photographers alike. Maier was a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over
100,000 photographs worldwide—from France to New York City, to Chicago
and dozens of other countries—and yet showed the results to no one. The
photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high
quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets
of city life in America’s post-war golden age. Maier’s work would come to light when in 2007 her work
was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest
Side by John Maloof. Available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble - both offer free shipping.
