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The Moon 1968-1972, an attractive new book containing photos from NASA’s Apollo Program, which 47 years ago landed the first men on the moon, evokes the rich mixture of emotion, yearning and speculation that have long surrounded Earth’s mysterious companion and neighbor.
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The Photographer's Cookbook is a real gem for photo enthusiasts, featuring the favorite recipes of 50 major photographers, from William Eggleston to Marion Faller.
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Through 86 volumes that span the 15th century to the present, the Grolier Club visualizes the development of modern timekeeping.
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In Reading Cy Twombly: Poetry in Paint, Mary Jacobus offers a fresh and intricate study of Twombly’s citations and overall engagement with verse.
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Lucinda Hawksley's book Bitten by Witch Fever chronicles the rise of poisonous pigments in the 19th century through the burgeoning British wallpaper trade.
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What in the world is art worth?
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Xiaoxiao Xu photographed and interviewed men in rural Chinese villages who have huge dreams of flight.
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David Ellwand has collected over 100 vintage cameras and published the photographs he’s taken with them in RetroPhoto: An Obsession.
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Charles Jones photographed hundreds of vegetables in the 19th century, but it was only in 1981 that his work was rediscovered by chance.
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Thanks to Blood Meridian, I’ve learned, at least temporarily, the meanings of “quirt,” “pritchel,” and even the seemingly ultra-rare “malandered.”
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More than merely taking a side in a long-running coterie debate, Look’s selective disclosures of its method stand out because they represent a way of pointing to artistic process without fetishizing it.
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Matthew M. Kaelin takes pictures of carnivorous plants to highlight their beautiful and fatal details.