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Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Travel
An Artist Finds His Calling: The Story of George Catlin, the “First Artist of the West”
No artist, in the period before photography, traveled more widely among as many different tribes or made as many portraits and scenes of Indians from life. –Robert J. Moore on… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Travel
Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas McKenney and James Hall
Thomas McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs under presidents Madison, Monroe, Adams, and Jackson, sought to create an archive that would preserve the American Indian heritage and traditions of the time…. Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Follies and Disasters: the four books of francisco goya
Francisco José de Goya produced four major series of etchings in his lifetime. The first, Los Caprichos (Caprices), the artist finished and published as a rather ambitious book of 80… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Life is Good & Good for you in New York by William Klein
Did William Klein know how to take photographs when he created the images that made him famous? If you asked him today he would likely answer he did not. A… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Aubrey Beardsley’s Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur
I’ve mentioned more than once the influence of Aubrey Beardsley on the artists featured in this miniseries – e.g., Kay Nielsen (see “Tales from the Old North”) and Harry Clarke… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Ballet by Alexey Brodovitch
This is one of my favorite photobooks. It has it all – moving images, superb design and a great story. It stands as a one-of-a kind testament to the innovation of… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Alice in Wonderland, Illustrated by Salvador Dalí
Little known fact: Lewis Carroll paid for the printing of Alice in Wonderland himself. Surprisingly, this isn’t actually all that unusual when it comes to illustrated titles published in the… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Walker Evans: American Photographs
Travelling the land of the free, Walker Evans released photography in America from a cultural lockdown. By training his eye on the effects of the Depression era, he redrew the… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
E.A. Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, illustrated by Harry Clarke
I’ve always had a hazy kind of affection for Edgar Allan Poe. His stories are strange and rich; his poems are satisfyingly moody. (He was also my middle school’s namesake… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Bill Brandt: A Night in London
Viewing the images in Bill Brandt’s A Night in London reminds me of Sherlock Holmes. As I turn the pages, I am transported to foggy nights in the capital city,… Read More