Comprised of photographs of families from around the world and throughout the last century, Families is the ultimate family album. This touching volume embraces various cultures and traditions, and presents interactions with loved ones that are at once foreign and universal, nostalgic and humorous, poignant and joyful. With photographs that date back to the 1890s and span the globe, this collection is a true celebration of human togetherness.

National Geographic MOMENTS: FAMILIES

Arts & Photography

Bendavid-Val, Leah

Photography & Video

National Geographic

From delicate early 20th century full-color photographs culled from National Geographic’s Autochrome collection of glass plates to modern shots taken by acclaimed landscape photographer Sam Abell, Gardens captures the beauty of flora, and the creativity and dedication of gardeners through the years. Presenting gorgeous landscapes from far-off places to some of America’s most beautiful backyards, Gardens is the ultimate tribute to this past century’s finest and most fascinating gardens.

National Geographic MOMENTS: GARDENS

A relevatory combination of bold photographs, most previously unpublished, and compelling text details the surprising story behind National Geographic's first years of groundbreaking photography, from science and industry to exotic cultures and wildlife, and explores the impact these photographs have had on how we perceive the world and ourselves.

Stories on Paper & Glass: Pioneering Photography at National Geographic

Fashion

This spectacular collection features stunning photographic tributes to great moments in life—whether it be the finest of gardens or the most sentimental of weddings. This book captures the emotion and history of each "moment" and allows you to relive them over and over again. Modest baseball caps, richly bejeweled crowns, Stetsons, fedoras, berets—every hat divulges a wealth of information about the wearer's status, style, culture, and personality. Delightfully engaging images by gifted National Geographic photographers, accompanied by insightful text, trace the global history of hats from the invention of photography to the present day—reflecting not just the passing trends of fashion but the evolution of civilization itself. A whimsical photographic celebration of a significant, time-honored accessory, Hats is a unique, gift-size volume that will brighten any viewer's day.

National Geographic Moments: Hats

This spectacular collection features stunning photographic tributes to great moments in life—whether it be the finest of gardens or the most sentimental of weddings. This book captures the emotion and history of each ''moment'' and allows you to relive them over and over again.

National Geographic Moments: Home

National Geographic The Photographs

National Geographic Society

Spanning almost a century of global upheaval and riveting human drama, this magnificent book follows the careers of Maynard Owen Williams, Volkmar Wentzel, Luis Marden, and Tom Abercrombiea stellar quartet of National Geographic photographers who used their cameras to record a truly remarkable era. While the lensmen were all supported and nurtured both technically and creatively by the Geographic, each had his own interests and his own distinctive styleand each made his own unique contribution to world culture, science, and history. Following a thoughtful introduction that sets the scene, the book is divided into four parts, each devoted to one man’s life and work. Chapters open with an essay and then display up to 50 pages of breathtaking historic images, many of which lay hidden in National Geographic archives for decades. Close associates and loved ones authored each photographer’s intimate story, calling on journals, anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes correspondence to portray the real person behind the lens. Our four subjects, taken together, represent the entire and quite glamorous progression of National Geographic photographya chronicle that will be eagerly embraced by all who love world history, biography, and great pictures.

Odysseys and Photographs: Four National Geographic Field Men

Jenkins, Mark Collins

Grosvenor, Gilbert M.

Wentzel, Viola Kiesinger

Focal Point

Through never-before-seen photographs and intriguing personal diaries, this beautiful book provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of Countess Sophia Tolstoy and her husband, Leo Tolstoy—one of the greatest authors of all time—set against the grand and terrifying backdrop of aristocratic Russia on the brink of its demise. Between 1885 and 1910, Countess Tolstoy made more than a thousand photographs representing her entire world—from artists to aristocrats to peasants to family, from the Crimea to Moscow to the family estate 100 kilometers to the south. She also kept detailed diaries, which sweep us into fashionable balls and local gossip...magical scenes of winter in Russia...and devastating famine in the countryside. Sophia's works deepen our understanding of the era as well as of this amazing woman, who had thirteen children, battled a troubled marriage, and, though blessed with a creative life of her own, was so devoted to her husband's career that she hand-copied his great works Anna Karenina and War and Peace many times over. Song Without Words showcases the photographs by theme, with Sophia's writings providing emotional context for many of the images. Commentary by author Leah Bendavid-Val weaves through the book, linking diaries with pictures and placing each in its historical and literary setting. Autobiographical in nature, yet global in its true scope, Song Without Words brings to light the gifts of a major figure whose previously unknown works enrich our knowledge of literature, photography, and history.

Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy

This stunning volume was the gift book of the year when it first published, and the images that grace its pages remain iconic. From the famous Afghan girl whose haunting green eyes stare out from the book’s cover, and her poignant story that captured the world’s interest, to award-winning photography culled from the Society’s vast archives, The Photographs offers readers an inside look at National Geographic and a sharp-eyed view of the world. The book showcases the skill and imagination of such notable Geographic photographers as David Doubilet, William Albert Allard, Sam Abell, Jim Stanfield, Jodi Cobb, Jim Brandenburg, David Alan Harvey, and many more. They share their techniques, as well as personal and colorful anecdotes about individual images and their adventures in the fieldsometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, always vividly compelling. Author Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers’ achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic perspectives. Five chapters cover core National Geographic themeswildlife on land and water; cultures in the United States and around the world; and science, from astronomy to archaeology to the human senses. The photographs in each chapter capture rare moments in nature and the lives of animals, along with defining events in the lives of people everywhere. This exquisite collection is as elegant as it is timeless.

National Geographic: The Photographs (National Geographic Collectors Series)

Sam Abell (born 1945) is one of America’s most influential documentary photographers, celebrated in particular for his in-depth color photo-essays for National Geographic magazine. He has also made a considerable impact as a teacher and author. Abell’s career is now the subject of The Sam Abell Library, a new publication project from Radius inaugurated with this volume--the first in a series of four multi-volume sets. Each of these sets is themed around a particular genre: the photography of places; the photography of nature; the photography of the past; and the photography of ideas. Essays by Abell appear in all of the books. In Life and Still Life, Abell explores three different cultures: Newfoundland; Hagi, Japan; and Northern Australia. This first boxed set also includes a fourth book with an illustrated essay by writer and curator Leah Bendavid-Val examining Abell’s evolution as an artist.

The Sam Abell Library: The Photography of Places

Radius Books

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