Trees resonate deeply in the souls of millions of people. That Tree spoke to photographer Mark Hirsch of patience and dedication, hidden beauty and personal healing. Using only his iPhone, for an entire year Hirsch would quietly coax her stories and share her wisdom with an inspired and passionate Facebook following. Now that story of discovery and healing has been captured in his first book, "That Tree : An iPhone Photo Journal Documenting a Year in the Life of a Lonely Bur Oak." Hirsch was just out of college when he landed his dream job photographing life along the Mississippi River for the Telegraph-Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. He loved his job and moved steadily up through the ranks. He thought he would retire there but after 19 years, Hirsch was let go. It felt like he had been hit by a truck but Hirsch managed to build a freelance career. Then in 2011, he was literally hit by a truck and almost killed. After the crash Hirsch was unable to work. Then Hirsch bought his first iPhone. One day, on his way home in the middle of a January snow storm, Hirsch took his first picture with the iPhone and was instantly hooked! Something about That Tree caught Hirsch's eye that day, he's not sure why. He'd driven past That Tree nearly every day for 19 years but never really looked at it. Hirsch decided to make a photo of That Tree every day for a year. Before sunrise, after sunset, anytime really, he was there waiting and watching, taking note of the simple beauty he had missed for so long. A nest of eggs beneath her branches, a darting blackbird, the sun setting on the horizon beyond That Tree. The valley of That Tree became for Hirsch a foreign land full of strange and wonderful discoveries. That Tree had spoken to Hirsch of patience and dedication. It gave him healing and inspiration and it taught him to slow down, take time to look around and appreciate the almost, but not quite, hidden beauty that abounds in our world. Sometimes even in your own backyard.

That Tree (That Tree : An iPhone Photo Journal Documenting a Year in the Life of a Lonely Bur Oak)

Arts & Photography

Mark Hirsch

Photography & Video

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"WORK" is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Bon Jovi, the top touring rock band in the world. This oversized, hardcover art book -- weighing nearly five pounds -- is a collection of color and black and white photographs taken by the band's official tour photographer David Bergman during two record-breaking world tours from 2010-2013. Exclusive, intimate, and powerful images show the band members on stage, backstage, and inside their own homes. Never before seen photos take you inside the operating room as Jon Bon Jovi deals with the pain and successful surgery on his knee in 2011. Another section of the book features private photographs personally taken by Jon, giving fans a unique look -- for the first time ever -- at the rock icon's life through his own eyes.

BON JOVI WORK

BERGMAN

Featured on CBS SUNDAY MORNING. AIR by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Vincent Laforet is an exquisite museum-quality book of breathtaking high-altitude nighttime aerial photos taken over 10 of the world's most iconic cities including New York, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney, London, Barcelona, and Berlin.

Vincent Laforet

Although he has hardly anything in the way of material possessions, Mr. Ed Stilley of Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas has found a way to give that which is priceless: The gift of love that inspires the recipient to pass it forward. It started with making instruments and giving them away for free to the children of family, friends, and neighbors. By inscribing the words, "True Faith, True Light, Have Faith in God" Stilley's message was available to any who admired his work. The time is now past where Stilley is able to create these incredible objects but the mission lives on in this exquisite book exhibiting many of Stilley's creations along with in-depth conversations and heartwarming stories. GIFTED is meant to inspire its readers that, no matter our circumstances, we all have much to give and in doing so we will find unexpected joy and riches.

GIFTED : The Instruments of Ed Stilley

Tim Hawley

As seen on CBS News Sunday Morning and CBS News This Morning: "No city has designed its lighting to look good from orbit. Yet our city lights viewed from above are truly spectacular - a beautiful, unintended consequence of civilization. They radiate into space a message about who we are." (foreword) - Donald R. Pettit / NASA Astronaut. Sublime, quiet, serene, surreal, and other-worldly... these are just a few of the adjectives that only begin to describe Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet's mesmerizing high-altitude nighttime aerial photos over some of the most iconic cities around the world including New York, London, Sydney, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Berlin, and Barcelona. "AIR is a project born of my need to share an important lesson I've discovered over the past decade making aerial photographs: the world is much smaller than we think." says Laforet. "Borders are irrelevant and distances shortened. Clearly, we are more intimately connected to one another than we may realize. I chose the title AIR because it's something we all share and are all equally responsible for. By definition air doesn't belong to anyone. It belongs to us all regardless of background, social status and origin, as does this project. Laforet, a three-time winner at the prestigious 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, is a director and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who's known for his forward thinking approach to image making and storytelling. In addition to having been commissioned by nearly every major international publication including Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life, Vincent is considered a pioneer for both his innovative tilt/shift and aerial photography and in the field of HD-capable DSLR cameras.

AIR by Vincent Laforet SIGNED EDITION

David Bowie: Behind The Curtain is a rare, exclusive, intimate, and very candid look at David Bowie during the rise of the Thin White Duke, his Station to Station tour, and numerous larger-than-life stories along the way. In 1975, rock 'n roll photographer Andrew Kent landed the gig of a lifetime. He had been entrusted by Bowie to document, with unfettered access, anything and everything Bowie and his entourage encountered for the next two years. Backstage, on stage, private parties, birthday parties, limos, quiet hotel moments, dressing rooms, Berlin, Paris, New York, London, Helsinki, Moscow. Also along during the Station to Station tour was an 18 year old Rolling Stone reporter researching a cover story on Bowie named Cameron Crowe. In 1976 Bowie took Iggy Pop, his manager Pat Gibbons, his personal secretary Coco, and Kent on an impromptu excursion by train to the Soviet Union. A mistake on the schedule at the train station caused the group to miss their return train to Helsinki leading the press to run frenzied headlines reading, "David Bowie Missing in Soviet Union!." With his unprecedented access, Kent created a one-of-a-kind travelogue, capturing the unique and spectacular life of one of the most iconic musicians in rock 'n roll history.

David Bowie: Behind the Curtain

Andrew Kent

Who hasn't gazed upward, dreaming of the stars? Who hasn't yearned to view our home planet from space? Astronaut Donald R. Pettit has lived in space - worked and walked in space. During his 370 days aboard the International Space Station, Pettit created a unique portfolio of fascinating photographs of the earth, the stars, and everything in between. They are the stuff dreams are made of. "Art is woven into the fabric of space, and we will only fully sense its forms by venturing there. Astronauts are privileged to be the explorers of this age, adn I believe we should share out experiences with everyone on earth." - Donald R. Pettit.

Spaceborne

Donald Pettit

The collaboration between Bettie Page and the Klaws produced photographs that are far more than mere pin-ups. They have given generations of men and women something to admire, by showing one strong, unapologetically sensual woman, at home in her curvaceous body. While by today's standards some of these images may seem tame, even humorous, there was nothing funny about what they accomplished. Perhaps unwittingly, Irving Klaw and Bettie Page blazed a trail for future pro-sex feminists to follow, by creating a portrait of a woman celebrating her sexuality with confidence, tolerance, and freedom.

BETTIE! : The Incomparable Bettie Page Archives of Irving Klaw

Cara Winter

Individual Artists

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Scott Strazzante uses an iPhone and the Hipstamatic app to capture the whimsy and irony, struggle and strength of everyday America. Influenced by the work of Garry Winogrand and Robert Frank, Strazzante's modern twist on classic street photography fuses his shooting from the hip style with the serendipity of life, for a revealing vision of today's world.

Shooting From The Hip

Lynne Warren

Scott Strazzante

Intimate, candid, and visually stunning, This House is Not For Sale offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Bon Jovi, rock icons at the very top of their game, as they do everything from recording their latest chart-topping record to leaving it all on stage for the fans night after night on their latest tour. This House is Not For Sale features over 150 dramatic photographs, many never-before-seen, taken by official Bon Jovi photographer David Bergman, and strikingly honest interviews with each band member by acclaimed music journalist Ray Waddell.

Bon Jovi: This House Is Not for Sale

Biographies & Memoirs

David Bergman

Arts & Literature

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