Amanda Hopkinson Books

A year in the life of the Nobel laureate on the anniversary of his death.

Featuring a comprehensive 4000-word essay by a field expert, this series offers a deep dive into photography. It includes 55 chronologically arranged photographs, each accompanied by insightful commentary, enhancing the viewer's understanding of the images. Additionally, a biography of the featured photographer provides context and background, making it an enriching experience for photography enthusiasts and those interested in the art form's history.

“I think of women as the most natural subjects for me, in two senses. Firstly, because women often express more in their faces, and are less inhibited in showing emotion. Then because being a woman has been a great advantage to me personally in being a photographer. Women subjects are less threatened by a woman, so it is easier for me to approach them without seeming intimidating. I can win their trust, move in closer.” 'About Women' is Dorothy Bohm’s first book to focus exclusively on the subject of women. Taken throughout the world, from the late 1940s until the present day, her photographs range from images of ordinary women going about their everyday activities, to explorations of the role that representations of women, in the form of advertisements, posters and mannequins, play in contemporary westernised society. The photographs, many of which are previously unpublished, are complemented by an insightful foreword by novelist Marika Cobbold and an informative essay, based on conversations with Dorothy Bohm, by photography curator and historian Amanda Hopkinson.

Julia Margaret Cameron (Virago Pioneers)

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective: incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, from truly living

Featuring black-and-white and colour photographs, this volume aims to lead observers through 150 years of the history of photo-journalism. Including both everyday life and the grandest events, it conveys the ideals and fears of the decades.

Vol. 2. Images 1918 To The Present -- Aspects Of The 1920s And 1930s -- The Rise Of Facism -- Nazism -- War In Europe : The Blitz -- Postwar Fashion -- Cinema -- The Changing Role Of Women -- Music And Dance -- The Sixties -- Aviation And Space -- World Events -- Civil Protest -- Disasters -- Sport. Text By Nick Yapp (vol. I) ; Amanda Hopkinson (vol. Ii). Includes Index. Text In English, German, And French; German Translation By Birgit Herbst And French Translation By Sylvie Adam-kuenen.

This book covers the history of photojournalism from 1850 to the present. Part I encompasses 1850 through 1918, including aviation and railways, World War I, and the Russian Revolution. Part II covers 1918 to the present, including the rise of Fascism, Nazism, the changing role of women, and civil protest.

Wenn Sie den Namen Gerti Deutsch nicht kennen, sind sie offenbar zu jung, um Picture Post gelesen zu haben. Ihr Name stand dort in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren regelmäßig unter den interessantesten Fotoreportagen. (Wolf Suschitzky, 2010) Der Bildband gibt erstmals einen Einblick in das fotografische Gesamtwerk von Gerti Deutsch. Es reicht von kunstfotografischen Portraits aus den 30er Jahren in Wien, die sie vermutlich im Zuge ihres Studiums an der Graphischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt gemacht hat, über ihre produktivste Zeit als Fotojournalistin bis hin zu bewegenden Bildern aus dem Wien der Nachkriegszeit und Entwürfen zu nie verwirklichten Buchprojekten in den 60er Jahren. Gerti Deutsch, in ein gutbürgerliches jüdisches Elternhaus in Wien geboren, arbeitete ab 1938 im Londoner Exil als eine der wenigen Frauen für die damals führende Bildillustrierte Picture Post, für die sie unmittelbar nach dem Krieg auch Reportagen in ihrer ehemaligen Heimatstadt Wien fotografierte. Ende der 60er Jahre kehrte sie nach einem Aufenthalt in Italien für längere Zeit wieder nach Österreich zurück. Die Texte stammen von Wolf Suschitzky, dem ebenfalls nach London emigrierten Fotografen und Kameramann, von ihrer Tochter Amanda Hopkinson, selbst eine profilierte Fotohistorikerin; von der Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Kulturtheoretikerin Sabine Coelsch-Foisner und dem Fototheoretiker Kurt Kaindl.

The fascinating black-and-white and color photographs in this volume lead observers through almost two centuries of the history of photo journalism. Including both everyday life and the grandest events, the ideals and fears of the decades are conveyed through an exciting perspective. The book will captivate you with its varied and striking images. Viewers will be touched, shocked, amused, or even moved to tears. Photo Journalism is a must for everyone interested in photography and the events of our times.