Kino, Carol

Summary: The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers, celebrated in their time as stars in their respective fields, but have largely been forgotten since. Here, in Double Click, author Carol Kino provides us with a fascinating window into the golden era of magazine photography and the first young women's publications, bringing these two brilliant women and their remarkable...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KIN

Summary: Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras's career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC ALL

Boynton, Graham

Summary: "Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profile affairs. He was the original 20th century "enfant terrible" with the looks of a Greek god who blazed like a comet across the worlds of art, photography, and fame. The scion of several old WASP...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022

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Summary: An intimate look at pioneering artist George Platt Lynes, who took radically explicit photographs of the male nude. The documentary reveals Lynes' gifted eye for the male form, his long-term friendships with Gertrude Stein and Alfred Kinsey, and his lasting influence as one of the first openly gay American artists.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Penrose, Antony

Summary: "An extraordinary photographer and an exceptional woman, Lee Miller was one of life's adventurers. Lee Miller became a Vogue cover girl in 1920s New York before embracing Paris, photography, and Surrealism, and then dramatically changed her life yet again, reinventing herself as a war correspondent, notably covering the liberation of Dachau. Featuring a selection of Miller's finest work,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MILLER PEN