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An Unbroken Thread
Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework - updated edition
Susan Kay-WilliamsISBN
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Showcasing regalia for the coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla
Covering the remarkable history of the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) from inception to the present day
Illustrated with historical pictures and documents
Original edition published to coincide with the RSN s 150th anniversary
Many initiatives to support women were begun in the late 1800s, but the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is one of the few that remain. This initiative was born from the desire of three women Princess Helena, Lady Victoria Welby and Lady Marian Alford to popularise the lost art of ornamental needlework and place it on a par with other decorative arts, such as painting and sculpture. Their other, yet no less important goal was to provide employment for women compelled to earn their own livelihood. Though women are no longer so limited in occupational options, the RSN has been keeping traditional embroidery techniques alive for a century and a half.
An Unbroken Thread tells the story from the RSN s founding in 1872 to the current day. It highlights key people, royal and other special commissions, the changing fortunes of the school as fashions changed and the approach to teaching hand embroidery, as well as bringing attention to the role and position of the RSN historically and today, associating with everyone from society ladies and theatre impresarios in the late 19th century to working with fashion designers Patrick Grant, Nicholas Oakwell and Alexander McQueen, and architects in the 21st century.
First published to coincide with the RSN s 150th anniversary, this revised edition details the most recent projects worked by the RSN, showcasing their skilful work on regalia for the coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla The King s Robe of State, The Queen s Robe of Estate, The Anointing Screen, The Stole Royal and Girdle, The Chairs of Estate and The Chairs of State.
Dr Susan Kay-Williams has been chief executive of the Royal School of Needlework since 2007. She is also a curator and archivist. She has spent a lot of her spare time researching the RSN s history because she believes more of its remarkable history needs to be known. In her own right, her research interest is in the history of dyes and textile dyeing. She published The Story of Colour in Textiles in 2013 (Bloomsbury).
Publish date 8th Apr 2024
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Beyoncé and the clothes she wears Terry Newman
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The latest book in a popular celebrity fashion series
Analysis from the author of Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears
A photographic guide to Beyoncé s astonishing wardrobe
Sartorial journey of a true global icon
Perfect for fans and fashionistas
9781788842433
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240 mm x 195 mm
160 Pages
110 color, 20 b&w the clothes they wear
£22.00
Beyoncé is a force of nature. Her iconic songs, viral dance moves and daring acts of defiance are always delivered in sensational style. In the words of fashion legend Thierry Mugler, she represents the duality between being a woman and a warrior . Strutting and sashaying in Valentino leopard-print catsuits and her signature thigh-high boots, Queen B is more than just a glamour puss extraordinaire. She s a leader and an inspiration. Messages of self-empowerment and inner strength define her wardrobe as much as they electrify her songs. Her fashion connoisseurship has led to partnerships with numerous big names. Versace, Bottega, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton are just a few of the brands saluted in her 2022 Renaissance album, and Anna Wintour even handed Bey creative control of the September 2018 issue of American Vogue. Perfect for fans and fashionistas, Beyoncé and the Clothes She Wears charts her sartorial journey, from Destiny s Child to the present day, in glorious visual detail.
Terry Newman worked in the fashion industry for more than 20 years, both as an editor ati-D, Attitude, and Self Service and as a contributing writer for newspapers including the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, and the Sunday Times. She has also written and presented fashion programs in the United Kingdom for Channel 4 (She's Gotta Have It and Slave). The author of Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore (Harper Design), she has contributed to books including i-D's Fashion Now, Fashion Now 2, and Soul i-D. She currently lectures at the University for the Creative Arts in Epsom, England and lives in London with her husband and two children.
Publish date 8th Apr 2024
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Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood
Robert Dance
Simon Crocker
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300 mm x 240 mm
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Long-buried, little-seen portraits of some of Hollywood's favourite movie stars
Over 200 full-page images from the archives of the John Kobal Foundation
Surprises in store for even the most sophisticated movie fans
The perfect present for fans of Hollywood's motion-picture industry's golden years
Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood brings some of the greatest portraits taken by leading Hollywood portrait photographers during the motion picture industry s golden years of 1920 to 1960. Little-seen negatives, long buried in the remarkable and internationally renowned archives of the John Kobal Foundation, have been unearthed and printed to reveal some of Hollywood s favourite stars at the height of their careers. Full-page images of Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, as well as lesser lights including Anna May Wong, Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez and Ramon Novarro, will remind long-time movie fans why these important 20th-century icons will forever remain the fabulous faces of the movie world.
Selected by best-selling author Robert Dance and writer and award-winning film producer Simon Crocker, over 200 photographs are presented alongside an essay by Dance, describing what it takes to become a fabulous face and an international icon.
Publish date 10th Jun 2024
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Glastonbury
The Festival and Its People
Liam Bailey
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250 mm x 200 mm
120 Pages
31 color, 55 b&w
£25.00
86 stunning behind-the-scenes photographs of the largest music and performing arts festival in the world
Photographs taken over a period of 30 years, capturing the way the festival has evolved
Revealing the grit and grime of the revellers behind the glitz and glamour of the headliners
Documentary-style photographs interwoven with stunning artistic compositions
There are many books about the music scene but few that show punters in all their beautiful variety. Liam Bailey s long-term documentation has really paid off this book about the craziness of Glastonbury Festival is terrific. Martin Parr
Glastonbury is the striking distillation of over 30 years unprecedented photographic access to the world s largest green-field music and performing arts festival. In over 120 memorable images, Liam Bailey invites us to share his experiences of being among its diverse tribes.
Although Glastonbury has evolved into a sprawling fixture of the British summer calendar, this famously vibrant event is still powered by the belief in alternative communal culture. It is this special energy that has kept Bailey returning every year since 1992. Above all, this access all areas visual diary makes a case for the positive human potential of over 200,000 people being able to get together in the open air to enjoy music, performance and each other.
Bailey s work has been exhibited in the UK and abroad, and appeared in magazines and newspapers includingThe Independent, The Guardian and Condé Nast Traveller
Liam Bailey is a photographer, working out of Norfolk, England. After a spell working as a chemistry teacher, followed by a brief stint at the BBC, Liam moved into photography full time. His project work tends to focus on people and documentary, but not exclusively. Alongside several international exhibitions, Glastonbury is Liam's second book. The first, Forever England (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2006) was published following a social documentary examining the inanimate inhabitants of the UK's first model village. He presently works for Creative Arts EAST, he previously co-founded the photography platform, Photocrowd.com. In 2006, he was awarded an MA in Photography by the London College of Communication and in 2022 graduated with an MA in Culture and Arts' Photography from Novia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Represented by Institute Artists up until 2020, Liam now represents himself. He is a member of the Association of Photographers.
Publish date 10th Jun 2024
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Jewelry's Shining Stars: The Next Generation
45 Visionary Women Designers
Beth Bernstein
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Hardback World
300 mm x 230 mm
176 Pages
309 color
£50.00
Forty-Five new women jewellery designers showcasing today's collectibles that are shaping jewellery's future Stunning photographs show a whole host of incredible new collections
Personal accounts from each designer on how they arrived in the world of jewellery, and the inspiration that produced their iconic pieces
Seven chapters showing seven different approaches, from reviving tradition to rebelling against it Amusing and fascinating anecdotes from the world of a jeweller
Jewelry s Shining Stars: The Next Generation brings together 45 new women designers who have liberated the way we view and buy jewellery. This compilation of talented women, who hail from around the globe, use techniques such as enamelling, engraving, and creating nuanced textural details in wax models, to bend the rules and break with tradition. While some work with their own hands, whether schooled or self-taught, challenging themselves at the bench, others work alongside artisans to reinvigorate the old school into relevant yet enduring pieces.
The book s stunning photographs offer a glimpse into each designer s different aesthetic and are accompanied by the jeweller s own words, revealing what drives their approach and giving us an insight behind these innovators. With reverence for quality, style, and technique, these 45 talented jewellers are creating today s collectibles and shaping jewellery s future.
Beth Bernstein is a jewellery historian, author, journalist, and one-time jewellery designer. Her books includeThe Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery (ACC Art Books, 2022), If These Jewels Could Talk (ACC Art Books, 2015), Jewelry s Shining Stars (Fine Points Publishing, 2013) and a memoir, My Charmed Life (Penguin, 2012). Beth has contributed to many magazines, journals and publications includingForbes.com, Jewelry Connoisseur, Rapaport Magazine, The Jewellery Editor.com, Accent Magazine, Elite Traveler, Four Seasons Departures. She has worked as a senior editor for two leading national jewellery magazines, as well as launching her own online jewellery magazine, bejeweledmag.com, in 2017. She also lectures, runs and participates in seminars and educational events. Throughout the 1990s, Beth designed a jewellery collection under the brand name Bethany B, which sold to over 250 stores throughout the USA and abroad.
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New York: High Life / Low Life
Photographs by Dafydd Jones
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The story of high-society New York through the 90s
Reveals the story of New York as the nineties unfolded
9781788842556
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Hardback World
230 mm x 190 mm
120 Pages
98 b&w
Dafydd Jones
£30.00
Features Donald and Ivana Trump, Michael Milken, Johnny Depp, Robert Mapplethorpe and more
Follow-up to the critically acclaimed Oxford: The Last Hurrah and England: The Last Hurrah
In England, I d become too well-known as a Tatler photographer. It was wonderful to be invisible again.
At the end of the 1980s, society photographer Dafydd Jones began a new life in New York. He had been hired byVanity Fair to attend the most talked-about parties in the city and soon found himself descending into a world of human tableaux, ladies who lunch, princesses in powder rooms and dachshunds scrapping over canapés. Camera at the ready, Jones quickly filled the society pages of the illustrious magazine, snapping the likes of Leona Helmsley, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Imelda Marcos as they celebrated, mourned and unravelled in the bright lights. During the day, he captured the city streets and the ordinary citizens grounded in the real world. In these pages, the author of England: The Last Hurrah reveals the story of New York, the highs and the lows, as the 90s unfolded in front of his expert lens.
Mr. Jones goes about his business with cheery zest and a wicked eye. New York Times, 1993
Publish date 15th Apr 2024
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Stunning photographs of Corfu
Perfect for travellers, photographers and artists
Old Corfu
Photographs by Maria Victoria Douka
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250 mm x 250 mm
176 Pages
275 color
£30.00
A unique study, revealing the hidden side of a popular Mediterranean paradise
A true photographic masterclass
Famed for its architecture, culture and natural beauty, Corfu greets millions of tourists each year. Having been left to its own laidback lifestyle after 500 years of Venetian, French and British occupation, the island is now as popular with holiday makers as it once was with invaders. The old town is an especially alluring blend of venetian architecture, Mediterranean charm and even the occasional cricket pitch, all uniquely resistant to the intrusions of modernity.
Immaculately illustrated, Old Corfu opens the rusty gate to an island experience like no other. By focalising the flaking paint on garage doors, pavements split by the heat, or olive trees stooped and swaying as if drunk, each page is infused with the same unspoilt appeal as Corfu itself.
More than a testament to the allure of a balmy, Mediterranean paradise, this is a true photographic masterclass, inviting us to see the attractiveness in old age, and the beauty in life s imperfections.
Publish date 10th Jun 2024
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Read and Destroy
Skateboarding Through a British Lens
78 to 95 Dan Adams
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Hardback World
300 mm x 240 mm
272 Pages
224 colour, 108 b&w £45.00
The inside story of RAD Britain s seminal skateboarding publication
Commentary from the original editorial team
Lovingly illustrated with archival photography
A thrill-ride ride through the skateboarding subculture of the 1970s, 80s and 90s
Perfect for skate fans and photography buffs
For British skateboarders in the mid- 80s, RAD (aka Read and Destroy) was more than just a magazine. Before the X Games, before the internet, a whole generation of this once underground subculture relied onRAD to provide a beacon, bringing them together in spirit and in person.
Under the guidance of editor and chief photographer, Tim Leighton-Boyce,RAD took on an experimental, irreverent approach with a vibrant, chaotic energy. The legacy of the magazine is an action-packed photo archive documenting a unique time, place and attitude, capturing the death and rebirth of skateboarding as it evolved into a mainstay of extreme sports and street culture the world over.
This book reveals that archive in all its glory, offering an inside view of skateboarding and youth culture from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, told primarily through the experiences of the British skate photographers at the core of the magazine s original editorial team.
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Publish date 8th Jul
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Rolex
Investing in Wristwatches
Mara Cappelletti
Osvaldo Patrizzi
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An important new reference for all Rolex lovers and collectors
9781788841245
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Hardback World
300 mm x 237 mm
328 Pages
460 color, 3 b&w
Investing in Wristwatches
£65.00
Written by experts Osvaldo Patrizzi and Mara Cappelletti and introduced by the Chairman of Sotheby s International Watch Division, Daryn F. Schnipper
385 key models, with analysis of details and prices realised at auction
Contains a history of luxury wristwatch auctions and relevant information for collectors looking to invest
The first part of a series, with Patek Philippe: Investing in Wristwatches to follow
Absolutely essential for all the connoisseurs and Rolex lovers. Laura Astrologo Porché, celebremagazine world
Why do we collect? For some, it is a pursuit of pure passion those who appreciate the wristwatch as an artform: the intricacy of its mechanics, the finesse of its form. Yet for others, collecting is an investment, and a watch s value is of as much importance as its appearance. All collectors ought to have a guide to models and market value. Rolex: Investing in Wristwatches offers detailed insights into the world of authenticating and pricing high-value wristwatches, which will be of use to collectors from amateur to connoisseur.
This publication includes the vast majority of key Rolex models, along with their relevant auction results. The timepieces featured have been carefully selected by Senior Horological Expert, Osvaldo Patrizzi. These wristwatches excel for a diverse range of reasons, including technical excellence, auction records, design and anecdotal history. A description of each watch is accompanied by its picture, reference and sales values (rights included).
A comparative analysis of auction results, compiled through close collaboration with the Sotheby s auction house, shows, by brand and timepiece, the evolution of prices over time, leading from the Eighties up to the present day. A system to calculate the currency exchange rate at the time of auction sales will also be included in this vital work of reference.
After graduating in 1989 from the IULM University of Milan, Mara Cappelletti attended the History of Jewelry course and the Art of Islamic countries, India, China, Korea and Japan short course at the Sotheby s Institute of Art in 2005. She is founder and president of Associazione Culturale Stile e Storia, working in art, fashion and jewellery. From 2011-2012, Cappelletti was the curator and author, together with Osvaldo Patrizzi, of The Masters of Time (24 Ore Cultura): a collection of 25 monographs dedicated to the world s finest watchmakers and founders of the greatest Maisons. In January 2020, Cappelletti was the main curator of the exhibition Stile Milano (Milano Style). She had previously curated 2015 exhibition Jewels Of Taste as part of the Expo In Citta, supported by the University of Milano, Associazione Orafa Lombarda, and The World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO.
Osvaldo Patrizzi has held a long fascination with horology. He served as an apprentice watchmaker in Milan from 1965-1973, before being employed as a restorer of antique watches. He went on to become an Expert of the italian Association of Antique Horology Dealers and a consultant for the Swiss Custom. He founded the Galerie d Horlogerie Ancienne, which became Antiquorum in 1981. In 2007, he founded PATRIZZI & CO. AUCTIONEERS. Across the course of his long and illustrious career, Patrizzi has been responsible for selling over 75% of all the watches ever sold for over one million dollars. His Grading System is the most reliable way for collectors to gauge the condition of their prospective investments.
Published 1st Nov 2021
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A highly coveted classic
Soho Night & Day
Frank Norman
Jeffrey Bernard
Barry Miles
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228 mm x 242 mm
96 Pages
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£30.00
Written by Frank Norman and abundantly illustrated with Jeffrey Bernard s photos
Candid shots of Soho legends like Muriel Belcher, Gaston Berlemont, Madame Floris and more
Embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, and Jeffrey Bernard s moving obituary for Frank Norman
An authentic and very personal portrait of Soho in the 1960s
My London is Soho Frank Norman
For as long as anyone can remember, Soho has been the fluttering heart of London. Its storied pubs, shops, trattorias, gambling dens and nightclubs are every bit as alive as the millions of tourists, locals and crosstown visitors who crowd the streets all year round. People from all walks of life are made and unmade in Soho, and few knew it better than Frank Norman and Jeffrey Bernard. Writers and raconteurs, the pair haunted Soho s establishments for much of their lives. While Bernard was renowned for hisLow Life column in the Spectator, these pages collect his photos of the Soho he loved, with insightful commentary from Norman, an acclaimed novelist in his own right. Soho Night & Day is an authentic and very personal portrait of a special time and place, telling the tale of Soho in the 60s.
This new edition is embellished with an introduction by Barry Miles, as well as Jeffrey Bernard s moving obituary for Frank Norman.
Publish date 13th May 2024
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The latest in a popular celebrity fashion series
A celebration of the Spice Girls iconic outfits
In anticipation of their 30th-anniversary festivities
Spice Girls and the Clothes They Wear
Terry NewmanISBN
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240 mm x 195 mm
160 Pages
119 color, 9 b&w the clothes they wear
£22.00
From the bestselling author of Taylor Swift and the Clothes She Wears
Perfect for fashionistas and Spice Girls fans, young and old
Back in their 90s heyday, the Spice Girls were unstoppable. Their individual style choices and Britpop-tastic attitude aimed a defiant kick at the cultural status quo, defining a new era of British creativity and challenging the male-dominated music industry to change. With their unapologetic energy and knockout charisma, they launched a global pop-culture tidal wave, while their rallying cry of Girl Power! changed the face of feminism almost overnight.
Featuring insights from bestselling author Terry Newman, Spice Girls and the Clothes They Wear celebrates their iconic outfits from the early days to their grown-up designer wardrobes. From Scary Spice s animal prints to the story of Ginger Spice s repurposed Union Jack tea towel, their bold looks once epitomised Y2K fashion and continue to occupy a special place in our hearts. Amid rumours of a massive reunion for the upcoming 30th anniversary of their formation, this latest addition to a popular celebrity series is perfect for fashionistas and Spice Girls fans, young and old.
Terry Newman worked in the fashion industry for more than 20 years, both as an editor ati-D, Attitude, and Self Service and as a contributing writer for newspapers including the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, and the Sunday Times. She has also written and presented fashion programs in the United Kingdom for Channel 4 (She's Gotta Have It and Slave). The author of Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears (ACC), Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore (Harper Design), she has contributed to books including i-D's Fashion Now, Fashion Now 2, and Soul i-D. She currently lectures at the University for the Creative Arts in Epsom, England and lives in London with her husband and two children.
Publish date 10th Jun 2024
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Third volume of Edwin Lutyens work
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
Volume 3: Public Buildings and Memorials
A S G Butler
With George Stewart With Christopher Hussey
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9781788842501
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Hardback World
360 mm x 300 mm
256 Pages
283 b&w
The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
£125.00
Includes the Cenotaph at Westminster, the Thiepval Memorial, The Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool, and the colossal Midland Bank building in Manchester, as well as numerous townhouse renovations
One of the few books in the world that can provide working drawings
Beautiful black-and-white photographs
The genius of Edwin Lutyens is now universally recognised. When the acclaimed English architect passed away in 1944, three large volumes of his drawings and photographs were commissioned from the thousands found in his office and were published byCountry Life . In 2023, all three volumes will be republished by ACC Art Books.
This third and final volume showcases Lutyens detailed plans and elevations for the greatest examples of his townhouse renovations, memorials and public buildings, including the Cenotaph at Westminster, the Thiepval Memorial, and the colossal Midland Bank building in Manchester.
These reissues are once again bringing to the world s attention not just the professionalism of a great architect, but also the loving care with which he set down the minutiae of his visions. They are among the few books in existence illustrated with his working drawings, as well as pristine photos of the finished masterpieces themselves. A beautiful tribute to a monumental figure in the history of modern architecture.
Publish date 15th Apr 2024
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The London Youth Portraits
Derek Ridgers
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Hardback World
340 mm x 240 mm
176 Pages
23 colour, 64 b&w
£50.00
The definitive collection of London youth portraits
A stunning archive of style and subculture in 1980s England
Completely new edit of a critically acclaimed masterpiece
Between 1978 and 1987, renowned British photographer Derek Ridgers captured London youth culture in all its glory. With skinheads, punks and new romantics, in clubs and on the street, his images have come to define a seminal decade of British subculture. Broadly based on the now out of print book 78/87 London Youth, this showcases a completely fresh selection of images from the depths of Ridgers exceptional archive including many previously unseen beautifully printed and bound in an oversized volume. Each picture is a tribute to the trials and triumphs of youth, and a precious document of style and culture in 1980s England, from the height of punk to the birth of acid house. Several have been exhibited internationally in cities as far-ranging as Moscow, Adelaide and Beverly Hills, in the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Somerset House. Ridgers has also collaborated with a number of major fashion houses, including Saint Laurent and Gucci, and his images continue to inspire photographers, artists and fashion designers around the world.
As time passes, this kind of observational photography attains a new importance Sean O Hagan, The Observer Ridgers portraits of young boys and girls are weighted with a raw poetry and beauty Cory Reynolds, artbook.com
Publish date 13th May 2024
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Welcome to Big Biba
Inside the Most Beautiful Store in the World
Alwyn W. Turner
Steven Thomas
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Hardback World
295 mm x 195 mm
96 Pages
119 color, 36 b&w
£22.00
A love letter to the most beautiful shop in the world
Designed by Steven Thomas, the designer of Big Biba itself
Written by Alwyn W. Turner, author of The Biba Experience
Featuring over 150 photographs
Coinciding with The Biba Story exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, from 22 March to 8 September, 2024
Big Biba was the final flowering of the near-mythical Biba retail brand. A shop like no other, all seven storeys stocked own-brand products packaged in the distinctive Biba style. Customers were immersed in a sensory smorgasbord the complete shopping experience. A committed Bibaphile could buy a satin skirt, a leopard-print suitcase and a new bathroom, then spend the afternoon sipping cocktails among the flamingos in the roof garden, while the legendary Rainbow Room doubled as a live venue for some of the coolest acts in the world.
In the wake of this decadent dreamland s 50th anniversary, and in honour of the 60th anniversary of the very first Biba shop,Welcome to Big Biba is being republished, complete with over 150 photographs of the store and its products and designs. Written by the author of The Biba Experience and designed by Steven Thomas the designer of Big Biba itself these pages offer readers a genuine slice of the greatest pleasure palace in retail history.
Welcome to Big Biba is an exceptional production a perfectionistic coup Phil Baker, The Art Book
Published 8th Mar 2024
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Wild Horses
Alfie Bowen
Foreword by Chris Packham
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Hardback World
300 mm x 240 mm
208 Pages
18 color, 121 b&w
£35.00
Sensitive, evocative photographs of wild breeds of horses roaming free in the British countryside
A fascinating insight into an alternative way of looking at the world
Foreword from wildlife presenter Chris Packham
Revealing descriptions of each photograph in Bowen's own words
From the photographer behind Wild World: Nature Through an Autistic Eye, ISBN 9781788841238
Photographer and wildlife activist, Alfie Bowen presents his two-year-long project photographing Britain s wild horses through the eyes of someone living with autism spectrum disorder. Wild Horses is all about connection: Bowen s personal connection to the animals he photographs; his connection to photography as an art form; the horses connection to one another; and our collective connection to the land and our planet.
Bowen borrows the words of American landscape photographer Ansel Adams to describe his approach to his work: You don t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. For Bowen, photography is an outlet for his emotional energy. It enables him to draw from difficult moments in his life and turn the energy that manifests from his emotions into truly mesmerising images.
Alfie Bowen took up photography in 2014. It became an escape for him, and he credits it with saving his life. He uses his photography to raise awareness of the plight facing many species across the world, and to increase acceptance and understanding of autism. Bowen is proud to be an ambassador for Clinks Care Farm, Big Blue Ocean Cleanup and Young Bird Photographer of the Year. He also works closely with WWF. Alfie Bowen is based in Beccles, Suffolk.
Publish date 1st May 2024