The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America by Julian Montague

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At last, a comprehensive taxonomy of our ubiquitous yet overlooked urban companion: the stray shopping cart. Amateur spotters will find a helpful primer to the various categories and types, from Bus Stop Discards to Transient Imposters. Seasoned parking lot habitués will appreciate the poignancy of the gathered photos and Montague's reflections on our changing urban environment. This offbeat cultural study is perfect for those who have everything—including boundless curiosity.

 

The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification By Julian Montague Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9780226829104
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Published: University of Chicago Press - October 30th, 2023

Activist by KK Ottesen

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K.K. Ottesen, whose work has appeared in The Washington Post for more than a decade, is a writer and photographer who pairs images with interviews to break down barriers and celebrate common ground. Her first book, Great Americans, explored what it means to be American through a series of portraits of people who bear the names of famous fi gures. Her new collection, Activist (Chronicle, $35), features forty change-makers of diverse ages, backgrounds, and perspectives—Bernie Sanders, Angela Davis, Bill McKibben, Alicia Garza—discussing what motivates people to take up a cause and what sustains them during the struggle. Spotlighting issues including voting and reproductive rights, the environment, and economic justice, Ottesen shows, while her subjects tell, what it means to live a life of passion and purpose.

Activist: Portraits of Courage (Civil Rights Book, Social Justice Book, Inspirational Gift) By KK Ottesen Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781452182773
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 8th, 2019

Of Love & War by Lynsey Addario

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Writing about her work in It’s What I Do, Lynsey Addario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who has dedicated her life to telling the stories “most people were not covering,” memorably described experiences such as being kidnapped three weeks into the Libyan uprising of 2011.She also conveyed the deep passion for justice and for “doing justice to the stories of people who…opened their doors and hearts for me,” that compels her to stay in this dangerous, “brutally competitive,” and overwhelmingly male profession. Her new book, Of Love & War (Penguin Press, $40), lets us see that passion in action. The album presents nearly 250 photos from across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, along with accompanying essays by Dexter Filkins, Suzy Hansen, and Christy Turlington, and Addario’s own field notes, letters, and contact sheets. Together these pictures and words document both a wide range of humanitarian issues and the crucial role of witness Addario plays. Named one of the five most influential photographers of the past twenty-five years by American Photo Magazine, Addario is noted for her ability to frame shots that are both dramatic and personal.

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$40.00
ISBN: 9780525560029
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Published: Penguin Press - October 23rd, 2018

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