The Last Pictures
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The Last Pictures
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Author : Trevor Paglen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-09-19
The Last Pictures written by Trevor Paglen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-19 with Social Science categories.
Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone calls, and process our credit card transactions experience no atmospheric drag. Their inert hulls will continue to drift around Earth until the Sun expands into a red giant and engulfs them about 4.5 billion years from now. The Last Pictures, co-published by Creative Time Books, is rooted in the premise that these communications satellites will ultimately become the cultural and material ruins of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, far outlasting anything else humans have created. Inspired in part by ancient cave paintings, nuclear waste warning signs, and Carl Sagan's Golden Records of the 1970s, artist/geographer and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Trevor Paglen has developed a collection of one hundred images that will be etched onto an ultra-archival, golden silicon disc. The disc, commissioned by Creative Time, will then be sent into orbit onboard the Echostar XVI satellite in September 2012, as both a time capsule and a message to the future. The selection of 100 images, which are the centerpiece of the book, was influenced by four years of interviews with leading scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Consequently, The Last Pictures engages some of the most profound questions of the human experience, provoking discourse about communication, deep time, and the economic, environmental, and social uncertainties that define our historical moment. Copub: Creative Time Books
The Last Flower
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Author : James Thurber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Last Flower written by James Thurber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Parables categories.
The Last Ridge
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Author : Mckay Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2007-12-18
The Last Ridge written by Mckay Jenkins and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with History categories.
When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole convinced the United States Army to let him recruit an extraordinary assortment of European expatriates, wealthy ski bums, mountaineers, and thrill-seekers and form them into a unique band of Alpine soldiers. These men endured nearly three years of grueling training in the Colorado Rockies and in the process set new standards for both soldiering and mountaineering. The newly forged 10th Mountain Division finally faced combat in the winter of 1945, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, against the seemingly unbreakable German fortifications north of the Gothic Line. There, they planned and executed what is still regarded as the most daring series of nighttime mountain attacks in U.S. military history, taking Mount Belvedere and the sheer, treacherous face of Riva Ridge to smash the linchpin of the German army’s lines. Drawing on unique cooperation from veterans of the 10th Mountain Division and a vast archive of unpublished letters and documents, The Last Ridge is written with enormous warmth, energy, and honesty. This is one of the most captivating stories of World War II, a blend of Band of Brothers and Into Thin Air. It is a story of young men asked to do the impossible, and succeeding.
The Last Pictures
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Author : Trevor Paglen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-09-19
The Last Pictures written by Trevor Paglen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-19 with Art categories.
Chronicles the project that attempts to explain what happened to the human civilizations far in the future after they have disappeared.
The Last Resort
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Last Resort written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Photography categories.
A revised edition of the classic book that launched Martin Parr and transformed the world of documentary photography.
Pale Blue Dot
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Author : Carl Sagan
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2011-07-06
Pale Blue Dot written by Carl Sagan and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-06 with Science categories.
“Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time. Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier—space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race. “Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity’s future in the stars.”—Chicago Tribune
Trevor Paglen
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Author : John P. Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Giles
Release Date : 2018
Trevor Paglen written by John P. Jacob and has been published by Giles this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Art categories.
The first volume to present Paglen's early photographic series alongside his recent sculptural objects and new work with AI.
Rules Of Summer
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Author : Shaun Tan
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Release Date : 2017-06
Rules Of Summer written by Shaun Tan and has been published by Hodder Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Describes the relationship between two young boys, whose friendship is tested by difficult stituations. Rules are broken, with surprising consequences, but eventually friendship is restored. A sophisticated picture book.
The Brown Sisters
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Author : Nicholas Nixon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Brown Sisters written by Nicholas Nixon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Photography categories.
The Brown Sisters presents a photographic project as compelling in effect as it is simple in conception: four women, 25 years. Each year since 1975 photographer Nicholas Nixon has made a group portrait of his wife and her three sisters facing the camera in the same order: Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie. The series now measures a quarter century in the lives of the sisters, who in 1975 ranged in age from 15 to 25; each picture is dense with allusions to the year of experience that separates it from the one before.
The Photo Ark
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Author : Joel Sartore
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2017
The Photo Ark written by Joel Sartore and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Nature categories.
This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.