Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency review – how energy shaped the way we built the world | Art and design books
[ad_1] Consider the Georgian terrace, now a widely admired model of traditional city-building. Its most important material was not those of which it was ostensibly made, but coal: coal fired the kilns that made the bricks and the lime for the mortar; it helped make the glass for the large windows; it smelted and melted […]
Divine, Pacino, Jagger … and me: 50 years of Albert Watson’s portraits – in pictures
[ad_1] The legendary photographer’s new book features inspiring images and insider tips – such as remembering to order in a subject’s favourite coffee Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
Heads together: the light of hopeful faces – in pictures
[ad_1] From Moroccan teapot menders to Finnish ecologists, these portraits of people from 50 countries are a testament to the human need to connect Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
The big picture: in celebration of youthful freedom | Photography
[ad_1] Sven Jacobsen’s photographs ask interesting questions about innocence and bliss. A new book concentrates on images of youthful freedom; teenagers scale fences and climb trees and plunge into lakes, they skateboard and snog and do headstands and backflips and laugh like they will never, ever stop. Any of the pictures might lead advertising campaigns […]
Fierce friends: Moyra Davey is inspired by Peter Hujar’s archive – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Rosie (bedroom), 2013 ‘I began by listing categories of images I wanted to see: animals, water, young men, body parts, NYC, babies,’ writes Davey, who was born in 1958 and is based in New York City. She works across photography, video, and writing. Peter Hujar, whose reputation has grown since his death, is now […]
Billie Eilish is publishing her family photos: ‘It made me miss a lot of parts of my life’ | Music books
[ad_1] The small girl in the photo, sitting at a piano while singing into a toy microphone, could be any child. But she is Billie Eilish: one of the world’s biggest stars from the age of 14, famous for her dreamy and moody brand of pop, the singer of the next James Bond theme. Now […]
Cities of dreams: a Dutch master reimagines the metropolis – in pictures
[ad_1] Frank van der Salm has spent 25 years turning the way we see urban surfaces upside down – from twinkling nightscapes to eerie, empty interiors Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
The style-setting photography of Carlota Guerrero – in pictures | Fashion
[ad_1] The Spanish photographer’s work has seen her collaborate with musicians such as Solange Knowles and fashion houses from Dior to Nike. A new book, Tengo un Dragón Dentro del Corazón (I Have a Dragon in My Heart), is published this month by Prestel, priced £40. Here is a selection of some of its strikingly […]
‘It blew our minds’: the surfers who braved sharks to ride Africa’s mightiest wave | Books
[ad_1] To surf Africa’s biggest wave, which rises to 50ft and crashes down on waters filled with great white sharks, you first need to take a boat out into the clashing currents of Cape Town’s Hout Bay. Then you jump into the maelstrom, paddle like crazy towards the deafening roar of breakwater, and suddenly it’s […]
Invisible TVs and a giraffe called Don: extraordinary Midlands scenes – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Young Girl, 1973 ‘The portraits are of people that lived and worked within a few square miles in the quiet, unremarkable town in the Midlands where I lived. I never set out to photograph a sociological cross-section of ages or types of people – the group that finally emerged [in my images] was mainly […]
