Book Description
The role of photographs in the formation of public memories.
Author : Rob Kroes
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 19,24 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Documentary photography
ISBN : 9781584655930
The role of photographs in the formation of public memories.
Author : Risa Shimoda
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2020-04-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780578672298
Author : Joshua Foer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 1101475978
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.
Author : Rafael Goldchain
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,76 MB
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781568987385
Rafael Goldchain's 'I Am My Family' is a family album of traditional portrait photographs with an unconventional twist - the only subject is Goldchain himself. In an elaborate process involving genealogical research, the use of make-up, hair styling, costume, and props, Goldchain transforms himself into his ancestors.
Author : Hong-Oai Don
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Landscape photography
ISBN : 9781881529408
Author : Jill Price
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1847376010
Jill Price has the first diagnosed case of a memory condition called "hyperthymestic syndrome" -- the continuous, automatic, autobiographical recall of every day of her life since she was fourteen. Give her any date from that year on, and she can almost instantly tell you what day of the week it was, what she did on that day, and any major world event or cultural happening that took place, as long as she heard about it that day. Her memories are like scenes from home movies, constantly playing in her head, backward and forward, through the years; not only does she make no effort to call her memories to mind, she cannot stop them. The Woman Who Can't Forgetis the beautifully written and moving story of Jill's quest to come to terms with her extraordinary memory, living with a condition that no one understood, including her, until the scientific team who studied her finally charted the extraordinary terrain of her abilities. As we learn of Jill's struggles first to realize how unusual her memory is and then to contend, as she grows up, with the unique challenges of not being able to forget -- remembering both the good times and the bad, the joyous and the devastating, in such vivid and insistent detail -- the way her memory works is contrasted to a wealth of discoveries about the workings of normal human memory and normal human forgetting. Intriguing light is shed on the vital role of what's called "motivated forgetting"; as well as theories about childhood amnesia, the loss of memory for the first two to three years of our lives; the emotional content of memories; and the way in which autobiographical memories are normally crafted into an ever-evolving and empowering life story.
Author : Sarah Greenough
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"One of the most visionary writers of his generation, Ginsberg was also a photographer. From 1953 to 1963 he frequently had his camera close by when he was with friends in his apartment or traveling with them, ready to record 'certain moments in eternity, ' as he wrote. For years many of these photographs languished among Ginsberg's papers. When he finally recovered them in the 1980s, he reprinted them and added handwritten narrative inscriptions. Inspired by this early work, he began to photograph again, recording both long-time friends and new acquaintances. Some eighty of these photographs are collected and brilliantly reproduced in this book, which also features the first scholarly essay on Ginsberg's photographs, written by Sarah Greenough, addressing the relationship of his photographs to his poetry and to works by other photographers of the period. Ginsberg's photographs depict many of his contemporaries, including his closest friends and lovers, such as Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky. They capture days walking the streets of Manhattan, San Francisco, and Paris as well as grand tours of Africa and Asia."--Jacket flap.
Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Kids Can Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,24 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554532728
In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's ?The Cremation of Sam McGee? illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background. Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition --- complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock --- of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights.
Author : Todd Helms
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Service stations
ISBN : 9780764302787
Pictorial history of the gasoline station in the United States and details about many of the companies which punctuated the roadsides with their buildings, including the Standard Oil, Cities, Mobil, Phillips, Gulf, Shell, Texaco, and Conoco.
Author : Anthony Heston
Publisher : PublishDrive
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2018-09-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN :
How different would your life be if you were able to remember information and learn new things without much effort? Throughout your life, you’ve probably noticed that there were a select few groups of people that you probably thought of as being very confident, intelligent and successful. We have been lead to believe that what sets most of these people apart is their IQ and that there’s little we can do to develop their attributes. ✮✮Here's some of what you will learn✮✮ Discover powerful learning and memorization techniques that a lot of geniuses and successful people have used throughout their lives. How to develop laser-sharp focus to greatly enhance your results. How to implement habits into your life that will promote excellent learning and memory skills. Practical steps so that you can start improving your learning and memorization skills right away. And much more! The great news is that you can actually learn how to develop something that is very close to what we think of as photographic or eidetic memory. Lots of people that participate in memory style competitions are ordinary people that became ‘memory athletes’ after a few weeks of training. In this guide, some of the most effective ways to learn at an accelerated pace and remember information without much effort have been compiled for easy use and implementation. There is no better time to enhance your learning skills, focus, memory and overall success in life. Start developing a razor-sharp mind today!