Between 1991 and 2015, Josef Koudelka completed an epic journey across twenty countries bordering the Mediterranean, stopping at over 200 Greek and Roman archaeological sites, relentlessly researching the beauty of the ancient world.
Before the Magnum photographer, nobody had attempted to make such a comprehensive photographic record of these artefacts with so much persistence and so little assistance. In this book, produced in close collaboration with the photographer, Koudelka's aim was to use art to re-appropriate a world that is escaping us and that we could lose - a world where the mind alternates between reason and faith, law and liberty.

About Exiles, Cornell Capa once wrote, "Koudelka's unsentimental, stark, brooding, intensely human imagery reflects his own spirit, the very essence of an exile who is at home wherever his wandering body finds haven in the night. " In this newly revised and expanded edition of the 1988 classic, which includes ten new images and a new commentary with Robert Delpire, Koudelka's work once more forms a powerful document of the spiritual and physical state of exile. The sense of private mystery that fills these photographs--mostly taken during Koudelka's many years of wandering through Europe and Great Britain since leaving his native Czechoslovakia in 1968--speaks of passion and reserve, of his rage to see. Solitary, moving, deeply felt and strangely disturbing, the images in Exiles suggest alienation, disconnection and love. Exiles evokes some of the most compelling and troubling themes of the twentieth century, while resonating with equal force in this current moment of profound migrations and transience.

Product Description
A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers.
Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide—from France to New York City, to Chicago and dozens of other countries—and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America’s post-war golden age.
It wasn’t until realtor and amateur historian John Maloof stumbled upon a box of anonymous negatives in a Chicago auction house just a few years ago that any of her marvelous work saw the light of day. Presented here for the first time in print, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer collects the first wave of the best of her incredible body of work—much of which still hasn’t been enlarged or in some case even developed into negatives. Hidden treasures like this don’t come along every day, and powerHouse is excited and honored to present this astounding body of never-before-seen work to the public at large.
About the Author
There is still very little known about the life of Vivian Maier. What is known is that she was born in New York in 1926 and worked as a nanny for a family on Chicago’s North Shore during the 50s and 60s. Seemingly without a family of her own, the children she cared for eventually acted as caregivers for Maier herself in the autumn of her life. She took hundreds of thousands of photographs in her lifetime, but never shared them with anyone. Maier lost possession of her art when her storage locker was sold off for non-payment. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 83.
John Maloof is a historian, street photographer, and former real estate agent from Chicago’s Northwest Side. He discovered the first negatives of Vivian Maier’s work in 2007 while compiling a book about the history of the neighborhood where he grew up.

2007年，美国芝加哥的跳蚤市场上出现了一批老照片和底片，拍摄内容很丰富，有人文肖像、街头抓拍、社会热点、儿童生活、抽象光影等。拍摄手法娴熟，堪称经典之作。但人们并不知道摄影师是谁。随着更多资料的出现，“薇薇安·梅耶”出现在大众视野里。
今天，薇薇安·梅耶这位颇具传奇性的摄影师逐渐被人熟知，她一生以保姆为职业，曾经环游世界，在芝加哥住了近50年，留下17万张底片。虽然各界对薇薇安的作品评价各异，但所有人都不否认她的照片“极具感染力”。
本书提供了一个线索，完整呈现了薇薇安其人其作的发现过程，逐渐丰富的背景资料让薇薇安的形象越来越清晰丰满。但薇薇安的故事还没有结束，因摄影作品的版权争议，所有整理工作已经暂停。人们期待继承权之争尘埃落定后，能看到更多薇薇安的作品。

继布列松之后的马格南图片社核心人物、纪实摄影大师献给纽约的黑白赞歌。旧日影像重叠成平常生活的“非决定性瞬间” 。
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☆ 马格南图片社前任主席、纽约学派核心人物、国际摄影中心终身成就奖获得者艾略特·厄威特献给纽约的一曲黑白赞歌，创 作时间贯穿厄威特职业生涯，收录了许多以往鲜见的 20世纪五六十年代的作品。
☆ 厄威特眼中的纽约，有时是粗糙的，有时是优雅的，但总是忠于生活的。他就像他最爱的拍摄对象——狗一样，带着好奇心徘徊于这个城市，抓住一个个“非决定性瞬间”，不猎奇，也不加批判，时常流露出幽默温情的一面。
☆ 采用与原版相同的特别印刷手法，由国内顶级印刷厂印制，最大限度保留高光和暗部细节，局部过油加深层次，达到接近原作的高印刷品质。
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本书从著名纪实摄影师艾略特·厄威特职业生涯中精选122张拍摄于纽约的作品，以跨页、单页、留白的形式交错编辑而成，交织出纽约的方方面面：名人和普通人、白天和黑夜、建筑和风景、平静与喧闹、整齐与混沌……尽显这个伟大城市的复杂多样性。从厄威特幽默的镜头语言中可以感受到现代性、工业化、城市生活对人的影响。

马格南传奇摄影师捕捉巴黎的魅力
幽默的图像双关语演绎街头喜剧
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◎马格南图片社前任主席、纽约学派核心人物、国际摄影中心终身成就奖获得者艾略特·厄威特捕捉巴黎的魅力——既有日常生活的亲密瞬间，又有宏伟的著名景观。创作时间贯穿厄威特职业生涯，包括许多以往鲜见的作品。
◎艾略特·厄威特用机智的、疏离的、反浪漫的眼光成功记录伟大的城市——巴黎的百般心情。他就像他钟爱的拍摄对象——狗一样，带着好奇心徘徊于这个城市，抓住一个个“非决定性瞬间”，不猎奇，也不加批判，时常流露出幽默温情的一面。
◎采用与原版相同的特别印刷手法，由国内顶级印刷厂印制，大限度保留高光和暗部细节，局部过油加深层次，达到接近原作的高印刷品质。
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本书从著名纪实摄影师艾略特·厄威特职业生涯中精选188张拍摄于巴黎的作品，以跨页、单页、留白的形式交错编辑而成，交织出巴黎的方方面面：忧郁的行人、自在的狗、寂静的博物馆、热闹的咖啡厅……尽显这个伟大城市的复杂多样性。

《瞬间的预谋：摄影思考与人文摄影之道》是一本关于摄影思考和人文摄影抓拍技巧的书， 一本集哲学、美学、艺术心理学、摄影批评等于一体的视觉思想书，还是一本阐述作者在人文摄影实践过程中心路历程的书。我们看什么，拍什么，是由我们意识决定，而非工具可以解决的。摄影者的主观思想最终决定着呈现作品的意义。作者用大量篇幅把摄影理论和实践之间的运用技巧和经验、成功与失败之间的过程，毫保留地呈现在读者面前，让读者全面深入地认识人文摄影及其背后的思想。
瞬间的预谋：摄影思考与人文摄影之道非常适合热爱摄影和旅行的读者，尤其适合对人文、地理、历史、民俗和人物摄影感兴趣的摄影爱好者，以及那些对传统历史文化和新鲜事物具备好奇心和探知欲的读者。

村庄的溃散使乡村人成为没有故乡的人，没有根、没有回忆、没有精神的指引和归宿。它意味着，孩童失去了最初的文化启蒙，失去了被言传身教的机会和体会温暖健康人生的机会；它也意味着，那些已经成为民族性格的独特品质正在消失，因为它们失去了最基本的存在地。
村庄，在某种意义上，是一个民族的子宫，它的温暖、营养的多少，它的整体机能的健康，决定着一个孩子将来身体的健康度、情感的丰富度与智慧的高度。
作者多年深入乡村，用自己的脚步丈量家乡的每一寸土地，用自己的眼睛记录了一个乡村的变迁史。在平静的讲述下，乡村中国正在惊心动魄地沦陷。
农村留守儿童的无望，农民养老、教育、医疗的缺失，农村自然环境的破坏，农村家庭的裂变，农民“性福”的危机，新农村建设的留于“形式”……当代中国农民的生存现状在作者的笔下一一显现出来：王家少年强奸了八十二岁的老太；昆生把自己的家安在了墓地里；二伯父死后即使火化了，也要把骨灰在棺材里撒成人形……通过这些真实的“个人史”，村庄的过去与现在、村庄所经历的欢乐与痛苦、村庄所承受的悲伤，都将慢慢地浮出历史的地表，我们会由此看到一个真实的中国。
揭开社会温情的面纱，让你看到一个真实的中国乡村！
在附录“艰难的‘重返’”中，作者梁鸿首度追寻当年重返梁庄的原因、意义和当时写作中的困顿。在这篇文章中，梁鸿反思“梁庄”里描述的荒凉而又倔强的生命个体：“不管乡村的生存条件如何恶劣，没有哪一个生命和场景完全绝望，即使被侵犯的天真而又迟钝的小黑女儿，在经历过那样的黑暗之后，她依然在成长，生命仍然在蓬勃。活下去，就是一种对抗。” 梁鸿探寻“梁庄”写作中的真实限度：“我冒险塑造一种‘真实’氛围把读者带入梁庄，是因为我想让读者感知到‘梁庄’是活生生的人和活生生的现实，它不是与你无关，而是与你息息相关，在同一时空之中。” 梁鸿追问“我”是谁？“我”是一个旁观者？一个行动者？还是一个写作者、一个思考者？……
也许最终所有的叩问都没有答案，但是，有真切的怀疑、思考和问题意识，对于任何一个妄图寻找精神存在的人来说，都是一种幸福。
附赠精美小册子《我们能否理解故乡？》，编者选摘了部分重点知名媒体的评论及具有重大影响力的学术文章，以便读者更加全面透彻地了解“梁庄”。
不曾认识梁庄，或许我们就不曾认识乡村；不曾认识乡村，何以认识中国？乡土中国如中国的缩影，乡土中国“病”了，城市中国的繁荣最终只能是幻影。