For nearly seven decades, LIFE has been the leader in presenting the world's greatest photography, and now, with this exciting new volume, the tradition continues - but with a unique twist. Here, in concise and engaging vignettes, the editors of LIFE reveal the circumstances behind the pictures, explain what the photographers were looking for and discuss why certain images have become immortal.

Jennifer Tucker studies the intersecting trajectories of photography and modern science in late Victorian Britain.

Capturing the heart and guts of New York City, Hamill offers a visual record of the crammed sports stadiums, glamorous nightclubs, celebrities, and mean streets. 320 duotone photos.

The second fast-paced volume of the Varigo series is a story of murder, intrigue and revenge in a small Spanish town. The police chief, faced with a severed head in the Town Hall, has failed to work out whodunit. He has been sooo incompetent and embarrassed the Guardia Civil so badly, that they are forced to promote him. He's then replaced by, of all things, a woman, Sargenta Carmen Ramrez Paragn. Her new broom is fast losing bristles trying to sweep clean the Town Hall, the Church, the astral plane and, worst of all, the lads in green, the Guardia Civil themselves.

A group of distinguished photographers, critics, and cultural historians examine the many roles of photography in contemporary Western culture, covering questions about representation, sexual politics, public policy, and cultural activism. 40 photos.

Recognizing that voyeurism has inspired photographers since the inception of the medium, this text reveals the myriad ways in which artists have probed its fascinations, dangers & cultural significance. Imagery, ranging from the 1870s to the present day, presents a shocking, illuminating & witty perspctive on the iconic & taboo.

Journeys Exposed: Women's Writing, Photography, and Mobility examines contemporary literature written by women that are all in different ways related to Italy. It argues that photography provides women with a means to expose aspects of their nomadic self and of the others’ mobile lives within and beyond the writing process. By resorting to the visual, women individualistically respond to forms of hegemonic power, fragmentation, displacement, loss and marginality, and make these experiences key to their creative production.

Photography has been the business and the passion of LIFE since the original weekly magazine's inception in 1936, and it continues to be the business and passion of LIFE Books and LIFE.com in the new millennium. But photography has surely changed during these many decades. The rigs and gear of old have given way-first slowly, then all at once-to sleek miracle machines that process pixels and have made the darkroom obsolete. The casual photog puts eye to lens, sets everything on auto and captures a photograph that is . . . perfectly fine. One of LIFE's master shooters-in fact, the final in the long line of distinguished LIFE staff photographers-was Joe McNally, and he has always believed that with a little preparation and care, with a dash of enthusiasm and daring added to the equation, anyone can make a better photo-anyone can turn a "keeper" into a treasure. This was true in days of yore, and it's true in the digital age. Your marvelous new camera, fresh from its box, can indeed perform splendid feats. Joe explains in this book how to take best advantage of what it was designed to do, and also when it is wise to outthink your camera or push your camera-to go for the gold, to create that indelible family memory that you will have blown up as large as the technology will allow, and that will hang on the wall forevermore. As the storied LIFE photographer and photo editor John Loengard points out in his eloquent foreword to this volume, there are cameras and there are cameras, and they've always been able to do tricks. And then there is photography. Other guides may give you the one, two, three of producing a reasonably well exposed shot, but Joe McNally and the editors of LIFE can give you that, and then can show you how to make a picture. In a detailed, friendly, conversational, anecdotal, sometimes rollicking way, that's what they do in these pages. Prepare to click.

Exposed - The Business of Photography is written specifically for the South African market. Many people are drawn to photography as an art form, but few are prepared for the reality of the industry. Whilst being a creative medium, photography is a multi-billion dollar international industry. It as important for photographers to hone their business skills as their creative skills. This book addresses the business basics that every photographer should know, from copyright to how much to charge, before venturing out as a Professional Photographer.

High school senior Liz, a gifted photographer, can no longer see things clearly after her best friend accuses Liz's older brother of a terrible crime.