Search Results: Photography / Techniques / Digital from LEFT COAST BOOKS

San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association with Yale University Press, 2001. 152 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 22 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and on view March 3 to July 8, 2001. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: Beyond the Saturation Point: The Zeitgeist in the Machine, by John S. Weber. Erik Adigard; Kevin Appel; Asymptote Architecture; Heike Baranowsky; Annette Begerow; The Age of the Recursive, by Aaron Betsky. Jeremy Blake; Rebeca Bollinger; Janet Cardiff; Chris Chafe/Greg Niemeyer; Ambient Art and Our Changing Relationship to the Art Idea, by Benjamin Weil. Char Davies; D costerd & Rahm; Droog Design; Brian Eno; Entropy8Zuper!; Old-Fashioned Forms in Newfangled Times, by Janet Bishop. Chris Finley; Rodney Graham; Andreas Gursky; Jochem Hendricks; Hu Jie Ming; Step into the Frame, by Kathleen Forde. Craig Kalpakjian; Lee Bul; Euan Macdonald; John Maeda; Tatsuo Miyajima; A Least Event, by David… Read More

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2010. 199 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "'After Photography' examines the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photographs of news events taken by ordinary people on mobile phones to the widespread use of image surveillance." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Into the digital; Of pixels and paradox; From zero to one; Mosaic connections; Image, war, legacy; Beginning the conversation; The social photograph; Toward a hyperphotography; Of synthetics and cyborgs; A quantum leap.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Jack Shainman Gallery, 1995. Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. 1st. Very Good.

New York: Jack Shainman Gallery, 1992. Postcard in Very Good condition, with minor wear, age toning. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. 1st. Very Good.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2004. 224 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "CGI: The Art of the Computer-Generated Image is the first comprehensive collection of three-dimensional CGI images from the most renowned film studios, animation and special-effects houses, and independent digital artists working today. It is also the first book to present these images as art. The tools that CGI artists use are so sophisticated that it would be easy to believe that computers 'make' this art, but nothing is further from the truth. As with all art techniques, it is the artist who wields the tools that determines the quality of the work. / Peter Weishar is Professor and Dean of the School of Film and Digital Media, Savannah College of Art and Design." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible. Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. xix, 419 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: PART I. INTRODUCTION; Computers and the unexpected; PART II. SIMULATION; Simulation: Introduction; Butterfly curves; The cancer conundrum; Growing your own font; Experiments with a leaning tower of books; Building your own artificial web; A wiring problem; Desktop evolution; Research and development; PART III. SPECULATION; Speculation: Introduction; A soda-can sized super-super computer; Who are the ten most influential scientists in history?; The mummy project; A personal computer placed in the year 1900; Research and development; PART IV. VISUALIZATION; Visualization: Introduction; Pain induced patterns; The Ikeda attractor; Virtual voltage sculptures; The world of chaos; Irregularly oscillating fossil seashells; Picturing randomness with noise spheres; Visualizing cantor cheese construction; Twisted mirror worlds; Polyhedral paradise;… Read More

New York and Syracuse: Harry N. Abrams in association with the Everson Museum of Art, 1987. 191 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Accompanies a touring exhibition sponsored by IBM and the National Endowment for the Arts. Organized by the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, September 17 to November 8, 1987. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Introduction: art in the computer age; Art and technology: the uneasy liaison; From the plotter to the electronic palette: two-dimensional computer imaging; Three-dimensional computer imaging; Cybernetic serendipity: the worlds of interactivity and computer control; The moving image: computer-animated film, special effects, video, and performance.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2006. xiv, 370 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "This unique book walks readers through the steps and techniques needed to take and print gallery-quality photos with digital equipment; Shows readers how to select and use high-end photo equipment, work with special effects while shooting, and shoot in a variety of styles, including both landscape and portrait photography; More than 300 example photos inspire readers to mimic the work of famous photographers like Annie Leibowitz or Anne Geddes; Explores using Photoshop to enhance a photo; Addresses printing high-quality photos and then taking the next step of presenting online or in a gallery." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Munich, Berlin, London, and New York: Prestel; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 2010. Pictorial boards, 175 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Photographers who use digital technologies as tools for creative expression are driving the most exciting and transformative developments in today's photography. Digital photographic and imaging technologies are the most recent development in an art and science whose history is one of constant technological innovation. Using sophisticated software and scanners, artists are able to enhance or alter photographs, and create mesmerizing effects. Focusing exclusively on digital photography, Sylvia Wolf explores a medium that challenges our notions of the role of the artist and of an image's relationship to the real. Taking readers from the earliest experiments in digital photography to the latest innovations, Wolf offers a historical perspective and points to future trends. The work of a global… Read More

London and New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 2003. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. First edition thus. "Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. Not only have traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography and sculpture been transformed by digital techniques and media, but entirely new forms such as net art, software art, digital installations and virtual reality have emerged as recognized artistic practices, collected by major museums, institutions and private collectors the world over. Christiane Paul surveys the developments in digital art from its appearance in the 1980s up to the present day, and looks ahead to what the future may hold. Drawing a distinction between work that uses digital technology as a tool to produce traditional forms and work that uses it as a medium to create new types of art, she dicusses the key artists and works. The book explores themes raised and addressed by the… Read More

Santa Barbara, CA: Rocky Nook, 2011. vi, 220 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated 1st Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Over the years, photographers have come to know one thing is certain in the landscape photography world: there are places in America that have become icons of the landscape. This book focuses on a few places that have become such a draw, almost as if the rocks and trees have demanded to be photographed. As a third generation landscape photographer, Marc Muench has been fortunate to be one photographer that has lived the experience, explored the regions, lugged the large cameras, waited for the light, and, in a few cases, photographed a unique location for the first time. Marc discusses how landscape photography is more than simply an exploration of the landscape, but is also an exploration of your equipment and, ultimately, of yourself. The question… Read More

Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1992. Cloth, 59 pages, illustrations; 20 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corner lightly bumped. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Fractals are unique patterns left behind by the unpredictable movements -- the chaos -- of the world at work. The branching patterns of trees, the veins in a hand, water twisting out of a running tap -- all of these are fractals. Learn to recognize them and you will never again see things in quite the same way. Fractals permeate our lives, appearing in places as tiny as the surface of a virus and as majestic as the Grand Canyon. From ancient tribal peoples to modern painters to the animators of Star Wars, artists have been captivated by fractals and have utilized them in their work. Computer buffs are wild about fractals as well, for they can be generated on ordinary home computers. In Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, science writer John Briggs… Read More

San Francisco: Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1993. Pictorial boards, 94 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Aperture, 1990. ix, 158 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Rubbed corners. "A comprehensive account of computer technology's impact on what we see and, ultimately, what we believe about the world." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Aperture, 1999. xx, 142 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "A comprehensive account of computer technology's impact on what we see and, ultimately, what we believe about the world." - Publisher.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Jayne H. Baum Gallery, 1992. Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. 1st. Very Good.

New York: Aperture Foundation, 1994. 78, [2] pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Aperture (San Francisco, Calif.), no. 136, no. 136 (Summer 1994). Published in conjunction with an exhibition held September 8 through October 29, 1994 at the Museum at FIT, New York City, and at other venues. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: From Dada to digital: montage in the twentieth century, by Timothy Druckrey; Eva Sutton; Martina Lopez; Shelly Smith; Anil Melnick; Roshini Kempadoo; Osamu James Nakagawa; Esther Parada; Pedro Meyer's documentary fictions, by Jonathan Green; Wild irises: a Nash editions portfolio, by Vincent Katz; Graham Nash; Robert Heinecken; David Byrne; Jonathan Reff; Eileen Cowin; Olivia Parker; Lynn Butler; Digital imaging and the death of photography, by Geoffrey Batchen; Diane Fenster; Deanne Sokolin; Annette Weintraub; Kathleen Ruiz; Peter Campus; Barbara Kasten; Paul Thorel;… Read More

Cambridge, MA: MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1990. 12 pages, illustrations, portraits; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's ink stamp/title page, otherwise unmarked. Digital art. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. xi, 178 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Published in association with the MIT Museum. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "The MIT hacking culture has given us such treasures as police cars and cows on the Great Dome and a disappearing door to the President's office. 'Nightwork' includes material from two previous books published by the MIT Museum and new materials on recent hacks." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Jane Pickering, Director, MIT Museum; Introduction, by Institute historian T. F. Peterson; Where no cow has gone before: Accessing the inaccessible; Hack, hacker, hacking; Auto industry: The great vehicle hacks; Hacking ethics; Domework: Hacking the domes; Dome as Dais; Greener pastures: The green building hacks; Greenspeak spoken here; Intriguing hacks to fascinate people; Making an entrance: The lobby 7 hacks; Father Tool's grand tour; Under the dome; "All Mondays should be so beautiful": The art of hacking… Read More