In his inimitable style, Errol Morris untangles the mysteries behind an eclectic range of documentary photographs. With his keen sense of irony, skepticism, and humor, Morris shows how photographs can obscure as much as they reveal, and how what we see is often determined by our beliefs. Each essay in this book is part detective story, part philosophical meditation, presenting ...(展开全部)

埃罗尔·莫里斯（Errol Morris，1948—） 美国著名导演、编剧、制作人，威斯康星大学历史学学士、普林斯顿大学科学史硕士、加州大学伯克利分校哲学博士。其执导的纪录片《细细的蓝线》获“美国国家影评人协会年度最佳纪录片奖”，《战争迷雾》获“第76届奥斯卡金像奖最佳纪录长片奖”，《标准流程》获“第58届柏林电影节评审团银熊奖”。 英国《卫报》在“史上四十佳导演”专题中将其排在第七位。《细细的蓝线》因成功推翻了一名死刑犯的判决，在全美引起巨大反响，也为纪录片史添上了浓墨重彩的一笔。 【译者简介】 周仰 摄影师、译者，英国伯明翰城市大学艺术学院博士生在读。2015—2022年，任上海外国语大学新闻传播学院（外聘）摄影课程教师。作品曾在多个国际摄影年展展出，并获集美·阿尔勒-Madame Figaro女性摄影师奖提名、徕卡奥斯卡·巴纳克摄影奖提名。 近...(展开全部)

Seeing is Believing is a provocative, shrewd, witty look at the Hollywood fifties movies we all love-or love to hate-and the thousand subtle ways they reflect the political tensions of the decade. Peter Biskind, former executive editor of Premiere, is one of our most astute cultural critics. Here he concentrates on the films everybody saw but nobody really looked at--classics l...(展开全部)

On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 pe...(展开全部)

On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 pe...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. "Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak." "But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the s...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. "Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak." "But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the s...(展开全部)

Why cant I draw what I see? Long-time drawing instructor and celebrated artist John Torreano answers this much-asked question, showing how to visualize three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. Torreano offers a series of exercises to help the reader to train his or her eye and to enable anyone, regardless of age or experience, to draw. Lively, accessible, and aut...(展开全部)

In this generously illustrated book, Anne Hollander examines the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting through medieval and renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography. First published ahead of its time, this book has become a classic.