Very nice selection of photos in many sizes -- some too ...
583861
Another in the long series of Morning Sun picture books. This volume features photos of the E-L East End. Very nice selection of photos in many sizes -- some too small in my opinion. Captions by Larry DeYoung are well done and double checked by others. A small introduction, but mostly photos. A great book for model railroaders, history fans and E-L RR fans.
3950088
This is a sixty-four page (read: short, about 1/8 " or 3mm thick) collection of sharp, full-color, greatly enlarged photos of 1/35th scale soldiers, with a couple of horses thrown in for good measure.  The photos are almost exclusively in-progress shots of the author's large diorama, "In the Footsteps of the Grand Armee."  The photos are gorgeous.  There isn't much text, besides the introduction and the captions to each photos, but that's not so important.  Why I didn't give this a five star rating is because the text could have been edited better--I found myself having to read a few things more than once to figure out what was trying to be said.  That probably wouldn't bother too many people, but it doesn't take very long at all to read the entire book.  The photos will provide more information than the words anyway, so buy this book and study the photos and learn a few things about converting and detailing plastic figures.
3197687
As a graphic designer with a soft spot for period illustration, I love to collect the Dover books that feature Victorian and old-time copyright free images. I used a number of the images in this book, but since some were part of a larger scene and/or somewhat muddy in quality, they all needed a bit of digital touchup. I realize that the images are vintage, but it's hard to use them when the lines run together and some small details are little more than blobs. The large size of most images reflects their original use as multiple-vignette posters, but again this makes it difficult to isolate a single image from the larger overall scene. To conclude on a high note, it is a valuable collection of antique circus images and I do enjoy having it in my library. My client is also pleased with the amusing images I was able to glean for his website....
1425359
Really like that lots of images cover nearly the whole page.
623938
Despite its really ugly cover, this book contains a large selection of beautiful and clever business cards from many different disciplines. Though not all of the designs seem worthy of being printed in a book, there is plenty of inspiration here: colors, shapes, die-cuts, materials, or even just different ways of presenting contact information. While most of the cards come from image-conscious industries like design and fashion, not all, and I'd love to see even more diversity in future books. With so much f*ugly, ad-hoc crap in the world, it's refreshing to see, say, a construction company with a beautiful logo and card (e.g. Measure Twice  - p. 63).
3010310
Enjoyed that there are 468 photos. Hated that a lot of them had a great amount of detail but were only 3" X 4" inches. If you buy this, also look into buying a magnifying glass.
4314446
This was a great photo album, especially for the price. I bought two for gifts and loaded them up fully with 200 photos each. Even fully loaded the book held up well, and none of the pages had broken plastic like I've sometimes seen happen with the photo inserts. They photos fit in the pages easily (not too much sliding). There is a column on each page near the middle to write notes. I didn't really use the space because I was throwing them together pretty quickly, but it would come in handy for little photo captions.
2764778
This album more than met my needs. I'm downsizing old albums & reorganizing my travel photos of more than 30 years. I bought 10 of these albums already  have 3 on the way. Soon I'll be working on family photos, including some fro, 1905! All these photos are different sizes, so I really like these albums; the ones with pockets don't work for me. Thank you Amazon for exactly what I need.
3306990
This book is priceless for the photos but is not to be mistaken for a full size book- it is a thin book, but worth having for the rare photographs. Very nice little book.
1949786
This small but extensive collection is a great showcase of Cartier-Bresson's work. These photographs exemplify his ability to find and present the unexpected. A theme of delightful surprise runs through the collection, of capturing the unique and fleeting moment. Two men, for some unknown reason, are standing before a fabric screen; one of them, eyes closed, leans forward and kisses it. Below a crowd of spectators at a coronation, a man sleeps on the ground. Children play in front of a large building with odd, small windows (a prison?), but one's eye is immediately drawn to an older man who, oblivious of his surroundings, walks purposefully to his destination. A view from above of women spreading out large nets or sheets in a vast plain. A large group of men exercising at a refugee center. Workers posing in front of what appear to be gigantic bundles of filthy rags. A gently curving road, flanked by a perfect line of trees. A woman is caught in a state of rage as she accidentally encounters another woman who denounced her to the authorities; the shame on the face of the denouncer is almost palpable. This scene, which may have degenerated into a melee a few seconds later, shows how observant Cartier-Bresson must have been - he not only observed the encounter; he managed to photograph it, while no one in the surrounding crowd of people was aware of the drama unfolding in their midst.

Cartier-Bresson excelled in so-called "street photography," using the best tool available at the time for the job, a Leica rangefinder. This allowed faster focusing than any other type of camera (rangefinders, nearly obsolete today in the digital era, focus by stereoscopic triangulation - the photographer adjusts until the two images line up with each other). Also, the Leica's viewfinder, unlike a SLR or any digital camera available today, includes the area outside the portion to be photographed, allowing the photographer to see what might be coming into his frame before it gets there. These features are extremely helpful in capturing images that may only be available for a fraction of a second.

The "gear," of course, is only of value as a tool to allow the artist to get to what he needs with a minimum of fuss, like a comfortable chair and desk for a writer. In photography, the most important component is the one right behind the eyepiece, not in front of it. The results speak for themselves - we are privileged to share in the photographer's sense of wonder at the endlessly interesting and varied world around him.
629108
I love having all of my photos from a recent trip in one place. There are plenty of horizontal and vertical slots for 3x5 pictures. The album itself is excellent quality as well.
4434581
There's a PBS video of the same name that compliments this book. Both are a joy and inspiration.
This is not a comprehensive overview of crafts, not sure that would even be possible, it is however an excellent collection.
The parts I remember best are the basket weavers (especially the Gullah baskets), Sam Maloof, George Nakashima.
Beautiful photographs, great reproductions. As someone who has photographed a lot of art, this is an outstanding example of excellent photography and photo editing (selection)  (Ever squint at a photo wishing it was a little sharper, or the angle was just a little bit....? Not a problem here.)
And the price I paid was unbelievable.
1225024
I like this book, but I'm not totally wild about it. Something about the illustration style doesn't really do it for me. Still, I'm glad I have it. The images are large and captivating, and there's a nice variety of subject matter on display. The print quality is good, and the construction of the book itself feels good as well. I'd encourage aesthetically picky buyers to take a look at a few of the images before buying. I do wish it had a dust jacket, though, since the cover has a linen-like texture that seems like it will collect dust and get dingy over time.
3123248
This is a GREAT collection of early western photography. I've long spent too much time online looking for reference photos for my western art and for costuming for western-themed festivals I attend. This is a surprising little book, chock full of photography and history. It was recommended by a fellow artist. Great recommendation. I've only flipped through it so far to see if it's what I'd hoped for, but look forward to spending some relaxing hours with it.
645708
One of my passions is travel and I am a keen, if not overly skilled, amateur photographer.  Hence I was very keen to get my hands on this book packed with excellent photos about an area which I, and indeed most of us, are unlikely to visit.  Chinese Turkestan is a fascinating area, absolutely huge at, according to the author, 1.6m square kilometres, which has been very significant throughout history and straddles the ancient Silk Road.

At a little under 200 pages, this is not a long book.  I was rather surprised to find that it was in A5 format rather than the coffee table type A4 which I was expecting.  It is of high quality, being hardback and having thick pages, which helps to do justice to the amazing photos.  It also helps that it is a hardback with a dust jacket  I particularly liked the concept of printing on the inside of the dust jacket which is a small, but novel feature.  I thought the red theme  each page has a red surround, worked very well.

The pictures themselves are excellent and the majority of them feature the local inhabitants and many of them are unposed.  They are the real stars of the book.  One slip up in the production is that, when the decision was made to put some of the best pictures on a double page, the result was that several times excellent shots of individuals are spoiled by having faces split down the middle by the spine.  I do not know if it was deliberate policy to print the pictures in black and white or a cost saving matter, but in any case it works well with this subject matter.

Overall, although there are a few shortcomings I thought this was a rather beautiful little book well worthy of a permanent place on my bookshelf.
2913571
Excellent selection of high-quality photos. Especially valuable since the museum prohibits all photography, even without a tripod or flash.
2684903
I have a large library of Dover Clip Art books I use for collage. Most of them date back to the mid-1980s (before CD-ROMs were included), so this is actually the first Dover book I've purchased that included the images on a disk. I like it! In the book, the images are arranged in a pleasing way that is more artful than merely displaying each graphic with a white space around them. In this manner, it can inspire you as to how you might want to use some of the images. Each one is discretely identified for easy reference on the disk. As for the CD-ROM, All of the images in the book are included, and organized for easy access. They are in a mix of formats: hi-res JPG, TIFF, EPS, and low-res JPG. The one down-side is that you don't get every image in every format & resolution. I haven't run into a problem due to that yet, but I expect there may come a time when I will have to make my own scan out of the book because the image I want isn't available on the CD-ROM in the resolution I need. There is a list in the back of the book of the 49 images in vector-based EPS format. Why they didn't include such a list for the other formats and images I don't understand. The quality of the graphics is high, but I do wish the selection was more exhaustive. If you're looking for a specific body-part, you'll probably find it here--but only one or two choices.