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Family Portrait Photography, Maternity Portraits, & Child Portrait Photography by KO Photography

Maternity Portraits, and Child Portrait Photography, and Family Portrait Photography—can be some of the most important pictures you ever take in your life. And it’s quite easy to see why.

 

Becoming married, having children, and having a family are often the most important aspects of a persons life. Memories of those precious moments are held dear all our lives, and are far from the memories we want to forget.

So we take pictures, photography allows us to capture the essence of memories we never want to lose. But there are many things you can do to make sure those memories are represented in your photography as well as they are represented in your mind.

Being pregnant is a joyful experience, that often times remind us of the glory of nature. Maternity portraits also capture expectant mothers in their most beautiful state. The first and most important thing you need to decide on for your important portrait is a theme—some Photographers choose to go more artistic and will want to shoot you in black and white or very high contrast backgrounds. Others will try to take a stance that places an emphasis on the natural aspect of your pregnancy—these photos will often result in a much more calm and carefree themed maternity portrait.

 

The most important part is that you know what you want, and come to the Photographer with that in mind; ready to explain your specific wants or needs, as to make sure your photographer does not hijack your own memories—and take your portrait into a direction you don’t agree on.

 

After your maternity portraits, there’s no doubt the next logical step would be child portrait photography—your children are no doubt part of the memories you want to capture forever. And people often have times doing portraits for their children. And this really goes into the nature of what a portrait is. The word “portrait” exudes a formal theme, and in this aspect—many photographers get the child portrait incorrect.

It’s important to work with the dynamic energy that is emitted from the absolute care-free fun nature of childhood. You want your children to be captured by the photographer with a smile on their face, you want them to be having fun. Dynamic subjects, specifically with child portraits; make more for interesting subjects, and definitely capture the mood and element that parents expect to feel when they see their children.

 

Oh and one more small tip when it comes to child portrait’s—never say “cheese!” Kids think it’s too cheesy, and likely won’t laugh. Try to surprise them with a word that will make them laugh and snap the picture at the perfect moment! Lastly, kids are not adults—they don’t have the same attention spam or ability to focus on tasks that you feel need to get done, so never get impatient. Don’t show any bit of anger or frustration, remember the photos you capture will ultimately reflect how you feel.

And years later, in the comfort of the family you built—you realize there’s one more memory you want to capture. You’re whole family together, and unbreakable bond that needs to be properly represented. How can you make your family portrait perfect?

 

The first question is to ask, how do you want your family to be represented? Do you want a formal portrait—with low energy; or do you want your family to be represented as unit, in joy—with expressions, using energy. Sometimes informal family portraits can be the best ones—think back on old Photographs you have, candids with your closest friends of the past.

Sometimes photos like this can make us feel all sorts of emotions, and bring back memories we forgot we had. And for family Portrait Photographer –its all about you photographer: can he capture the right kind of energy you want in the memories of your family?

Our memories are the most precious things we have, and our memories of our families—take precedence over all. So make sure your Maternity Portraits, and Child Portrait Photography, and Family Portrait Photography are absolutely perfect. Contact a photographer that can properly represent your memories and give you something you’ll cherish forever.

No matter what occasion or event, you should contact Kat Shadian at <a href= “http://www.kophotographyinlosangeles.com/“>K.O. Photography Studio </a>

in Los Angeles at 877.482.6365, and make sure your memories are in good hands.

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No matter what occasion or event, you should contact Kat Shadian at <a href= “http://www.kophotographyinlosangeles.com/“>K.O. Photography Studio </a>

in Los Angeles at 877.482.6365, and make sure your memories are in good hands.

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Bear Portraits $6.99 A top celebrity portrait photographer, Jill Greenberg has a unique ability to coax powerful emotions out of her subjects – whether human or animal. Her portraits of bears, collected here for the first time, surprise and engage. We encounter cubs as cute as a child’s Teddy, grizzlies that look like they might swallow you whole, and Polar bears seated in Sphinx-like tranquility. Full-grown brown bears, grizzlies, black bears, Polar bears, and bear cubs are photographed on location against a portrait backdrop. The poses and facial expressions are at turns oddly comedic, pensive, terrifying, and sometimes unexpectedly human. Alive with Greenberg’s signature lighting and seen through the unique perspective of her lens, these startling bear portraits bring us face to face with our fears and fantasies.

Mother and Child Portraits: Techniques for Professional Digital Photographers $22.39 Examining a style of photography that has become increasingly popular with families this in-depth analysis explores the most important aspects of mother and child portraiture. Summarizing advice from seasoned professionals this helpful reference demonstrates how to create the right environment for the shoot as well as carefully select the best props backgrounds and lighting for mother and child while allowing them to interact naturally. Starting with mothers and newborns this survey works its way up through toddlers to elementary and middle schoolers and concludes with teenagers. A vastly diverse collection of images that express each photographer’s concept of what mother and child represent is also included. Filled with inspiring examples and no-nonsense techniques this extensive overview also covers photographing moms with groups of children and extended sessions that offer potentially greater sales volume.

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19th-Century Painters $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 October 31, 1918) (German pronunciation: , approximately SHEE-leh) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Schiele’s work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele’s paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism, although still strongly associated with the art nouveau movement (Jugendstil). The most important collection of Schiele’s work is housed in the Leopold Museum, Vienna. Egon Schiele was born in Tulln on the Danube. His father, Adolph Schiele, worked for the Austrian State Railways as a station master; his mother, Marie Soukup(ová), was from Krumau, in Bohemia. As a child, he attended the school run by the Stift Klosterneuburg, where his arts teacher K.L. Strauch recognized and supported Schiele’s artistic talent. Egon Schiele, Self-portrait, 1912When Schiele was 15 years old, his father died from syphilis, and he became a ward of his maternal uncle, Leopold Czihaczec, who became distressed by Schiele’s lack of interest in academic studies, yet recognized his passion and talent for art. In 1906 Schiele applied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Vienna, where Gustav Klimt had once studied. Within his first year there, Schiele was sent, at the insistence of several faculty members, to the more traditional Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna in 1906. There, he studied painting and drawing, but was frustrated by the schools conservatism. Records show that Adolf Hitler was rejected by the Akademie in 1907; this has led to a misconception that Schiele and Hitler knew each

: ”Allemand Dogue” by Hansa $801.22 This superb , ”Allemand Dogue” by Hansa, will help you r little one learn all about allemand dogues, for example, that dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname Man’s best friend in the western world. Currently, there are estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world! – as well as provide a lifetime of soft cuddles with this adorable stuffed animal.Originally created for exclusive European collectors, each plush animal is meticulously handcrafted from portraits of real animals in their natural habitat. Hansa?s goal is to help educate children and adults alike, about the natural lives of these magnificent creatures, and to understand, respect and appreciate the importance of our co-existence with all animals. Each animal comes with a ?Toys that Teach? tag describing in detail the animal?s habitat, lifestyle, gestation period, care of their young and eating habits. Significant research goes into reproducing every animal species. The fabric for the spotted and striped animals is custom designed and exclusively manufactured in small quantities to Hansa?s exacting specifications. Their ?coats? are meticulously hand-cut and trimmed, never stamped out by machine. Hand sewn leather paws, swishing tails and especially soulful eyes and faces are lovingly detailed to give each piece their lifelike look. Each and every animal produced is hand finished by Hansa?s artists to create each with their very own unique personality (just as in real life). Give boredom the boot! Active children and babies are happy kids. And happy kids make for happy adults! Measures x x inches.Exciting and educational, this would make a awesome gift for any child!

A Child’s Garden Of Verses (Illustrated Edition) $12.99 Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (1850-1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov. Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson’s popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon. Stevenson was a celebrity in his own time, but with the rise of modern literature after World War I, he was seen for much of the 20th century as a writer of the second class, relegated to children’s literature and horror genres. His works include: An Inland Voyage (1878), Familiar Studies of Men and Books (1882), New Arabian Nights (1882), Kidnapped (1886), The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887), Memories and Portraits (1887), Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (1887), The Black Arrow (1888), and Master of Ballantrae: A Winter’s Tale (1889).

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A Little Present: For a Good Child $12.91 Used – Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to

A Little Present: For a Good Child $13.35 Used – Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to

A Pony in the Picture: Vintage Portraits of Children and Ponies $14.95 Children everywhere have always loved ponies. Those lucky enough to grow up with horses invariably recall them as the keepers of their happiest childhood memories. But for most, a brief ride on a rented pony was the closest they would ever get to a horse of their own. A PONY IN THE PICTURE is an endearing collection of antique and vintage photographs of children posing proudly with ponies and horses, often taken by itinerant photographers who traveled the countryside, suburbs, and cities. Each image captures a moment in time when it seems that all it took for a child to attain sheer joy was the patient presence of a shaggy Shetland pony and a borrowed cowboy hat.  A sweetly evocative collection of 120 photographic portraits of children and ponies, spanning 1880 to 1990. Chronicles the use of ponies as "props" in children's portraiture, and documents the development of photography and the popularity of keepsake photos over more than a century. All the photographs were taken in the United States and Canada, with striking exceptions from Burma, Buenos Aires, and Great Britain. A perfect gift for horse lovers and vintage photography collectors.  

A Scholar’s Tale: Intellectual Journey of a Displaced Child of Europe $13.92 For more than fifty years, Geoffrey Hartman has been a pivotal figure in the humanities. In his first book, in 1954, he helped establish the study of Romanticism as key to the problems of modernity. Later, his writings were crucial to the explosive developments in literary theory in the late seventies, and he was a pioneer in Jewish studies, trauma studies, and studies of the Holocaust. At Yale, he was a founder of its Judaic Studies program, as well as of the first major video archive for Holocaust testimonies.Generations of students have benefited from Hartman’s generosity, his penetrating and incisive questioning, the wizardry of his close reading, and his sense that the work of a literary scholar, no less than that of an artist, is a creative act. All these qualities shine forth in this intellectual memoir, which will stand as his autobiography. Hartman describes his early education, uncanny sense of vocation, and development as a literary scholar and cultural critic. He looks back at how his career was influenced by his experience, at the age of nine, of being a refugee from Nazi Germany in the Kindertransport. He spent the next six years at school in England, where he developed his love of English literature and the English countryside, before leaving to join his mother in America. Hartman treats us to a biobibliographyof his engagements with the major trends in literary criticism. He covers the exciting period at Yale handled so controversially by the media and gives us vivid portraits, in particular, of Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, and Jacques Derrida. All this is set in the context of his gradual self-awareness of what scholarship implies and how his personal displacements strengthened his calling to mediate between European and American literary cultures. Anyone looking for a rich, intelligible account of the last half-century of combative literary studies will want to read Geoffrey Hartman’s unapologetic scholar’s tale.

A Scholar’s Tale: Intellectual Journey of a Displaced Child of Europe $19 For more than fifty years, Geoffrey Hartman has been a pivotal figure in the humanities. In his first book, in 1954, he helped establish the study of Romanticism as key to the problems of modernity. Later, his writings were crucial to the explosive developments in literary theory in the late seventies, and he was a pioneer in Jewish studies, trauma studies, and studies of the Holocaust. At Yale, he was a founder of its Judaic Studies program, as well as of the first major video archive for Holocaust testimonies.Generations of students have benefited from Hartman’s generosity, his penetrating and incisive questioning, the wizardry of his close reading, and his sense that the work of a literary scholar, no less than that of an artist, is a creative act. All these qualities shine forth in this intellectual memoir, which will stand as his autobiography. Hartman describes his early education, uncanny sense of vocation, and development as a literary scholar and cultural critic. He looks back at how his career was influenced by his experience, at the age of nine, of being a refugee from Nazi Germany in the Kindertransport. He spent the next six years at school in England, where he developed his love of English literature and the English countryside, before leaving to join his mother in America. Hartman treats us to a biobibliographyof his engagements with the major trends in literary criticism. He covers the exciting period at Yale handled so controversially by the media and gives us vivid portraits, in particular, of Harold Bloom, Paul de Man, and Jacques Derrida. All this is set in the context of his gradual self-awareness of what scholarship implies and how his personal displacements strengthened his calling to mediate between European and American literary cultures. Anyone looking for a rich, intelligible account of the last half-century of combative literary studies will want to read Geoffrey Hartman’s unapologetic scholar’s tale.

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Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions $24.95 “Mark Moffett has been described as ‘the Jane Goodall of ants.’ Certainly Adventures among Ants, with its detailed account of his fieldwork, makes an invaluable contribution to our scientific knowledge of these creatures. But it does more. It is so well written and captures his excitement so wonderfully that it will bring this wealth of information to a far wider audience. I was fascinated by ants when I was a child–how I wish this book had been available to me then!”–Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace”Mark Moffett is in the front rank of present-day explorer naturalists. He has been in many of the most remote parts of the world, and has thorough scientific knowledge of his subject. His photographs are superb, the best ever taken.”–Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Future of Life and The Ants”I love the book. Mark’s excitement and joy will affect anyone willing to take a dive into a bizarre world. I will never intentionally step on another ant–perhaps out of a new love, respect or fear. The book truly grows on you rather then swarming up your leg.”–Kary Mullis, Author of Dancing Naked in the Mind Field and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry”Mark Moffett’s alluring stories show the extraordinary behavior of a world still on the edge of discovery. From swarm raiders to empire builders, Adventures among Ants combines brilliant portraits of six species with thought-provoking lessons about the nature of social evolution.”–Richard Wrangham, Author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human”Think you know all about ants? Think again, and take it from Mark W. Moffett, who has traveled all over the world to study them. The world of ants seems to be a parallel universe to our own. It’s rife with warfare, terrorism, traffic jams and highway infrastructure. There is freedom and servitude, disease and hygiene, tool use and teamwork. A stimulating read,

Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions $60 “Mark Moffett has been described as ‘the Jane Goodall of ants.’ Certainly Adventures among Ants, with its detailed account of his fieldwork, makes an invaluable contribution to our scientific knowledge of these creatures. But it does more. It is so well written and captures his excitement so wonderfully that it will bring this wealth of information to a far wider audience. I was fascinated by ants when I was a child–how I wish this book had been available to me then!”–Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace”Mark Moffett is in the front rank of present-day explorer naturalists. He has been in many of the most remote parts of the world, and has thorough scientific knowledge of his subject. His photographs are superb, the best ever taken.”–Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Future of Life and The Ants”I love the book. Mark’s excitement and joy will affect anyone willing to take a dive into a bizarre world. I will never intentionally step on another ant–perhaps out of a new love, respect or fear. The book truly grows on you rather then swarming up your leg.”–Kary Mullis, Author of Dancing Naked in the Mind Field and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry”Mark Moffett’s alluring stories show the extraordinary behavior of a world still on the edge of discovery. From swarm raiders to empire builders, Adventures among Ants combines brilliant portraits of six species with thought-provoking lessons about the nature of social evolution.”–Richard Wrangham, Author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human”Think you know all about ants? Think again, and take it from Mark W. Moffett, who has traveled all over the world to study them. The world of ants seems to be a parallel universe to our own. It’s rife with warfare, terrorism, traffic jams and highway infrastructure. There is freedom and servitude, disease and hygiene, tool use and teamwork. A stimulating read,

Aesthetic Poetry $0.99 Short essay. According to Wikipedia: “Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic….his study of “Aesthetic Poetry” appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of the Renaissance in 1873. Pater, now at the centre of a small but interesting circle in Oxford, gained respect in London and elsewhere, numbering the Pre-Raphaelites among his friends…. by the time his philosophical novel Marius the Epicurean appeared, he had gathered quite a following. This, his chief contribution to literature, was published early in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboration, his ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty as opposed to bare asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal of its own. The principles of what would be known as the Aesthetic movement were partly traceable to Pater and his effect was particularly felt on one of the movement’s leading proponents, Oscar Wilde, a former student of Pater at Oxford. In 1887 he published Imaginary Portraits, a series of essays in philosophic fiction; Appreciations, with an Essay on Style was published in 1889 with a revised second edition in 1890; in 1893, Plato and Platonism; and in 1894, The Child in the House. His Greek Studies and his Miscellaneous Studies were collected posthumously in 1895; his romance Gaston de Latour appeared posthumously in 1896; and his essays from The Guardian were privately printed in 1897.”

Aesthetic Poetry $2.99 Short essay. According to Wikipedia: “Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic….his study of “Aesthetic Poetry” appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of the Renaissance in 1873. Pater, now at the centre of a small but interesting circle in Oxford, gained respect in London and elsewhere, numbering the Pre-Raphaelites among his friends…. by the time his philosophical novel Marius the Epicurean appeared, he had gathered quite a following. This, his chief contribution to literature, was published early in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboration, his ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty as opposed to bare asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal of its own. The principles of what would be known as the Aesthetic movement were partly traceable to Pater and his effect was particularly felt on one of the movement’s leading proponents, Oscar Wilde, a former student of Pater at Oxford. In 1887 he published Imaginary Portraits, a series of essays in philosophic fiction; Appreciations, with an Essay on Style was published in 1889 with a revised second edition in 1890; in 1893, Plato and Platonism; and in 1894, The Child in the House. His Greek Studies and his Miscellaneous Studies were collected posthumously in 1895; his romance Gaston de Latour appeared posthumously in 1896; and his essays from The Guardian were privately printed in 1897.”

Albert Einstein; Oxford Portraits in Science 12+ $116.69 As a child, Albert Einstein’s teachers considered him less than the ideal student. But some time in his early years he developed what he called wonder about the world. From these ordinary beginnings, Einstein became one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time. This illuminating biography describes in understandable language the experiments and revolutionary theories that flowed from Einstein’s imagination and intellect. 48 photos.

American Eagle Toy Reproduction by Hansa, 28” long $173.91 This thrilling , ”American Eagle” by Hansa, will help you r little one learn all about american eagles, for example, that eagles have extremely keen eyesight which enables them to spot potential prey from very long distances! – as well as provide a lifetime of soft cuddles with this adorable stuffed animal.Originally created for exclusive European collectors, each plush animal is meticulously handcrafted from portraits of real animals in their natural habitat. Hansa?s goal is to help educate children and adults alike, about the natural lives of these magnificent creatures, and to understand, respect and appreciate the importance of our co-existence with all animals. Each animal comes with a ?Toys that Teach? tag describing in detail the animal?s habitat, lifestyle, gestation period, care of their young and eating habits. Significant research goes into reproducing every animal species. The fabric for the spotted and striped animals is custom designed and exclusively manufactured in small quantities to Hansa?s exacting specifications. Their ?coats? are meticulously hand-cut and trimmed, never stamped out by machine. Hand sewn leather paws, swishing tails and especially soulful eyes and faces are lovingly detailed to give each piece their lifelike look. Each and every animal produced is hand finished by Hansa?s artists to create each with their very own unique personality (just as in real life). Toys such as this one engage the child in new and innovative ways to learn without making them think they’re being taught! Measures 7.87 x 9.06 x 27.56 inches.Exciting and educational, this would make a memorable gift for any child!

Anatoly Dverin: American Impressionist $117.48 Anatoly Dverin: An American Impressionist is a combination of autobiographical story telling and brilliant painting in the Impressionist style. This is the story of a child’s hardships in the 1930′s in Communist Ukraine and his drive and determination to realize his dream of becoming a professional artist. Anatoly graduated from art college and became a member in the prestigious Artists’ Union in the U.S.S.R. His future was secure with commissions from the Ministry of Culture and various publishing companies. Then, at the expense of giving up everything – college diplomas, precious old sketchbooks, and all personal property except $300 – and being repeatedly intimidated by the KGB, Anatoly immigrated to the United States with his wife and small daughter in 1976. During the last thirty years, Anatoly has worked as a professional illustrator whose astounding draftsmanship and attention to detail is so fine one could assume a colored pencil drawing to be a photograph. Still, Anatoly has traveled further with his talent to become not only a contemporary artist whose paintings are carried by the finest galleries but also a gifted teacher who is giving back by sharing his talent through teaching his craft. This is a man whose work is prolific and important. His portraits, sensitive to the nuance of personality, embody the life of the subject. The still lifes vary from delicate to bold through the subtleties of combining light, shadow and color. Most abundant in the book, and in Anatoly’s work, are his landscapes. Readers can expect to enjoy the old and traditional landscapes of Europe as well as all the color and ruggedness of New England. Unifying all of Anatoly’s work is his absolutemastery of composition and his playfulness with light. This book generously offers not only the pages of text, photographs, and illustrations for the autobiography, but also over 170 full color pages of portraits, still-lifes, and most importantly, Anatoly’s landscapes.

Andy Warhol: Liz $62.87 Used – Frequently hailed as the greatest movie star of all time, Elizabeth Taylor was a friend of Warhol’s in the 1970s and 1980s. The personification of charisma whose highly public life charged with drama, tragedy, and romance, this iconic muse was a perfect vehicle for Warhol’s vivid silkscreen portraiture derived from press clippings, publicity shots, and film stills. Warhol made over fifty portraits of her in all her incarnations– from the ethereally beautiful child-actress (National Velve

Andy Warhol: Liz $43.7 New – Frequently hailed as the greatest movie star of all time, Elizabeth Taylor was a friend of Warhol’s in the 1970s and 1980s. The personification of charisma whose highly public life charged with drama, tragedy, and romance, this iconic muse was a perfect vehicle for Warhol’s vivid silkscreen portraiture derived from press clippings, publicity shots, and film stills. Warhol made over fifty portraits of her in all her incarnations– from the ethereally beautiful child-actress (National Velvet

Andy Warhol: Liz $62.87 New – Frequently hailed as the greatest movie star of all time, Elizabeth Taylor was a friend of Warhol’s in the 1970s and 1980s. The personification of charisma whose highly public life charged with drama, tragedy, and romance, this iconic muse was a perfect vehicle for Warhol’s vivid silkscreen portraiture derived from press clippings, publicity shots, and film stills. Warhol made over fifty portraits of her in all her incarnations– from the ethereally beautiful child-actress (National Velvet

Andy Warhol: Liz $43.7 Used – Frequently hailed as the greatest movie star of all time, Elizabeth Taylor was a friend of Warhol’s in the 1970s and 1980s. The personification of charisma whose highly public life charged with drama, tragedy, and romance, this iconic muse was a perfect vehicle for Warhol’s vivid silkscreen portraiture derived from press clippings, publicity shots, and film stills. Warhol made over fifty portraits of her in all her incarnations– from the ethereally beautiful child-actress (National Velve

Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers $20.99 Contents: For You There is No Song (Leslie Adams) • Early in the Mornin’ (David Baker) • A Good Assassination Should Be Quiet (David Baker) • Status Symbol (David Baker) • Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man; Dream Variations; I, Too (Margaret Bonds) • The Barrier (Charles Brown) • Song Without Words (Charles Brown) • Death of an Old Seaman (Cecil Cohen) • Two Songs for Julie Ju (Noel da Costa) • Cassandra’s Lullaby (Mark Fax) • Love (Mark Fax) • A Charm at Parting (Adolphus C. Hailstork) • I Loved You (Adulphus C. Hailstork) • Absalom (Eugene Hancock) • Nunc Dimittis (Eugene Hancock) • Riding to Town (Thomas Kerr, Jr.) • Compensation (Charles Lloyd, Jr.) • If There Be Sorrow (Wendell Logan) • Marrow of My Bone (Wendell Logan) • Chanson Triste (Maurice McCall) • Sweet Sorrow (Maurice McCall) • Weary Blues (Dorothy Rudd Moore) • Love Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee (Undine Moore) • Faithful One (Robert Owens) • Genius Child (Robert Owens) • A Child’s Grace (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) • Melancholy (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) • Night (Florence Price) • Song to the Dark Virgin (Florence Price) • Velvet Shoes (Hale Smith) • Grief (William Grant Still) • A Death Song (Howard Swanson) • I Will Lie Down in Autumn (Howard Swanson) • The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Hoaward Swanson) • Lament (George Walker) • A Red, Red Rose (George Walker) • Wry Fragments (Olly Wilson) • Dancing in the Sun (John Work, Jr.) • Soliloquy (John Work, Jr.).

Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers $20.99 Contents: For You There is No Song (Leslie Adams) * Early in the Mornin’ (David Baker) * A Good Assassination Should Be Quiet (David Baker) * Status Symbol (David Baker) * Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man; Dream Variations; I, Too (Margaret Bonds) * The Barrier (Charles Brown) * Song Without Words (Charles Brown) * Death of an Old Seaman (Cecil Cohen) * Two Songs for Julie Ju (Noel da Costa) * Cassandra’s Lullaby (Mark Fax) * Love (Mark Fax) * A Charm at Parting (Adolphus C. Hailstork) * I Loved You (Adulphus C. Hailstork) * Absalom (Eugene Hancock) * Nunc Dimittis (Eugene Hancock) * Riding to Town (Thomas Kerr, Jr.) * Compensation (Charles Lloyd, Jr.) * If There Be Sorrow (Wendell Logan) * Marrow of My Bone (Wendell Logan) * Chanson Triste (Maurice McCall) * Sweet Sorrow (Maurice McCall) * Weary Blues (Dorothy Rudd Moore) * Love Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee (Undine Moore) * Faithful One (Robert Owens) * Genius Child (Robert Owens) * A Child’s Grace (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) * Melancholy (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) * Night (Florence Price) * Song to the Dark Virgin (Florence Price) * Velvet Shoes (Hale Smith) * Grief (William Grant Still) * A Death Song (Howard Swanson) * I Will Lie Down in Autumn (Howard Swanson) * The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Hoaward Swanson) * Lament (George Walker) * A Red, Red Rose (George Walker) * Wry Fragments (Olly Wilson) * Dancing in the Sun (John Work, Jr.) * Soliloquy (John Work, Jr.).

Appreciations, With an Essay on Style $0.99 Essays on Style, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Sir Thomas Brown, Love’s Labours Lost, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare’s English Kings, Dante Rossetti, and Feuillet’s La Morte. According to Wikipedia: “Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic….his study of “Aesthetic Poetry” appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of the Renaissance in 1873. Pater, now at the centre of a small but interesting circle in Oxford, gained respect in London and elsewhere, numbering the Pre-Raphaelites among his friends…. by the time his philosophical novel Marius the Epicurean appeared, he had gathered quite a following. This, his chief contribution to literature, was published early in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboration, his ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty as opposed to bare asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal of its own. The principles of what would be known as the Aesthetic movement were partly traceable to Pater and his effect was particularly felt on one of the movement’s leading proponents, Oscar Wilde, a former student of Pater at Oxford. In 1887 he published Imaginary Portraits, a series of essays in philosophic fiction; Appreciations, with an Essay on Style was published in 1889 with a revised second edition in 1890; in 1893, Plato and Platonism; and in 1894, The Child in the House. His Greek Studies and his Miscellaneous Studies were collectedposthumously in 1895; his romance Gaston de Latour appeared posthumously in 1896; and his essays from The Guardian were privately printed in 1897.”

Arikha $70.07 New – In 1965 at the height of a successful career as an abstract painter, Avigdor Arikha suddenly stopped painting to return to drawing from life. When he returned to painting in 1973 it was to begin a series of intensely observed portraits, nudes and still lifes for which he is now known worldwide. This book, partly based on discussions with the artist over a long period, surveys Arikha’s entire career and shows his work from the drawings he made as a child in a Nazi concentration camp to the

Arikha $105 New – In 1965 at the height of a successful career as an abstract painter, Avigdor Arikha suddenly stopped painting to return to drawing from life. When he returned to painting in 1973 it was to begin a series of intensely observed portraits, nudes and still lifes for which he is now known worldwide. This book, partly based on discussions with the artist over a long period, surveys Arikha’s entire career and shows his work from the drawings he made as a child in a Nazi concentration camp to the

Art and Love in Renaissance Italy $65 With contributions by Sarah Cartwright, Jessie McNab, J. Kenneth Moore, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Wendy Thompson, and Jeremy Warren Many famous Italian Renaissance artworks were made to celebrate love and marriage. They were the pinnacles of a tradition—-dating from the early Renaissance—-of commemorating betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child by commissioning extraordinary objects or exchanging them as gifts. This important volume is the first to examine the entire range of works to which Renaissance rituals of love and marriage gave rise and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. Some 140 works of art, dating from about 1400 to 1600, are discussed by a distinguished group of scholars and are reproduced in full color. Marriage and childbirth gifts are the point of departure. These range from maiolica, glassware, and jewelry to birth trays, musical instruments, and nuptial portraits. Bonds of love of another sort were represented in erotic drawings and prints. From these precedents, an increasingly inventive approach to subjects of love and marriage culminated in paintings by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, including Giulio Romano, Lorenzo Lotto, and Titian. 

Art in Action 2: Introducing Older Children to the World of Art with Creative Projects Inspired by 12 Masterpieces $14.99 Introduce your child to the wonderful and imaginative world of art with Art in Action 2 • Inspire and share the wonderful world of art with your children as you encourage their creative abilities. Together, you’ll discover the stories behind key masterpieces of art while creating fun art projects based on each of the 12 examples presented in this book. Children will explore new art techniques that include . . . Designing a pop art picture based on Manet’s The Balcony Creating a snow jar inspired by Avercamp’s Winter Landscape Medallion Recreating an entirely original version of Gowy’s The Fall of Icarus as a stained glass window Putting together a futurist picture from Marc’s Im Regan (Under the Rain) • Art in Action 2 is your child’s exciting introduction to paintings and art activities • Author and teacher Maja Pitamic explores the stories and meanings of 12 key masterpieces of art, presenting them as inspiration for children to create their own exciting and imaginative artworks. Covering a diverse range of media, from making a tissue paper mosaic to drawing with charcoal, this book’s 24 projects will encourage children to develop their own personal and entirely original styles. Designed for children ages nine to twelve, Art in Action 2 is the second of a two-volume set. The companion volume, Art in Action 1, presents elementary art projects that are suitable for children ages five to eight. Each chapter in this book covers a single theme, presenting one of the following paintings as an example: Portraits Manet’s The Balcony Taddeo’s The Rainbow Portrait Modigliani’s Portrait of Anna Zborowska Landscape Avercamp’s A Winter Landscape Medallion Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire Whistler’s Nocturne in Blue and Silver Myths and Legend Ucello’s St. George and the Dragon 16th

Artist’s Mother: Portraits of Their Mothers by History’s Great Artists $4.5 Perfect for Mother’s Day, a unique tribute to their mothers by the world’s most famous artistsEvery genius must have a mother, and often a mother is an inspiration for genius. Over the last five hundred years, artists have found ways to work their mothers into their most famous paintings. The Artist’s Mother is the first-ever collection of paintings by famous artists of their moms.This beautiful and affordable four-color hardcover offers masterpieces from the oevres of some of the greatest painters in history. Each color plate is accompanied by a warm and carefully researched narrative about the artist, his or her mother, and the painting itself. The history-spanning collection ranges from Leonardo to Mary Cassat and includes classic pieces by such artists as Whistler, van Gogh, and Picasso. A true celebration of the mother-child bond and of the many ways in which mothers make the world a more beautiful place.

Asian Elephant Toy Reproduction by Hansa, 11” long $78.91 This eye-catching , ”Asian Elephant” by Hansa, will help you r little one learn all about asian elephants, for example, that elephants are the largest land animals now living! – as well as provide a lifetime of soft cuddles with this adorable stuffed animal.Originally created for exclusive European collectors, each plush animal is meticulously handcrafted from portraits of real animals in their natural habitat. Hansa?s goal is to help educate children and adults alike, about the natural lives of these magnificent creatures, and to understand, respect and appreciate the importance of our co-existence with all animals. Each animal comes with a ?Toys that Teach? tag describing in detail the animal?s habitat, lifestyle, gestation period, care of their young and eating habits. Significant research goes into reproducing every animal species. The fabric for the spotted and striped animals is custom designed and exclusively manufactured in small quantities to Hansa?s exacting specifications. Their ?coats? are meticulously hand-cut and trimmed, never stamped out by machine. Hand sewn leather paws, swishing tails and especially soulful eyes and faces are lovingly detailed to give each piece their lifelike look. Each and every animal produced is hand finished by Hansa?s artists to create each with their very own unique personality (just as in real life). Kids love to explore and learn new things – give them the right tools for it! Measures 4.72 x 6.69 x 11.42 inches.Exciting and educational, this would make a amazing gift for any child!

Baby Lamb Toy Reproduction by Hansa, 6” long $164.93 This spell-binding , ”Baby Lamb” by Hansa, will help you r little one learn all about baby lambs, for example, that being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched place in human culture, and find representation in much modern language and symbology! – as well as provide a lifetime of soft cuddles with this adorable stuffed animal.Originally created for exclusive European collectors, each plush animal is meticulously handcrafted from portraits of real animals in their natural habitat. Hansa?s goal is to help educate children and adults alike, about the natural lives of these magnificent creatures, and to understand, respect and appreciate the importance of our co-existence with all animals. Each animal comes with a ?Toys that Teach? tag describing in detail the animal?s habitat, lifestyle, gestation period, care of their young and eating habits. Significant research goes into reproducing every animal species. The fabric for the spotted and striped animals is custom designed and exclusively manufactured in small quantities to Hansa?s exacting specifications. Their ?coats? are meticulously hand-cut and trimmed, never stamped out by machine. Hand sewn leather paws, swishing tails and especially soulful eyes and faces are lovingly detailed to give each piece their lifelike look. Each and every animal produced is hand finished by Hansa?s artists to create each with their very own unique personality (just as in real life). Give your child the gift of a happy, healthy, and active childhood. Measures 5.91 x 19.69 x 19.69 inches.Exciting and educational, this would make a gorgeous gift for any child!

Bambi Toy Reproduction by Hansa, 20” long $147.22 This superb , ”Bambi” by Hansa, will help you r little one learn all about bambis, for example, that for most deer the male is called a buck , the female is a doe , and a child is called a fawn ! – as well as provide a lifetime of soft cuddles with this adorable stuffed animal.Originally created for exclusive European collectors, each plush animal is meticulously handcrafted from portraits of real animals in their natural habitat. Hansa?s goal is to help educate children and adults alike, about the natural lives of these magnificent creatures, and to understand, respect and appreciate the importance of our co-existence with all animals. Each animal comes with a ?Toys that Teach? tag describing in detail the animal?s habitat, lifestyle, gestation period, care of their young and eating habits. Significant research goes into reproducing every animal species. The fabric for the spotted and striped animals is custom designed and exclusively manufactured in small quantities to Hansa?s exacting specifications. Their ?coats? are meticulously hand-cut and trimmed, never stamped out by machine. Hand sewn leather paws, swishing tails and especially soulful eyes and faces are lovingly detailed to give each piece their lifelike look. Each and every animal produced is hand finished by Hansa?s artists to create each with their very own unique personality (just as in real life). Give boredom the boot! Active children and babies are happy kids. And happy kids make for happy adults! Measures 6.3 x 18.5 x 19.69 inches.Exciting and educational, this would make a awesome gift for any child!

Beauty Is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo $0.25 A vibrant series of prose poems celebrating the life of artist Frida Kahlo, written by “an utter original, one of the true and plangent voices in American writing” —Mary Gordon.Beauty Is Convulsive is a biographical meditation on one of the twentieth century’s most compelling and famous artists, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). At the age of nineteen, Kahlo’s life was transformed when the bus in which she was riding was hit by a trolley car. Pierced by a steel handrail and broken in many places, she entered a long period of convalescence during which she began to paint self-portraits. In 1928, at twenty-one, she joined the Communist Party and came to know Diego Rivera. The forty-one-year-old Rivera, Mexico’s most famous painter, was impressed by the force of Kahlo’s personality and by the authenticity of her art, and the two soon married. Though they were devoted to each other, intermittent affairs on both sides, Frida’s grief over her inability to bear a child, and her frequent illnesses made the marriage tumultuous. This prose poem is typical Maso —vigorous, daring, always original. She brings together parts of Kahlo’s biography, her letters, medical documents, and her diaries with language that is often as erotic and colorful as Kahlo’s paintings. Author Biography: Carole Maso is the author of six novels: Ghost Dance, The Art Lover, AVA, Aureole, The American Woman in the Chinese Hat, and Defiance. The recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship for fiction, she is Professor of English at Brown University, and lives in Germantown, New York.

Before Their Time: Child Labor Around the World $19.01 New – In spite of treaties and international conventions addressing problems of economic exploitation of children, the control of child labor remains elusive. It is estimated that over 320 million children are working worldwide, most in hazardous jobs. This is their story, in words and photographs. These heartwrenching portraits of children at work, taken all over the world, are a call to action for all of us to be aware of this complex and tragic global problem.

Before Their Time: Child Labor Around the World $23.68 New – In spite of treaties and international conventions addressing problems of economic exploitation of children, the control of child labor remains elusive. It is estimated that over 320 million children are working worldwide, most in hazardous jobs. This is their story, in words and photographs. These heartwrenching portraits of children at work, taken all over the world, are a call to action for all of us to be aware of this complex and tragic global problem.

Before Their Time: Child Labor Around the World $1.11 Used – In spite of treaties and international conventions addressing problems of economic exploitation of children, the control of child labor remains elusive. It is estimated that over 320 million children are working worldwide, most in hazardous jobs. This is their story, in words and photographs. These heartwrenching portraits of children at work, taken all over the world, are a call to action for all of us to be aware of this complex and tragic global problem.

Before Their Time: Child Labor Around the World $5.09 Used – In spite of treaties and international conventions addressing problems of economic exploitation of children, the control of child labor remains elusive. It is estimated that over 320 million children are working worldwide, most in hazardous jobs. This is their story, in words and photographs. These heartwrenching portraits of children at work, taken all over the world, are a call to action for all of us to be aware of this complex and tragic global problem.

Before Their Time: The World of Child Labor $1.5 Physician and photographer David L. Parker takes us beyond the headlines and into the textile factories, stone quarries, and garbage dumps where children are forced—by unscrupulous adults or by lack of any other economic opportunity—into the desperate cycle of child labor. His haunting and sensitive portrayal of these children preserves their dignity and humanity while exposing their often tragic circumstances.The hazards of harsh working conditions are visited exponentially on still-growing bodies and minds, whether they are cleaning elephant stables in India, picking cotton in Turkey, or extracting gold from Nicaraguan mines. Mercury used in mining causes brain damage; stone dust destroys young lungs; circus contortions cause serious muscular harm. But even beyond the disastrous physical consequences of child labor, simply having to work means that children are deprived of the education, nurturing, and socialization that are the necessary foundations of lasting health, development, and progress.Dr. Parker’s riveting portraits of children continues in the brave documentary tradition of Lewis Hine, Milton Rogovin, and Sebastião Salgado, who have contributed to the legal and humanitarian advances of previous generations. We can only hope, as Hine said in the early twentieth century, that one day soon heartbreaking images like these will simply be “records of the past.” Until then, Before Their Time is an essential call to action.

Behind the Wall: Life, Love, and Struggle in Palestine $11.84 Used – Accompanied by intimate photographic portraits taken by the author, “Behind the Wall” is a collection of short factual stories, conversations, and articles written between 2006 and 2007 about daily life in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the area of Palestine currently referred to as the West Bank. Wiles recounts conversations with Palestinians of all ages, including survivors of al-Nakba, released child and female prisoners, parents trying to rear their children amid the violence

Behind the Wall: Life, Love, and Struggle in Palestine $11.84 New – Accompanied by intimate photographic portraits taken by the author, “Behind the Wall” is a collection of short factual stories, conversations, and articles written between 2006 and 2007 about daily life in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the area of Palestine currently referred to as the West Bank. Wiles recounts conversations with Palestinians of all ages, including survivors of al-Nakba, released child and female prisoners, parents trying to rear their children amid the violence

Behind the Wall: Life, Love, and Struggle in Palestine $11.88 Used – Accompanied by intimate photographic portraits taken by the author, “Behind the Wall” is a collection of short factual stories, conversations, and articles written between 2006 and 2007 about daily life in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the area of Palestine currently referred to as the West Bank. Wiles recounts conversations with Palestinians of all ages, including survivors of al-Nakba, released child and female prisoners, parents trying to rear their children amid the violence

Behind the Wall: Life, Love, and Struggle in Palestine $11.88 New – Accompanied by intimate photographic portraits taken by the author, “Behind the Wall” is a collection of short factual stories, conversations, and articles written between 2006 and 2007 about daily life in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the area of Palestine currently referred to as the West Bank. Wiles recounts conversations with Palestinians of all ages, including survivors of al-Nakba, released child and female prisoners, parents trying to rear their children amid the violence

Bernard of Hollywood’s Marilyn $5.05 Used – Rare images of Marilyn Monroe by Hollywood’s great glamour photographer, Bernard of Hollywood. For over 17 years, Bernard became Norma Jean Baker’s brotherly confidante and father-confessor, and in his studio portraits he transformed Norma Jean from a naive and shy child-woman into the vivacious Aphrodite named Marilyn. Over 100 photographs.

Bernard of Hollywood’s Marilyn $0.99 Used – Rare images of Marilyn Monroe by Hollywood’s great glamour photographer, Bernard of Hollywood. For over 17 years, Bernard became Norma Jean Baker’s brotherly confidante and father-confessor, and in his studio portraits he transformed Norma Jean from a naive and shy child-woman into the vivacious Aphrodite named Marilyn. Over 100 photographs.

Bespoke Childs Portrait $85 An original portrait of a loved one makes the perfect memento for an important occasion, a unique and thoughtful wedding, anniversary, birthday or Christmas gift. At Sarah&Bendrix we are delighted to have teamed up with Audrey Walas, French artist, to provide a bespoke portrait service to our customers. As soon your order is placed, you just have to send one, or a selection of photographs (by email at design@audreywalas.com or by post) and the most suitable will be chosen together. Photographs can be modified to some extent, such as leaving certain details out of the picture, or combining two similar photos into one drawing. The background is usually left blank as this can detract from the subject. Standard paper size is 65 cm x 50 cm. The drawing is sent unframed. These pencil drawings really make an impression, especially when they are framed under protective glass. Because portraits are custom-made, they cannot be returned.