Edward Hopper and Contemporary Art. Since its completion in 1957, Edward Hoppers Western Motel has been regarded as a symbol of US society between mobility and anonymity, belief in progress and melancholy of loneliness - just as Hoppers entire oeuvre is generally understood and disseminated as an iconography of modern everyday life. His subjects are those things and places in the city or in the ..
First published in 1944 this fantasically readable murdr story has been unavailable for decades, and was never published in the UK. Written by the great Hollywood maverick film director and writer Sam Fuller
This volume collects three previously published books of Wenders' essays. He discusses his development as a film-maker from the moment he picked up a camera, and offers a broad analysis of his passions - rock music, avant-garde cinema, questions of German identity, and the influence of America.
Filmmaker, writer, photographer and traveller, Wim Wenders has for years carried round a panoramic camera that has come in handy when the impressive nature of experience is beyond normal measure. This work presents a portrait of the world as the photographer encountered it, and a portrait of the photographer as reflected in his view of the world.
A photographic record of Wim Wender's acclaimed film capturing musician Ry Cooder's odessy to the streets of Havana. It documents his search for the veteran musicians of Cuba's bygone age, and the amazing talent he discovered. The photographs are accompanied by narrative text and song lyrics.