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Robert''s passion for travel has taken him all over the United States, and to Africa, Europe, North America, Hong Kong, and South-East Asia. He covered the Thailand Tsunami devastation as part of the media. Robert has also provided media coverage for The Endangered Artists Elephant Program in Thailand. He has filmed the Chinese Opera, the Hawaiian Chorus, and the Tropical Hawaiian Children''s rights of America Baby Pageant, the Miss South Beauty Pageant, and many weddings in Honolulu, Hawaii, Bangkok, Thailand, and Japan. Robert was one of eighteen photographers selected nationwide for the Great Hawaiian shootout sponsored by the Hawaii Visitors and Conventions Bureau. Robert has done commercial photography for United Airlines and Corel Corporation International.Robert is currently producing a documentary celebrating United States Veterans by telling the stories of their service and their sacrifices, both at abroad and at home.Robert Goldston''s Photography Portfolio can be viewed at www.goldstons.com.

A simple idea sent me off on a three year journey of discovery around Australia in Bugsy, my second hand campervan.Unearthing stories of a fascinating collection of people who helped carve the foundation of modern Australia with their bare hands. Stepping back into a time when our hands connected us to life itself and were the most important tools we possessed.All I knew was I wanted to hear the stories of their lives. Having no clue how, where they would lead or what they would reveal.This beautiful, brutal land forced generations of ordinary people to do extraordinary things to survive, create an existence and collectively, build a nation. The people and the land became one.Photo journaling the diverse landscapes forced me to understand our country more intimately. At times, it made me wonder why anyone would want to make an existence in parts of this unforgiving land. One day I woke, sensing it’s all compelling beauty and understood the why. Ultimately, life is all about the land.Unknowingly, I was pushed into a personal journey. I had changed - in ways I didn’t expect. Never returning to my selfish, unfulfilled city life.

Train to Providence is a conversation between poet and photographer. Rodger Kingston's photographs were made over a sustained period of several decades, while William Doreski's poems were written in the short span of a few months. The pictures do not illustrate the poems, and the poems do not merely describe the photographs. But the words and images, brought together here for the first time, seem to have something to say to each other in ongoing, elongated moments caught and framed for close examination.

From the earliest stop-motion photography in 1899's Cinderella to computer-generated wizardry in the latest Star Wars movie, special effects have thrilled movie audiences for more than a century. The Encyclopedia of Movie Special Effects is a 5-star fan favorite that explains the magic behind these cinematic devices. This A-to-Z encyclopedia unveils the latest techniques and gadgetry inside a comprehensive reference work about the history of special effects. Entries on computer techniques, movie secrets, and the geniuses who have brought the magic to the big screen make this single volume a Hollywood hit. This encyclopedia lists movies that either contributed significantly to the development of special effects or were Academy Award winners, and spotlights over 120 well-known experts whose techniques, developments, and special effects houses have contributed significantly to the movie industry:

An outstanding photographic report of of places of worship across Europe that have fallen into disuse -- religious buildings where time has stood still since their doors were closed for the last time.

Model, photographer, muse, the first female war correspondent to report the horrors of the concentration camps liberated by American troops, and twentieth-century icon. Lee Miller was all this and much more. She went through life with passion and determination and life repaid her with love and friends, but also with pain and posthumous, or at least tardy, acknowledgement. Through approximately 140 photographs by Lee Miller and Man Ray, some objects d'art and video documents, loaned by Lee Miller Archives and Fondazione Marconi, Lee Miller. Man Ray. Fashion - Love - War intends to do justice to this woman as beautiful as she was clever and talented, taking her out of Man Ray's overpowering shadow, to reveal a deep but complicated relationship more objectively: Man Ray, first her teacher, then lover, and in the end friend. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in Venice, the volume pays suitable homage to Lee Miller, pioneer of surrealism in photography, placing her on a par with Man Ray, whose work tended to overshadow her both during her lifetime and after. The heart of the project lies the relationship between Lee Miller and Man Ray - which blossomed in Paris in 1929 and ended in 1932 - with a focus on their lives, careers and relationships at that time; it also documents the effect they both had on each other and how it inspired their work, including the photographic solarisation technique Man Ray adopted to the point that shots by Miller were erroneously attributed to Ray. The volume also presents portraits by Man Ray of friends and important protagonists of the artistic period: Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí and surrealist shots of Lee Miller in which he seeks to investigate and reveal her soul and torments.

Inspired by the example of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Enzo Barracco decided to mount a photographic expedition to Antarctica. Barracco explains his intention is to remind us all of the precarious position in which this part of the world finds itself.

This is the must-have guide for all amateur astronomers who double as makers, doers, tinkerers, problem-solvers, and inventors. In a world where an amateur astronomy habit can easily run into the many thousands of dollars, it is still possible for practitioners to get high-quality results and equipment on a budget by utilizing DIY techniques.

Producing Videos has been called the 'bible' of video making. A bestseller over many years, it offers a comprehensive and user friendly guide to all aspects of video production - from the first chapter on using a camera (if it doesn't go in easily, don't force it) to the chapter on distribution (no matter what happens, always hold onto your master). All the elements of video production are covered: camera operation; scriptwriting; composition; budgeting; preproduction planning; lighting and sound recording; interview techniques; field production and studio shoots; digital editing; digital postproduction techniques; video streaming and other forms of online distribution. This edition has been fully revised and updated to cover developments in technology, promotion and distribution. It includes tips from over 120 experienced video teachers from around the world, and is illustrated with over 600 photographs and 200 diagrams. Producing Videos is the best handbook available for learning the basics of video making. It is an ideal guide for students, and for anyone who has a flip camera burning a hole in their pocket and aspirations to become the next hot new director.

Gardening for the Soul is an eloquent tribute to the wonders of the garden, a place where we are able to feed our souls, refresh our spirits, and cultivate the humble glory of nature. This moving collection of poems, quotes, and reflections, complemented by stunning photographs of gardens and the flowers within them, reminds us of the significance of gardens and the beauty they bring to our lives here on earth. Contents include reflections on the Beauty of Gardens, the Joy of Gardens and Gardening, Love and Appreciation of Gardening, Mystical and Profound, Things to Contemplate, and Garden Humour. Featured contributors include Alexander Pope, Sir Walter Scott, George Cavendish, E.B. White, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, Truman Capote, Martin Luther, John Steinbeck, Thomas Jefferson, and many other brilliant minds of our time. It is the hope of the author that this book inspires, illuminates, and brings to mind the similitude ofhorticulture and the lifelong cultivation of the human spirit: "As the garden grows, so shall the gardener."

Sam Rosenthal first used the Internet as a confused and closeted gay teen who longed for an online escape from his offline reality. Rosenthal explores the alienation he experienced socially and the refuge he found on the Internet by appropriating images from real-time network cameras, known as "netcams." The cameras are accessed through unencrypted servers on the world wide web and are available to anyone with an Internet connection. Information such as geographic location and ownership of these netcams isn't provided, leaving the cameras without identity or clear intention. Yet, still, the artist sees them as an escape. "I believe I've visited these places even though I don't know where they are," he says.For Here Nor There, Rosenthal sought out camera feeds displaying uncanny scenes; the ones familiar and mundane, yet unidentifiable and dreamlike. The book features fantastical imagery of palm trees, pastel colors, and vibrant sunsets that conjure up feelings of an idealistic world. But Internet connections are imperfect and data loss often translates into visual flaws of pixelation and static, breaking those idealistic illusions. This assault of dropped packets disrupts the fantasy and grounds the images in reality. The Internet can never provide a permanent escape, leaving both the artist and his viewers lost somewhere in cyberspace, neither here nor there.

The third print issue of Texas' international journal devoted to literature, arts and ideas, San Antonio Review. Featuring poetry, art, fiction, essays, reviews and more from emerging and established authors and artists. Online at sareview.org.

Alicia Grega''s verse stumbles forward through uncomfortable emotions and life''s disappointments with tongue-bitten humor and pop-culture distractions. We''re still breathing, so it''s not too late. Ultimately, she helps us find hope that the lush rooms left vacant in our hearts can be occupied again ... after a good disinfecting.

In creating one of the first and most successful examples of the inspirational self-help book, James Allen was motivated by his own hard experience to show how our mental attitude has profound control over our lives and how we experience the world. More than that, he shows how, in mastering how we think, we can master our place in the world.As a Man Thinketh first appeared in 1903 and draws its title from the Bible (Prov. 23: 7) ¿As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.¿ Written to be accessible to all, the author persuasively describes how readers need to take responsibility for their thoughts as well as their actions, and that how a person thinks literally shapes their life path. In improving our thoughts, we can improve our lives.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of As a Man Thinketh is both modern and readable.