Born in 1799, Atkins was the first person to illustrate a book with photographs. Her cyanotypes - of ferns, algae, parrot feathers, seaweed - are exquisite.
Catherine was the sister of Christian; in WW2 she worked with the French Resistance but was arrested in 1944 and sent to Ravensbrück. Miraculously she survived, and was awarded both the Cro... read more
After a decade of renovations, the Derbyshire palace is looking pretty dapper. Focusing on seven scenes in its history, this volume is a handsome portrait of the house and its collections.
First monograph on this hugely influential Japanese textile design company, with essays by Haruki Murakami, the architect Toyo Ito, curator Anna Jackson et al.
BM is the pre-eminent photographer of trees. This sequence of 50 luscious duotone prints emerged from a pilgrimage to Madagascar and South Africa as baobabs start to die because of global wa... read more
A new edition of the extraordinary pictures taken during 'The Artist Is Present', where Abramovic invited MoMA visitors to sit opposite her in silence for 30 charged seconds. She summoned te... read more
From the collection of an Italian banker whose work financed infrastructure such as railways, mines, electric power stations and shipping companies in the Near East.