The 2000 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards.The 2000 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards awarded a total of [pound]16,000 to eight books on the art, culture, historical, technological and scientific aspects of photography. With a record entry of over 300 books from 17 countries, the awards for the prize-winning books was extremely competitive. The two main prizes for Art, Culture & History of [pound]5000 each were awarded to Boris Mikhailov's Case History (Scalo, Switzerland). A collection of photographs from Mikhailov's birthplace of Kharkov, Ukraine, Case History captures the essence of everyday life amid the homelessness and poverty that resulted from the break-up of the former Soviet Union. Unforgiving photographs portray intimate glimpses into the hearts of individuals whose willpower allows them to survive while they are surrounded with the decay of their economy, buildings and individual lives. Sidney F. Ray's Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging (Focal Press, UK) received the [pound]5000 main prize in the Craft, Technology and Scientif ic book category. The extensively illustrated and researched book covers the use of photography and images as tools in science, technology and medicine and is aimed at professionals and scientists. The basic theory, techniques, materials, special equipment and applications of photography are fully described. Six other books received special commendations, with each author receiving [pound]1000: Passion, Justice, Freedom: Photographs of Sicily by Letizia Battaglia Letizia Battaglia (Palermo, 1935) is a Sicilian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia. Biography She was born in Palermo, Sicily. (Aperture, USA--originating publisher); Ceska Fotograticka Avantgarda 1918-1948 by Vladimir Birgus & contributors (Kant, Czech Republic--originating publisher); Ben Shahn's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : The Photography of Modern Times by Deborah Martin Kao, Laura Katzman and Jenna Webster (Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was Press, USA/UK, in association with the Harvard University Art Museums The Harvard University Art Museums are the Fogg Art Museum, which specializes in Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, which specializes in art of Central and Northern Europe, and the Arthur M. ); Full Moon by Michael Light (Jonathan Cape, UK--originating publisher); Irving Penn Irving Penn (borned. 16 June 1917) is an American photographer, born in New Jersey. Known primarily for his fashion photography, Penn's work shows a unique vision and a wide range of subjects. Regards the Work of Issey Miyake
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