Island Homes: Casual Elegance in Design by Peter Vincent Architects, published by ORO Editions. Island Homes presents the beautiful yet unpretentious new homes, residential renovations and commercial buildings designed by Honolulu-based Peter Vincent Architects. A boutique firm founded in 1992, PVA specializes in custom-built architecture in a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Each project responds to the unique needs and vision of its client as well as the physical, social and environmental opportunities and requirements offered by its site.
A View from the Top: The Viewpoint Collection, published by ORO Editions. An inspired collection of masterwork homes developed in the most iconic areas of Los Angeles, A View from the Top documents a singular body of work, the Viewpoint Collection. Located on panoramic sites and designed by renowned architects, the properties presented in this book epitomize sophisticated contemporary style.
While We Slept by Pete Mauney, published by ORO Editions. While We Slept is Pete Mauney’s culminating book of a decade spent flipping his sleep schedule to obsessively photograph the firefly population near his home in rural New York State. Mauney’s masterful images depict accurate representations of time, space and patterns among the lightning bugs illustrating the magic that occurs while we sleep.
Street Beauty by Hannah Judah, published by ORO Editions. Street Beauty is a high visual impact one-of-a-kind street art photography book by renowned international street art photographer Hannah Judah. Playfully designed and curated by ATMA, Street Beauty unlocks the wonder and beauty of large scale murals from hundreds of the world’s most recognized street artists today.
Women Photograph: What We See, curated by Daniella Zalcman and Sara Ickow, published by White Lion Publishing. Open your eyes to a new world view with 100 women and nonbinary photojournalists’ stories from behind the lens. From documenting major events such as 9/11 to capturing unseen and misrepresented communities, this book presents a revisionist contemporary history: pore over 50 years of women’s dispatches in 100 photographs. Each image is accompanied by 200 words from the photographer about the experience and the subject, offering fresh insights and a much-needed perspective.
Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, published by Aperture. Drawing on a decades-long collaboration between the photographer and Nancy Newhall, Aperture cofounder and Museum of Modern Art curator, this reissue of The Flame of Recognition brings together a sequence of Weston’s greatest works and excerpts from his now-famed Daybooks and letters. Sixty years after its publication, Aperture is pleased to present this elegant paperback edition, which continues to offer unmatched insight into the mind, life, and work of a twentieth-century icon.
Extraordinary Pools by Naina Gupta, published by Chronicle Books. Extraordinary Pools is a visual feast of fifty wonderfully distinctive and architecturally astounding swimming pools from around the world. Highlights include Berthold Lubetkin’s modernist Penguin Pool at the London Zoo, the world’s largest infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, the landmark Julia Morgan-designed City Club pool in Berkeley, California, Luis Barragan's signature L-shaped pools at Cuadra San Cristobal in Mexico and many more.
Richard Misrach: Cargo, published by Aperture. Cargo presents Richard Misrach’s sublime meditation on the often-unseen patterns of global trade and commerce. In these monumental seascapes, cargo ships appear frozen in time, diminutive but stalwart, within an expansive, richly colored confluence of sea and sky.
Spacecraft and Rockets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA, photos by NASA, text by Nirmala Nataraj, published by Chronicle Books. This lavish hardcover book features hundreds of photos of spacecraft, rockets, rovers, satellites and space stations from NASA’s entire 60+ year-history, from the earliest Saturn and Gemini missions, to the Apollo program, the Space Shuttle, and all the way through the modern-day Artemis and HALO ships. The images are accompanied by expert explanations of the history, science and technological innovations that made each of these crafts special.
The Ocean Speaks: A Photographic Journey of Discovery and Hope, curated by Matt Porteous and Tamsin Raine, published by White Lion Publishing. The Ocean Speaks brings together more than 45 ocean culture life enthusiasts who have taken ocean protection into their own hands, documenting the unknown and telling stories that aim to connect humans with water. Each of these ocean lovers is playing a part in deepening our understanding of our planet’s largest life support system, 80% of which remains unmapped, unobserved and unexplored.
The Rainbow Home: Over 200 Ideas and Tips for Adding Color to Your Home by Laura Perryman, published by Chronicle Books. Laura Perryman can teach anyone how to incorporate color into their homes. The book features more than 600 images and more than 200 tips and easy DIYs from leading home influencers and designers, all of it adaptable to a wide variety of spaces and budgets. Learn about adding color to every room of the house, how certain colors can set a mood and more.
