Basic knowledge and understanding is always the first step towards any change that provides new advantages and increased benefit when compared with the current situation. Without this knowledge and understanding, we cannot see the opportunity or need to develop....

The Aperture Masters of Photography Series has become a touchstone of Apertures longstanding commitment to introducing the history and art of photography to a broader public. Each volume provides an ongoing comprehensive view of the artists who have helped shape the medium....

In the late 1940s, Paul Strand spoke of creating a series of photographs that focused on the history, architecture, environs and people of a small town (which) would reveal \'the common denominator of all humanity\' and would be a bridge toward a deeper understanding between countries....

It\'s two minutes to 8:00. Time to put on your tights and cape. As an educator, every time that bell rings, you face dozens of challenges. Students with overwhelming personal and academic needs. Creativity-stifling mandates. Administrivia. Cynicism. Apathy. The things that keep you from being the educator you want to be. The FISH!...

Fish! Tales is Stephen C.Lundin, John Christensen, and Harry Paul\'s follow-up to Fish! - their enormously popular fable that draws lessons aimed at combating dysfunctional workplaces from the happy fishmongers at Seattle\'s Pike Place Market. In Fish!...

This is a comprehensive survey of the power and force of one of the 20th century\'\'s major photographic figures. Before his death, Strand spent his last days going over his photographic prints and his many books with an eye to the completion of this book.\'...