portraits

"Brandon Stanton created Humans of New York in 2010. What began as a photographic census of life in New York City soon evolved into a storytelling phenomenon. A global audience of millions began following HONY daily. Over the next several years, Stanton broadened his lens to include people from across the world. Traveling to more than forty countries, he conducted interviews across continents, borders, and language barriers. Humans is the definitive catalogue of these travels. The faces and locations ... vary from page to page, but the stories will feel deeply familiar"--.

Pairs black-and-white photographs with statements that express the many reasons why people choose to adopt a child, and why those children are special to their families.

A collection of portraits of the presidents of the United States with very brief facts about each one.

Profiles sixteen Confederate generals who came to represent Southern leadership, including Robert E. Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, James Longstreet, and P. G. T. Beauregard; also includes more than two hundred photos and period illustrations.

Ninety photographs and twenty-five poems depict the lives and experiences of American teenagers.

Captures the dignity of Native American civilization in a collection of photographs taken between 1862 and 1918.

Text and illustrations look at African American soldiers from the Civil War to the War in Iraq.

Profiles seventy-five surviving Navajo code talkers and discusses how they helped the United States devise a code that the Japanese could not break during World War II.

". . . an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries--their contact sheets. Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photo shoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, this . . . book takes readers on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop, and from analog to digital photography"--Front endpaper.

"First- and second-generation immigrants to the US from all around the world collaborate with renowned photographer Wendy Ewald to create a . . . catalog of their experiences from A to Z"--Provided by publisher.