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In Focus(1st Edition)
Andre Kertesz: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum
by Weston J. Naef, Charles Hagen, David Travis, André Kertész, Naef Staff
Paperback, 148 Pages, Published 1994 by J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN-13: 978-0-89236-290-5, ISBN: 0-89236-290-1

"Hungarian-born André Kertész (1894-1985) was one of the most influential and popular photographers of the twentieth century. This volume presents for the first time selections from the Getty Museum's holdings of Kertész's photographs, including work from his Budapest, Paris, and New York periods. The book also offers an intimate look at Kertész through a dialogue among four of the people who knew the artist best during the last years of ..."

Think Like a UX Researcher(1st Edition)
How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy
by David Travis, Philip Hodgson, Uk Travis
Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2019 by Crc Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-36535-3, ISBN: 1-138-36535-1

"Think Like a UX Researcher will challenge your preconceptions about user experience (UX) research and encourage you to think beyond the obvious. You’ll discover how to plan and conduct UX research, analyze data, persuade teams to take action on the results and build a career in UX. The book will help you take a more strategic view of product design so you can focus on optimizing the user’s experience. UX Researchers, Designers, Project ..."

E-Commerce Usability(1st Edition)
Tools and Techniques to Perfect the On-Line Experience
by David Travis
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2002 by Crc Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-25834-0, ISBN: 0-415-25834-0

"Top performing dotcoms share a common feature. It isn't a new software plug-in or a design gadget or any other piece of technology. These sites share a passionate focus on usability. This book is written by an international usability consultant, writer and trainer who specializes in the design and evaluation of web-based and wireless applications, e-commerce sites and interactive television. The author has worked with a number of blue-c ..."

Paris
Photographs from a Time That Was (Art Institute of Chicago)
by David Travis, Eugene Atget
Hardcover, 100 Pages, Published 2005 by Art Institute Of Chicago
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11393-8, ISBN: 0-300-11393-5

"Eugène Atget, Jacques Henri Lartigue, André Kertész, Brassaï, Henri Cartier- Bresson, Robert Doisneausome of the greatest photographers of Pariswere relatively unknown when they began their most innovative work. Not yet burdened with conventional career expectations, they found the city the perfect environment in which to invent and develop an entirely new approach to conceiving the photographic image. In the 1920s and 1930s, the gene ..."

At the Edge of the Light(1st Edition)
Thoughts on Photography and Photographers, on Talent and Genius
by David Travis
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2003 by David R Godine
ISBN-13: 978-1-56792-211-0, ISBN: 1-56792-211-2

"David Travis, the Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, is among the select few whose views on the subject are in focus and worth a close look. He has lived, breathed, and contemplated photographs for the past three decades and is among the small number of critics and writers whose knowledge of art, technique, and history (not to mention linguistics, mathematics, poetry, and philosophy) has enabled him to transcend the ..."

On the Art of Fixing a Shadow(1st Edition)
150 Years of Photography by Sarah Greenough (1989-05-03)
by Sarah Greenough, David Travis, Joel Snyder, Colin Westerbeck, Colin Westerbrook
Paperback, 510 Pages, Published 1989 by The National Gallery Of Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-89468-127-1, ISBN: 0-89468-127-3

"One of the best surveys of the history of photography. Essays by Sarah Greenough, David Travis, Joel Snydereand Colin Westerbeck. 510 pages; 198 color plates and 252 duotone plates; 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Includes an exhibition checklist, bibliographies of the artists, bibliography, glossary and index."

Karsh(1st Edition)
Beyond the Camera
by David Travis, Yousuf Karsh
Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2012 by David R Godine
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-1-56792-438-1, ISBN: 1-56792-438-7

"In August and September of 1988, Yousuf Karsh's long-time assistant, Jerry Fielder, sat down with the master photographer and taped over nine hours of recollections of the many portrait sessions he'd experienced in one of the greatest careers in history. Karsh spoke of his sitters and his rags-to-riches life, including much that had never before been revealed or recorded. Previously, Karsh had often paired his full-page portraits with s ..."

Taken by Design(1st Edition)
Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971
by David Travis, Elizabeth Siegel, Keith F. Davis, Barbara Crane, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Ray K. Metzker, Kenneth Josephson, Marvin E. Newman, Et. Al
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-81167-3, ISBN: 0-226-81167-0

"One of Chicago's great cultural achievements, the Institute of Design was among the most important schools of photography in twentieth-century America. It began as an outpost of experimental Bauhaus education and was home to an astonishing group of influential teachers and students, including Lzl Moholy-Nagy, Harry Callahan, and Aaron Siskind. To date, however, the ID's enormous contributions to the art and practice of photography have ..."

Think Like a UX Researcher(1st Edition)
by David Travis, Philip Hodgson
Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-36529-2, ISBN: 1-138-36529-7

Life, Love, and Poetry
(Paperback)
by David Travis
134 Pages, Published 2018 by Authorhouse
ISBN-13: 978-1-5462-3799-0, ISBN: 1-5462-3799-2

"Life, Love, and Poetry is a collection of poems that I have been writing since 2000. A few have to do with my thoughts on life. Most have to do with my feelings of love. I hope you find some you can relate to."

Glee(1st Edition)
Painting Now
by Amy Cappellazzo, Jessica Hough, Sidney J. Brien, Ricci Albenda, Pedro Barbieto, Franz Ackermann, Amy Stephen Mueller, Linda Besemer, Alex Blau, Greg Bogin, Alex Brown, Ingrid Calame, Sharon Ellis, Jeff Elrod, Carl Fudge, Wayne Gonzales, Jim Isermann, Monique Prieto, Albert Oehlen, John Simon Jr., David Travis, James N. Wood, Sarah Morris, Peter Halley, Harry Philbrick
Hardcover, 84 Pages, Published 2001 by The Aldrich Museum Of Contemporary Art
ISBN-13: 978-1-888332-14-8, ISBN: 1-888332-14-X

""Glee" is a uniquely designed volume dedicated to new developments in the world of contemporary painting--developments that engage with and reflect advances in digital technology rather than running away from them. Including such already-renowned and up-and-coming painters as Peter Halley, Franz Ackerman, Ricci Albenda, Pedro Barbieto, Linda Besemer, Alex Blau, Greg Bogin, Alex Brown, Ingrid Calame, Sharon Ellis, Jeff Elrod, Carl Fudge, ..."

Jay Wolke(1st Edition)
All Around The House
by David Travis, Joel Snyder, Jay Wolke
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1998 by The Art Institute Of Chicago
ISBN-13: 978-0-86559-165-3, ISBN: 0-86559-165-2

"The mosaic of contemporary urban Jewish life is revealed in this intimate book of photographs by Jay Wolke."

The Land and People of Italy
by David Travis
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1992 by Harpercollins Childrens Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-022778-4, ISBN: 0-06-022778-8

"An introdution to the history, geography, economy, culture, and people of Italy. The Land And People Of Italy is an exploration of the many Italys, what they share and what makes them different."

On the Art of Fixing a Shadow(Updated)
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography
by Sarah Geeenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, Colin Westerbeck
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1991 by Bulfinch Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-1850-1, ISBN: 0-8212-1850-6

"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of photography, this book celebrates the most important artistic accomplishments in the history of photography. Over 400 photographs - famous images as well as newly discovered material - represent the work of more than 200 photographers from public and private collections throughout the world. This volume studies the way that the camera has been used for creative expression and re-examin ..."

Photography Rediscovered
American Photographs, 1900-1930
by David Travis, Anne Kennedy
190 Pages, Published 1979 by Whitney Museum Of American Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-87427-010-5, ISBN: 0-87427-010-3

ON THE ART OF FIXING A SHADOW(1st Edition)
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.
by Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, Colin Westerbeck, J. Carter Brown, James N. Wood, Earl A. Powell, Colin Greenough Westerbeck
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 1989 by Bulfinch Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-1757-3, ISBN: 0-8212-1757-7

"Of all the comprehensive volumes issued in observance of photography's 150th anniversary, ''On the Art of Fixing a Shadow'' is the most ambitious and authoritative. Little new ground is broken by the essays, written by the curators of the touring show that occasioned the book, but they nonetheless provide a rationale for the selections and an explanation of the medium's claims to being an art. As might be expected, the period from the f ..."

Regarding Heroes
by Yousuf Karsh, David Travis, Patricia Kouba
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by David R Godine
ISBN-13: 978-1-56792-359-9, ISBN: 1-56792-359-3

"Yousuf Karsh's lifelong ambition was to search for a form within a face, one that could become a symbol for a life that was purposeful, meaningful, and generally virtuous. 'I speak with some experience when I say that I have rarely left the company of accomplished men and women without feeling that they had in them real sincerity, integrity yes, and sometimes vanity of course and always a sense of high purpose.' In his sixty-year career ..."

Roger Ballen(1st Edition)
Boarding House
by Roger Ballen, David Travis
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Phaidon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-4952-2, ISBN: 0-7148-4952-9

"Roger Ballen's photographs are like images from a waking dream: compelling and thought-provoking, with layers of rich details, flashes of dark humor, and an altered sense of place. Blurring the boundaries between documentary photography and autonomic art, his work is both a powerful social statement and a complex psychological study.Accompanying the exhibition at Johnen Galerie Berlin Phaidon Press publishes Boarding House by Roger Ball ..."

River of Colour(1st Edition)
The India of Raghubir Singh
by Raghubir Singh, David Travis, Raghibur Singh
Hardcover, 159 Pages, Published 1998 by Phaidon Inc Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-3806-9, ISBN: 0-7148-3806-3

"This is a retrospective view, since the mid-1960s, of the work of Raghubir Singh, one of India's greatest photographers. Published to mark the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, it contains images of India, with an introduction by Singh and quotations by India's best-known writers. Since the 1960s, Singh has roamed far and wide across the vast expanses of India, from the source of the Ganges and the ghats of Bena ..."

The Age Of Adolescence(1st Edition)
Joseph Sterling Photographs 1959-1964
by David Travis, Joseph Sterling, Sterling Travis
Hardcover, 102 Pages, Published 2005 by Greybull Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9727788-5-5, ISBN: 0-9727788-5-3

"Adolescence is a time of drives: sexual, emotional, and vehicular. That age sparkles with the promise of what's to come, hides its insecurities under the cover of bravado, and trembles with excitement about the here and now. From 1959 to 1964 (arguably the adolescence of America), Joseph Sterling photographed teenagers, mostly in and around Chicago, hanging out after school, at drive-ins, in fast cars. As Sterling himself defined it, "t ..."

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