Photography from The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery

In 1999, photographer Thomas Roma found himself within the walls of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison, one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, doing a special photographic project for Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory. During downtime Roma wandered through this nineteenth-century fortress, walking in and out of many of its seven hundred or so cells. After Holmesburg's inception in 1896—on… Read more about this item

In commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth, Ansel Adams at 100 presents an intriguing new look at this distinguished photographer's work. The legendary curator John Szarkowski, director emeritus of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art, has painstakingly selected what he considers Adams' finest work and has attempted to find the single best photographic… Read more about this item

When Diane Arbus died in 1971 at the age of 48, she was already a significant influence--even something of a legend--for serious photographers, although only a relatively small number of her most important pictures were widely known at the time. The publication of Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph in 1972--along with a posthumous retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art--offered… Read more about this item

Tom Bianchi has long been acclaimed for his masterful and ground-breaking photos of the male nude. Now, with Among Women, Bianchi proves himself equal to the task of capturing women's relationships - between friends, between mother and daughter, between sisters, between lovers - in all their affectionate and generous love. In collaboration with the women in this book, Bianchi has… Read more about this item