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Mama: A World of Mothers and Motherhood by Helene Delforge ill. Quentin Greban

March 16, 2022 By achuka Leave a Comment

ACHUKA Book of the Day 17 Mar 2022

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“A gorgeous, moving look at motherhood from different cultures and eras. Each of Greban’s breath-taking pencil and watercolor illustrations of a mother and child is paired with a free form poem by Delforge imagining the experience and thoughts of that mother. A wonderfully diverse portrayal of motherhood is presented, including a mother who’s been left behind by a child’s father, a mother who has lost their child, mothers who are frustrated with unwanted advice, and mothers who have mixed feelings about motherhood. An array of cultural dress and styles are also presented in this stunning book… A first purchase for all libraries serving new parents.” School Library Journal

Perfect Mother’s Day gift.

This is a stunning collection of vivid portraits and intimate reflections on motherhood from around the globe. Mama uniquely portrays the emotions and experiences that unite mothers from different times and diverse cultures.

Twenty-one striking watercolour portraits and lively pencil sketches by acclaimed artist Quentin Greban are paired with Helene Delforge’s lyrical words to create a thought-provoking celebration of motherhood in all its complexity: the satisfaction and the sadness, the frustration and the fun – and, always, the love.

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Filed Under: BookOfTheDay, Gift, Illustrated, NonFiction Tagged With: mother and child, motherhood, mothers, portraits

Elisabeth and the Box of Colours by Katherine Woodfine ill. Rebecca Cobb

February 15, 2022 By achuka Leave a Comment

Times Children’s Book of the Week 12 Feb 2022

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“A small elegant triumph.” The Times

Elisabeth loves to paint, just like her papa. She spends hours making her own pictures of everything she sees – and the more colourful, the better!

But when she goes away to school, she finds herself in a world of grey: grey buildings, grey uniforms, grey rooms. She misses Papa and all the colours of home. And one winter morning, she gets some terrible news that makes her days darker than ever before. Will Elisabeth be able to find the colour and joy in her life again?

A touching tale about friendship, family and finding joy in the darkest of times. Inspired by the childhood of French portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun.

Filed Under: How About, Illustrated Tagged With: art, artist, portraits

ACHUKAphoto’s Ist half of 2015: Jan/Feb

July 21, 2015 By achuka Leave a Comment

Opening instalment of a 3-part look back at the first 6 months of 2015

http://photo.achuka.co.uk/blog/2015/7/ist-half-of-2015-jan/feb

Filed Under: Photography/Art Tagged With: look back, photography, portraits, resume, retrospective

Literally – portraits of booksellers by steve kenward photography

May 28, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

A series of photographic portraits of booksellers in their domains…

Lots more at

http://stevekenward.com/Literally

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Photography/Art Tagged With: booksellers, bookshops, photography, portraits

Profiles – a gallery on Flickr

January 21, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

One of the features of Flickr I enjoy a lot is the ability to create Galleries of different types of photo – it appeals to the curator in me – this collection of Profiles (a form of portrait for which I have a particular fondness) was one of the first I created. I now have several volumes of Profiles galleries. This, at one time, would have contained the maximum 18 images, which prompted me to create Profiles vol.ii and so on. The fact that there are just 12 images there now means that certain users have left Flickr, or made their photos private.

Flickr’s own links to Gallery collections are not great, so I intend building my own Galleries listing page in the near future.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/achuka/galleries/72157622274141441/

Filed Under: Photography/Art Tagged With: flickr, galleries, gallery, portraits, profiles

Mexican Portraits – books – Aperture Foundation

April 20, 2013 By achuka Leave a Comment

Mexican Portraits includes more than 350 portraits from over eighty anonymous and well-known Mexican photographers, including Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Agustín V. Casasola, Romualdo García, Graciela Iturbide, and Enrique Metinides.

Including both contemporary and classic works, mostly created from the 1970s to the present, this diverse group of images has been selected by photographer and editor Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, in conjunction with curator Vesta Mónica Herrerías, and presents an idiosyncratic and personal perspective on this particular genre.

via Mexican Portraits – books – Aperture Foundation.

Filed Under: Photography/Art Tagged With: Mexican, Mexico, portraits, portratiure

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