Winter Reads: Winters Reads

What's better than a new book from Dan Winters? Try two new books from Dan Winters.

Both are gorgeous; both are limited press runs. So if you delayed getting your copy of his Periodicals book before it went out of print, don't miss out this time.

Short version: Last Launch is a love letter to the recently closed space shuttle program; Dan Winters's America is like having a one-man exhibition on your coffee table.

More, and pics, inside.
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I make no secret of nor apology for my love of Dan Winters's work. And not just the beautiful photos and technical mastery, either.

What I most appreciate is how he curates and develops his ideas. How he has branched out from portraiture to an eclectic and meaningful body of work ranging from aerospace to electron micrography to constructed objects.


Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis




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Winter Reads: Painting with Light

Batting second in our lineup of fireside books is Eric Curry's wonderfully comprehensive Painting with Light.

If you have ever wanted to get into light painting but did not know where to start, Curry will take you gently by the hand and lead you into the world of creating beautifully complex pictures like the ones below

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