Books »Art & Photography
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Margaret Priest An Artist's Life
by Philippa O'Brien
This is the fascinating story of a young sculptor who helped bring modernism to Perth.
Margaret Priest was educated at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art and won the Royal Scottish Academy’s award for best young artist before arriving in Perth in 1951.
Here she found herself at the centre of a stimulating circle of academic immigrants and…Read more »
Price $55.00
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Monuments and Masons
by Leonie B. Liveris
Did you know that an obelisk with a tapered column at the top symbolises eternal life or that measuring scales are often found on the grave of a person in the legal profession?
Monuments and Masons is a comprehensive telling of this unique industry history – about the monumental masons and the shapes, symbols and fascinating tales attached to…Read more »
Price $59.95
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Robbie: The Robinson Helicopeter Experience
by Jon Davison
From the snow-clad mountains of Alaska to Australia’s desert heart, photographer Jon Davison explores the world’s most beautiful landscapes from the air.
Robbie is a tale of passionate and driven individuals. It is the story of fifteen people who made the ‘wild fantasy’ of owning and operating their own helicopter a reality.
Davison travelled…Read more »
Price $55.00
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Mowanjum: 50 years community history
Mowanjum will always be in my memories especially the people, the culture and the beautiful country the Mowanjum mob came from.
Mary-Lou DivilliThis is a lively and richly illustrated book produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Mowanjum Aboriginal Community.
Mowanjum shares the Wandjina traditions in songs, myth, stories and poems alongside…Read more »
Price $55.00
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Brush with Gondwana: Botanical Artists Group of Western Australia
by Janda Gooding with illustrations by Margaret Pieroni, Katrina Syme, Philippa Nikulinsky, Pat Dundas, Rica Erickson, Ellen Hickman & Penny Leech
Seven leading botanical artists are brought together for the first time in this beautifully illustrated book. Author Janda Gooding shares the stories behind each artist’s illustrations and reveals a rich and diverse record of Western Australia’s unique flora, fauna and fungi. Read more »
Price $60.00
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Camino Footsteps
by Malcolm Wells & Kim Wells
Join the thousands of pilgrims who have walked the ancient Way of St James in Spain. Whether you’re an experienced trekker or an armchair traveller, this warmly written and beautifully illustrated journey will take you into the heart and soul of this historic walk. Read more »
Price $35.00
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Fertile Soil: 50 years of the City of Fremantle Art Collection
by Ted Snell, Mike Lefroy, June Moorhouse, Jean Robins, Carly Lane & André Lipscombe
Fertile Soil celebrates the golden anniversary of the City of Fremantle’s art collection with an extraordinary selection of prints, paintings, photographs ceramics and sculptures by Fremantle artists and about Fremantle subjects. Over 80 full colour images feature artists such as ceramicist Pippin Drysdale, modernist painter Kathleen O’Connor, landscape…Read more »
Price $39.95
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Abstract Earth
by Richard Woldendorp
‘I’ve always thought Richard’s aerials were extraordinary. Their painterly abstract qualities look like no other photographer’s work I’ve ever seen’ — R. Ian Lloyd, Curator of the Abstract Earth Exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney New South Wales.
This latest book of photography by Richard Woldendorp spans the last 27 years of his working…Read more »
Price $49.95
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Australia's West
by Richard Woldendorp
Richard Woldendorp is one of the best-known landscape photographers in Australia. This updated edition of Richard’s most impressive — and sort-after — hardcover photographic book showcases the beauty and drama of the vast Western Australian landscape. Read more »
Price $45.00
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Closet Circus: Works from the Horn Collection
by John Stringer, Louise Morrison & Stuart Elliott with photography by Eva Fernandez
‘… an artistic treasury that is new even to most Western Australians, for the Horn’s support of artists has been a journey of personal fulfilment rather than a military-style campaign. They collect art for exactly the right reasons: they seek stimulation and enjoyment. Their collection is diverse, highly independent and idiosyncratic in character…Read more »
Price $49.95
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Book Launch
Fremantle Press and All Saints Literature Festival invite you to the launch of Beach Sports Car by Darlene Oxenham and Lilli and her Shadow by Laura and Pat Dudgeon.
noon, Friday 19 March 2010 at the Ampitheatre, Entry car park gate 3, All Saints College, Ewing Avenue, Bull Creek, WA 6149
RSVP: admin@fremantlepress.com.au or 08 9430 6331
