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John Heartfield
John Heartfield (1891-1968)

photographer, painter, poster artist, designer, collagist, publisher, graphic artist

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Montage
Der Schnitt entlang der Zeit
Der Schnitt entlagd der Zeit
Montage, John Heartfield
John Heartfield
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Krieg im Frieden
Make Your Small Business Web Site Work
Neged Hitler!
John Heartfield 1891-1968
John Heartfield, Exil in der ČSR
John Heartfield 1891-1968; photomontages
33 (i.e. Dreiunddreissig) Fotomontagen
Vystavka proizvedeniĭ Dzhona Khartfilʹda (1891-1968)
Neged Hiṭler
Der Sinn von Genf
33 Fotomontagen
Montage oder Fake News?
John Heartfield
John Heartfield 1891-1968; photomontages
Nejdemokratičtějši ústava sveta
Streitbar
"Benütze Foto als Waffe!"
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)

film producer, film editor, film actor, film director, actor, photographer, director, dancer

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Leni Riefenstahl
A memoir
Leni Riefenstahl
The Sieve of Time
Leni Riefenstahl, life
Memoiren
Memoiren, 1902-1945
Memoiren, 1945-1987
Nuba von Kau
Nuba
Olympia
Coral gardens
Olympia
Die Nuba
Vanishing Africa
Africa
Africa
Korallengärten
Leni Riefenstahl's Africa
The sieve of time
Die Nuba von Kau. ( Ullstein Sachbuch)
Leni Riefenstahl, Africa
Memoiren
Riefenstahl Olympia
The Last Of The Nuba
Mémoires
Les Nouba de kau
Leni Riefenstahl, a memoir
Behind the scenes of the National Party Convention film
Schönheit im olympischen Kampf
Scho nheit im Olympischen Kampf
Triumph of the Will (documentary)
Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf
Kampf in Schnee und Eis
Die Nuba von Kau
The people of Kau
Wonders Under Water
Leni Riefenstahl Wunder Unter Wasser
Die Nuba
Das Blaue licht, eine Berglegende
Triumph of the will
Thomas King
Thomas King (born 1943)

radio personality, photographer, essayist, scholar of English, actor, film director, academic, activist

  • University of Utah

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The truth about stories
Truth & Bright Water
Green grass, running water
One good story, that one
Coyote sings to the moon
All my relations
Medicine River
A short history of Indians in Canada
Coyote tales
A Coyote Columbus story
All my relations
Une brève histoire des Indiens au Canada
Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)

painter, sculptor, graphic designer, poet, designer, photographer, visual artist, graphic artist, musician, composer

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Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters, catalogue raisonné
Das literarische Werk
Merz
„Eile ist des Witzes Weile“
Kurt Schwitters
Anna Blume und ich
Poems, performance pieces, proses [sic], plays, poetics
Schwitters in Norwegen
A flower like a raven
Pppppp
Wir spielen, bis uns der Tod abholt
Die Sammelkladden 1919-1923
Aller Anfang ist Merz
Ivam
Kuwitter
Kurt Schwitters in Nederland
Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue Raisonne
Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales
Schwitters
Abstraction(1918)
Kurt Schwitters Merzhanky
Lucky Hans and other Merz fairy tales
Kurt Schwitters, words and works
Myself and My Aims
Schauspiele und Szenen
PPPPPP (Exact Change)
Kurt Schwitters in exile
Emils blaue Augen
Anna Blume
Die Blume Arna
An Aside
Schwitters
Tran Nr. 30
Pppppp: Kurt Schwitters Poems, Performance, Pieces, Proses, Plays, Poetics (Border Lines: Works in Translation)
Kurt Schwitters
Merz=Kurt Schwitters
Tran nr. 30 Auguste Bolte
Die Scheuche
An exhibition of 75 collages by Schwitters
Kathedrale
I
Die Reihe Merz 1923–1932
Collage, painting, relief & sculpture by Schwitters
Franz Müllers Drahtfrühling
Schwitters in Norway
Merzgebiete
Kurt Schwitters: "Bürger und Idiot" : Beiträge zu Werk und Wirkung eines Gesamtkünstlers : mit unveröffentlichten Briefen an Walter Gropius (German Edition)
Schwitters in Britain. 1940-1948
Auguste Bolte
Die Geschichte vom Hasen
Dada
Kurt Schwitters
Three stories
Sienese Shredder Issue 4
A-N-N-A!
Schwitters. [Exhibition] March-April 1963
Kurt Schwitters, I is style
Anna Blume und ich
Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948
Thesen über Typographie
I Build My Time
A-N-N-A!
Schwitters in Britain
Die Scheuche Märche
Anna Blume und andere Literatur und Grafik
Holland's Bankroet door Dada
Kurt Schwitters & Ray Johnson
Holland ist Dada
Der Typograph Kurt Schwitters
Sidney Janis presents an exhibition of collage, painting, relief & sculpture by Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters, 1887-1948
Kurt und Ernst Schwitters Stiftung
Kurt Schwitters, words and works
Anna Blume
[Portraits]
Ausstellung 20 Werke von Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters, die späten Werke
Shuvittāsu ten
Sidney Janis presents an exhibition of 75 collages by Schwitters
Nicolas Bouvier
Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998)

photographer

  • University of Geneva

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Routes et déroutes
Boissonnas
Les Boissonnas
Voyage vers le réel
Routes et déroutes
Geneva, Zurich, Basel
The way of the world
Charles-Albert Cingria en roue libre
The scorpion-fish
L' usage du monde
The Japanese chronicles
L' échappée belle
Une orchidée qu'on appela Vanille
Usage du monde
Chronique japonaise
Le Japon de Nicolas Bouvier
Le corps, miroir du monde
Lobbying
Le poisson-scorpion
Correspondance des routes croisées, 1945-1964
Entre errance et éternité
Die Erfahrung der Welt
The Japanese chronicles
Dans la vapeur blanche du soleil
Les Chemins du Halla San
La Chambre rouge et autre texte
Chronique japonaise
Vide Et Le Plein (Folio) (French Edition)
Der Skorpionsfisch. Erzählung
La Guerre a huit ans
Boissonas
Journal d'aran et autres lieux
Le dehors et le dedans
La vie immédiate
La guerre à huit ans et autres textes
Histoires d'une image
Japon
Focus on humanity
Le Hibou et la Baleine
Le vide et le plein
Comment va l'écriture ce matin
Los caminos del mundo
Le Poisson-scorpion
Crònica japonesa
Gobineau
Scorpion-Fish
Journal d' Aran et D'autres Lieux
Shi jie zhi dao
Kronika japonska Pustka i pelnia
Crónica japonesa
Way of the World
La loi du silence
Oasis interdites
Journal d' Aran et D'autres Lieux
Ma ville idéale
Almanach du Groupe d'Olten
En quête de vérité
Le poison-scorpion
Journal d'Aran et d'autres lieux
The Japanese Chronicles (General)
L'œil du voyageur
25 ans TV ensemble
Volkskunst
Il faudra repartir
L'usage du monde
En quête de vérité
Julius Friedrich Sachse
Julius Friedrich Sachse (1842-1919)

historian, antiquarian, photographer, journalist

  • Muhlenberg College

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Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson
Franklin's account with the "Lodge of masons" 1731-1737
The music of the Ephrata cloister
The German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania
Benjamin Furly, "an English merchant at Rotterdam."
The wayside inns on the Lancaster roadside between Philadelphia and Lancaster
Old masonic lodges of Pennsylvania, "moderns" and "ancients" 1730-1800
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania
The fatherland
Horologium Achaz, Christophorus Schissler, artifex
The fatherland
The Fatherland: (1450-1700)
A photographic ramble in the Millbach Valley (Lebanon County, Penna.)
The wreck of the ship New Era
The religious and social conditions of Philadelphia during the first decade under the federal Constitution, 1790-1800
The first German newspaper published in America
The true heroes of provincial Pennsylvania
Justis Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson
Germany and America, 1450-1700
Benjamin Franklin as a free mason
The monument on Zion Hill
Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Trappe, Pennsylvania, Perkiomen Valley, Montgomery County =
Letters relating to the settlement of Germantown in Pennsylvania, 1683-4
The German Pietists of Provincial Pennsylvania: 1694-1708
The wreck of the ship New Era upon the New Jersey coast, November 13, 1854
The wayside inns on the Lancaster roadside between Philadelphia and Lancaster
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania
In the Superior Court of Pennsylvania for the Eastern District, Commonwealth ex rel., Helen Kaercher, plaintiff, vs. Julius Sachse, appellant, Franklin P. Kaercher, defendants
Diary of a voyage from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in 1728
The German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania, 1694-1708
The first German newspaper published in America
The music of the Ephrata cloister
The history of Brother General Lafayette's fraternal connections with the R.W. Grand Lodge, F. & A.M., of Pennsylvania
Music of the Ephrata cloister
Justus Falckner
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1800
The Parvin tele-photo lens
ABC Fibel
Old Philadelphia
Philadelphia's share in the development of photography
William Ellis
William Ellis (1794-1872)

missionary, photographer

  • University of Cambridge

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Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis
A journal of a tour around Hawaii, the largest of the Sandwich Islands
The Martyr Church: A Narrative of the Introduction, Progress, and Triumph of Christianity in ..
Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of nearly eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands
Polynesian researches, during a Residence of nearly six Years in the South Sea Islands
An authentic narrative of a voyage
Polynesian researches: Polynesia
Madagascar Revisited
Three visits to Madagascar during the years 1853-1854-1856. Including a journey to the capital; with notices of the natural history of the country and of the present civilization of the people
A Narrative of an 1823 Tour Through Hawaii
The American Mission in the Sandwich Islands
Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856
Narrative of a tour through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee
History of Madagascar
The martyr church
Journal of William Ellis
Narrative of a tour through Hawaii, or Owhyhee; with remarks on the history, traditions, manners, customs, and language of the inhabitants of the sandwich island
Polynesian researches: Society Islands, Tubuai Islands, and New Zealand
Madagascar revisited
Madagascar Revisited
An examination of charges against the American missionaries at the Sandwich Islands as alleged in the voyage of the ship Blonde and in the London quarterly review
The American mission in the Sandwich Islands
The martyr Church
Polynesian Researches V2
Physics For Engineers And Scientists Third Edition
Polynesian researches: Hawaii
Narrative of a tour through Hawaii
Madagascar Revisited
Polynesian researches: Society Islands
Madagascar revisited, describing the events of a new reign and the revolution which followed
Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands
A la recherche de la Polynésie d'autrefois (Polynesian researches)
Account of the burning chasms of Ponohohoa in Hawaii, one of the Sandwich islands
He mau himeni Hawaii
The history of the London Missionary Society
Description of the volcano of Kirawea, in Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands
A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830
Village lectures on Popery
Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis
Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants
Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis, wife of Rev. William Ellis ...
Narrative of a tour through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee
The martyr church
The American mission in the Sandwich Islands
Memoir of Mary M. Ellis, wife of the Rev. William Ellis ... including notices of heathen society, of the details of missionary life, and the remarkable manifestations of divine goodness in severe and protracted affliction
History of Madagascar. Comprising also the progress of the Christian mission established in 1818, and an authentic account of the persecution and recent martyrdom of the native Christians
Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis, wife of Rev. William Ellis, missionary in the South Seas, and foreign secretary of the London Missionary Society
A la recherche de la Polynésie d'autrefois
Faithful unto death
Madagascar revisited, describing the events of a new reign and the revolution which followed
Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands--with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants
Georges Pillement
Georges Pillement (1898-1984)

photographer, opinion journalist, translator

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L' armoire à glace
Les hôtels du Marais
Palais et châteaux arabes d'Andalousie
France, ta beauté fout le camp!
Les Pré-impressionnistes
Unknown Spain
Les conteurs hispano-américains
Les Environs de Paris disparus
La sculpture baroque espagnole
Le romancero de la guerre civile
La France inconnue
Palacios y castillos árabes en Andalucía
Journal, 1917-1982
Du Paris des rois au Paris des promoteurs
Unknown Greece; archaeological itineraries
Paris inconnu
Unknown Sardinia and unknown Corsica
Les hôtels de l'Ile Saint-Louis de la Cité, de l'Université et du Luxembourg
La poésie érotique
Les hôtels du faubourg Saint-Germain
Les hôtels d'Auteuil au Palais-Royal
Las catedrales de España
L' Espagne inconnue
Châteaux de France ..
Beautés cachées de la France
Rome que j'aime--
Pièces insolites
Pièces cyniques
Les hôtels des boulevards à Charonne
Les Pre-Impressionistes
La Grıece inconnue, itinéraires archéologiques
L' Italie inconnue
L' Alsace et les Vosges inconnues
Unknown Portugal: archaeological itineraries illustrated with photographs by the author
Unknown Turkey
Cloîtres et abbayes de France
Unknown Sicily; archaeological itineraries with 16 photos
Les hotels de Paris
La Tunisie inconnue
Liban, Syrie, et Chypre inconnus
Pedro de Luna
La Turquie inconnue
Les hôtels de Paris
Anthologie des lettres d'amour
La Grèce inconnue, itinéraires archéologiques ..
Les cathédrales d'Espagne
Ribera
Unknown Yugoslavia
Brigitte Helm
La Yougoslavie inconnue
La Bretagne inconnue
Paris en fête
La Suisse architecturale
La Roumanie inconnue
Le théâtre d'aujourd'hui
Pièces cyniques: Lui. La pêche. La famille. Marie couche-toi là
Unknown Sicily
Paris disparu ..
Anthologie de la poésie amoureuse
Anthologie du théâtre français contemporain ..
L' Espagne inconnue: itinéraires archéologiques
Paris poubelle
Autres pièces cyniques
Anthologie du the atre franc ʹais contemporain
The Rome I love
Unknown France
Beautés cachées de la France, Centre et Sud
Unknown Italy
Les environs de Paris inconnus
Défense et illustration d'Avignon
Cathedrales de France
Saccage de la France
Le Portugal inconnu
The Rome I love
Paris inconnu
Destruction de Paris
Les hôtels de l'Ile Saint-Louis, de la Cité, de l'Université et du Luxembourg
Demeures parisiennes en péril
Les hôtels du Marais
Unknown Turkey
Cloîtres et abbayes de France ...