Ian Farrell Libri

This anthology investigates the turn in art not only towards archives and histories, the relics of modernities past, but toward the phenomena, in themselves, of haunting and the activation of memory. It looks at a wide array of artistic relationships to memory association, repetition and reappearance, as well as forms of active forgetting. Its discussions encompass artworks from the late 1940s onward, ranging from reperformances such as Marina Abramovic's Seven Easy Pieces (embodied resurrections of decades-removed performance pieces by her contemporaries) to the inanimate trace of memory Robert Morris assigns to his free-form felt pieces, which forget in their present configurations their previous slides and falls.

Are you eager to capture the perfect sunset or elevate your holiday photography? This comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for taking, processing, and printing sharper, more vibrant images. With expert tips from Ian Farrell, you'll progress from camera basics to advanced darkroom techniques through 52 step-by-step projects, covering portraits, landscapes, still-life, fast-moving subjects, and live events. The easy-to-follow instructions introduce you to the latest software for retouching blemishes, restoring old photos, and enhancing colors to achieve professional-quality results. Reflecting current online trends, the guide also offers insights on selling images through agencies, high-quality printing, and creating your own coffee-table book. Packed with technical tips, professional interviews, troubleshooting techniques, and over 400 inspiring images, this guide serves as an ultimate master class in digital photography. Key topics include portrait and landscape photography, street and wildlife photography, dynamic live action, special effects, macro photography, travel and wedding photography, digital darkroom techniques, color management, sharpening, high dynamic range, skin smoothing, printing, portfolio creation, and preparing for your first exhibition.

A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author'One of the most outstanding novelists of his generation' SPECTATOR

A love story and a war story: a modern classic from Booker prize-winner J.G. Farrell

'For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece' New Statemsan

It had been so many generations since the mage-lights were last seen that they'd become the stuff of legend. But for seventeen-year-old Jenna Aoire legend became reality one night on Knobtop Hill when she found the stone--not much more than a large pebble yet there was something about it that drew her. And then the mage-lights filled the sky, bringing trouble and magic with them that would irrevocably alter Jenna's life.

1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancée is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles." Troubles is a hilarious and heartbreaking work by a modern master of the historical novel.