Publishing this Thursday, ‘Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits’ looks back in time to tell a very modern tale: the creation of a public image. Drawing on the Victoria and Albert Museum’s unparalleled collection of Beaton’s photographs, this book explores not only the finished images but also the sittings in which they were created, revealing Beaton’s central role in shaping the face of the House of Windsor and the ways in which he collaborated with his subjects. @vamuseum Images: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. / A playful portrait of George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and their corgis at Windsor Castle, 1943 / Prince Charles of Wales at Buckingham Palace, 30 October 1968 / Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Clarence House, September 1950. #cecilbeaton #royalfamily #houseofwindsor #photography #bandwphotography #vintagephoto #vanda

Timeless, evocative and hauntingly beautiful: ‘Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage’, out this week, is a retrospective monograph by a truly innovative image maker whose female gaze transformed fashion photography. @nathalie.herschdorfer @photo.elysee Images: © Deborah Turbeville / Chateau Raray, Raray, France, 1985 / Comme des Garçons, Escalier dans Passage Vivienne, Paris, from the series ‘Comme des Garçons’, Passage Vivienne, Paris, 1980. / Block Island, Rhode Island, 1976.

Calling all fashion fans! This month we’re publishing ‘The World According to Yves Saint Laurent’, a collection of the legendary designer’s maxims on fashion, craft, women and inspiration. Fashion experts @patrickmauries and Jean-Christophe Napias were granted special access to the Musée Yves Saint Laurent’s archives, where they combed through a wealth of sources, from famous pieces to little-known interviews across print, radio and film. Capture the essence of a true visionary with this stylish book, the fifth in our ‘The World According to’ series, and the perfect complement to our other titles on Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior.

🔔 Time for a SECOND extraordinary giveaway! 🔔 One giveaway wasn’t enough to celebrate 'The Iconic British House'. We’ve just launched our second giveaway with @livingarchitectureuk, offering an incredible 3-night stay at Life House in Wales, designed by John Pawson 👏 Two runner-up winners will win one copy each of 'The Iconic British House', written by Dominic Bradbury and with photography by Richard Powers 📸 To enter the giveaway, simply fill in the form at the link in our profile (@thamesandhudson) 🔗 Giveaway closes Thursday 12 October 2023 at 12PM. Good luck! 🤞 Image: Richard Powers. 2023. @dominic_bradbury @richardpowersphoto #livingarchitecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #britisharchitecture #britishhomes #interior #interiors #interiordesign #giveaway #win #thamesandhudson

Venice was a major centre of art in the Renaissance: the city where the medium of oil on canvas became the norm. Nowhere else has been depicted by so many great painters in so many diverse styles and moods. Venetian views were a speciality of native artists such as Canaletto and Guardi, but the city has also been represented by outsiders: J. M. W. Turner, Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent, Howard Hodgkin, and many more. In 'Venice: City of Pictures', out today, art critic Martin Gayford – who has visited Venice countless times since the 1970s, covered every Biennale since 1990, and even had portraits of himself exhibited there on several occasions – takes us on a visual journey through the past five centuries of the city known as ‘La Serenissima’, the Most Serene. #venice #veniceitaly #arthistory #art #artstagram #venetian #canaletto #monet

We’re celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with these extraordinary books. 📖 ‘Bright Stars of Black British History’ by @j.t.williamswrites and @illustration_angelavives presents the extraordinary life stories of fourteen bright stars from Black British history – from Tudor England to modern Britain – and charts their ongoing influence. 📖 ‘When We See Us’ by @madamekoyo is a major new study of Black figurative art from Africa and the African diaspora, covering 100 years from the early 20th century to now. 📖 ‘Africa State of Mind’ by @ekoweshun is a continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography. 📖 ‘In the Black Fantastic’, also by @ekoweshun, is an expressive exploration of Black popular culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious and politically urgent. 📖 ‘Black Art (World of Art)’ by Richard J Powell explores the visual representations of Black culture across the globe throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. 📖 ‘Black Artists Shaping the World’ by @sharnajackson introduces young readers to the work of twenty-six contemporary Black artists from Africa and of the African diaspora. Head to the link in our profile to browse the list on @bookshop_org_uk 🔗

Here, authors @artur_cisar_erlach & @florafanatica give us a taste of their new book ‘Edible’, an illustrated celebration of sustainable and often little-known edible plants from around the world 🌱 ‘Edible’ is packed with fascinating insights into growing conditions and flavour profiles, as well as helpful tips for growing, cooking and eating. @katiekulla #ediblethebook #edibleplants #sustainable #plants #plantstagram #kitchengarden #plantsofinstagram #plantsplantsplants

Out now, ‘Looking at Picasso’ is a major new survey that offers fresh insights on Pablo Picasso’s artworks, written by Pepe Karmel, a leading authority on the master. Here, Pepe charts Picasso’s evolution 🎨 @pepekarmel #picasso #pablopicasso #painting #art #artstagram #artistsofinstagram #cubism #cubist #surrealism #masterpiece #thamesandhudson #arthistory #arthistorynerd

Happy book birthday to @stephenellcock's 'Underworlds'! Following on from last year’s 'The Cosmic Dance', 'Underworlds' is a darkly evocative compendium of images exploring natural, constructed, imaginary and subconscious underworlds. Curated by the renowned image collector, the disquieting, alarming and wonderful visuals span everything from burrows and secret bunkers beneath our feet to imagined hellscapes and surrealist dreamscapes. Head to the link in our profile (@thamesandhudson) to get your signed copy ✍️🔗 #stephenellcock #underworlds #subconcious #surrealism #dreamscape #thamesandhudson

🔔 Time for an extraordinary giveaway! 🔔 To celebrate 'The Iconic British House', we’ve partnered with @livingarchitectureuk to offer an incredible 2-night midweek stay at A House for Essex, designed by FAT Architecture and Grayson Perry 👏 Two runner-up winners will win one copy each of 'The Iconic British House', written by Dominic Bradbury and with photography by Richard Powers 📸 To enter the giveaway, simply fill in the form at the link in our profile (@thamesandhudson) 🔗 Giveaway closes Thursday 5 October 2023 at 12PM. Good luck! 🤞 Image: Richard Powers. 2023. @dominic_bradbury @richardpowersphoto #ahouseforessex #graysonperry #livingarchitecture #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #britisharchitecture #britishhomes #interior #interiors #interiordesign #giveaway #win #thamesandhudson

Out now, ‘Lee Miller: Photographs’ showcases one hundred of the most outstanding photographs by the photographer, model and Surrealist muse Lee Miller, published in anticipation of the release of the film ‘Lee’, starring Kate Winslet in the title role. With a foreword by Winslet, this evocative book collects Lee Miller’s most famous documentary, fashion and war works, as well as photographs of Miller, all carefully compiled by her son Antony Penrose. Images: Artillery spotters with telephones in Hotel Ambassadeurs directing fire on Grand Bey and St Malo old town, St Malo, France, 1944/ ‘Piano by Broadwood’, London, England, 1940. / ‘Limbering up for the big push’, Vogue, London, England, 1942. / Jean Cocteau, Palais Royal arcade, Paris, France, 1944. / © 2023 Lee Miller Archives, England. All rights reserved.

🇬🇧: Out now, ‘Tracings: Photography and Thought’ is the first long-term appraisal of the photography of Daniel Schwartz. Daniel Schwartz's photographs explore human activities set against an immense range of political geography and cultural history, touching on such monumental themes as imperial warfare, ancient history, environmental collapse and the vanishing cryosphere. ‘Tracings’ reveals a body of work that is humanistically motivated and anchored in reality, blurring the divide between photojournalism and art. Don’t miss a landmark exhibition of Schwartz’s photographs, opening at @kunstmuseumluzern on 29 September. The exhibition will showcase a range of his work across the last 50 years, including unpublished treasures. Images: © Daniel Schwartz. Commuters. Oxford Circus, London, United Kingdom. 25 August 1998. / The magnifying glass. Post office, main railway station, Zürich, Switzerland. 29 March 1977. / The omphalos, a conical sacred object made of limestone. Delphi, Greece. February 1984. 🇩🇪: Heute erscheint mit dem Buch «Tracings: Photography and Thought» das Langzeitprojekt des Schweizer Fotografen Daniel Schwartz. Daniel Schwartz dokumentiert die Menschen und deren Umwelt in prekären Umständen. Kriege, Kulturgeschichte, der Zusammenbruch der Umwelt und das Schwinden der Eismassen sind Inhalte seiner Bilder. «Tracings» enthüllt Aufnahmen, die humanistisch motiviert und in der Realität verankert sind sowie die Grenzen zwischen Fotojournalismus und Kunst ausloten. Verpasse nicht Daniel Schwartz’ beeindruckende Ausstellung, die am 29. September, um 18 Uhr im @kunstmuseumluzern eröffnet. Die Ausstellung zeigt sein fotografisches Schaffen der letzten 50 Jahre.