David Lynch (USA, b. 1946) is perhaps the best known of all cult directors, whose Mulholland Drive marks cinema’s arrival to the 21st century. His career began more than 30 years ago, with the groundbreaking, mystifying “Eraserhead” (1977). With “Blue Velvet” (1986), “Wild at Heart” (1990) and “Lost Highway” (1997) Lynch breathed new life into the sensory experiences of film audiences and disrupted narrative logic to mysterious and mystifying effect. In the early 1990s, he invented a new TV series genre with “Twin Peaks”. Although he is a Hollywood director, Lynch works at the edges of the studio system, exploring the many facets of his artistic talent, whose creations, including photography, painting and music, are now making their way into museums and galleries.

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The camera on your iPhone is great (just like everything else on it eh acolytes?) but when it comes to zoom it could do with a little helping hand. Luckily the iPhone Lens and Tripod set in white is here to sort out any zooming inadequacies you might have. It is as you might well imagine an attachment for your iPhone that allows you to zoom in with 8x magnification. Wow! Not only that but you can make any ‘real’ photographers weep over the money they spent on their flashy tripods and accessories – this baby’s loaded with gubbins to enhance your photos. A dinky tripod to get it steady a clamp to stick the lens onto your phone in the first place and a nice cover to finish the whole package off and make your iPhone look even more camera-like than before. The lens itself has a field view of a whopping 246 meters and is fully adjustable meaning that no matter what you’re attempting to snap it’ll be brought into focus and eminent clarity. So if that exotic bird in the distance (obviously we mean the avian kind who do you think we are?) is proving a little too far away for your iPhone’s camera to get a handle on simply pop it on the tripod whack on the lens and watch it come to life on your screen. An essential gadget for photography nuts and iPhone lovers alike. Features: An impressive lens for your iPhone. Allows you to zoom in on distant objects that the iPhone camera can’t on its own. Fully adjustable long focal lens with 8x magnification. Field view of 246m. Minimum focus distance 3m. Includes tripod for steady shooting. Totally portable kit. Also includes clamp sleeve for the iPhone cleaning cloth and protective case. Also available in Black: Click Here. Suitable for ages 8+ Please note: Compatible with 3G and 3GS iPhones. Not compatible with iPhone 4 or 4S. Size: Lens: 7 x 3 x 3cm Tripod (folded): 13 x 2.5 x 2.5cm Sleeve: 12 x 6.5 x 1.5cm

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One of the first celebrity photographers, David Bailey socialized with many of the cultural icons of the 60s – he lived with Mick Jagger, married the legendary French film actress Catherine Deneuve and had relationships with the models Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree. Along with Brian Duffy and Terence Donovan, he was one of the ‘Terrible Trio’ – self-taught East End boys who rebelled against the precious style of fashion portraiture as practiced by society photographers like Cecil Beaton and Norman Parkinson. His own fame was confirmed when director Michelangelo Antonioni used him as inspiration for the character of fast-living photographer Thomas Hemmings in cult film “Blow-Up” (1966). Outside the world of fashion photography, Bailey has pursued numerous personal and commercial projects; documenting the streetscapes of London, photographing the people and places of Havana, Cuba, and producing an intimate series of portraits of model Catherine Bailey, his current wife. He has also created record-sleeve art, feature films, documentaries and around 500 commercials.The vigour and variety of his work has made him the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a major traveling show that opened at the Barbican, London, in 1999 entitled “The Birth of Cool”. This handsome monograph provides an overview of Bailey’s career, including works from key monographs such as his debut “Box of Pin-Ups” (1964) and the controversial series “The Lady is a Tramp” (1995). The book, on a photographer whose reputation only continues to grow, will appeal to all photography enthusiasts and students, and to anyone with an interest in popular culture of the 1960s onwards.

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One of the first celebrity photographers, David Bailey socialized with many of the cultural icons of the 60s – he lived with Mick Jagger, married the legendary French film actress Catherine Deneuve and had relationships with the models Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree. Along with Brian Duffy and Terence Donovan, he was one of the ‘Terrible Trio’ – self-taught East End boys who rebelled against the precious style of fashion portraiture as practiced by society photographers like Cecil Beaton and Norman Parkinson. His own fame was confirmed when director Michelangelo Antonioni used him as inspiration for the character of fast-living photographer Thomas Hemmings in cult film “Blow-Up” (1966). Outside the world of fashion photography, Bailey has pursued numerous personal and commercial projects; documenting the streetscapes of London, photographing the people and places of Havana, Cuba, and producing an intimate series of portraits of model Catherine Bailey, his current wife. He has also created record-sleeve art, feature films, documentaries and around 500 commercials.The vigour and variety of his work has made him the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a major traveling show that opened at the Barbican, London, in 1999 entitled “The Birth of Cool”. This handsome monograph provides an overview of Bailey’s career, including works from key monographs such as his debut “Box of Pin-Ups” (1964) and the controversial series “The Lady is a Tramp” (1995). The book, on a photographer whose reputation only continues to grow, will appeal to all photography enthusiasts and students, and to anyone with an interest in popular culture of the 1960s onwards.

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There’s no doubt about it the PC has successfully taken over our lives (in a good way – not like HAL out of 2001. That would be terrifying.) especially when it comes to photography. It may be the digital age but what are you expected to do with all of your old photos? The Pandigital Photo Scanner gives you an alternative to chucking your well loved photos in a box destined to become another dusty loft feature. Scanning your 4×6 glossies is now easier than ever. Attempting to scan them on a flat bed scanner can become rather tiresome especially when you have to spend a good minute lining them up so they don’t show up wonky on your computer (wonky is a perfectly acceptable technical term). With the Pandigital you just slip the pic into the photo sheath (included) and then feed it into the tiny scanner. Simple as. Your photo will then be saved onto a media card that you can then transfer to your Digital Photo Frame or store for safe keeping. You can even hook it up to your PC if all you want to do is create a digital replica of the image. It can be nice having a hard copy of a photograph but over time the photo fades the dust starts to settle and before you know it your trip to the zoo is a yellow fazed shadow. With the Pandigital scanner you can make sure the image stays as fresh as the picture in your head.

• Digital Camera & Camcorder Accessor

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There’s no doubt about it the PC has successfully taken over our lives (in a good way – not like HAL out of 2001. That would be terrifying.) especially when it comes to photography. It may be the digital age but what are you expected to do with all of your old photos? The Pandigital Photo Scanner gives you an alternative to chucking your well loved photos in a box destined to become another dusty loft feature. Scanning your 4×6 glossies is now easier than ever. Attempting to scan them on a flat bed scanner can become rather tiresome especially when you have to spend a good minute lining them up so they don’t show up wonky on your computer (wonky is a perfectly acceptable technical term). With the Pandigital you just slip the pic into the photo sheath (included) and then feed it into the tiny scanner. Simple as. Your photo will then be saved onto a media card that you can then transfer to your Digital Photo Frame or store for safe keeping. You can even hook it up to your PC if all you want to do is create a digital replica of the image. It can be nice having a hard copy of a photograph but over time the photo fades the dust starts to settle and before you know it your trip to the zoo is a yellow fazed shadow. With the Pandigital scanner you can make sure the image stays as fresh as the picture in your head.

• Digital Camera & Camcorder Accessor

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This title covers Victorian charm and steam-powered machinery parts with modern day elements and technology. Whether a converted steampunk enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this funky and fabulous book is the perfect practical introduction to the whimsical world of steampunk jewelry. Each of the five themed chapters has its own imaginative story, and the 20 different projects allow you to make characteristic pieces from decadent jewellery to wine charms. This highly visual book is packed with photography and design elements to give a real flavour of the steampunk process and readers are taught the beginning-level jewellery and related techniques.

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