Car photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. Predictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of glossy magazines, or huge blow-ups on giant billboards which have one designed aim: to sell a lifestyle. But our relationship to cars is so much more meaningful than these images might suggest. Like the camera, the car has changed the way we explore the world. With cars came road trips, and with road trips came some of the most important photographic documentaries of our time. A car is a vehicle not just for transport but for our hopes, desires, and even values. In Really Good Car Photography, a selection of world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers come together to pay tribute to the car from the 60s to the present day. From images of lonely car parks and cars 'sleeping' at night under tarpaulins, moody shots from New York City in the 70s to witty close-ups of badly-repaired cars and painterly landscapes shot through wet windscreens, these photographs display cars at their most playful, introspective and meaningful, reminding us that there is more to them than just metal and machinery - for cars are emotionally intertwined with the lives we live.Moving away from the one-dimensional imagery that has become synonymous with car photography and offering a selection of penetrating, unusual and poignant pictures in return, Really Good Car Photography is an utterly iconoclastic look at cars that reinvents what is possible for the genre.
2020 brought a seismic break with normality. For those living in urban centres, lockdown made us wonder if city life as we knew it was gone forever. The images in this book express the anxiety, the love, the boredom, the intimacy, the grief, the tranquillity and the renewed appreciation of nature that isolation brought. Uncanny but often uplifting, they show London at a defining moment in its history - telling a story that will resonate far beyond the pandemic. Published in association with the Museum of London, whose collection of over 180,000 comprise a visual encyclopaedia of London's history.
Coming at a pivotal time in UK politics, Portrait of Britain, the British Journal of Photography's annual photography exhibition, is back for 2019 and Hoxton Mini Press will once again be producing the accompanying publication. The winning photographs from this open-call competition are selected by a panel of expert judges and will be displayed on digital billboard screens nationwide at the same time as the book's launch where they are seen by over 10 million people. These captivating portraits celebrate the diversity, culture and identity of Britain at a critical time in its history.
The perfect notebook in which to risk imperfection If you don't make mistakes you'll never create Lay-flat, lined pages Ribbon marker Hoxton Mini Press set out to design the perfect notebook for creative thinkers: it had to lay flat, have beautiful paper and hard-wearing cloth but also be a space where mistakes are welcome. Speaking from experience, the East London publisher recognizes that the major blocks to creativity are lack of confidence and the terror of perfection. This clothbound notebook, whilst being reassuringly beautiful, also contains inspirational quotes on creativity that give the user the permission to let loose on the page, to scribble silliness in complete reassurance that the best ideas often flush out with the worst ones. Life can be a bit messy, after all.
The perfect notebook in which to risk imperfection If you don't make mistakes you'll never create Lay-flat, lined pages Ribbon marker Hoxton Mini Press set out to design the perfect notebook for creative thinkers: it had to lay flat, have beautiful paper and hard-wearing cloth but also be a space where mistakes are welcome. Speaking from experience, the East London publisher recognizes that the major blocks to creativity are lack of confidence and the terror of perfection. This clothbound notebook, whilst being reassuringly beautiful, also contains inspirational quotes on creativity that give the user the permission to let loose on the page, to scribble silliness in complete reassurance that the best ideas often flush out with the worst ones. Life can be a bit messy, after all.
The perfect notebook in which to risk imperfection If you don't make mistakes, you'll never create Lay-flat, unlined pages Ribbon marker Hoxton Mini Press set out to design the perfect notebook for creative thinkers: it had to lay flat, have beautiful paper and hard-wearing cloth but also be a space where mistakes are welcome. Speaking from experience, the East London publisher recognizes that the major blocks to creativity are lack of confidence and the terror of perfection. This clothbound notebook, whilst being reassuringly beautiful, also contains inspirational quotes on creativity that give the user the permission to let loose on the page, to scribble silliness in complete reassurance that the best ideas often flush out with the worst ones. Life can be a bit messy, after all.
This nostalgic and often hilarious collection of images taken in the last century capture the wonderfully defiant spirit of those that picnic in the British Isles. Whether tucking into crisp sandwiches in a field of cows, sharing a thermos flask on the edge of a windy cliff, or having a cheeky cuddle under a tree - the people in these pictures represent community, friendship and optimism. So don't forget: if your car breaks down, get out the tartan blanket, sit on the roadside and enjoy the simple, honest fun of time spent in good company while eating white bread and drinking mildly warm tea
The perfect notebook in which to risk imperfection If you don't make mistakes, you'll never create Lay-flat, unlined pages Ribbon marker Hoxton Mini Press set out to design the perfect notebook for creative thinkers: it had to lay flat, have beautiful paper and hard-wearing cloth but also be a space where mistakes are welcome. Speaking from experience, the East London publisher recognizes that the major blocks to creativity are lack of confidence and the terror of perfection. This clothbound notebook, whilst being reassuringly beautiful, also contains inspirational quotes on creativity that give the user the permission to let loose on the page, to scribble silliness in complete reassurance that the best ideas often flush out with the worst ones. Life can be a bit messy, after all.
For hundreds of years, the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies shop has been supplying quality goods for the monster community from its premises in east London - and this, its classic recipe book, has been in use for just as long. Now, for the first time, it has been adapted for use by humans as well as monsters. So whether you're entertaining trolls, hosting a vampire soirée or expecting zombies round for tea, you can make delicious treats to suit every occasion. - Fallen out with a friend? Bake them some 1000-year Curse Cookies! - Want to woo a zombie? Try our After-Gorging Breath Mints! - Unexpected ogre guests? Make our Fresh Maggot Brownies or Spiced Earwax Pie! With recipes and handy hints for monster housekeeping, this classic tome is an essential addition to every home, lair, cave, swamp or fiery pit.
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