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How French illustrator Lapin turned sketching from a pastime into a way of life

Creative Boom

But the urge to sketch was always there, and after publishing his first sketchbook in 2008, he turned his back on sitting at a computer to strike out into the world as an urban sketcher. We've published several books about aviators, the French aerobatic team Patrouille de France, and the National Air and Space Museum near Paris.

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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

Creative Boom

He graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2008 and the Royal College of Art in 2010. He has created popular illustrations for The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Guardian and recently published his first self-titled monograph with global art book publisher Phaidon.

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Scout Editions pour their heart and soul into super-cute new book, Mini Stories

Creative Boom

We've long been admirers of online bookshop and publisher Counterprint at Creative Boom. Since being founded by designers Céline Leterme and Jon Dowling in 2008, its whose colourful and perfectly formed little books have never failed to delight. So we were thrilled to see their latest title released today.

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12 magazines and blogs that every photographer should check out

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Magazines to devour Aperture : From its base in New York, Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide through an acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards.

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Top 10 books every aspiring photographer should read

Creative Boom

First published in 1952 and described by Robert Capa as "a Bible for photographers", it's been required reading for generations of photographers and is just as relevant today. In this seminal and groundbreaking collection of essays, first published in 1977, she delves into the philosophical and societal implications of photography.

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Near 2,143 McDonald's: An unfiltered global tour through Google Street View

Creative Boom

She has documented more than 2,000 destinations in a series of images now brought together in a new book published by Softcover. For the last four years, artist and photographer Yasmin Masri has been travelling the world, visiting an astonishing number of branches of the purveyor of Happy Meals. Get a little lost. Feel a little queasy.

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Candy-coloured photographs of the famous Lifeguard Towers of Miami Beach

Creative Boom

Published by Blurring Books and featuring an introduction by New Yorker editor Karen Quinn, the hardcover book will include 42 photographs and will go on sale in time for Christmas. In 2008, when he visited Iceland – the first of 12 trips there – he shifted focus to landscape and nature photography.