Best photography books/compilations?

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jojoman2

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I'm thinking about expanding my library. I'm mostly interested in photo-books, not so much in instructional books. I like William Klein, Mary Ellen, Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, magnum stuff (I shoot wide angle, compose fast, do a lot of street and documentary stuff).

What are some of your favorite books?
 
- Minutes to Midnight by Trent Parke
- KUMOGAKURE ONSEN by Masakazu MURAKAMI
- Early Black and White by Saul Leiter
- Invisible City, Night Walk by Ken Schles
- The World Through My Eyes by Daido Moriyama
- Eyes to Fly With by Graciela Iturbide
- The Americans by Robert Frank
- The World from my Front Porch by Larry Towell
- Exiles by Josef Koudelka
- AILA by Rinko Kawauchi
- She by Lise Sarfati
 
- Twin Boat by Koji Onaka
- Hustlers by Philip-Lorca diCorcia
- Occupied Pleasures by Tanya Habjouqa
- Madres y Hijas by Adriana Lestido
- Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album by Newsha Tavakolian
 
Thanks for the tips. If anyone is looking to sell some photography books, send me a PM! I'm interested.
 
I took twice from the library:
"Photographing America: Henri Cartier-Bresson / Walker Evans".
 
some of the books that I purchased over the past 12 months
Elliot Erwitt Snaps
Steve McCurry: The Iconic Photographs
Based on a True Story (magazine) - David Alan Harvey
The Life of a Photograph by Sam Abell
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image: The Photography Workshop Series
Light Lines - Ray Metzker
A Hong Kong Memoir - Fan Ho
 
For your style of photography: Paul Trevor's Like You've Never Been Away.
Anything by: Erwitt, Doisneau, Kertesz, Willy Ronis, HCB, Brassai.
Compilations: The Great Life Photographers; Photo Icons Vol 1 and 2 (Thames and Hudson); Icons of Photography in the 20th Century (Prestel); the Photo Book (Phaidon); PhotoBox (T and H).
 
For something different:
Ragnar Axelsson:
Last Days of the Arctic
Behind the Mountains

Page for page worth it and outstanding.
 
Some of my favorites:

Pentti Sammallahti -- anything by him (seriously)
George Tice -- "Urban Landscapes"
Ralph Eugene Meatyard -- the Akron Art Museum monograph
Helen Levitt -- "Crosstown", "A Way of Seeing"
Roy DeCarava -- "Photographs"
Sally Mann -- "Immediate Family"
Robert Frank -- "The Americans"
Todd Hido -- "House Hunting"
Lee Friedlander -- "Like A One-Eyed Cat"
Jeff Mermelstein -- "Sidewalk"
Larry Fink -- "Social Graces"
William Eggleston -- "William Eggleston's Guide"
Stephen Shore -- "Essex County"

::Ari
 
  • Bystander: A History of Street Photography. Colin Westerbeck. ISBN 978-0-821217550
  • The New York School: Photographs 1936-1963. Jane Livingston. ISBN 978-1-556702396
  • Winogrand - Figments From The Real World. John Szarkowski. ISBN 978-0-870706403
  • American Surfaces. Stephen Shore. ISBN 978-0-714848631
  • The Lines of My Hand. Robert Frank. ISBN 978-0-912810041 and 978-0-394552555
  • Don McCullin In England. ISBN 978-0-224078702
  • Lisette Model. ISBN 978-0-893810525
I'm sure you'd enjoy these even if they're not available to buy.
 
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