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MCTuomey

MCTuomey

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Found a copy of Cartier-Bresson's "Europeans" in a local independent bookseller. A bit beat-up, yes, not collector condition. But the pictures - oh my my my. I haven't got the money for it this moment, but the proprietor will hold it for awhile. I've lost my usual restraint on this one. I mean, it's photogravure. It's just so spellbinding, I cannot contain myself.

No need to reply, really, I just had to emote, release a bit.
 
I am more and more enjoy books of other's photography. There are reasons why those like HCB are famous. I find myself looking and trying to see what they saw. In some way I hope this helps me in my efforts to improve.
 
I get a lot from looking at the work of really good photographers. I got Ted Grant's book Women in Medicine for Christmas, and arriving late :( are Digging by Michael Hintlian and also Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection (recently published in paperback). The pictures in these books were mainly shot with RF cameras and it is really compelling to see what a master can do with light.
 
Jim Marshall's "Proof"

Jim Marshall's "Proof"

A friend surprised me with a copy of Jim Marshall's book "Proof," it is my favorite gift. The book is fascinating because along with the published shot on the adjoining page is the proof sheet, so you get to see the entire roll that the keeper came from. It's incredibly revealing -- like taking full-frame printing a step further. And, he shoots predominantly with rangefinders!

Happy New Year:D

D2
 
about a year ago i got Avedon in the american west. amazing book. It is by one of his helpers and she tells the story of the years that they spent on the road making those shots, with an 8X10 view camera (no rf sadly) nontheless i give it a hearty endorsement
 
Are you aware of the book "Celebrating The Negative" by John Loengard? He takes pictures of famous negatives, and discusses the process that went into making it with the shooter or someone in the know. I just finished it. Quite interesting.

Also the small book "Something Permanent" pictures by Robert Frank, short essay by Cynthia Rylant. A very good one.

Russ
 
i think my favourites are the daybooks by edward weston. a facinating read!

i also like the bio of gene smith by john hughs.

joe
 
One of my favorites is "Dust Bowl Descent" by Bill Ganzel. He goes back to the same locations where many of the FSA pics were made. He sometimes shoots the same scene and people, as in the originals, 40 years earlier. (Migrant Mother, Dust Storm, etc) It's a fascinating read and visual treat.

One of my goals in life is to be an FSA or WWII photographer.

Russ
 
I'm taking notes from y'all. Drifting back, my fav HS English teacher, grande dame Edith Lazorshak, liked to remind her students, "Invariably, you become what you read." She also nudged me into the HS photog club, btw.
 
My present book of interest is "Witness To Our Time" by Alfred Eisenstadt. It's the 1980 edition published by Viking Press. Eisenstadt, of course, was one of the original "LIFE" photographers and very, very good.

Walker
 
Russ said:
One of my favorites is "Dust Bowl Descent" by Bill Ganzel. He goes back to the same locations where many of the FSA pics were made. He sometimes shoots the same scene and people, as in the originals, 40 years earlier. (Migrant Mother, Dust Storm, etc) It's a fascinating read and visual treat.

One of my goals in life is to be an FSA or WWII photographer.

Russ
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So Russ,
Have you got a line on that Time Machine yet? LOL.
:)
 
I like his stuff too. My Digging by Michael Hintlian arrived today so now I only have the Robert Capa book to arrive. My own fault - too cheap to pay the shipping... :rolleyes:
 
Have you seen Salgado's newest book "Sahel"? Sahel and "An Uncertain Grace" are documentary photography at it's very best!

Russ
 
My favorites of late:

David Plowden "End of an Era" - BW of the last few real steamships working the great lakes. I have another of his on hold at the used bookstore I work at.

Frank Worth "Photographs - A Collection Discovered" I recently reviewed it here on RFF.

Hellen van Meene "Portaits" an Aperture collection of her portrait of early teen girls. No tech information given, but she obviously 'sees' in 6x6

"The Portfolios of Ansel Adams" - the old warhorse. Still, everytime I pick up that book and flip to an old favorite, I see something differently. I'll never shoot his way, but it's my standard of excellence.

Need to get: That new Capa collection. Got a Borders gift card from my little sister, so I'm most of the way there :)

William
 
Russ said:
Have you seen Salgado's newest book "Sahel"? Sahel and "An Uncertain Grace" are documentary photography at it's very best!

Russ
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Russ I have seen Salgado's Sahel and I want to get it. Some of it is very painful to look at (especially the children) but it is an incredible piece of work. I read somewhere that he's had enormous difficulty getting that particular body of work published and I can see why. Kudos to the University of California Press for bringing it out and to Salgado for donating some of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.
 
peter_n said:
Russ I have seen Salgado's Sahel and I want to get it. Some of it is very painful to look at (especially the children) but it is an incredible piece of work. I read somewhere that he's had enormous difficulty getting that particular body of work published and I can see why. Kudos to the University of California Press for bringing it out and to Salgado for donating some of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.
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Peter

Sahel and "An Uncertain Grace" are must have books. It's not pretty, but powerful. The introduction to Sahel, explains the difficulty in getting the work shown or published. In my opinion, there is no other photographer that can match Salgado. He, and Eugene Smith, shoot with a feeling and passion thaty is rarely seen in our generation.

Get a copy of "An Uncertain Grace", too. Powerful stuff!

Russ
 
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