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I have recently bought a lot of photography books, mostly coffee-table type books by Magnum photographers and other photojournalistic types. The photographs are wonderful and inspiring, but I long to know the stories behind the photographs, too.
Can anyone please recommend books that have both photographs and the stories behind the photographs? The only book that I have that is close is "Memories of a Dog" by Daido Moriyama, a series of autobiographical articles he wrote for a camera magazine plus photographs from each place or time period. It's a fantastic book and provides a lot of insight into his thinking and photographic process.
The nearest modern equivalent to what I'm after is a well-written travel or road trip blog. Are there any good books (with decent photography, of course) like this? I wish HCB had been as dedicated a writer as he was a photographer, and had produced books that talked about his travels through places like China and India, not just displayed his photographs.
Can anyone please recommend books that have both photographs and the stories behind the photographs? The only book that I have that is close is "Memories of a Dog" by Daido Moriyama, a series of autobiographical articles he wrote for a camera magazine plus photographs from each place or time period. It's a fantastic book and provides a lot of insight into his thinking and photographic process.
The nearest modern equivalent to what I'm after is a well-written travel or road trip blog. Are there any good books (with decent photography, of course) like this? I wish HCB had been as dedicated a writer as he was a photographer, and had produced books that talked about his travels through places like China and India, not just displayed his photographs.
Roger Hicks
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Willy Ronis's last book, published posthumously.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Papercut
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I can recommend Eugene Richards' The Fat Baby -- photos and text (stories) by Richards. I thoroughly enjoyed the synergy between the two in this excellent book. Note, however, that this is not a "travelogue" but more journalism (focusing on the people he is photographing and writing about).
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nksyoon
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William Albert Allard's 50 Year retrospective:
http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781426206375/William-Albert-Allard
Also his "The Photographic Essay":
http://www.amazon.com/William-Albert-Allard-Photographic-Photographer/dp/0821217356
There's also this, the adventures of an NG photographer travelling with her kids:
http://www.anniegriffithsbelt.com/camel_book.htm
http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781426206375/William-Albert-Allard
Also his "The Photographic Essay":
http://www.amazon.com/William-Albert-Allard-Photographic-Photographer/dp/0821217356
There's also this, the adventures of an NG photographer travelling with her kids:
http://www.anniegriffithsbelt.com/camel_book.htm
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Thank you to everyone for your suggestions! I will look into these books and see what I can come up with. 
hollowgoat
Newbie
Back issues of leica fotografie are great for that sort of thing. There is a huge(over 200 issues) for auction on Ebay right now. I don't know if you have read it, but the mag is amazing, in terms of information about shooting with Leica. Tons of amazing articles.