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I recommend a fairly recent book Andre Kertesz by Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. Editions Hazan/Editions du Jeu de Paume, Paris 2010. ISBN 978-2754104784. This is the catalog of the "Andre Kertesz" exhibit originally at the Jeu de Paume, Paris and to be shown at the Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest from September 30-December 31, 2011. A major retrospective, the pictures and accompanying documentation are roughly organized around his time in Budapest, Paris and New York. Lots of notes, vintage prints and magazine reprints too. Beautifully printed by Grafiche Flaminia of Foligno, Italy; the reproductions are of the highest quality. A great first book on one of the giants of the field.
 
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Gypsies by Josef Koudelka. Aperture Foundation, New York, 2011. ISBN 978-1597111775.
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This book is published simultaneously by 7 publishers. Aperture states it's printed in quadratone, Thames & Hudson Ltd. in duotone according to their catalogue.

This is probably going to sound strange, but how does the book smell? I had in my hands czech edition published by Torst. It's printed on matte paper and the combination of paper and print colour smells awfully bad to me. Seems like I'm particularly sensitive to this smell, causing me headaches.... apart from this I can handle anything else 🙂
 
peter_n said:
I recommend a fairly recent book Andre Kertesz by Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. Editions Hazan/Editions du Jeu de Paume, Paris 2010. ISBN 978-2754104784. This is the catalog of the "Andre Kertesz" exhibit originally at the Jeu de Paume, Paris and to be shown at the Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest from September 30-December 31, 2011. A major retrospective, the pictures and accompanying documentation are roughly organized around his time in Budapest, Paris and New York. Lots of notes, vintage prints and magazine reprints too. Beautifully printed by Grafiche Flaminia of Foligno, Italy; the reproductions are of the highest quality. A great first book on one of the giants of the field.
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Been on my wish list for some time ....now ordered.
Thank you Peter.
Latest edition to my library has been Just Kids by Patti Smth.
The subject of a recent thread here and the very same week it also got a plug in the Daily Telegraph.
 
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This book is published simultaneously by 7 publishers. Aperture states it's printed in quadratone, Thames & Hudson Ltd. in duotone according to their catalogue.
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Where are the other publishers coming from ? This source states two both printed by Steidl ?
http://theonlinephotographer.typepa...rapher/2011/09/gypsies-by-josef-koudelka.html
Quote"UPDATE: To clarify—the new Gypsies is being published by Aperture in the U.S. and Thames & Hudson in the U.K., but in both cases it's printed by Steidl at Number 4 Düstere Strasse in Göttingen, which in turn means that the hazard of potential Steidlimbo pertains. Sorry for any confusion I caused by not making this clear earlier."End Quote

Amazon UK currently lists both of these publishers as pending release.
Thames& Hudson 192 pages
Aperture 224 pages ????
 
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ChrisLivsey said:
Where are the other publishers coming from ? This source states two both printed by Steidl ?
http://theonlinephotographer.typepa...rapher/2011/09/gypsies-by-josef-koudelka.html
Quote"UPDATE: To clarify—the new Gypsies is being published by Aperture in the U.S. and Thames & Hudson in the U.K., but in both cases it's printed by Steidl at Number 4 Düstere Strasse in Göttingen, which in turn means that the hazard of potential Steidlimbo pertains. Sorry for any confusion I caused by not making this clear earlier."End Quote

Amazon UK currently lists both of these publishers as pending release.
Thames& Hudson 192 pages
Aperture 224 pages ????
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Other editions will be published in non-english language.
I can only find this as reference now (I remember seeing all covers on one picture):
http://www.najbrt.cz/en/work/books-and-serials/josef-koudelka-gypsies/
Seems like German edition is done by Steidl as well:
http://www.steidl.de/pages/de/buecher/6103-roma.html?c=-9
 
That clarifies, many thanks. I suspect the page count difference is from different introductory material ? Although Will Guy is credited by both T&H and Aperture.
 
palec said:
This is probably going to sound strange, but how does the book smell? I had in my hands czech edition published by Torst. It's printed on matte paper and the combination of paper and print colour smells awfully bad to me. Seems like I'm particularly sensitive to this smell, causing me headaches.... apart from this I can handle anything else 🙂
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I was unable to find information on the paper, but on Aperture's web site the description is thus: "lavishly printed in a unique quadratone mix by artisanal printer Gerhard Steidl" but regrettably no mention of paper either at Steidl or Aperture. So I asked my wife does this book smell? She thinks it does. I think it smells a bit but nothing spectacular. It was wrapped in shrink wrap and I fully expect the slight odor to dissipate with time...

ChrisLivsey said:
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I like this very much. I've personally experienced Steidlimbo, most notably with Bruce Davidson's Outside Inside.

There are no page numbers in my Gypsies, only plate numbers, but the Aperture web site lists the book as having 224 pages including 8 single-page gatefolds and 109 quadratone images.

The publication page states: "First Aperture edition, under license by Copyright S.A., Paris, France.
 
"A Day Off" by Tony Ray-Jones - managed to find a pristine 1st edition of the rare 1974 hardback very cheap last week.

Ray-Jones - who sadly died young in his early 30s - had a huge influence on contemporary British photography, and deserves to be better known. Martin Parr, Mark Power and Simon Roberts, among others, cite him as key to their development as photographers...

Unless you particularly want the original book, the Ray-Jones book currently in print is a better buy: far cheaper, and much higher print quality.
 
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I recommend a fairly recent book Andre Kertesz by Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. Editions Hazan/Editions du Jeu de Paume, Paris 2010. ISBN 978-2754104784. This is the catalog of the "Andre Kertesz" exhibit originally at the Jeu de Paume, Paris and to be shown at the Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest from September 30-December 31, 2011. A major retrospective, the pictures and accompanying documentation are roughly organized around his time in Budapest, Paris and New York. Lots of notes, vintage prints and magazine reprints too. Beautifully printed by Grafiche Flaminia of Foligno, Italy; the reproductions are of the highest quality. A great first book on one of the giants of the field.
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Thank you so much Peter. Exactly what I've been looking for.
 
You're very welcome Nikos. Something I missed in my brief description is that there are some excellent reproductions of some of his color Polaroids at the end of the book. He took these pictures after his beloved wife Elizabeth died, and most of them are of small glass figurines shot on a windowsill. They are both inspirational and heartrending and very, very expressive. These little gems are so different from the rest of the book, a fitting coda to it and a testament to his brilliance in being able to articulate his deep sadness and love for his wife so imaginatively.
 
"Just My Type" by Simon Garfield, just released. It's a book about typography, not photography, but that's a visual medium, right? Not a font design manual, the book surveys type through history, the designers, and the underlying issues of font choice. Fascinating subject, and written to be both informative and entertaining.
 
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"Just My Type" by Simon Garfield, just released. It's a book about typography, not photography, but that's a visual medium, right? Not a font design manual, the book surveys type through history, the designers, and the underlying issues of font choice. Fascinating subject, and written to be both informative and entertaining.
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That sounds interesting to me. I've got a shelf full of books on type design, its history, and use of type in design.
 
Rico said:
"Just My Type" by Simon Garfield, just released. It's a book about typography, not photography, but that's a visual medium, right? Not a font design manual, the book surveys type through history, the designers, and the underlying issues of font choice. Fascinating subject, and written to be both informative and entertaining.
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I'm not a font nerd but I do enjoy the gamut of fonts in daily life. It would be an interesting read to be filled in on the thinking for designing a font and also when to choose one font over another.
 
helenhill said:
Just Got 'Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs' by Taschen books
Its Big. & Beautiful .... Sooooo many Fab shots
Love it !
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Helen, here's a "Fun fact"

Linda McCartney was interviewed and I believe it was Rolling Stone. She was asked about her recollections of a photograph regarding one of the Beatles and she gave great detail and back story. When she was done the interviewer was slightly astonished that she had even mentioned the speed and f stop she had used and he asked her in general terms "how on earth could you possibly recall the exact film, f stop and speed?"

Her reply was equally revealing.. "because that's how I shot all my photographs"

IIRC it was something like f8.0 at 1/125th ... I stand to be corrected on the details.
 
I love Greenfield-Sanders. I read about this project when he was working on it, I 'm glad the book is out, I'd love to look through it. I'll check the library.
 
peter_n said:
I recommend a fairly recent book Andre Kertesz by Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. Editions Hazan/Editions du Jeu de Paume, Paris 2010. ISBN 978-2754104784. This is the catalog of the "Andre Kertesz" exhibit originally at the Jeu de Paume, Paris and to be shown at the Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest from September 30-December 31, 2011. A major retrospective, the pictures and accompanying documentation are roughly organized around his time in Budapest, Paris and New York. Lots of notes, vintage prints and magazine reprints too. Beautifully printed by Grafiche Flaminia of Foligno, Italy; the reproductions are of the highest quality. A great first book on one of the giants of the field.
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My copy arrived today.
Thank you Peter , its as you described.
I`m going to enjoy this one.
 
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Four issues of 1920's era magazine, "Kodakery."
Prior to that, nothing for several months after William Mortensen's "The Model."
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I'm glad to see someone else collecting his work. I wish I could find "Monsters and Madonnas" as a price I could afford.
 
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