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I was just at the Art Institute of Chicago and picked up the books for two of the shows that were up.

Timothy O'Sullivan: The Kings Survey Photographs

The Three Graces: Snapshots of Twentieth-Century Women.

Both of these exhibits were fantastic and I am really looking forward to sitting down and reading the essays in the books.
 
Papercut said:
Thanks Peter! I have kept reading this thread, but it's amazing how little time I had to devote to photo-related anything this past semester. Also amazing is how many good photobooks were published in the interim -- my wishlist has grown to truly epic proportions (if only my income had grown along with it!). I'm finding it hard to prioritize!
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It is similar with me, Kevin. A lot of stuff to do with the dissertation manuscript. So I had to cut down photography-related activities to a minimum. What's on your wishlist to recommend me? I still did not get my hands on the Papageorge essay book.
 
I got me a First Edition copy of The Practical Zone System by Chris Johnson...
I find it to be somewhere between Fred Picker's Zone VI Workshop and The New Zone System Manual by White, Zakia & Lorenz
I read it last night and will reread it again soon but will pick through it here and there...
 
shadowfox said:
I have to say that I don't quite get it.
What is it that set it apart than the rest of similar photos, in your opinion?
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Making beautiful compositions out of boring subject matter... honestly. I think some of the images in the book are quite beautiful. The photo-eye site shows some of the worst ones in the book.

Here's more of his work. http://www.gerryjohansson.com/page1/page41/page41.html

Of course I don't like all of them, but the ones I do like, I like a lot. We all have different tastes. To me, it is very similar to the New Topographics work of the 70s. Very subtle.
 
My copy of “Northerners Portrait of a no-nonsense people” by Sefton Samuels came in yesterday. I had ordered it to give to my brother for Christmas, but delays in shipping caused its late arrival. I think he will have to read it only when he visits — it’s a keeper.
 
jsrockit said:
Making beautiful compositions out of boring subject matter... honestly. I think some of the images in the book are quite beautiful. The photo-eye site shows some of the worst ones in the book.

Here's more of his work. http://www.gerryjohansson.com/page1/page41/page41.html

Of course I don't like all of them, but the ones I do like, I like a lot. We all have different tastes. To me, it is very similar to the New Topographics work of the 70s. Very subtle.
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Got it.
Yes the linked website above shows better photos.
 
slantface said:
Sebastio Salgado - Sahel
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One of the best of Salgado's work. he travelled by local buses, used 100 ft cans of TriX and re-loaded his film cassettes at night - true photography at its best.
Some pictures are still stunning and haunting. He also got the drought and despair into the public eye and forced us to sit up and take notice.
 
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