Pre-ordered the The Decisive Moment reprint... also, Shomei Tomatsu's book Chewing Gum and Chocolate should be here within the next few days.
plummerl
Well-known
Just received "Michael Kenna: A 20 Year Retrospective". Quite an impressive book, very well produced.
x-ray
Veteran
My wife and I were in Atlanta on business this weekend and say two excellent photo exhibits. Jackson Fine Art has a Vivian Maier exhibit and the High Museum has over 100 images on display of Wynn Bullock's. Fabulous exhibits and I had to buy Eye to Eye with Vivian Maiers images and Revelations with Wynn Bullock's.
jane7l
Established
josef koudelka vestiges, exhibition catalog, nice photos and nice layout.
bogelgelbo
RF student
8 Women by Collier Schorr.for me.
daveleo
what?
Monochromatic HDR Photography, Harold Davis
*Very* well organized and clearly, intelligently written, tutorial on his approach to B&W HDR.
*Very* well organized and clearly, intelligently written, tutorial on his approach to B&W HDR.
lynnb
Veteran
The Great Life Photographers, Thames and Hudson. Nice book to browse, full of classics.
lcpr
Well-known
My copy of Josef Koudelka - Exiles arrived today.
CliveC
Well-known
Just bought and received the reprinted (and slightly smaller) version of Magnum Contact Sheets. Still a very impressive tome!
Findus
Established
- Wynn Bullock "Wynn Bullock"
- "Darkroom: Wynn Bullock, Jerry Burchard, Linda Connor, (et al.)"
- Robin Bell's "The Silver Footprint"
- "Darkroom: Wynn Bullock, Jerry Burchard, Linda Connor, (et al.)"
- Robin Bell's "The Silver Footprint"
FA Limited
missing in action
just got a copy of nick brandt's reprinted "on this earth, a shadow falls"
http://www.nickbrandt.com/text_page.cfm?pid=2706
i find it funny on his website he actually comments on the printing quality of editions of this book
http://www.nickbrandt.com/text_page.cfm?pid=2706
i find it funny on his website he actually comments on the printing quality of editions of this book
De_Corday
Eternal Student
Chris Hondros - Testament
jane7l
Established
gerry andrews - shaped by history, bought in a gallery at the exhibition in dublin today. love the exhibition big prints and the book is beautiful.
Black
Photographer.
Antibodies (or Anticorpes) by Antoine D'Agata - surprisingly large book, translated from French. Its a difficult read - not because of the subject matter, but because its so poorly edited. Each page is its own paragraph. Hard on the peepers. This is my first D'Agata book and I was quite impressed - wide range of subject matter and I feel its almost an exercise in cathartics for D'Agata. Its a very compelling book to have in your collection - however, as I was soon to learn, D'Agata's trademark images of "people on the fringes of society" and him "interacting" with them (and drugs) would soon become an abject lesson in the law of diminishing returns...
Rome by Anders Petersen - a very modest publication, but in almost a direct parallel to Antibodies, although Rome is a very short physical experience, the images within are striking - sometimes powerful, more so than D'Agata's more explicit efforts. Petersen can, indeed, make the mundane look interesting, even sinister - though I am not sure if this was his intention.
Paraiso by Antoine D'Agata - small and short, on first inspection Paraiso feels like a compact and abridged version of Antibodies. More of the same - drugs, copulation and long exposures. Whilst I appreciate that sometimes it pays dividends to be known for a particular style, I do wonder if D'Agata may have invented this edgy persona he has and has painted himself into a corner because of it. I do wonder how he has become a Magnum photographer. I suppose diversity has something to do with it. I wanted to like his images and in some cases I do. Maybe they're a slow burn - but at least with Petersen's images, I get an instantaneous gut reaction of wanting see more. Not so much with D'Agata.
Which is a shame, as I have already ordered D'Agata's Ice.
Rome by Anders Petersen - a very modest publication, but in almost a direct parallel to Antibodies, although Rome is a very short physical experience, the images within are striking - sometimes powerful, more so than D'Agata's more explicit efforts. Petersen can, indeed, make the mundane look interesting, even sinister - though I am not sure if this was his intention.
Paraiso by Antoine D'Agata - small and short, on first inspection Paraiso feels like a compact and abridged version of Antibodies. More of the same - drugs, copulation and long exposures. Whilst I appreciate that sometimes it pays dividends to be known for a particular style, I do wonder if D'Agata may have invented this edgy persona he has and has painted himself into a corner because of it. I do wonder how he has become a Magnum photographer. I suppose diversity has something to do with it. I wanted to like his images and in some cases I do. Maybe they're a slow burn - but at least with Petersen's images, I get an instantaneous gut reaction of wanting see more. Not so much with D'Agata.
Which is a shame, as I have already ordered D'Agata's Ice.
Steve Bellayr
Veteran
1871 Houghton Mifflin edition of the "Marble Faun" by Hawthorne: first edition of this book in one volume form with 2 engravings by Dalziel Bros. I know nothing of the contents though like many I did read the Scarlet Letter (and the House of Seven Gables) but the price was right.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
Topos by Tobias Madorin.
stephen.w
Established
Ordered and waiting for my copies of the Koudelka - Exiles 2nd edition and the Saul Leiter Kehrer monograph.
Can anyone recommend a good book on Joel Meyerowitz? There seems to be nothing in print between the no-doubt lovely, but crazily expensive Taking My Time and the dinky Phaidon 55s.
Can anyone recommend a good book on Joel Meyerowitz? There seems to be nothing in print between the no-doubt lovely, but crazily expensive Taking My Time and the dinky Phaidon 55s.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Ansel Adams in the National Parks.
Yea i know, not a big deal. But we got inspired while in the Yosemite, by the nice gallery they have there (and well, a real AA print we didn't, umm, want to buy)
anyway, i never had an AA book before so it had to come.
It's an interesting collection of his not-most-famous photos. There are even 2-3 which i don't like at all, they are like, humm...
so it's a nice book.
With a nice little story here and there.
Yea i know, not a big deal. But we got inspired while in the Yosemite, by the nice gallery they have there (and well, a real AA print we didn't, umm, want to buy)
anyway, i never had an AA book before so it had to come.
It's an interesting collection of his not-most-famous photos. There are even 2-3 which i don't like at all, they are like, humm...
so it's a nice book.
With a nice little story here and there.
jesse1dog
Light Catcher
Vogue Italia 50th Anniversary Issue
Vogue Italia 50th Anniversary Issue
Just started looking through the massive package that this is - over 2kg by weight, over 800 pages. It came wrapped with two supplements. If you are at all interested this is more than just fashion photography - has illustrations from all sorts of 'name' photographers. Quite inspirational for ideas and lighting situations.
I can't see it being around for long. Got my copy for £9 plus postage and packing of £5. I'll be looking through mine for years to come. Oh, by the way, surprise, surprise, the text is in Italian but I bought it for the photographs! 'A picture is worth a thousand words' - whatever the language.
jesse
Vogue Italia 50th Anniversary Issue
Just started looking through the massive package that this is - over 2kg by weight, over 800 pages. It came wrapped with two supplements. If you are at all interested this is more than just fashion photography - has illustrations from all sorts of 'name' photographers. Quite inspirational for ideas and lighting situations.
I can't see it being around for long. Got my copy for £9 plus postage and packing of £5. I'll be looking through mine for years to come. Oh, by the way, surprise, surprise, the text is in Italian but I bought it for the photographs! 'A picture is worth a thousand words' - whatever the language.
jesse
Turtle
Veteran
Pentti Sammallhatti's 'Here, Far Away'
James Nachtwey's 'Inferno'
Salgado's 'Genesis'
Ralp Gibson's 'Nude'
.... and loads more. I've been writing up some very brief reviews with a few pics if anyone is interested.
Nude: http://thephotofundamentalist.com/?cat=39
Inferno: http://thephotofundamentalist.com/?p=934
There will be plenty more to come. I take enormous pleasure adding new books to my collection, even if they don't set me alight. In fact, sometimes especially if they don't (but are hugely popular). This gives me something to explore further.
James Nachtwey's 'Inferno'
Salgado's 'Genesis'
Ralp Gibson's 'Nude'
.... and loads more. I've been writing up some very brief reviews with a few pics if anyone is interested.
Nude: http://thephotofundamentalist.com/?cat=39
Inferno: http://thephotofundamentalist.com/?p=934
There will be plenty more to come. I take enormous pleasure adding new books to my collection, even if they don't set me alight. In fact, sometimes especially if they don't (but are hugely popular). This gives me something to explore further.