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^ I personally like the book a lot. I was doing OK with the exhibit too until my wife pointed out some of the issues in the curation. ICP doesn't have the greatest space in that building and as you probably know they're moving to a new exhibit space in Manhattan and converting the current space to a photography school.
 
jsrockit said:
Wow, now even the ICP, Taschen, and Sebastiao Selgado don't know what they are doing in photography? Many of us should be so lucky to put out such a "poorly curated" exhibit and horrible edited book.
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Just an opinion. Over 500 of anything gets a bit weary. My folks saw the exhibition in Singapore and couldn't have thought more highly about the selection. They too were disappointed by the book. I think my opinion has a lot to do with the hype I'd heard about his work, I would never have lived up to it in reality. Don't get me wrong, there were some excellent images, but I doubt anyone has over 500 excellent images, 500 good images of course, 500 great images, maybe, but not 500 excellent ones. Overall, its only as good as its worse image, and there are far more good images than excellent ones. On top if that, the only thing that ties them together is geography, and the connections are not strong.

I still think he's an excellent photographer, and would jump at the chance to see an exhibition of his, I just didn't care for the book.
 
Andre Kertesz, The Early Years.

A small book with a selection of his early work (1912-1925). The images are very small (often 4x5cm), but still utterly captivating in their simplicity and meaning.

Cheers,
Michael
 
Just turned up, settling in for a read.
Just when you thought it had all been said another 400 pages turns up!!

Amazon just mailed to say Decisive Moment is delayed Dec 2/4 now estimated.

 
jsrockit said:
Pre-ordered the The Decisive Moment reprint... also, Shomei Tomatsu's book Chewing Gum and Chocolate should be here within the next few days.
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Tomatsu. I'm jealous. Saw his recent show at the Art Institute of Chicago and instantly became a fan. How's the book? And does it have any of his wonderful writing?

John
 
A History of Photography in 50 Cameras, by Michael Pritchard FRPS, 2014, New Burlington Books. An interesting selection of cameras and a good read through the history of cameras and their place in the time line of photo technology development. It starts with the Girroux Daguerrotype and ends with the Nokia Lumia 1020. There are many interesting cameras that I hadn't heard of before, like the Ermanox and the Tikka. Examples of what each camera was mainly used for, and prominent shooters with each camera are given. An interesting book if you're into the history of cameras.

I assume the book didn't sell as well as expected - although published in 2014, I picked mine up at a remainder sale in hardcover for $14.

Also, The Negative, by Ansel Adams. I've been wanting a copy of this for some time, and it complements my copy of Black and White Photogrpahy, A Basic Manual by Henry Horenstein.
 
Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below was changed by the supplier, and we need to provide you with a new estimated delivery date based on the new release date:

Henri Cartier-Bresson "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment"
Estimated arrival date: December 19 2014 - December 22 2014


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We are pleased to report that the following item will dispatch sooner than expected:

Henri Cartier-Bresson "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment"
Previous estimated arrival date: December 19 2014 - December 22 2014
New estimated arrival date: December 16 2014

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The end of the year makes me nostalgic. So for the first time in ... ten years or so, I decided to visit my local bookstore and bought some physical books online.

One of those is the lovely 'Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerrotype to Digital' by Todd Gustavson / George Eastman House.

http://www.amazon.com/Camera-Histor...&keywords=camera+gustavson&pebp=1418375637303

It's a nicely printed 365 page soft cover book. It has a great timeline of photography from the early 1800's to about early 2000's. It also has a few little detours into toy cameras, space cameras, spy cameras, etc. It shows a nice selection of notable cameras or ones owned by notable photographers, complete with some well-known shots.

The collection they feature has some nice oddities in it. Some surprising picks too as to what's in the book. For example, I didn't find the rainbow stripe Polaroid 1000 in it, but they do feature the Apple Quicktake 100 (which I also own).

All in all, I think most of us here would enjoy having this one on the coffee table.
 
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