latest additions to your library

gdmcclintock said:
I would like to get a copy of Verger's Dieux d'Afrique but this book usually costs about $300 used.
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You should be able to get a copy for less than that, if you're willing to settle for a non-English language version. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/2909571130/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
I have the German version, Schwarze Goetter im Exil. (Bought it new at a Pierre Verger exhibition in Frankfurt am Main 5-6 years ago). It is a truly amazing book which I can't recommend highly enough. Pierre Verger was an extraordinary individual who led an extraordinary life.
Vincent
 
gdmcclintock said:
Some new titles for me include (bought new or used):

Skin of the Nation - Shomei Tomatsu

-George
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I finally picked this one up a couple of months ago. I thought the show was fantastic, but I was not impressed with the book when I visited the museum bookstore afterwards. I felt it really lacked the punch of the exhibit. However, the work is just too good. It's a must-get book, for sure.


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Larry Towell: The Mennonites / ISBN 0-7148-3961-2

I don't know if this title has been listed in this thread however, I just picked up a copy of the captioned book due to our RFF friend Trius having mentioned meeting up with Towell here in southwestern Ontario.

I'm not a big fan of "people photography" but this one has grabbed me by the shoulders and given me a 'good shaking'

The price was $45 from a local bookseller. To me it represents a study of a little understood people that shows their basic humanity and it's a testament to Towell who is a master of technique coupled with a subtle and intuitive mind. The end result is unforgettable.
 
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I love my local used bookstore. I have found many gems there. The latest books I've bought/read are:

Blood and Champagne - Kershaw
After Photography - Ritchin
Cindy Sherman - Schjeldahl & Danoff
Monkey Portraits - Greenberg
Tropism - Gibson
A Material History - Heinecken
Photographs by Man Ray, 1920 Paris 1934 - Ray
The Pioneering Image - Maddox
Border Film Project - Adler
 
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last week i just bought:

1- Contact sheet (Ammo book) , interesting to compare the non selected pictures against the selected.

2- 100 anni di fotografia (100 years of photography ) by Lucia Moholy (wife of L-Moholy Nagy) originally appeared in London in 1939.
robert
 
May I make a suggestion to all the people who are posting here ?

When you give a title take a moment to also add the author, publisher and ISBN. Even if you can't provide all three just two of these references help others identify the correct book. Often there will be first, second or some subsequent edition. These editions may contain more or different material. So when we're discussing the title at least we are all on the same page. It also makes it easier to locate the book at a book sellers for ordering purposes or the local library if we want to view a copy.

Just a thought.
 
'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' published by Aperture. This book has reawakened my interest in Japanese photography and resulted in the purchase of 'Snow Land' by Hiroshi Hamaya (1956 edition). I think the Japanese have explored the photobook format most imaginitively.
 
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Papercut said:
finally ponied up the money for Salgado's "Africa" -- amazing images, but so many are so hard to look that I'm going to have to take it in small chunks
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Lucky you. In spite I already saved money enough to buy it, last time I saw it was during a trip around Brasil, in Porto Alegre, and sadly I hadn't space enough in my baggage for such a BIG work, literally.
I whish I find it here in my city once, so I will only have to carry it from the library to my place.

Last adquisitions:

Loviny C., & Silvestri-Lévy Al, "Cuba by Corda".
De Souza Martins, J. "Sociology of the photography and image"
 
jan normandale said:
May I make a suggestion to all the people who are posting here ?

When you give a title take a moment to also add the author, publisher and ISBN. Even if you can't provide all three just two of these references help others identify the correct book. Often there will be first, second or some subsequent edition. These editions may contain more or different material. So when we're discussing the title at least we are all on the same page. It also makes it easier to locate the book at a book sellers for ordering purposes or the local library if we want to view a copy.

Just a thought.
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good idea, jan. i'll do that from now on.
 
I've been reading Frank Gohlke's essays in, Thoughts on Landscape. It also has a couple of interviews.

I like reading about photography, but I've pretty much stuck to the writings of actual photographers. Never tried reading Sontag, Barthes, and others. No plan to that, I've just made my choices based on the fact that if I like someone's photography, I'm naturally interested in what they have to say about it. Robert Adams, Tod Papageorge, Stephen Shore, Leo Rubenfien, of course Szarkowski, and others have written some wonderful things. Interesting how many of these people were schooled in literature and writing before they picked up cameras.

The Gohlke book is much in the same vein as those by Robert Adams. He discusses his own work, but also includes essays on other photographers... Friedlander, Wright Morris, and others (including a few that are new to me). I like that the first one is on the photography of Ben Lifson. Seems an appropriate twist in that Lifson is probably much more widely known for his writing.

Any suggestions or favorites?

Cheers,
Gary
 
Upon Kevin's (papercut's) recommendation in his very interesting blog post (http://landdeckphoto.com/blog/) I just ordered a used copy of "China Obscura" by Mark Leong.

Looking also forward to order Eskenazi's "Wonderland", but need to clear some paths before that (paypal-wise etc:rolleyes:).
 
here we go again...

here we go again...

John Gossage - Here...Half Blind
and
Karianne Bueno - Asper
 
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Tim Walker - Pictures
It's big and heavy! Walker worked as assistant for Richard Avedon before he began his own fashion photog career. Normally I don't buy books purely about fashion but Walker always has interesting locations and funny setup ideas. That's what I like. I often smile when I look at the photos. And I heard he still uses film :)
 
I like Wim Wender's movies as well. A few years ago i bought an interesting book with many B&W pictures (a few colours as well) taken by him. Of course I have the italian version of it, not sure if there is an international one. Title is "una volta" (English is:eek:nce) Edizioni Socrates, ISBN 88-7202-002-6
worthwhile to look at...
robert
 
The Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978, Sarah Greenough and Diane Waggoner, Princeton U P, ISBN 987-0-691-13368-3

First photo book in a while! I gave up buying books for lent. :)

It looks very interesting but I haven't had a chance to go though it completely yet.
 
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