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A bit of a question - yesterday I've received the magnum-photo-of-the-week newsletter with a picture by Cornell Capa. I didn't know him, looked through his work on magnum website and this made me lust after some more of his work. Could anyone recommend anyone recommend anything? Thanks!
 
andreios said:
A bit of a question - yesterday I've received the magnum-photo-of-the-week newsletter with a picture by Cornell Capa. I didn't know him, looked through his work on magnum website and this made me lust after some more of his work. Could anyone recommend anyone recommend anything? Thanks!
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I'd recommend coming to Berlin, there are two Magnum exhibitions here right now, should be some Cornell Capa there, too.

martin
 
Phantomas said:
This is my favorite thread on RFF. Bumping it. Just ordered "Inferno" by Nachtwey.
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I always look at it whenever I'm in the book store, and yet, I never bought it nor will I buy it in the near future. Too expensive, too large. But please report on how you like it.

martin
 
Andy Kibber said:
I just got The Pleasures of Good Photographs by Gerry Badger. Haven't started reading it yet but it looks quite interesting.
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I would rate it, so far as I am still reading, as very interesting. It does not have enough actual photographs to refer to when reading the essays but that of course is just an excuse to buy the photobooks discussed if you don't own them. I will reserve final judgement, which is only fair, until completed, but that may be a while as the arguments are quite deep and dense, not difficult in in a show off way but perhaps he is too balanced in giving each side of the arguments due weight.
 
Browsing some Sydney bookshops today, I liked this Jeanloup Sieff book from Taschen. I don't like all of his photos, however he has some great ones and I really like the general look of his photos. Gritty, high contrast B&W with a lot of wide angle lens work. The book was $40 locally. I went home & checked booko & found a copy for $15 including postage via book depository.
 
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How do you like Beat Memories? I skimmed it a few times, and even though I'm a huge Kerouac / Ginsberg / Burroughs fan I have to say it wasn't enough to really like the book.

martin
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I think it is good. Not as many photos as I would have liked but I, too, am a huge Kerouac/Ginsberg fan. The essay is worth reading. Overall I would give it a B+.
 
I was just given a copy of Arnold Newman's Five Decades. His keen eye and (mostly) sensitive renderings of many of the key cultural figures of the last century form a unique document in photographic history. I've been inspired by this book for many years and it is a pleasure to finally own it.
 
I just read After Photography by Fred Ritchin. While the book has, and preents a lot of potential, it left me a bit flat in the end. Too much 'old news' was presented as cutting edge. But it does provide a solid overview of the 'new photography'.
 
martin s said:
I always look at it whenever I'm in the book store, and yet, I never bought it nor will I buy it in the near future. Too expensive, too large. But please report on how you like it.
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I have the book and would describe it as difficult. Not for some people I think, I'd categorize it with Salgado's Sahel in that respect.
 
Recent photography books purchased

Recent photography books purchased

Yammerman said:
Been buying a lot this year the best being Let Truth be the Prejudice by Ben Maddow abouth the life of Eugene Smith . Great images and a real insight in to the man's mind. Highly recommended.

Some of the older books can be as expensive as a good lens.:D
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After reading Yammerman's comment about a book on W. Eugene Smith, on the first page of this thread, I found a used copy Let Truth be the Prejudice on Amazon.com. It was a bit expensive. I just received the book and after the first look I can say that it has already exceeded my expectations. Wonderful book with excellent reproductions.

I bought the Aperature book Paul Strand, Sixty years of photographs and I am enjoying that book very much as well. Paul Strand is one of my favorite photographers. - Jim
 
Title: Gabriele Basilico
Author: Grancesco Bonami
Publisher: Phaidon Books
ISBN: 0 7148 4567 1
Printed : 2005

Black and white photography of Gabriele Basilico a contemporary of Struth, Gursky and the Bechers who were key players in the 'Dusseldorf School'. He covers principal cities in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Lebanon and Switzerland. Shot in the topographic style and focused on industry, architecture and their context he is less clinical than the Dusseldorf adherants.


The photographs are well selected and represent superb examples of these schools of photography. Get a library copy or look for a used copy, I believe this book is now out of print.
 
martin s said:
I always look at it whenever I'm in the book store, and yet, I never bought it nor will I buy it in the near future. Too expensive, too large. But please report on how you like it.

martin
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Martin - as mentioned by others it is not a book for weak at heart. The images are very heavy on human misery. To quote my girlfriend: "I will never look at this book again". From photographic point of view the book is excellent though. If you know Nachtwey you know how it goes. The quality is superb. Yes, it's huge and the prints are very very good. I love it. Worth every penny.



Another bookstore find yesterday - Raymond Depardon's "Manhattan Out". Very nice little book. Published by Steidl - quality. Recommended to anyone into "typical" street photography.
 
ChrisLivsey said:
I would rate it, so far as I am still reading, as very interesting. It does not have enough actual photographs to refer to when reading the essays but that of course is just an excuse to buy the photobooks discussed if you don't own them. I will reserve final judgement, which is only fair, until completed, but that may be a while as the arguments are quite deep and dense, not difficult in in a show off way but perhaps he is too balanced in giving each side of the arguments due weight.
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I've been picking away at it. I enjoyed the "Walk to Paradise Garden" and the Martin Parr essays. The writing style is good. As you say, not difficult in a show off way.
 
Hi guys, could you please recommend me a good Diane Arbus book? Preferebly something that's available here.
Quirks: I prefer a book with a good clean layout and good print quality (and of course good photos). Don't care about text and stories. For example, as far as browsing photography goes I'm not a huge fan of Frank's "Looking in..." and Breson's "Scrapbook", good books, but Im don't pull them out when I simply want to enjoy photos (which is most of the time).
 
Phantomas said:
Hi guys, could you please recommend me a good Diane Arbus book? Preferebly something that's available here.
Quirks: I prefer a book with a good clean layout and good print quality (and of course good photos). Don't care about text and stories. For example, as far as browsing photography goes I'm not a huge fan of Frank's "Looking in..." and Breson's "Scrapbook", good books, but Im don't pull them out when I simply want to enjoy photos (which is most of the time).
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Why not visit your public library and check out some work of people you like there. Then if you see a volume you like order it from a retailer. I've found I make fewer "mistakes" in buying by doing this. Either way , good luck!
 
Jan's suggestion is a good one.

But, if you don't mind buying blind and the inevitable occasional "mistake" that results from it, then Arbus' Aperture book is very good. It's not "The Definitive Collection" perhaps, but I think it meets your criterion (it's picture-heavy / word-light, small enough to pull out and look at the photos anytime, and very simply laid out with one photo per double page).

I really enjoy the "mega-tomes", but like you I don't always take them off the shelf to view simply because they are so awkward and heavy.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diane-Arbus...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281105432&sr=1-1

Phantomas said:
Hi guys, could you please recommend me a good Diane Arbus book? Preferebly something that's available here.
Quirks: I prefer a book with a good clean layout and good print quality (and of course good photos). Don't care about text and stories. For example, as far as browsing photography goes I'm not a huge fan of Frank's "Looking in..." and Breson's "Scrapbook", good books, but Im don't pull them out when I simply want to enjoy photos (which is most of the time).
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