latest additions to your library

Jean Gaumy, Men at Sea --

the English language version, which was surprisingly affordable at $12 (inclusive of postage). (The original French is too rich for my pocketbook.) Gritty, grainy, blurry and beautiful. The light is fantastic and the sense of action and danger palpable. The ubiquitous gulls seem to gradually take on the chimeric half-there, half-not-there presence of malevolent demons. Among other things, the book, like the labor it documents, is a testament to human endurance.

Mark Steinmetz, Greater Atlanta --

I don't know why but I put off trying any of Steinmetz's stuff. Perhaps it was bad examples on the web? Or the cover photos didn't grab me, but boy am I glad I succumbed to the "hype" and finally ordered a (signed) copy. The people, scenes, and light he finds are terrific. The 6x9 film is luscious and the Nazraeli reproductions fantastic. I'll definitely be getting the previous two volumes in his project on the South.
 
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Salgado-Africa, plus Willy Ronis from Taschen.
No luck in finding DeCarava though...
 
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Photogtraphy after Frank, essays by Philip Gefter, aperture. It is a collection of various essays looking at contemporary photography. Documentary, photojournalism, portaiture and art making are among the topics. A little difficult for me to read (english is not my native language!) but interesting.
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I gave up buying books for Lent but I succumbed to temptation when I saw a copy of Gerry Badger's The Genius of Photography at my local bookstore. I enjoyed the BBC program a lot and the book is just as much fun.
 
Well, Alec Soth's From Here to There showed up today. I ordered it a few weeks ago when it was "temporarily out of stock". $1.01 from Amazon plus a couple bucks for shipping. A great book.

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helenhill said:
YES Ray
the BIG one ....Lisette Model / Am Aperture Monograph
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All I had for years was the little Phaidon 55 series and an old 'Camera' magazine that had about a dozen or so photos, so when the Aperture came out, I ordered it sight unseen. It surprised the hell out of me when it arrived. The best part is seeing all the gorgeous tones, the grain, and the soft-focus. The only problem, I don't have a shelf tall enough for the book (!). :D Definitely a must-have photo book. Congrats on snagging a copy.




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Just bought a book called "Contact Sheet" (link). Very cool and interesting - they took many famous photos by renowned photographers and then presented contact sheets of the whole roll around that particular shot. Very interesting and you can see many things: what where the alternatives to the selected photos, how the selection process went (there are markings on the sheets), how the photog approached the subject, his/her shooting style. Reveals a lot more than just looking at the final photograph.
And yes, a lot of the rolls were filled with the same exact shot, 36 times.
 
Tom A said:
Two new books to fill up my bookshelves this week:
" Way Beyond Monochrome" 2nd Edition. Ralph W Lambrecht and Chris Woodhouse. Focal Press.

Also "Reciprocities" a Blurb book by our friend Simon Becker in Berlin (Simonsawsunlight on Flickr). Most interesting and very well done.
He states on the inside cover " There is no such thing as street photography" Them are fighting words - but his photography is amazing.
Both books were gifts - and now I am eagerly awaiting my new glasses so i can really look at both books. A mishap involving a sidewalk, a M2 crunched my glasses and the new ones are supposed to arrive either tomorrow or Friday. Cant wait!
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Like you Tom! Just got two copies from Simon book in matte paper (one hard to keep and a soft to look and look and look)!
I do consider him one of the best XXI century photographers and he just on the beginning.

on the other hand for my 50th birthday Gina present with the " Street Photography now" from Sophie & Mclaren.

Hope the your new glasses are better than the old ones now! (like less flare ;-) )
 
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Good news is that the new glasses work well (as they should at 2xprice of a user M2!). Simon's book is very good. I have been looking at it for a while now and the more i see, the more I like it. He has the "eye" and knows how to use it. He is also coming to Vancouver in September for a couple of weeks. Will be fun to see his take on our rather laid-back West Coast life-style. At the moment I am keeping some film aside for him in the freezer too.
 
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Just bought a book called "Contact Sheet" (link). Very cool and interesting - they took many famous photos by renowned photographers and then presented contact sheets of the whole roll around that particular shot.
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I've got this on order and waiting for me to pick up at a local bookstore. I probably should go get it. I've got the Jim Marshall book, which has the same concept.




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Phantomas said:
Just bought a book called "Contact Sheet" (link). Very cool and interesting - they took many famous photos by renowned photographers and then presented contact sheets of the whole roll around that particular shot. Very interesting and you can see many things: what where the alternatives to the selected photos, how the selection process went (there are markings on the sheets), how the photog approached the subject, his/her shooting style. Reveals a lot more than just looking at the final photograph.
And yes, a lot of the rolls were filled with the same exact shot, 36 times.
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Just finished Larry Burrows ... Vietnam.
This book "Contact Sheet" sounds just my sort of thing....so I`ve ordered copy.
 
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RayPA said:
All I had for years was the little Phaidon 55 series and an old 'Camera' magazine that had about a dozen or so photos, so when the Aperture came out, I ordered it sight unseen. It surprised the hell out of me when it arrived. The best part is seeing all the gorgeous tones, the grain, and the soft-focus. The only problem, I don't have a shelf tall enough for the book (!). :D Definitely a must-have photo book. Congrats on snagging a copy.
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Ray, I know exactly what you need, a copy of "The Decisive Moment" :D

It is only slightly smaller than the Model and will cost you so much you will have a special shelf made to put them on.
It will look a bit sparse so add Stephen Shore A Road Trip Journal but if you buy the Bruce Davidson Outside Inside have it made from girders. All about the same size but less than the Model which holds my record, unless someone knows better :rolleyes:
 
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