noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
My latest photography related book is The Suffering of Light by Alex Webb.
Non-photography related is The Power of Flow by Charlene Belitz & Meg Lundstrom.
Non-photography related is The Power of Flow by Charlene Belitz & Meg Lundstrom.
lawrence
Veteran
If you do like it you'll need to get the other two because the format is identical and they look very nice together on the shelf
Michael Markey
Veteran
If you do like it you'll need to get the other two because the format is identical and they look very nice together on the shelf
I did note the Amazon offer for all three and I must admit that I was tempted.
The saving was only a few quid so I decided to be cautious.
Due to be delivered today.
By the Glow of the Jukebox: The Americans List
http://www.photobookcorner.com/book/glow-jukebox-americans-list/
“Before I quit the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a security guard in late 2009 after twenty months of standing around, I used the opportunity of The Americans: Looking In exhibition to get to know a seminal and central part of photography history. And although I had been a photographer, mostly self-taught, for about twenty years, I had never really studied the book.
(…) The Americans is probably the one book that connects more photographers than any other, so while guarding the show I saw many of my photography colleagues enter. Between clicking visitors on my hand-held counter cupped into the palm of my hand, I began asking them what their knock-out favorite image was. Though many said it was too hard to choose and that many images were important to them, I insisted. I discovered that many of the answers revealed much more about the photographers themselves. And it was when I was alone in those galleries, staring at Frank’s images, that I decided to give my notice.” – Jason Eskenazi
The Americans List includes contributions by Joel Meyerowitz, Ken Schles, Ralph Gibson, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Ladd, Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Mark Steinmetz, Anders Petersen, Rodger Ballen, Graciela Iturbide, Stephen Gill and Robert Frank, amongst many others.
http://www.photobookcorner.com/book/glow-jukebox-americans-list/
“Before I quit the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a security guard in late 2009 after twenty months of standing around, I used the opportunity of The Americans: Looking In exhibition to get to know a seminal and central part of photography history. And although I had been a photographer, mostly self-taught, for about twenty years, I had never really studied the book.
(…) The Americans is probably the one book that connects more photographers than any other, so while guarding the show I saw many of my photography colleagues enter. Between clicking visitors on my hand-held counter cupped into the palm of my hand, I began asking them what their knock-out favorite image was. Though many said it was too hard to choose and that many images were important to them, I insisted. I discovered that many of the answers revealed much more about the photographers themselves. And it was when I was alone in those galleries, staring at Frank’s images, that I decided to give my notice.” – Jason Eskenazi
The Americans List includes contributions by Joel Meyerowitz, Ken Schles, Ralph Gibson, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Ladd, Alec Soth, Martin Parr, Mark Steinmetz, Anders Petersen, Rodger Ballen, Graciela Iturbide, Stephen Gill and Robert Frank, amongst many others.
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
Was given this book last weekend:
The History of Photography from somewhere around 1980
Not a perfect work of art, but certainly contains interesting specs of information and images
The History of Photography from somewhere around 1980
Not a perfect work of art, but certainly contains interesting specs of information and images
alexsoch
alexsoch
Also recommend Dog Food and specially Photo cynics manifesto, really great stuff, you can find it here:
http://jasoneskenazi.com/DOGFOOD_01.pdf
http://jasoneskenazi.com/DOGFOOD_01.pdf
meanstreetshooter
Established
Leica IN COLOR
Leica IN COLOR
by Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck
with photos by Colin Glanfield
Published 1998 by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd.
A Leica goodie book showing combinations of cameras and lenses along with accessories.
bought at Half-Price Books for less than $10.00
Leica IN COLOR
by Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck
with photos by Colin Glanfield
Published 1998 by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd.
A Leica goodie book showing combinations of cameras and lenses along with accessories.
bought at Half-Price Books for less than $10.00
reaperman
Established
Shiga Leiko:
Rasen Kaigan
Rasen Kaigan
geertvn
Established
Christer Stromholm - Post Scriptum
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lawrence
Veteran
Emmet Gowin. The new book published by Aperture.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
I'm lucky (or maybe not) that I live next door to one of Oakland's best used book stores, Pegasus. I feel compelled to walk in sometime during the day, pretty much every day. So I suspect that I'm getting first dibs on any photo books that come in. Today I bought "William Garnett, Aerial Photographs". Garnett's aerial landscape images could easily be taken for macro images of things much smaller. Very interesting how he uses cropping and the time-of-day shadows to hide the immense scale of his subject matter.
Beautiful b&w prints in the book. Nicely printed by University of California Press.
Beautiful b&w prints in the book. Nicely printed by University of California Press.
The last book I bought shall be nameless but not blameless. A Scandinavian fellow went to Japan and took some photographs with a Leica. He had one of those blurb books printed -- badly. Every photograph, except for the cover pix which are on slick cover stock, lacks the basic tonal range. The photos are jumbled together like someone would throw them in a trash can. I would have hoped someone spending even a little time in Japan would learn the Japanese concept of "ma." I suspect no one instructed this person on how to focus a camera or even that it was necessary, There is not one image inside the book I would not throw away -- along with the offending camera.
peter_n
Veteran
Photo Journalism Edited by Nick Yapp & Amanda Hopkinson for Getty Images. H. F. Ullmann Publishing, Potsdam, 2012. ISBN 978-3-8480-0062-3. This massive 800 page volume with comments in English, German and French is a tour of Getty images from the 1850's to the present. The images are presented chronologically and by subject matter like street life, sport, conflict, new frontiers etc. It is almost, but not quite, too much.
We didn't have too many books in my home when I was a boy but I do remember one; A History of the World, and this book is a visual version of that but just covering about the last 160 years. If you like news pictures there's a huge number in this book, the page layouts look cluttered because of the text in three languages but the print quality is generally quite good. If you're attracted to a picture you have to go hunting in the text for the context but it is always there and there are many spellbinding images. A good compilation.
We didn't have too many books in my home when I was a boy but I do remember one; A History of the World, and this book is a visual version of that but just covering about the last 160 years. If you like news pictures there's a huge number in this book, the page layouts look cluttered because of the text in three languages but the print quality is generally quite good. If you're attracted to a picture you have to go hunting in the text for the context but it is always there and there are many spellbinding images. A good compilation.
telenous
Well-known
Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, The Great Unreal, 2009.
I had this on my queue for quite some time and finally went for it earlier in the summer. This one seems to belong to the burgeoning "meta-photographic" branch of the photography world, putting forward an array of striking and seemingly unfeasible photographs which question the role of photography as a documentary practice and the authenticity of our experience. It's also forceful, if a tad whimsical meditation on the history and conventions of landscape photography. Recommended even if you are into straightforward, documentary photography.
Also, having been to an exhibition of Manos' color photographs, his American Color 2, as well as Nicos Economopoulos' In the Balcans somehow followed me home. These are straightforward (esp. compared to the above), in the Magnum vein of photography. Both are excellent, the Economopoulos book in particular is a real classic and it resonated with references that are all too familiar to me and I'm sure to anyone in the region.
Also waiting eagerly for a copy of Alec Soth's Looking for Love. It's been making it's way for a month now from France to Greece, and I hope it finds its way to home soon.
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I had this on my queue for quite some time and finally went for it earlier in the summer. This one seems to belong to the burgeoning "meta-photographic" branch of the photography world, putting forward an array of striking and seemingly unfeasible photographs which question the role of photography as a documentary practice and the authenticity of our experience. It's also forceful, if a tad whimsical meditation on the history and conventions of landscape photography. Recommended even if you are into straightforward, documentary photography.
Also, having been to an exhibition of Manos' color photographs, his American Color 2, as well as Nicos Economopoulos' In the Balcans somehow followed me home. These are straightforward (esp. compared to the above), in the Magnum vein of photography. Both are excellent, the Economopoulos book in particular is a real classic and it resonated with references that are all too familiar to me and I'm sure to anyone in the region.
Also waiting eagerly for a copy of Alec Soth's Looking for Love. It's been making it's way for a month now from France to Greece, and I hope it finds its way to home soon.
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joeswe
Well-known
Obras Maestras ... Great book about an exceptional photographer. I admit I didn't know Francesc Català Roca until
I saw an exhibition of his work in Porto (PT) in April this year and was flattened by the classic beauty of his photographs. It took me a couple of months to secure a copy of this book, which seems to be out of print and is offered for obscene amounts of money on Amazon. I was very lucky to find a fresh copy of that book through a friend of a friend in Spain, it is the latest addition to my library. If anyone stumbles over that book somewhere, grab it and don't let it go!! It's a real shame that Català Roca isn't known better outside of Spain ...
csxcnj
Well-known
George Tice: Seacoast Maine
Pentti Sammallahti: here, far away
Nathan Benn: Kodachrome Memory
A nice set of books that are keeping me captivated every night these past several days.
Pentti Sammallahti: here, far away
Nathan Benn: Kodachrome Memory
A nice set of books that are keeping me captivated every night these past several days.
plummerl
Well-known
"Here Far away" by Pentti Sammallahti
Very nice book!
Very nice book!
Godfrey
somewhat colored
This is a wonderful book! I'm so happy I persevered and finally obtained a copy. Took nearly eight months.
I'm currently reading Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos.
G
burancap
Veteran
Pittsburgh by the late Clyde Hare. Bought here in the classifieds. Wonderful images of a great American city.
sojournerphoto
Veteran
"Here Far away" by Pentti Sammallahti
Finally received copies from Amazon and the Book Depository. Both ordered just as the original print run ran out. I left the orders open in hope and both came up trumps together. Absolutely lovely book and highly recommended.
Mike
Finally received copies from Amazon and the Book Depository. Both ordered just as the original print run ran out. I left the orders open in hope and both came up trumps together. Absolutely lovely book and highly recommended.
Mike