__jc
Well-known
Who's Bill and Rosa? The steakhouse in Texas ones with the famous onion rings?
Rodchenko
Olympian
Understanding A Photograph - John Berger
I'm always impressed by the fluent style of his writing and his perceptive insight. Ways Of Seeing is a book I frequently return to to think about photography, so this set of essays is a real find.
I'm always impressed by the fluent style of his writing and his perceptive insight. Ways Of Seeing is a book I frequently return to to think about photography, so this set of essays is a real find.
waltere
waltere
latest
latest
Lol, Johnny! I believe it was inscribed to William Eggleston & his wife, Rosa...
latest
Lol, Johnny! I believe it was inscribed to William Eggleston & his wife, Rosa...
RFluhver
Well-known
The other day I found a brand new copy of "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans" for just 10,000 yen. I decided to pick it up right there and then as prices for these even on Amazon have increased! The book is basically now out of print.
I also picked up "The Archive 26: Garry Winogrand : Early Work".
I also picked up "The Archive 26: Garry Winogrand : Early Work".
Michael Markey
Veteran
Pictures on a Page : Harold Evans.
shimokita
白黒
Blood And Champagne: The Life And Times Of Robert Capa - Alex Kershaw
"War is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous."
- Robert Capa
The book is somewhat pulp-ish... Kershaw seems to touch all the major points, some ever so briefly, I enjoyed it... and there are plenty of references if you want to go off in different directions.
Casey
"War is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous."
- Robert Capa
The book is somewhat pulp-ish... Kershaw seems to touch all the major points, some ever so briefly, I enjoyed it... and there are plenty of references if you want to go off in different directions.
Casey
Phantomas
Well-known
Reymond Depardon "Manicomio"
A word of warning - order from Amazon with care. They have it listed as "hardcover" there, but softcover may be delivered. The hardcover is in principle the first edition (from Steidl anyway), but they did a small pre-run for Paris book expo in softcover, and that crept into Amazon under disguise. They are of course probably the same, but I imagine hardcover may be more beautiful.
A word of warning - order from Amazon with care. They have it listed as "hardcover" there, but softcover may be delivered. The hardcover is in principle the first edition (from Steidl anyway), but they did a small pre-run for Paris book expo in softcover, and that crept into Amazon under disguise. They are of course probably the same, but I imagine hardcover may be more beautiful.
Trent Parke - The Christmas Tree Bucket
Willam Eggleston - Los Alamos Revisited
Willam Eggleston - Los Alamos Revisited
stephen.w
Established
I will be in Paris at the beginning of next month and am really looking forward to seeing the retrospective. Won't be buying any more HC-B books though
I really enjoyed and was affected by Ways of Seeing, but didn't have an appetite for most of the essays in this book. His essays on photography are more on the politics of the image than on aesthetics.
__jc
Well-known
Well in that case - that makes it quite a find! Congratulations!
om.ch
Member
Robin Morrison - Auckland
Robin Morrison - Sense of Place
Robin Morrison / Michael King - The Coromandel
Discovered this photographer a year ago and am now trying to track down his printed work (not that many around unfortunately). If anyone is based, or going to, Auckland I greatly encourage you to go to his show at the Auckland Museum: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/exhibitions/a-decade-of-days-robin-morrison
Robin Morrison - Sense of Place
Robin Morrison / Michael King - The Coromandel
Discovered this photographer a year ago and am now trying to track down his printed work (not that many around unfortunately). If anyone is based, or going to, Auckland I greatly encourage you to go to his show at the Auckland Museum: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/exhibitions/a-decade-of-days-robin-morrison
Rodchenko
Olympian
The Thames & Hudson book on Surrealist Photography.
Prompted by the discussion of the latest HCB exhibition, which touched on his links to Surrealism and Communism, when I spotted this volume on the shelves at Silverprint, I felt it was worth picking up to look further into a group I felt I didn't know enough about.
It has 61 photographs, albeit reproduced rather small to fit the pocket format, and an introduction by the late Christian Boucqueret.
https://www.silverprint.co.uk/
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bouqueret
Prompted by the discussion of the latest HCB exhibition, which touched on his links to Surrealism and Communism, when I spotted this volume on the shelves at Silverprint, I felt it was worth picking up to look further into a group I felt I didn't know enough about.
It has 61 photographs, albeit reproduced rather small to fit the pocket format, and an introduction by the late Christian Boucqueret.
https://www.silverprint.co.uk/
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bouqueret
jippiejee
Well-known
Received today: the christmas tree bucket
and this great new publication by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger: The Photobook, a history vol. III
and this great new publication by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger: The Photobook, a history vol. III
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
Brian Atherton
Well-known
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Here and Now by Clément Chéroux
(Thames & Hudson)
(Thames & Hudson)
dasuess
Nikon Freak
A used copy of "The Photographic Essay" by William Albert Allard.
bjmc
studying/printing
I got Salgado's "An Uncertain Grace" today. I'm a big fan of his work, especially his earlier documentary projects, and this book is a treat! It's very reasonably priced (around £20 here in the UK), the photo quality is excellent, there are just the right number of pictures overall so the book is not too big and lengthy or too small, and the interviews are very illuminating. Highly recommended.
RichC
Well-known
Parr and Badger's "The Photobook" for me too.
stephen.w
Established
SNAP!!
I like photobooks, but only because they contain photos, rather than per se. Is a book about photobooks not a rarified step too far?
Just got given Geoff Dyer: The Ongoing Moment, which I'm looking forward to starting.
lawrence
Veteran
Absolutely not. One of my favourite books of all time is 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' by Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian, published by Aperture.
Yes, that's well worth reading.