latest additions to your library

Traffic / Sunset Park / Continental Divide -- Henry Wessel (Steidl)
Valparaiso -- Sergio Larrain (Thames & Hudson)

Edit: This morning I also received:

Villes / Cities / Städte -- Raymond Depardon (Steidl)
Postcards -- Luigi Ghirri (Mack)
 
ChrisLivsey said:
I always feel it strange that after the tightest edit and layout in "America" he could produce such almost incoherent work later but then again the danger, if there is one, of being a "one trick" pony
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I absolutely love his earlier work, but I had the same impression after watching the recent documentary film "Don't Blink Robert Frank." The film put such a damper on my Robert Frank enthusiasm. Only inconsistent snapshots here & there in his latest work, and nothing of substance. Maybe he is a one trick pony, who knows.
 
bought this book, 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time after seeing it on the side table while at the dentist.
 
giganova said:
I absolutely love his earlier work, but I had the same impression after watching the recent documentary film "Don't Blink Robert Frank." The film put such a damper on my Robert Frank enthusiasm. Only inconsistent snapshots here & there in his latest work, and nothing of substance. Maybe he is a one trick pony, who knows.
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He did what he wanted to do and moved on. And he did quite a lot. Hardly a one trick pony. He had other ideas. Good for him; people just want the same thing over and over. He refused to do that; deserves serious respect.
 
My pre-ordered copy of "Arbus, Friedlander, Winogrand: New Documents, 1967" arrived yesterday. I've been looking forward to this book given the influence the New Documents show at the MOMA had on photography that followed. Haven't had time to read any of it yet but many of the photos are familiar--something to be expected since they've been in circulation for 50 years.
 
"Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks" by QT Luong.

http://www.treasuredlandsbook.com
Currently on sale on Amazon for about $10 less than I paid for it! (Grumble, grumble...)

An amazing book by the founder of http://www.largeformatphotography.info with photos of all the US National parks. He even includes suggestions on the best time of year or day to get similar images, should you be inclined, instead of trying to keep all of his secrets.
 
benlees said:
He did what he wanted to do and moved on. And he did quite a lot. Hardly a one trick pony. He had other ideas. Good for him; people just want the same thing over and over. He refused to do that; deserves serious respect.
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Reminds me of Bob Dylan, some people want Highway 61 or Blonde on Blonde endlessly repeated when later albums like Oh Mercy, Time Out Of Mind and Together Through Life are wonderful too. Anyway, The Lines Of My Hand is also a fantastic book with most photos from the same era as The Americans.
 
Arbus, Friedlander, Winogrand. New Documents, 1967.

Issued on the 50th anniversary of the historic MOMA show.

If New Documents didn’t launch the careers of these three, it was at least the booster that edged them (and maybe the curator) into the stratosphere.

There was no publication to accompany the 1967 show, but this is a lot more than a belated catalog. It is a document that verges on a forensic level of detail. In addition to reproducing every photograph in the show it presents a plethora of ephemera, including installation photos, floorplans, photos of the opening party, scans of typewritten documents & communications from the planning stages, newspaper clippings, reviews and more. More than you ever need to know, but outstanding fun for any photo history nerd.
 
helenhill said:
I'm either 'Drunk' or have 'Gone to Heaven' :eek:
sitting with and turning the Pages of Fred Herzog 'Modern Color'.... ;)
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Pretty much the same here. My book buying binge has continued and the mail carrier brought my copy of "Modern Color" just a couple of hours ago. I've been in heaven looking at those wonderful photos. And the reproduction is truly amazing, almost like beautifully done inkjet prints pasted on every page.

I'll delve into a bit of red wine a little later as soon as I come down from my cloud--don't wanna mix wine with my "photo high".
 
helenhill said:
I'm either 'Drunk' or have 'Gone to Heaven' :eek:
sitting with and turning the Pages of Fred Herzog 'Modern Color'

perhaps I am just color starved having shot the last tenyears b&w... time to 'see' things differently... in living color ;)
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Tis brilliant. The introductions/forewards are a fabulous read.
 
I just picked up a couple of cool books for some inspiration.

Fabien Baron: liquid light 1983-2003
Still: Oceanscapes by Debra Bloomfield
See San Francisco: Victoria Smith
 
Just bought a book on Irving Penn from the show that's currently showing at the Frist Center in Nashville. There are roughly 200 images in the show and book.

If you're in the Nashville area it's well worth going to see it.
 
trip by susan Lipper
A look at the spooky/kitch side of the southern parts of the USA. Some of the best photos I've seen shot with an SWC (I assume). Couldn't go wrong for a tenner.
 
lawrence said:
trip by susan Lipper
A look at the spooky/kitch side of the southern parts of the USA. Some of the best photos I've seen shot with an SWC (I assume). Couldn't go wrong for a tenner.
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Yes. I bought this while really looking for a copy of Grapevine, which I've still not found and have pretty much given up hope on.
 
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