ok...ok..i've bought my last photo picture book

[Hjortsberg]

I've bought about 7, bought my last one making it 8. I like looking at photos from photographers I admire. but i can see too much being too much. especially when you've fallen into semi-retail therapy as I have.

8 is good #. I'll my $ on film and processing and printing.

 

[---f]

I've bought about 7, bought my last one making it 8. I like looking at photos from photographers I admire. but i can see too much being too much. especially when you've fallen into semi-retail therapy as I have.

8 is good #. I'll spend the rest on film and processing and printing.

I did the same, I'm now being called a shelf diva!

 

[jsrockit]

8 books is too much?

 

[JayM]

Sell your internet, buy more books.

 

[Jonas]

Yes! You can never have to many books. Especially photobooks 🙂

Sell your internet, buy more books.

 

[pggunn]

I don't think you can have too many books; nor can you make too many books. However, you can have too many books not worth reading or looking at, just as you can make too many books not worth reading or looking at!

It may be that if you pursue an idea, follow an inclination, develop an idea, or discover a common element linking some photographs together that you've already taken, you might just find a book that is worth the effort. The idea and the content comes first; the book follows effortlessly thereafter.

 

[jan normandale]

talk to Frank S.... he's "done"
(RFF Humour)

 

[chrismoret]

Can highly recommend "Personal best" of Elliot Erwitt for on the iPad. Great book for small price. ( cheap-ass Dutchman 🙂 )

 

[jordan.dickinson]

Just bought one myself, although won't get it for quite some time (few months). The book is comprised of photographs by Kim Thue Johansen and the book is called Dead Traffic. Photos are of rough and tumble people out of Sierra Leone, and the images are stunning. I'd highly recommend it to any of the RFF'ers here as I'm pretty sure he's a Leica shooter. I'm not even a big book buyer and don't own any of the staple photography books, minus a few HCB books, but this guy just wows me with his work, and is truly an inspiration in his style and his processing.

http://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2011/12/19/pre-order-kim-thue-dead-traffic/

P.S. I'm not associated with this guy at all, so this is not an ad, just a suggestion to those who have yet to see this guy's work

 

[Mudman]

I get them at second hand shops, and then eventually donate them back or pass them along to friends. It's a good cycle.

 

[35mmdelux]

Workers by Salgado, or Martin Parr or Eggleston's work. Never too many books.

 

[Hjortsberg]

yea sure, There's never too many books and there's also never enough money.

keep buying books or spend that money on film and processing and printing. Easy one for me.

 

[35mmdelux]

yea sure, There's never too many books and there's also never enough money.

keep buying books or spend that money on film and processing and printing. Easy one for me.

I do both, buy books of all sorts and shoot film. Film is not the expensive proposition it used to be. If you're anti-book then its a moot issue. To each their own.
Happy New Year -

 

[Richard G]

Can highly recommend "Personal best" of Elliot Erwitt for on the iPad. Great book for small price. ( cheap-ass Dutchman 🙂 )

Thanks for this! Just downloaded the app to my iPad. It's great.

Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer site collects photo books, and made an interesting point on his site recently. A new photo book is published, photogravure printing, limited print run and it costs $120. Fifteen years later some of these can be worth thousands. Trouble with books is space, not the cost, significant though that is.

As to books generally, so many are unnecessary in the first place. I've just bought two by Tony Judt and a biography of John and George Keats, but often the profusion of books in a bookshop just makes me want to go home and resume my re-reading of War and Peace.

 

[kokoshawnuff]

If money is a concern most of these wonderful photo books can be found used on Amazon or Abe.com in great condition (often first editions) for under $20

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

Just bought one myself, although won't get it for quite some time (few months). The book is comprised of photographs by Kim Thue Johansen and the book is called Dead Traffic. Photos are of rough and tumble people out of Sierra Leone, and the images are stunning. I'd highly recommend it to any of the RFF'ers here as I'm pretty sure he's a Leica shooter. I'm not even a big book buyer and don't own any of the staple photography books, minus a few HCB books, but this guy just wows me with his work, and is truly an inspiration in his style and his processing.

http://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2011/12/19/pre-order-kim-thue-dead-traffic/

I love this guy's stuff. 'Difficult' subject matter, but his imagery is stunning. I once wrote to him, via flickr, asking him a couple of simple questions about film/processing, but never received a reply. Grrrrrr.

I didn't know about this book. It's now on my list. Thanks for the mention.

 

[Landshark]

Haven't counted since about 260. Should be real close to 300 now Can't seem to get rid of any.

 

[Hjortsberg]

well there is a new Eggelston book coming out on 1/12/12 called "Chromes."

at $345 it's a steal

 

[charjohncarter]

Buy books on technique, many great authors: try Barry Thornton, Arnold Gassen, even Ansel Adams. Rodger Hicks has tech stuff on his site, maybe his books are full of technique too.

 

[jsrockit]

well there is a new Eggelston book coming out on 1/12/12 called "Chromes."

at $345 it's a steal

I got this for $220 pre-order... 😱 (Barnes and Noble)

It is a steal IMO...