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I have to recommend a book I am currently reading. The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer. Fluid, witty prose. Would be of particular interest to all photographers who are also interested in the interpretation and critique of contemporary images.

I'm always looking for a good photobook or book about photography to help inspire me. Any other recommendations?

Tuna
 
I just picked up a copy of "The Creative Photographer" by Andreas Feininger for a couple of bucks. I am waiting to receive it. Anyone have/read this book?
 
'collecting and using classic cameras' by ivor matanle; 'the perfect exposure' by roger hickjs and frances schultz; and some others with lotsa photos and hardly any text:)
I'm glad i finished proofreading my thesis, i wanna take a break from heavy text.
 
I'm about to begin a new one. (I have a bunch of photo & filmmaking books FS in 35mm classifieds, btw.)
 
I just re-read Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (for about the fifth time, blah I had nothing else to read and the Discworld series books only last about a couple of hours reading each), and now I'm reading Laurence Sterne's "The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman". And since this all has nothing to do with photography I'll add "Photo Icons", a photography history book published by Taschen for in the 25th anniversary series (loads of great photo books dirt-cheap in this series, there are still quite a lot around too, get them while you can !).
 
Right now, I am reading something not photo-related, David McCullough's "The Path Between the Seas."
 
Stephan said:
I just re-read Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (for about the fifth time, blah I had nothing else to read and the Discworld series books only last about a couple of hours reading each), and now I'm reading Laurence Sterne's "The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman". And since this all has nothing to do with photography I'll add "Photo Icons", a photography history book published by Taschen for in the 25th anniversary series (loads of great photo books dirt-cheap in this series, there are still quite a lot around too, get them while you can !).
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I enjoyed "Photo Icons" and agree about the inexpensive but quality books from Taschen.

Tuna
 
I'm feeling like selling a couple of my photography books... But that's not the question, sorry.

I'm currently engrossed in a non-photo book: Bill Bryson's A Natural History of Nearly Everything.

I've been a science buff all my life. This book has it all: sciences like paleonthology, cosmology, biology, nuclear physics... all described in language plain enough to understand without feeling patronized.

Bryson's writings about language are great too. I recommend Made in America and The Mother Tongue, the former being better than the latter.

Alright, time to sign off! :)
 
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It's fluff but it's great entertainment: Da Vinci Code, and his other book: Angles and Demons. I enjoy books on religion and I'm somehow naturally predisposed to believe in conspiracies.
 
Tuna said:
I have to recommend a book I am currently reading. The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer. Fluid, witty prose. Would be of particular interest to all photographers who are also interested in the interpretation and critique of contemporary images.

I'm always looking for a good photobook or book about photography to help inspire me. Any other recommendations?

Tuna
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Last spring I worked my way through most of Mike Johnston's recommended reading list and I really enjoyed A.D. Coleman's Light Readings, Roland Barthes Camera Lucinda, and Andy Grundberg's Chrisis of the Real.

MJ's complete list can be found in the second chapter of his book The Empirical Photographer: www.lulu.com/bearpaw. It's included in the free preview. Oh and MJ's essays are a great. Good reading for hours.

Geoff Dyer has some incredible observations on photography and art; like Tuna I'm reading his new book. A good supplemental read with Ongoing Moment is John Berger's Ways of Seeing. GD wrote one of his earlier books on JB and references many of JB's ideas in his current book.
 
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I'm glad i finished proofreading my thesis, i wanna take a break from heavy text.
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I once got a ticket for doing that in public ;-) Seriously I am reading A table in the presence by Lt. Carey Cash. A great desert storm book
 
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Bryson's writings about language are great too. I recommend Made in America and The Mother Tongue, the former being better than the latter.
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A Walk in the Woods is a really great book. I've bought it twice.
 
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the former being better than the latter.
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My lysdexia always makes me confuse one with the other; I never get them right (or is that left?)

I was reading "Black Holes & Time Warps" by Thorne, but then got distracted by "The Da Vinci Code"; finished it, got back to "Black Holes..." and then got distracted by "The Bush Dyslexicon"; finished it, got back to "Black Holes..." and then got distracted by "Cien Años de Soledad" by Gabriel García Márquez. Ironically, I've put it down to read (for the fourth time) "A History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.

Some day I'll finish "Black Holes & Time Warps"...perhaps by the time they've "discovered" everything that they shoe-horned into the realm of acceptability to mere curiosity, a la flat Earth on turtles.
 
Years ago I tried reading Brief history of Time several times, unsuccessfully. It's funny because I really wanted to read it.
 
gabrielma said:
My lysdexia always makes me confuse one with the other; I never get them right (or is that left?)

I was reading "Black Holes & Time Warps" by Thorne, but then got distracted by "The Da Vinci Code"; finished it, got back to "Black Holes..." and then got distracted by "The Bush Dyslexicon"; finished it, got back to "Black Holes..." and then got distracted by "Cien Años de Soledad" by Gabriel García Márquez. Ironically, I've put it down to read (for the fourth time) "A History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.

Some day I'll finish "Black Holes & Time Warps"...perhaps by the time they've "discovered" everything that they shoe-horned into the realm of acceptability to mere curiosity, a la flat Earth on turtles.
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Sounds more like Attention Deficit Disorder, rather than dyslexia, to me. :)
 
I just finished Robert Capa's "Slightly Out of Focus," and I have no idea what's next...I'll find out when I get there:).
 
Just got my copy of "On This Earth" from Amazon today. Beautiful images!!
 
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