Your photography "bibles"

[Graham Line]

Arnold Gassan's darkroom book used to get a thorough workout when I was printing and developing on a regular basis. Now I dip into Michael Freeman's Film, Exposure etc quartet (long out of print) when I have questions. But most of my 'picture books' went away years ago. Had them memorized anyway and it was more fun to go out and shoot.

 

[RayPA]

BIBLES? No.
Influential photo books? Yes:

anything/everything by Walker Evans
Doisneau Paris (the small fat one [author: Ollier])
Diane Arbus An Aperture Monograph
Robert Frank Americans
Winogrand Figments...



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