I like the Joy of Photography series by Kodak.
Jim A.
> From: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:17:18 +0100
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> Subject: OT: Favourite photography books
>
> Hi,
>
> Just found this article by Rip van Winkle:
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/essays/010209.htm
>
> Seems like a suitable subject for discussion on this list, so what are
> your all-time favourite photo books, and why?
>
> Doesn't have to be 'most important ever', but a personal list of
> favourites.
>
> Here are mine, in no particular order, based largely on the number of
> times I've sat reading them:
>
> 1. "The Russian Heart" David Turnley
>
> 70 days in Russia in which he covered the length and breadth of the
> country. While he was there the coup against Gorbachev took place, and
> he had to rush back to Moscow to cover it. All about hope and fear at
> a turning point in world history
>
> 2. "Voyages" Raymond Depardon
>
> Small, unspectacular b&w photos taken all over the world of very
> ordinary little events and happenings. Dripping with atmosphere, and
> including some of the most accurate photos of Ethiopia that I've seen.
> Beatiful desert photographs.
>
> 3. "Winterreise" Luc Delahaye
>
> Delahaye was in Moscow at the same time as me, and some of our photos
> are remarkably similar, which flatters me immensely. He shows a country
> falling apart. A very stark contrast to the Russia that Turnley
> photographed, this is access on a personal rather than an official
> level. Turnley's book has hope. This one doesn't. Includes a
> remarkable closing sequence of pine forest landscapes photographed from
> a moving, interspersed with photographs of pine forest wallpaper,
> which seems to say something about dreams and reality.
>
> 4. "On being a photographer" David Hurn, Bill Jay
>
> No pictures. Straight-talking, sound advice on the practicalities.
>
> 5. "Ritual" & "Music" Magnum
>
> Small books which show the classic Magnum tradition of humanism and
> individuality.
>
> 6. "The Nile" Kazuyoshi Nomachi
>
> Nomachi lived and travelled for years in the countries around the
> Nile. This is pure travelogue, but brilliantly done.
>
> 7. "Migrations" Salgado
>
> Salgado's great strength is his ability to show the connectedness of
> the global economy, and to show us the true cost of our consumption.
> Qute a difficult book to get through because of its physical scale, it
> rewards repeated visits.
>
> 8. "Adventure Travel Photography" Nevada Wier
>
> More solid advice on the practicalities. More specific than Hurn &
> Jay, I used this years ago to plan a long trip abroad, and her advice
> was pure gold. It comes from her own experience, and although the book
> is in some ways out of date technically, it's still worth getting if
> you want to travel in remotre area, at ground level, and take
> photographs. Her own photos are not so good as to be intimidating.
>
> 9. "Beyond the Fall" Anthony Suau
>
> More about life in Eastern Europe since 1989.
>
> 10. "Vietnam, Inc." Philip Jones Griffiths
>
> This one will leave blisters on your eyeballs. A book that burns with
> anger, even after 30 years. As well as an attack on the specifics of
> US involvement in Vietnam it is a classic attack on imperialism and
> colonialism in all forms, and the double-speak used to justify it.
>
> 11. "Museum Watching" Elliott Erwitt
>
> The perfect antidote to the heavy, gloomy stuff. Witty, intelligent,
> sparkling. Proves that you don't have to be a doom-and-gloom merchant
> to photograph the human condition, and you don't have to travel to the
> ends of the earth.
>
> 12. "The Early Work" and "The Artless Art" H C-B.
>
> Can't really have a list like this without him.
>
> ---
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
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