frank theriault wrote:
I had a few minutes between calls this afternoon so I popped into a
chain bookstore and wandered up to the photographic book section. I
pulled out a book called The Contact Sheet by Steve Crist.
It was awesome!
It took a look at some well-known photos (and some that I wasn't
familiar with) by some very well-known photographers. The
photographers talked about the individual photo and the shoot in
general. Accompanying each photo was the entire contact sheet from
that roll.
Fascinating!
I only had the chance to look through about 1/4 of the book, but of
that portion the highlight was Elliott Erwitt (one of my all-time
heroes) with his photo of Marilyn Monroe reading:
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_425142478_554036_elliott-erwitt.jpg
cheers,
frank
That certainly is a book to behold, if only I could afford it right now.
I picked up a 3-DVD set from Ovation. A French-made documentary, not
uniformly great - some photographers really should just photograph and
not talk. But there definitely are some gems. The Erwitt episode is very
amusing.
http://www.ovationchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=382&Itemid=90
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