1971. I didn't know there was another edition. Photo books are an interesting collectible. I have some which I bought for nothing because I Iike the pictures, but the books are now worth a fortune. I can't remember what I paid for it, which means it probably wasn't much, but I have a copy of 'A Day Off' by Tony Ray-Jones, and they are offered for shitloads of money now. I also have a copy of the 1st edition of Vietnam, Inc., which Philip Jones Griffiths signed for me. I have quite a few others too which are now quite valuable. On the day I win the lottery I will also find a like-new copy of Images à la sauvette, signed, with dust jacket, for about a tenner. I used to spend a lot of time with it when I worked at the British Library.
They're not an investment for me, because I want the books, not the money, but photo books are very enjoyable things. B > On 9 Jan 2014, at 23:46, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the recommendation, Bob. > Is yours the 1971 or 1977 edition? (Wonder how much difference between them). > In any event, I just scored a First Edition hardcover for under $24, > shipped. The other two being offered were significantly higher. > Looking forward to getting it. If, by some odd chance, I don't > consider it a keeper it looks like I can make a little profit on it. > >> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 9 Jan 2014, at 21:45, "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Just finished an interesting read - The Photographer's Eye by Michael >>> Freeman. >>> >>> An excellent read about subtle and not so subtle elements involved in the >>> composition of a photographic image. >>> >>> "..how you build a picture, what a picture consists of, how shapes are >>> related to each other, how spaces are filled, how the whole thing must have >>> a kind of unity." >>> >>> While I've collected alot of ideas, over my years in photography, about >>> compositions, I learned alot from this book about things I didn't know or >>> knew but didn't know why they worked. >> >> I like to recommend Photo Design by Harald Mante, although I suspect it's >> difficult to get hold of a copy now. It's a very pure and simple guide, on >> the 'show not tell' basis to visual design, in black and white. A beautiful >> book in its own right, and very instructive. >> >> He has published several books since, some of which include material from >> this, and I think I have all his books, but none of them is a patch on the >> original. I'd rank it in my top 5 instructional photo books. >> >> B >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
