Perhaps this may be the start of a new PDML theme? PBR: (Photography Books Recommended)
We had a "Friends of the Library" book sale this weekend, where the books are priced ridiculously cheap, and spent about $30 on about 29 titles. Most of them are for resale, but I kept four for myself. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell Mastering Mountain Bike Skills by Brian Lopes & Lee McCormack and two photography books: Edward S. Curtis: The Great Warriors Summer Island (Abridged) by Eliot Porter. I've long been an admirer of Eliot Porter's work but never delved (at all) into his life or his books. As a young photographer looking for labels, with which to give order to life, I considered him "the color Ansel Adams". This was only because I first became aware of his work through nature posters. I'm glad to say that this little Sierra Club/Ballantine Book looks like the perfect way to assuage my ignorance on the subject of Eliot Porter. If you are not familiar with it, it is written in a style that seems as if he is sitting in the same room and just talking to you, recalling his upbringing and budding interest in photography. This is no mere travel book. The 2nd chapter is entitled "Buying an Island" in which his father purchases an island in Penobscot Bay where he grows up and takes his first photos. A little over half of the book's 160 pages is his narrative, combined with his B&W work and the last 70 pages is devoted to his color work accompanied by quotes and lines from poems. It is available under many used listings on Amazon for a trifle, if you are interested in getting a copy, but it does not contain an ISBN number so you must search by title/author. Or perhaps this link will work for you: http://goo.gl/s8IMbB All in all, wonderful book to peruse over your morning coffee. -- 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.
