m_. Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 have been spending money elsewhere but decided to spend a few pennies on myself. some money left from my own "new year resolution account" to purchase photo books. don't need any reommendations for books from classic "big" names such as HCB, gary Winogrand, Robert Frank, sebasian salgado etc. but would really like to hear from any of you for recommendation on someone I possibly missed. ot - i disconnected my internet server and find myself FREE from the "distruction" of being connected all the time. :-) checking back this morning and it appears that you guys are having a lot of fun. i have to admit that i miss this place but i intend to stay off for some time until i find myself recovered from the internet addiction. so wish me luck out shooting or studying the "art of photography", along with my spanish class and kitchen remodeling, while off "rehabilitate". but i will use a library computer or from work to check back in in a few days to see the result. thank you, guys and...carry on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric friedemann Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Nicholas Nixon makes some excellent images and doesn't seem to get as much play in the press as some other people shooters: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/8489162107/qid=1106065587/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7733509-3204954?v=glance&s=books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n1664876959 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 IMO the best book published by a Leica photographer in the last year is <a href="http://www.commonwealtheditions.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=63" target="_blank">Digging: The Workers Of Boston's Big Dig</a> by Michael Hintlian. It is a both a tribute to the sweat of the laborers who worked on this massive project as well as a visual treat. Not to be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
over exposure Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Jeff Mermelstein work on new York is really good in my opinion...a really strong photo opinion...try to check it out! ciao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.lardies Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Deusexmachina from the first one and Drive by shooting from David. A pair of little and inexpensive books. Pure Leica style. Suerte con tu elecci�n. Saludos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_waldroup3 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Check out Donna Ferrato's "Love and Lust". Really brilliant stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basil brush Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Tony Ray Jones - kind of the proto-Martin Parr: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/095428139X/qid=1106070884/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/202-4855871-6167067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david j.lee Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 i was exactly feeling like you 2 days ago so i went out and bought the new edouard boubat 'the monograph" ( 80 bucks) . very,very good. ( i also bought 2 books from imogen cuninham and one from french erotic photographer dahmane). go ahead, make your day.... david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_sullivan Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Louis Faurer - Louis Faurer Shomei Tomatsu - Skin of the Nation Ferdinando Sciani - To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 50 years of Aperture - Past Forward (mentioned because it will lead you to many more book purchases of worth in the future....not to mention it's own collection of fine pics/photogs within the covers of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agardner58 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 <p>This one isn't out until March, but it looks quite interesting.</p><p><a href="http://www.powerhousebooks.com/titles/thedestructionoflm.html" target=_blank>The Destruction of Lower Manhattan</a> by Danny Lyons.</p><p>Danny documented much of the razing of the area below Chambers St. in Manhattan in the late 1960s, partly for the building of the World Trade Center. I'm excited because I like Danny Lyons, but I also have many memories of taking either the H & M trains, or the ferry from Jersey to go to the old radio district. NYC was a very different place back then.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bda Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Giorgia Fiorio - Legio Patria Nostra, and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_spiers Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I know you said no HCB etc, but I can't help recommending Magnum Stories. Absolutely wonderful. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilan_g Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I second John for Magnum Stories. Not only you get to see the pictures (most of them you've certainly already seen by the way, but not all), but most important you get to know the thinking that's behind and the approach of the photographer. I like for example what Abbas says: "There are two ways to think about photography: one is writing with light, and the other is drawing with light." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_stanton2 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I second David Lee's recommendation: Edouard Boubat: The Monograph. Also, if you can find a copy: W. Euguene Smith's Let Truth Be the Prejudice; and Kevin Bubriski's Portrait of Nepal. The latter was shot with large format gear, though, FYI - if you're limiting the list to Leica stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Lee Friedlander's "Family". Paul Strand's "Southwest". "Walker Evans and Company". Michael Kenna's "Japan". All are new or relatively recent books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Moriyama Daido: published by the Cartier Foundation -- good example of Moriyama's style. Lee Friedlander: Stick and Stones, Architectural America -- shows you what you can do with a 21-equivalent lens (in this case the Hasselblad SWC). ---Mitch/Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 "Leica World! (on 12 cents a day)" by Al Kaplan. There's a great section that teaches you how to make a replacement shutter speed knob out of a bottle cap. Or how to make an enlarging lens out of a Coke bottle. Lots of interesting tidbits,too. (I didn't know that Al photographed Teddy Roosevelt going up San Juan Hill.) And there's a great picture of Al taking delivery of his very first Leica from Oskar Barnak. A must read... ;>) You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Araki: Tokyo Lucky Hole. Disfarmer. Miguel Rio Branco. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsorsa Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Milton Rogovin, blackmailed in the McCarthy era, turned his Rolleiflex to working class people in Rochester NY and other places <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/097145485X/ qid=1106106219/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2047127-9430310?v=glance&s=books"> The Forgotten Ones.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsorsa Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Oops, replace Rochester with Buffalo, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david j.lee Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 adouard boubat`s book is 100% leica, as far as i know. some people hate the french ( my father was one of them), but if you happen to be around a borders or a barnes &noble check it out. it is very,very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I like Rogovin. What's weird is that I have two books by him called <i>The Forgotten Ones</i>, published about fifteen years apart, and having almost nothing in common. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 America's Wilderness: The Photographs of Ansel Adams www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billc1 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 "Vietnam" by a great leica photographer named Larry Burrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_. Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Thank you all for the recommendations. I have printed this out and will take it with me to a local bookstore. From the reading, "Drive By Shootings" sounds very interesting. I will find out all of them and see how far my money goes. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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