Any favorite books by photographers who use Leicas

<p>In response to a question about Leica books a few days ago, I posted this list (see below) of books that I regard as important. It would be interesting to see who else might chime in with their favorites. In the interest of full disclosure I don't own many of these books, but they are among the ones I have seen which have impressed me the most. These books aren't in any particular order, except Robert Frank's, which is listed as the first since it's the book often cited as the one most inspirational to other Leica rangefinder and street photographers:</p>

<p>1) Robert Frank, The Americans<br />2) Bruce Davidson, East 100th Street<br />3) Donna Ferrato, Living With The Enemy<br />4) Benedict Fernandez, Protest<br />5) Danny Lyon, Bikeriders<br />6) Bruce Gilden, Haiti<br />7) Larry Clark, Tulsa<br />8) Lee Friedlander, Like a One-Eyed Cat<br />9) Mary Ellen Mark, Streetwise<br />10) Bruce Davidson, Subway<br />11) Eugene Richards, The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room<br />12) Eugene Richards, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue<br />13) Garry Winogrand, Women are Beautiful</p>

<p>14) Ara Guler, Living in Turkey and <em>Ara Güler's Creative Americans.</em><br>

<em>Tolga</em></p>

<p>A few of mine in no particular order.</p>

<p>Lewis Baltz, "The New Industrial Parks"</p>

<p>http://www.vincentborrelli.com/cgi-bin/vbb/107479.html?id=j2dXoe8X</p>

<p>Constantine Manos, "American Color"</p>

<p>http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780393039122/Constantine+Manos/American+Color/</p>

<p>Charles Harbutt, "Travelog"</p>

<p>http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2931248216&searchurl=an%3Dcharles%2Bharbutt%26tn%3Dtravelog</p>

<p>William Eggleston, "Ancient and Modern"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/William-Eggleston-Ancient-Modern-1st/dp/B0016CGLC2</p>

<p>Nan Goldin, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&index=books&field-keywords=ballad%20sexual%20dependency</p>

<p>Huger Foote, "My Friend from Memphis"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/Huger-Foote-My-Friend-Memphis/dp/1861541961</p>

<p>Alex Webb "From the Sunshine State"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-State-Photographs-Florida/dp/1885254237</p>

<p>Ernst Haas, "Color Photography"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/Ernst-Haas-Color-Photography/dp/0810911736/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312820446&sr=1-4</p>

<p>Ralph Gibson, "Days at Sea"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/Days-at-Sea-Ralph-Gibson/dp/0912810157/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312820841&sr=1-4</p>

<p>Jeff Mermelstein "Sidewalk"</p>

<p>http://www.amazon.com/Jeff-Mermelstein-Sidewalk/dp/1899235620/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312820732&sr=1-3</p>

<p>Jeff Jacobson, "My Fellow Americans"</p>

<p>http://www.jeffjacobsonphotography.com/my-fellow-americans</p>

<p>Jean Loupe Sieff, "Time Will Pass Like Rain"</p>

<p>http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=3421223&matches=23&author=Jeanloup+Sieff&cm_sp=works*listing*title</p>

<p>That's my dozen...</p>

<p>BTW, Eugene Richards widely used OM SLRs, which he wasn't very fond of, and the 21/2 OM lens, which he loved, for "Cocaine True/Blue" and other works.</p>

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Yep, no Leicas for Gene, just OM's..

 

And no Leicas for the most part for Jeff Jacobson, almost all what he is still using to this day, Canon T-90 and FD

glass, did a nice portrait of him on Kodachrome last year using it in lower East side...

 

Some of my faves are in posts above, I own a lot of them, but I also own

 

David Alan Harvey, Cuba and Divided Soul

 

Alex Webb, Istanbuhl and Violet Isle

 

William Albert Allard, The Photographic Essay, Vanishing Breed

 

Sam Abell, Stay This Moment, The Photographic Life

 

And one of my all time faves in really good condition....

 

HCB, The Decisive Moment...

<p>I've recently acquired 2 books by Jon Kral, Hotbloods and Live Steam. Beautiful work, but may be out of print.</p>

 

<p>Here's a few from my collection:</p>

<p>The Creation by Ernst Haas</p>

<p>Inside the Vatican by James L. Stanfield</p>

<p>Wild Flowers of British Columbia by Lewis J. Clark</p>

<p>Lens, Light & Landscape by Brian Bower</p>

<p>The Eye of Eisenstaedt by Alfred Eisenstaedt</p>

<p>There may well be more by Magnum photographers that would be of interest to forum members.</p>

<p>I know Gene Richards does use Leica equipment - though lately it's been mostly Canon DSLRs - but wasn't aware that he had used Olympus OMs for two of my favorite books of his. I am a great admirer of Lewis Baltz's work, but he's worked primarily with large format cameras. Am glad Nan Goldin's "Ballad of Sexual Dependency" was mentioned, since hers is another body of work I've admired too.<br>

Of the Leica photographers I have cited, probably the ones I admire most are Frank, Friedlander, Fernandez, Winogrand, Davidson, Lyon, Ferrato, Mark and Clark. I am also an admirer of Webb's work, especially his color, Gibson's, and Gilden's, which is rather unique.</p>

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<p>Portrait of an age: the work of Erich Salomon. He started with Ermanox cams, but then moved on to Leica. He was murdered by the Nazis.</p>

<p><strong>John Kwok -" </strong>I am a great admirer of Lewis Baltz's work, but he's worked primarily with large format cameras."</p>

<p>Not for the book I listed, and others. For "Tract Houses" and "Industrial Parks", and the New Topographics era work, he used a tripoded Leica M, and most of the shots were with a 35mm lens.</p>

<p>The book from the recent MOMA retrospective:</p>

<p>Henri Cartier-Bresson "The Modern Century"</p>

<p>Henri Cartier Bresson, The Scrapbook , Steidl<br>

Robert Capa, The Mexican Suitcase, ICP, Steidl<br>

Luc Delahaye, Winterreise, Phaïdon<br>

William Eggleston,William Eggleston's guide<br>

Leni Riefenstahl, Africa, Taschen<br>

Alexander Rodtchenko, La révolution dans l'oeil, Parenthèses</p>

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<p>GREAT to see Charles Harbutt's wonderful <em>Travelog</em> mentioned.<br>

Eugene Richards used the OM because he couldn't get close enough with the M.<br>

At the top of my list is <em>Exiles</em> by Josef Koudelka. Absolutely top notch book.<br>

<em>Telex Iran </em>(French edition: <em>Telex Persia</em>) by Giles Peress is also a top book.</p>

<p>Luis G, belated thanks for your correction with regards to Baltz. He probably used the old 21mm Super Angulon.</p>

<p>Didn't W. Eugene Smith use a Leica, notably for his Pittsburg series? Or do I have that wrong? That series, edited down, is in print now and it's good.</p>

<p>Forgettabout it, I just look di tup. Smith used everything under the sun and mostly not Leica during that time period.</p>

<p>Wow. I am so glad Eric mentioned Luc Delahaye's Winterreise. Hands down one of the most compelling and haunting essays/monographs ever.</p>