joop Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I am looking for some nice photo books by famous (leica) photographers. Which books/photographers are your favourites? Thanks for advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_moraitis Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Sebastião Salgado, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Constantine Manos; you can also check at the <a HREF="http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/TreeBTop_MAG.aspx?E=A_29YL53DLWZD">Magnum site</a> or the <a HREF="http://www.leica-camera.com/markt/buecher/bildbaende/index_e.html">Leica site</a>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 "Down the deep lanes" or "A corner of England" or "An English eye" all by James Ravilious. All of these books are superb studies of the people and landscapes of small farming communities and villages in Devon England. James, sadly, died in 1999 but spent two and a half decades using his Leica M3 to document these unique communities and their harsh but beautiful environs for the Beaford archive in Devon before their way of life was lost forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 An example or two.... http://www.cannsdownpress.co.uk/jpg/d20.jpg http://www.cannsdownpress.co.uk/jpg/d16.jpg http://www.cannsdownpress.co.uk/jpg/d41.jpg And the man himself (James Ravilious) with the trusty M3 and an uncoated pre-war Elmar/M mount adaptor and modified hood and VIOOH finder. (I think) http://www.devon.gov.uk/dro/news/jamrav.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_vanhaute1 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Definately check out "Children of Bombay" by Italian photographer Dario Mitidieri. One of the best photo-essays ever made, and a beautifully edited book. Essay was sponsored by and shot with Leica. www.mitidieri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Anything by William Eggleston, Elliott Erwitt and Ralph Gibson. "Artless Art...", which is about Henri Cartier-Bresson (but only Bender would read every word of the mish-mash, overly intellectualized text). "The Americans" and "Lines of My Hand" by Robert Frank, one of my heros. "Let Truth be the Prejudice" about W. Eugene Smith (which shows him to be an obsessed, passionate photographer but a hopelessly pathetic person). "Eisenstaedt Remembers" and "Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt". And, not Leica, but for no other reason than to show an 8x10 view camera can be used for "candids": "Immediate Family" by Sally Mann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_. Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 any reason why you are limiting yourself to leica photographers only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 The Americans" by Robert Frank; "Lee Friedlander" - Lee Friedlander "Divided Soul : A Journey from Iberia" - David Alan Harvey "Cuba" - D.A. Harvey "Carnival Strippers" - Susan Meiselas "Snaps" - Elliot Erwitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asher Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Color: <A HREF="http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx? V=CDocT&E=29YL53KKYYI&DT=ALB">Alex Webb</A> and <A HREF="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue9910/cuba_index.htm">David Alan Harvey</A><P> B&W: <A HREF="http://www.ralphgibson.com/">Ralph Gibson's "Overtones"</A> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joop Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 Thanks for the suggestions so far!Grant, no i'm not at all restricted to Leica-photographers. That's why I put it between brackets.I found this one on internet: Henri Cartier-Bresson-A Propos de Paris.That looks very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_. Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 yea, good book...<p>i suggest going to a bookstore, rip through a bunch of em, then get em online.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 <I>i suggest going to a bookstore, rip through a bunch of em, then get em online....</I><P> And I was wondering why two major book stores just closed in my town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Salgado's 'Workers'. Amazing. There's also a new large Diane Arbus book out that looks terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_stanton2 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Is everyone afraid? I'll say it: WINOGRAND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_pinkerton1 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Elliot Porter, Eliot Elisofon, and Ernst Haas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_sullivan Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 yeah, definitely the before mentioned HC-B Paris book........excellent. Ferdinando Scianna - "to sleep, perchance to dream" two books especially good for showing numerous photographers, so you can pursue their individual books depending on your personal likings are: Colin Westerbeck/Joel Meyerowitz - "Bystander: A History of Street Photography" Aperture - "Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at 50" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_megargee Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 BROKEN DREAM , MERCY ands INCOGNITO all by Antonin Kratochvil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin. Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Paul Fusco; RFK Funeral Train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 My favorite Leica photographer is Alfred Eisenstadt. http://www.life.com/Life/eisies/streamingeisie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno_menilli Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Albert Well said! Regards Bruno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n1664876959 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 <br> <a href="http://www.thamesandhudson.com/en/1/0500542678.mxs?cf384903413c9eeda9cadc27ed631fc9&0&0&0" title="An Henri Cartier-Bresson retrospective - a look at a lifetime�s achievement.">The man, the image & the world</a>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Ralph Gibson: Deus Ex Machina<p> the eye of Einsenstadt<p> Karl Lagerfeld: A German House<p> Willy Ronis Sundays by the River<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 I'd recommend most of these.<div></div> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickperzik Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Chaos and, if you can find it, Exiles both by josef koudelka. Sidewalk by jeff mermelstein. anything by bruce gilden - i think he has current books on coney island and japan. Fuji by chris steele-perkins. The Menonites by larry towell. and of course all the great books already mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moiz Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 thats possibly the worst photo you've ever posted jeff....the digital revolution is getting to you ;p moiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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