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Title: Building a Photographic Library by Jean Caslin, D. Clarke Evans ISBN: 1931427003 Publisher: Texas Photographic Society Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: A Unique Contribution to the Appreciation of Art Photography
Comment: The authors received 138 responses to a survey about favorite photography books. The verbatim replies and brief commentaries are arranged by respondent; a bibliography lists the respondents who cited each book. A special page is devoted to "The Americans" by Robert Frank, and another special page to the 10 other top vote getters. Some of the choices were idiosyncratic (e.g., some authors touted their own work which no one else mentioned), but overall this book is indispensable. I especially liked the selection of books ABOUT photography (as opposed to BY photographers), such as "Camera Lucida" by Barthes. Although I would agree with the other reviewer below that books on non-artistic genres (e.g., news, sports, nature) are underrepresented, that's not an important issue for me.
Rating: 5
Summary: A simple idea, a handy reference
Comment: The Texas Photographic Society cornered 100 people who have a connection to the photography world and said "hey, what are your 6 favorite photo books and why?" The result is this nice little book, a compilation of all those lists with a handy bibliography of all the books mentioned at the end. It's a great little reference. It would have been nice to have a few more selections from the world of documentary photography (important photographers such as James Nachtwey and Eugene Richards are barely mentioned, or even not at all), but I guess that's a reflection of the tastes of those who were surveyed for this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great resource of titles
Comment: This book is a great compulation of over 100 recognized photographers and the books that they go to for inspiration. It's also a great buying guide for any photographers on your list that might be hard to buy for.
A great book, great ideas and a very interesting and unique concept in photographic book publishing.
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Title: Book of 101 Books, The: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century by Andrew Roth, Vince Aletti, Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daido Moriyama, Shelley Rice, David Levi Strauss, Neville Wakefield ISBN: 0967077443 Publisher: Roth Horowitz LLC Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art by John Szarkowski, Museum Of Modern Art ISBN: 0821226231 Publisher: Bulfinch Press Pub. Date: 28 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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Title: Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes by Lyle Rexer ISBN: 0810904020 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: William Eggleston's Guide by William Eggleston, John Szarkowski ISBN: 0870703781 Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph by Diane Arbus, Stan Grossfeld ISBN: 0893816949 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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