View Full Version : What photo books would you like to receive as gifts?
Bosaiya
12-21-2009, 09:54 AM
Don't think you can get The Decisive Moment from inter-library loan..
Is it still printed? Didn't see it on my area's library system nor available from amazon.
It's listed in WorldCat so it should be available. Of course when I went to one of the libraries to get it they found that it was missing. Probably ended up on eBay.
Paul VanAudenhove
12-21-2009, 10:39 AM
My photo books this year were self-gifts (from me to me). In the order I got them:
Everybody I Shot Is Dead - Deborah Chesher, link: http://www.cheshercat.com/everybody.html
Trust - Jim Marshall, website: http://www.marshallphoto.com/
Who Shot Rock and Roll - Brooklyn Museum, link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/rock_and_roll/
Is it obvious that I like rock n roll photography?
Bosaiya
12-21-2009, 10:44 AM
My photo books this year were self-gifts (from me to me). In the order I got them:
Everybody I Shot Is Dead - Deborah Chesher, link: http://www.cheshercat.com/everybody.html
Trust - Jim Marshall, website: http://www.marshallphoto.com/
Who Shot Rock and Roll - Brooklyn Museum, link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/rock_and_roll/
Is it obvious that I like rock n roll photography?
And people being shot!
DanielStone
12-22-2009, 12:37 AM
my #1
Ansel Adams: Taos Pueblo(original 1930 printing on Charcoal Black) signed of course ;)
#2
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture(2003 printing) also signed.
alas, these fine editions will only meet my christmas wishes when I purchase them. Unless some gracious soul is willing to bestow one upon me in an extremely generous manner, of which I will be utmost grateful!
this year, however, I don't have anything on my christmas list. the books listed above are just a number of books I would like to own, to be able to enjoy and share with fellow photographers who appreciate these artists' work. this year, I'm more interested in giving than receiving. God's blessed me with so much, and I haven't done anything for anyone else.
but I doesn't hurt to appreciate fine collectibles such as these two books, does it :)
blessings to all of you this christmas,
-Dan
Chris Lange
12-22-2009, 12:51 AM
I got my dad Don McCullin's self-titled book, I can't wait to pore over it with him!
Bosaiya
12-22-2009, 04:07 PM
I got my dad Don McCullin's self-titled book, I can't wait to pore over it with him!
Is that like when Homer bought Marge a bowling ball?
jeffreyg
12-22-2009, 04:17 PM
If you like color and can find a copy of ALL UNDER HEAVEN: THE CHINESE WORLD by Eliot Porter and his son Jonathan Porter my 1st edition copy is dated 1983 Pantheon Books. That's what it's all about straight forward perfection no gimicks.
donbga
12-22-2009, 04:41 PM
(blackberry curve)
Post-exposure - Ctein.
I have this book -- Don't waste your money.
jp80874
12-22-2009, 04:55 PM
There's new book about Ansel Adams AND Georgia O'Keeffe. Iwannit!
Thanks for the idea Chris. Amazon says the Frederick Evans book to accompany the Getty exhibit in February that I wanted hasn't been released yet even though it was supposed to come out Nov. 28th. It is on order and will hopefully be a Valentine's Day present. My wife (a painter and O'Keeffe fan) and I switched to plan C for Chris, went to Borders this afternoon and bought the book you suggested. Now we have a book we will both like and another to come. Thank you.
John
Randy_Va
12-23-2009, 09:16 AM
Actually, only The Camera and The Negative arrived. I have received a message which says that The Print will be delivered in January.
Oh well, I need to master the camera and making negatives before I need to worry about making prints!
Have these three ever been combined into one book?
Steve.
My copy of The Print is being held hostage by Amazon until January as well. The three books were simplified and combined into two books in the The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography series. But really, why buy two books when you can buy three?
Vacillating between Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes and The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, as my next purchase (funded by a gift certificate to BN.com from my boss).
Steve Smith
12-23-2009, 09:18 AM
My copy of The Print is being held hostage by Amazon until January as well.
Must be a world-wide shortage!
Steve.
Jim Chinn
12-25-2009, 12:53 PM
Michael Kenna- Retrospective Two
nickstreme
12-25-2009, 12:58 PM
William Eggleston - Democratic Forest
mikebarger
12-25-2009, 01:15 PM
Just reviewed Fred Picker's Icelandic portfolio.
Mike
Brandon D.
12-25-2009, 01:30 PM
Peter Lindbergh: Untitled 116
Jeff Kubach
12-25-2009, 03:11 PM
I like most photo books only because I can't read.:D
Jeff
qtluong
12-26-2009, 09:17 PM
Or even "Chili, September 1973" by Koen Wessing, but there's no way I'm dropping $1570 for a 24 page photo book.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1551947637&searchurl=an%3DKoen%2BWessing%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff% 26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D1%26sts%3Dt%26x%3D110%26y%3D1
It's being reproduced by Errata Editions, see http://5b4.blogspot.com/2009/12/errata-editions-on-press-day-three.html
perkeleellinen
12-29-2009, 01:21 AM
It's being reproduced by Errata Editions, see http://5b4.blogspot.com/2009/12/errata-editions-on-press-day-three.html
Yes, I've got my eye on that.
For Christmas I got "Monographs on Dutch Photographers #2: Koen Wessing", which is great.