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I have come to rely on this site as the central resource for the photography book collector. If the book is available almost anywhere in the English-speaking world, it will be listed. ...

There is a certain "Franklin Mint" quality to COAs, more a clue to the piece's lack of authenticity. I would be afraid it might scare off more serious buyers than it attracts.

Here are 19 well-regarded and still working:

Abelardo Morrell
Stephen Shore
Joel Meyerowitz
Sally Mann
Joel Sternfeld
Alec Soth
Andrew Moore
Greg Crewdson

Thanks for initiating this discussion, Stephen, and taking so much time to participate. The discussion was not only thoughtful, but both spirited and civil. It helped me sort some things out,...

Stephen- I don't think people object to the lack of technical information on your website, any more than they object to the somewhat unrealistic colors in your images. They are reacting to your...

I have collected photography books for many years, and that collection has appreciated so much--especially in the last few years--that I made the decision about five years ago to begin collecting...

One thing seems clear to me: there is a lot of room for disagreement around these artistic questions but it is fatuous and unnecessary to drag "ethics" into the debate. These are aesthetic matters,...

Here is a photographer, Sze Tsung Leong, who shoots 4x10 with much of the image "blank gray sky." He may be a "bad photographer" according to the OP, but his gallery recently sold the last one in...

"This may be kind of like mortgage loans and credit card practices the banking industry has engaged in for the past eight years. What goes around can catch up with you guys and completely undermine...

It absolutely depends on the "high-end" gallery. If the gallery's roster emphasizes vintage classics--Weston, Callahan, Arbus, Adams, etc--then of course they have a lot of b&w. If they offer,...

No, Patrik, that is not exactly what I mean, though it may be close. What I am reporting is this. Sally Mann produced a book of her work called Deep South, part of a larger ongoing series about the...

No, that is not what I'm saying. I am saying that, according to one of her galleries, she is not offering some of her published work as silver prints because it is beyond her prodigious powers to...

There used to be a stripper bar in Anchorage that had a sign above the bar reading, "We cheat the other guy and pass the savings along to you." Somehow that seems appropriate here, though don't...

Yes, that's right and color is what is driving this shift--that and the fact that collectors want prints BIG these days. Still, in b&w, the trend is definately shifting toward digital. I was in a...

This thread is interesting and valuable for a range of reasons, but if you measure "value of a print" by its marketplace value, then this discussion is largely irrelevant. Serious photo galleries...

Most of his pieces are available 14x18 in. and the work is quite affordable in this size. Because the images are composits of so many 8x10 captures--producing tack sharpness in every plane--some of...

Amy,

I'm so sorry. Ted reached out to me , a floundering newby who was posting stupid questions, in a series of private emails several years ago. Thus began the most important influence in my...

Well, David, this is interesting, but I suspect you have a questionable sample. I've seen a lot of discussion about Jill Greenberg's End-of-Time work, and none of it could be segmented along...

I hear mixed reviews of AIPAD this year, but such disappointments as exist don't seem to be the result of economic worries. The photography auctions and Christies' photobook auction were quite...

This debate has gone on for a while about Crewdson. I choose to call him a photographer, as very few of us actually do it all ourselves. Most of us rely on others to execute our vision at one or...

Here is a link to the work. It may be his strongest yet.

http://www.paulshambroomart.com/art/homeland%20security/index.html

Yes, but there is something called a market. Both images sold at Sotheby's auction in 2007--both at a fair amount over estimate. Adams went for $60,000 and Bullock's for $12,000.

I was prepared to dislike this series on several levels, but when I came face to face with them at PhotoLA, I did a pivot. They are quite unlike Avedon's American West work (which I also like, by...

What a great question! Can we list out top five?
1. Sternfeld, American Prospects
2. Shore, Uncommon Places
3. John Gossage, The Pond
4. Frank, The Americans
5. Diado Moriyama, Compete...

Thank you, Lindolfi. This is fascinating.

Yes, but what if you win? Then you will have to sell your car to pay for Richard to make you some film holders and lens boards. Oh, well. It was going to happen sooner or later anyway.

One of the reasons I had high hopes is Baryta's handling qualities due to its wieght (325gsm) . When you print over 24" on lighter paper one needs to back or front mount the image rather than simply...

Have you seen it behind glass or plexi? I wonder if the surface reflection you speak of disappears. I had high hopes for this paper.

No, Jorge. The Zapatistas are modern rebels based in Chiapas. They are called the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), obviously named after the early 20th-Century revolutionary Zapata but...

I think we have to accept the possibility that Zapatista Rebels have kidnapped Jorge and somebody has gotten ahold of his computer. We should let the State Department know before his reputation is...

Note, Jorge and others, that I didn't say in my original post that I thought Meyerowitz' work is good, I said it was influential, and I think that is what Kirk is saying too, at least here. (Though,...

I think that is fair. I also think he is positing a standard for photography criticism that may be met in music criticism, but rarely in painting or sculpture or even film.

Note to self: don't ever under any circumstances allow myself to become disharmonious with Vaughn or get in his crosshairs.

I stand corrected. You conspicuously owe nothing to them.

We stand on his shoulders, guys--at least those of us who shoot color. It's hard to imagine now how much color was looked down on before Meyerowitz and Shore and Sternfeld and...yes...Eggleston. ...

There is a 2-part Joel Meyerowitz interview over on the "2point8" blog. I think he is one of the most influential photographers of the past 50 years, especially his Cape Light work that is now being...

Camille Seaman! Good choice. My word she is getting hot.

Sorry for posting this late, but I think it is relevant to the discussion. This piece has gotten a great deal of attention on the art and gallery blogs, and for good reason. It has the added...

Yes, there are several. Call Chrome in Georgetown to get the best recommendation. I prefer Lamount in NYC but they are a bit more expensive.

[QUOTE=walter23;279451] It's so simple it's not even common sense. QUOTE]

Wow. It must be comforting to be that self-certain! I think Yeats had some things to say about such passionate...