I recently purchased Ray McSaveney's Explorations book and must say I was impressed. Very inspiring artistically, especially the Walking Tree's. Though I still love my Ansel Adams and Edward Westons books, McSavaneys' Explorations has become now my faovite.
This got me to thinking what are your favorite Photography books?
Ray's book is my favorite too. Ray is underrated as a photographer and underrated as an author as well. I thought the writing added a lot and made the book much more interesting than the more usual book of photographs. A close second for me is John Szarkowski's "Looking at Photographs." A close third is anything else by Szarkowski.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
I like John Sextons book Recollections, and William Neill's book Landscape Of The Spirit
BR
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I like John Sexton's Recollections and Listen to the Trees.
Jack Dykinga's "Arizona" or "Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley"
Jack Dykinga - Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau or Ansel Adams - The Making of 40 Photographs.
"Time in New England," Paul Strand and Nancy Newhall.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
I agree. It is just a fantastic book.Originally Posted by Shailendra
If you get the chance to see his work in person you will be even more impressed.
Difficult choice, but if I survey all my books and had to only choose one, it would be American Prospects, Joel Sternfeld. Steild knows how to make a book. Soth's Niagra was close second, also published by Steild. But then there is Hido, stop it, your made your choice, Sternfeld, yes, Sternfeld it is.
American Prospects, Joel Sternfeld
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
http://www.curledup.com/mercuryv.htm
tip o the hat to Don Nelson for that one
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