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Dead Trees
collections
● if you're only going to have one... The Photo Book will give you one page on each of 500
important photographers
● The Family of Man, collected by Edward Steichen, is the catalog from the show that boosted
photography as a respectable museum art form
● A Thousand Hounds: The Presence of the Dog in the History of Photography 1839 to Today is
the perfect gift for the dog-owning photographer. This is 600 well-printed pages of photo history,
interesting quotes ("I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to
learn." -- Pablo Picasso), and the full text in English, French, and German.
● Passage to Vietnam, a ground-breaking CD-ROM with a lot of good background on the
photographers (also a nice coffee-table book)
Elsa Dorfman has several thought-provoking book reviews on her page.
Books about Photography
● The book that turns novices into serious photographers at RIT:
probably the best place to start any inquiry into photographic
technique.
● Photography by Barbara London and John Upton, is a good all-around
introduction.
● An informal and personal introductory textbook by Bernhard Suess,
limited to black and white photography
● View Camera Technique by Leslie Stroebel
● Kodak Professional Photo Guide. Carry it with you at all times.
● The Preservation and Care of Color Photographs, very important if
reading the preceding two books results in any images you hope to
enjoy a few years from now.
● Nudes & Glamour by John Hedgecoe
● Infrared Photography Handbook by Laurie White
● Copying and Duplicating by Eastman Kodak
● On Photography by Susan Sontag
Magazines
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