This book has been somewhat unfairly reviewed.
I have just read this fine book from cover to cover. Whilst I found it worthy of 4 stars, I have to agree that it has some weaknesses.
- The book really should have some of the photos to which the text often refers.
- The author has assumed ...
+ Very Interesting Reading...! + A superb chronicle of a truly artistic life + Lots of Insight - What about his family? + Great bio, but one thing people should know.
C'est la vie Produced in close cooperation with Willy Ronis and featuring images from his archive, this book traces the career of one of France's most remarkable photographers, to whom, along with Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, and Brassai, we owe our romantic vision of Paris. In Ronis's photos, Paris is inseparable from the working class men, women, and children who inhabit its streets and cafes. ...
Lucien Herve (b. 1910), one of the great architectural photographers of the twentieth century, collaborated with Le Corbusier from 1949 until the renowned architect died in 1965. Herve approached his subjects seeking not only to document the buildings he was commissioned to photograph but also, especially, to convey a sense of space, texture, and structure. Through light and shadow, Herve defined ...
+ a thoroughly nuanced account of a problematic figure
This is an excellent biography. Written by Sue Davidson Lowe, Alfred Stieglitz's niece, "Stieglitz : A Memoir/Biography" is written objectively, yet with the knowingness and acceptance of a relative. This book presents a well-balanced picture of Stieglitz, his accomplishments (not only his own ...
+ Very good Guidelines to "concept" extraordinary pictures + The photography book you should READ + A Must Read For Landscape Photographers + Great Book
For some reason monographs of and about Minor White seem far and few between.
This is a welcome book as a consequence. I would however have liked to have seen the photographs and text organised in a different way, keep the information about home separate from the images themselves.
I've not ...
Josef Sudek was an amazing man, talent, and visionary. This monograph is one of very few that were widely distributed to help tell his story and share his hard-earned images. Imagine, Aperture, a magazine with only 2 issues per year, dedicated to the best of all things photographic, devoted an ...
C'est la vie Produced in close cooperation with Willy Ronis and featuring images from his archive, this book traces the career of one of France's most remarkable photographers, to whom, along with Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, and Brassai, we owe our romantic vision of Paris. In Ronis's photos, Paris is inseparable from the working class men, women, and children who inhabit its streets and cafes. ...
For some reason monographs of and about Minor White seem far and few between.
This is a welcome book as a consequence. I would however have liked to have seen the photographs and text organised in a different way, keep the information about home separate from the images themselves.
I've not ...
+ Very Interesting Reading...! + A superb chronicle of a truly artistic life + Lots of Insight - What about his family? + Great bio, but one thing people should know.
Josef Sudek was an amazing man, talent, and visionary. This monograph is one of very few that were widely distributed to help tell his story and share his hard-earned images. Imagine, Aperture, a magazine with only 2 issues per year, dedicated to the best of all things photographic, devoted an ...
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