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Bruce Davidson: Subway 3 reviews
Arthur Ollman
St. Ann's Press, 2004
Very Moving and Beautifully Reproduced Photograghs
+ extremely well done, a glance of humanity
+ Captivating photographs and interesting dialog
In 1980, Bruce Davidson began to photograph the New York subway system. He first started photographing in Black and White and then decided that the project required color. Davidson generally asked permission before photographing someone -- ironically the one notable exception was a man Davidson ...
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Brassai: Paris By Night 9 reviews
Brassai, Paul Morand
Bulfinch, 2001
the master of the light
+ Paris By Night
is a pleasure to learn how to use available light with the craftmanship of Brassai's pictures of Paris by night with all the life of those years !!
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Saul Leiter 1 review
Steidl & Partners, 2008
Amzing images from an underated artist
"I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learnt to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything." Saul Leiter.
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William Eggleston's Guide.4 reviews
John Szarkowski
Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2002
An excellent re-release.
+ essential work
+ the original
+ Bill's artful snapshots
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Arnold Odermatt: On Duty
Steidl, 2007
Arnold Odermatt joined the police force in his native Swiss canton of Nidwalden in 1948, when he was just in his twenties. When he retired more than 40 years later as Vice Commander of the department and Lieutenant Director of Traffic Police, he found sudden, unexpected fame as an artist. His photographs of the vehicle accidents that had been part of his professional life, collected in the book ...
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Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky8 reviews
Lori Pauli, Michael Torosian
Yale University Press, 2003
Manufactured Landscapes
+ dramatic
+ Art & patience
I viewed the original exhibition at the National Arts Gallery in Ottawa a few years back. The images are breathtaking, unnerving and awe inspiring.
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A Story Book Life 6 reviews
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Twin Palms Publishers, 2003
I love it.
+ Lorca Di Corcia is brilliant!!!
+ A wonderful book, a beautiful object
+ A VERY POWERFUL AND PERSONAL COLLECTION OF IMAGES
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres
Hans Belting
Walther Konig, 2006
This lavish book is the only complete collection of the renowned Theaters series, in which Hiroshi Sugimoto opens his shutter as a film begins and closes it as it concludes. "Different movies give different brightnesses. If it's an optimistic story, I usually end up with a bright screen; if it's a sad story, it's a dark screen. Occult movie? Very dark."
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Friedlander11 reviews
Peter Galassi, Richard Benson
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008
a major figure
+ This is The One
+ One of America's Most Prolific Photographers
+ Superb monograph
+ THIS IS A STUNNING BOOK
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Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects7 reviews
Andy Grundberg, Katy Siegel
.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2003
a landmark poetic document recorded and built by a master
+ good item, not delivery.
+ One of the most important photographic works of the 20th century
+ Rust Never Sleeps
+ Joel Sternfeld book American Prospects
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer4 reviews
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Bulfinch, 1992
Beautiful!
+ In memoriam of a genius!
+ Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer
+ THE collection to own.
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Lartigue: Album of a Century2 reviews
Alain Sayag, Quentin Bajac, ...
Harry N. Abrams, 2003
Highly recommended
+ Magical Photographs
If you are an afficionado of things European (especially things French) in the first half of the 20th Century, this is a great book for you. Lartigue was a wonderful photographer and chronicler of life in the 20s, 30s and 40s. This coffee table-sized book presents hundreds of beautifully composed ...
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Helmut Newton Work (Taschen Jumbo Series)5 reviews
Manfred Heiting, Helmet Newton
Taschen, 2001
Helmut Newton Work
+ A Newton book to purchase...and keep
+ 5/5
+ An Eye of Art
+ Helmut Newton's Most Unrestrained Work
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Evidence: 1944-19946 reviews
Jane Livingston, David A. Ross
Random House, 1994
Absolutely terrific
+ An Autobiogarphy in pictures
+ Beautiful and amazing photography
This is a wonderful collection. I have found myself going back to it again and again. I'm not sure Adam Gopnik was such a good choice, although he is a lively writer; but the other New Yorker art critic, Peter Schejhal (sp?) would certainly have been better, as entertaining as Gopnik but more ...
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London/Wales3 reviews
Steidl The Masters, 2007
A superbly presented and enthralling compilation
+ Robert Frank: London/Wales
+ Setting the Stage for "The Americans"
The collaborative effort of Scalo in collaboration with the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, D.C.), London/Wales is a photography collection 72 early 1950's tritone images taken by the famous and "museum-worthy" photographer Robert Frank. An informed and informative text is minimally present in this ...
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Los Alamos5 reviews
William Eggleston
Scalo Publishers, 2003
Insanely great photography
+ Egglestomania
+ It's not about Los Alamos
+ No text distracts from the full-page photographs
+ Spectacular book!
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In The American West18 reviews
Laura Wilson, John Rohrbach
"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2005
A timeless, classic photography book
+ art in photography
+ Gorgeous
+ TImeless mastery
+ how does he do it?
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Walker Evans3 reviews
Jeff L. Rosenheim, Maria Morris Hambourg, ...
Princeton University Press, 2000
A beautiful book
+ Fascinating One of a Kind Book
+ A delightful book.
Walker Evans' photography rates amongst the best. His ability to capture a scene of everyday life and extract from it the beauty often overlooked by others is remarkable. The skill displayed in taking these photographs demonstrates why he has earned an enduring reputation as a master ...
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Joachim Brohm: Ruhr
Heinz Liesbrock, Barbara Steiner
Steidl & Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, 2007
Joachim Brohm Bwas' Ruhr documents the industrial decline of the West German valley from which it takes its name--an area that was once home to Germany's coal mining and steel production centers, as well as other heavy and light manufacturing, and later became famous for its high degree of air pollution. This work, made between the late 1970s and the mid-80s, made Brohm one of the first German ...
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The Bone House6 reviews
Joel-Peter Witkin
Twin Palms Publishers, 1998
The Magical Image
+ The Bone House
+ witkin
+ Brilliant.
+ An extraordinary book from an extraordinary artist
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