Photography books
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Photography books
Over the years we have collected many books of photographers who inspired us. We will update this post on a regular basis with books that we think will be of interest to readers of our blog. Information about the photographers you will find in the separate post “about photographers“
Greenland into White
Author Paolo Solari Bozzi, Foreword by Ragnar Axelsson
An original point of view on the Greenland landscapes, not only reproducing the beauty of nature but with a personal interpretation through black and white photography. This book will appeal to all nature lovers.
This beautiful volume collects ninety black and white images taken during a four month journey through the villages of the east coast of Greenland. It documents the culture of people living in this wild territory, characterized by extreme nature and climate conditions
Unha mirada de antanho – Ruth Matilda Anderson
In 1924, Ruth Matilda Anderson, a 29-year-old American photographer who was accompanied by her father, Alfred Theodore Anderson, and a complete photographic team that caused the astonishment of all customs officers.
Father and daughter began an expedition of approximately one year to document the essence of Galicia in Spain initiated by Archer Milton Huntington, reflecting ethnographic fieldwork and academics, so that a vision of the study of Hispanic culture in all its facets was photographed. For this purpose, Huntington turned to the Clarence H. White School of photography in search of professionals who would portray Spain in the 1920s, with two conditions in mind. First, they would have to be women, and the second of Christian religion.
Thus, in 1921 Ruth Matilda Anderson was hired as a research photographer at the Hispanic Society and in 1924 left for Spain on Huntington’s first commission.
Accompanied by her father, she toured Galicia, learned the languages, Spanish and Galician, and the local customs. She went to the villages and spoke to the people. Her care and empathy for women and men, favoured that her photographs reflected the Galician reality of the twenties.
Martin Chambi – 1920 – 1950
Many years ago I visited an exhibition in the Museum voor Volkenkunde (ethnology museum) in Rotterdam. More than 60 photos of Martin Chambi were shown. Martin Chambi was known as the Photographer of the Andes. He was born in Coaza in Peru and lived from 1891 – 1973. At the age of 14 he left Coaza and went to Arequipa. He started as an apprentice in the photo studio of T.Vargas. In 1917 het started his own photo studio in Sicuani, close to Cuzco the capital of the former Inca realm. His income came from portrait photography, but he is also known for his photos portraying the life of the native Indian people. The photos in the book are made about 90 years ago and it is amazing how good these photos are, with regard to composition, sharpness, lightning. Also the people that Martin Chambi photographed are unique. An historic document. If you are able to get hold of this book, just buy it.
Life – Raffaele Montepaone
Faces and hands wrinkled by time and hard work, old inhabitants of abandoned villages, that seem immersed in an immemorial past. The faces and hands are from hundred year old women of Calabria. Some of the photos I saw a few years ago in an article in the Black & White Photography magazine and I was impressed by these centennials that are so well captured by the photographer. I was happy this book came out and of course I bought it. Last week the book arrived and this is indeed a great book. It is must have for photographers. The book and photographer are introduced by Ferdinando Scianna, one of the best Italian photographers.
ISBN: 0-393-04683-4. Archivio Fotografico Italiana.
A Greek Portfolio – Constantine Manos
A collection of photographs made in isolated areas of rural Greece in the early 1960’s. Constantine Manos , a member of Magnum, traveled the countryside in search of images that capture the character and beauty of a way of life that had been virtually unchanged for centuries but has since been overtaken by the modern world. A vanishing Greece. The book represents for us Greece how we would like to remember it.
ISBN: 0-393-04683-4. Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, London
Tibet – minéral animal – Vincent Munier , Sylvain Tesson
Vincent’s Munier’s best pictures of wild Tibet, with texts by Sylvain Tesson. Finding a snow leopard is the holy Graal for naturalists,, travellers and photographers. His Nikon Special Project drew him to some of the most remote and untouched areas of Tibet. Vincent was able to photograph this notoriously shy and recessive animal. The result can be found in this fantastic book. I also recommend to read the book of Sylvain Tesson in which he describes this unique experience and adventure.
Please visit the site of Kobelann to order this book or other books of Vincent Munier: Kobelann.
Dark Heavens – Hamid Sardar
Shamans and hunters of Mongolia. Across the vast windswept plains of Mongolia, nomadic tribes freely roam, only guided by the rhythmic changes of the seasons. All well captured by Hamid Sardar with a breathtaking mix of color and black-and-white images.As mentioned in the book: This is a must-have for everyone interested in ethnology, photography and adventure. ISBN: 978-3-8327-3408-4.
Published by teNeues. Website: www.teneues.com.
Present – Stephan Vanfleteren
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going” – Tennessee Williams. This book is a comprehensive retrospective of the work of one of the best photographers of the Benelux. The book is almost 500 pages thick with Stephan’s best black and white photos and stories.
ISBN: 978 94 6388 714 4. Published by Uitgeverij Hannibal: www.uitgeverijhannibal.be
Workers -Sebastiāo Salgado
Sebastiāo Salgado is my favourit photographer. This book ia a tribute to working men and women, with images of striking beauty and integrity. This book is the photography of humanity Gabriel García Márquez wrote And Nadine Gordimer wrote: This camera doesn’t just record, it’s part of the spirit of its subjects. An iconic work. An archaeology of the industrial age.
ISBN: 0-89381-525-x. Published by Aperture.
Sweet Nothings – Venessa Winship
The small schoolgirls of the borderlands in Eastern Anatolia. Venessa Winship wrote in her book: I was touched by the gravity in their demeanour at the moment in front of the camera, their fragility, their simplicity, their grace, their closeness to one another, but most of all I was struck by their complete lack of posturing. This book touches me every time I open it. A small photographic treasure.
ISBN: 978-2-8499-5129-3 Published by Images En Manœvres Éditions.
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