PHOTOGRAPHIC MONOGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAPHIC MONOGRAPHS
| These are some really wonderful books of photographs, by some of my favorite artists. In association with Amazon.com, I've included links that will take you directly to the appropriate page for more info or for purchasing. |
| Holding Venus by Keith Carter. Keith Carter has a number of wonderful photo books out there, and I'd recommend any of them - but this one more than any other. The photographs are wondrous and mysterious, with bits of magic and mythology. The reproductions are beautiful, and the book itself is very finely crafted. |
| Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body A Collection of Fifty Nudes. Ruth Bernhard is my idol when it comes to photographing nudes. She has an incredible eye for the perfect play of light on the body. Her nudes are gentle nudes, with obvious empathy for her models. She describes the process: "For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of a compelling impulse I cannot deny." I believe her, as this is an apt description of my experience in viewing them. |
| Alfred Stieglitz (Aperture Masters of Photography) by Dorothy Norman (Contributor), Alfred Stieglitz (Photographer). A small selection of 41 of Stieglitz' more iconic images, with informative text provided by Dorothy Norman, a close associate of the photographer. |
| Steichen's Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973 by Edward Steichen (Photographer), Joanna Steichen . Edward Steichen was a visionary determined to show that photography was an art form as well as a craft, at a time when few recognized its artistic potential. This is a marvelous retrospective of his work, spanning seven decades and many genres, beautifully reproduced in a well-crafted book. Worth every penny. |
| Uelsmann: Process and Perception by Jerry Uelsmann. Uelsmann is one of America's most influential contemporary photographers, a master of darkroom manipulation rivaled by none. In one section of the book he narrates his own creative process in a visual account of a single day's work in the darkroom, from first thoughts, through multiple revisions and on through the final image. In another he shows the individual images and describes how they are put together before finally showing the final composite image. The book also includes a portfolio of 90 of Uelsmann's images. |
| Uelsmann: Yosemite by Jerry Uelsmann. Another marvelous book by America's master of darkroom manipulation! All Yosemite, all wonders of the mind of Uelsmann. |
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