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Nick Knight's 'Skinhead' has always been one of my favourite books on photography and british culture.
The collectiony Men Without Ties, Rocks and Royals, and the other one in the Varcea? range
great art and photography.with pictures by Bruce Weber and Avenden.
my current top 10 photo books.
1-sabine by jacob aue sobol
2-darkroom published by lustrum press 1971
3-naked city by weegee
4-the bikeriders by danny lyon
5-diary of a a century by jaques-henry lartigue
6-killed by roses-eikoh hosoe
7-cafe lehmitz-anders petersen
8-life is good&good for you in new york-william klein
9-tulsa-larry clarke
10-photographs from storyville-bellocq
plus one colour book!looking for love by tom wood
1. Other Pictures: Anonymous Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection
2. Ralph Eugene Meatyard
3. Friedlander (Hardcover)
4. Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills
5. August Sander: People of the 20th Century
6. Corpus (Hardcover), Alejandra Figueroa
7. Gordon Matta-Clark
8. Fresh Cream by Editors of Phaidon Press
9. Disfarmer: 1939-1946 Heber Springs Portraits
10. Natacha Merritt Digital Diaries
for photos : it's not really a book, it's kind of a magazine but it feels like a book in your hand : hamburger eyes
http://www.hamburgereyes.com
for art and design : i have a bunch of faves but certainly the ones in my collection i keep coming back to every couple of months for hardcore eye candy:
(in no particular order)
alison gernsheim : victorian and edwardian fashion
carol rama : artist catalogue
four words : artists published book
alexander roob : alchemy + mysticism (5-STAR REFERENCE)
beautiful losers : show catalogue (YBAC)
ernst haeckel : art forms in nature + art forms in the ocean
outerspace hillbilly : show catalogue (the luggage store)
barry mcgee : published by the prada foundation
chinese nationalities costumes and ornaments : show catalogue
the bjork project book 2001
cream 1 : huge review in a big pink book
vitamin p : new perspectives in painting
traditional folk costume of eastern europe (author?)
strange lineup, hmmmm....
on my wishlist (most desired on the top of the list)
ruldolf steiner : 9 lectures on bees : english version
sample / published by phiadon
convergence : artists book
kiki smith : artist retrospective catalogue
the viktor and rolf colors exhibition at the kyoto costume institute
the comme des garcon book
the cremaster cycle book (tactility)
Checked put the site Hambuger eyes, it seemed to have that digital snap photo srtyle known today as contemarery.The sortbof style that most people wity a slight eye for comasitin can do today, with auto digital camers, .
like you sadd earlier the Edwardians and beyond had the real photographer, Cameron,Western,Brandt List, Cecil Beaton,Leni Refanstal Erwin Olaf ,Western, Brandt Later Maplethorpe, Erwin Olaf, Will McBride, Sally Mann,David Hamilton, Bailey etc, All the people who have been the major influence in image making today but I think this site is looking at fahion photographers. Of course in the old days the photographers had to think and do everything manualy, and in some cases mix there own printing chemicals to get the result that the where looking for, it all seems so long ago.