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I have a good friend of mine in the office Christmas dip and he is a big fan of Leica cameras and specifically street photography.

 

I am looking for a nice photo book from a famous photographer who used Leica equipment. If anybody could give me some recommendations they would be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards

 

Daniel

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Daniel. A fine book. If your friend loves NYC & the streets, here are 2 from one of my two favorite photographers. Both by the incomparable Bruce Davidson; 1) Central Park & 2) East 100th Street. Both are mind benders and seminal works of the most beloved B&W street photographer of native New Yorkers. His one time companion/lover/collaborator is a close second: Diane Arbus. The recent publication, Revelations, is aptly named. No current or past native New York produced as stunning and disturbing a portfolio as this genius.

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Koudelka by Josef Koudelka.

 

Aperture Foundation | Koudelka - Default Store View

 

Also Edouard Boubat's The Monograph (Same book as Gentle Eye above?).

 

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. :: Edouard Boubat :: Abrams :: With the collaboration of Bernard Boubat and Geneviève Anhoury

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Daniel,

 

You may want to look into the books by Ernst Haas (now out of print but available from good used book stores); Born in Austria but he lived most of his life in New York City across from the Carnegie deli on 7th street, he died in 1987. He began with black and white photography but became the preeminent Leica R kodachrome photograpaher of the 1960's. 70's and 80's.He had many assignments for Life magazine as well.

 

His major photographic books were:

 

The Creation ( his interpretation of the book of Genesis) printed in several editions.

 

In America

 

Himalayn Pilgrimage

 

Realms of Light

 

and

 

Color Photography

 

His kodachromes are all managed by Getty Images.

 

He wrote about the nature of photgraphy and the role of "image" in human experience with as much talent as he possessed for creating his kodachromes.

 

Best of luck in finding his books.

 

Robert

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Mr. Unsworth has impeccable taste in the arts generally, and I second his nomination of Edouard Boubat

 

Chez Brewer has both 'The Monograph' (Publisher: Genevieve Anhoury) and 'Its a Wonderful Life' (Publisher: Assouline) on the living room coffee table atop albums of Odilon and Redoute

 

Boubat was a singular talent, in every respect as good as it gets, with a Leica camera in his hands

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Ralph Gibson's Deus ex Machina ticks all your boxes but is, unfortunately, out of print. Gibson's Brasil should still be obtainable new but, although it's a fine book, it is clear in this selection that he's not quite the photographer he once was.

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Robert

Nice to see another big fan of Haas.

He was [no, still is] my favorite photographer of all time.

I would add that, to me, it's worth it to find a 1st edition copy of the ''Creation"; I think the colors are better.

And also for Daniel, I'd recommend finding works by Alex Webb, David Allan Harvey, and Bill Allard.

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