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hi all....

 

a few super recomended books i came across very recently..

 

1. refractions : thoughts on aesthetics and photography. ralph gibson. steidl 2006.

 

this is a book of ralph bibson.. do not expect here too much photos but ralph gibson talks here alot with his thoughts about photography and art, and that is great. every photographer, especially those who use leica M should have a look into it.

i have ordered this book and it arrived a few days ago in tel-aviv museum, so i guess it can be found in many other places already or at least ordered.

 

2. the photograph as contemporary art. charlotte cotton. thames&hudson (world of art) 2004.

 

i came across this one by chance, had a fast look into it and was stuned by the super intelgent overview of the photography as art form in general. a greatly developed and unique categorization of photography as art, nothing close to that boring and usually none-sense categorizations that are so common by so many photographers.... super recomended. very good photo examples that reader can have referance later if or when intrested to go much deeper.

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hi imants, how r u?

 

the "blink" really intrigued me, thanks, i will look into it, if not in israel then i will order it from overseas... thanks. i looked at the editors overview about it on your amazon link.... i would take it in some more moderate proprtions i have to admit but still seems to me super intresting.

 

about charlote cotton.. well still have not read it fully, only fragemnts in museum and then in train on my way back home... really liked her analyzes and the way she organizes her overview. is it dry??? well, maybe u r rite, but im also analytical/pragmatical pholosopher - so nothing is really dry to me :-))))))))))))))))

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Hi Vic

I am not too bad, started playing with the GRD thinking of getting a GR 1 film version. (B&W) Started doing a little photo essay on my dad who is almost blind and always missed the old country Latvia, never went back after WW II. It's on my site Dad's Place this is the start of ideas, the faded memory intact and the hazy flawed reflections

Blink is a great book, big and hefty so it makes its presence felt. I leave it hanging around, use to remind myself that photography can run many a trail and to get out there and do as I think as I think as I do.

My overview look and play

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Hi, all - I've just about finished "Focus," Beaumont Newhall's autobiography. 1993, Bullfinch Press. Very enjoyable, good history on different schools of though on photography as fine art, amazing cast of photography characters.

Cheers,

Mike

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imants - loved it very much... great work and very balanced. loved that it is more about mental state of mind about that place rather than strieght photo of the place. works very well. and the portrait of your dad is also great and very coherent into the series.. very emotionaly envoking stuff....

 

gdr is your new digi camera... ah the one u photographed mounted on leica digilux :-))) it is like d-lux2 i suppose... enjoy man :-)))) ricoh camea..

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Ragnar Axelsson's Faces of the North. A stunning collection of documentary shots taken over a period of 15 years in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes. Axelsson is a Leica M user with tremendous composition skills and photographic technique. If you want to see an M sing get this book.

Icelandic book Faces of the North image.jpg

 

There is an English language version of the book, but don't go to the publishers Edda Press who are completely useless; they don't even bother to answer emails. I got my copy from Amazon in the UK after paying a small handling fee on top of the (very reasonable) price of the book.

 

Visit Ragnar Axelsson's web site, you can see a sample of his work there.

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