wollwn Posted April 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted April 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Everybody will know of the work of Alfred Stieglitz from the beginning of the 20th Century, and perhaps most will think first of his decades-long photo essay of his wife, Georgia O'Keeffe. I was aware that Stieglitz had begun publishing an art magazine in 1903, Camera Work, as a venue for his own work and the work of his contemporaries, but I've only seen a few of those photographs. Amazon currently has a book entitled "Camera Work, the Complete Photographs" for $10.99. At 15x20 cm with 552 pages of pretty good paper, I think the book is good value.There is a great range of subject matter and style, while on-going technical development is also clear. Most interesting is how a good photograph remains a good photograph, for all the reasons we periodically discuss. "Camera Work, The Complete Photographs" was published by Taschen in 2008, so if the book is old news to anybody, please excuse the redundancy of this note. I'm so taken by many of the photographs, I wanted everybody to know of their availability at such a low price. (Yes, I understand that these are press-printed reproductions, which would suffer badly in comparison with the original photographs, but I'll never see the originals.) Taschen also just published a book entitled "Photographers A-Z, A Biographical Encyclopedia of Every Major Photographer of the Twentieth Century", which appears to include several works for each photographer. No, I'm not trying to shill for Taschen. I just like photo books, and these are just what came to my attention most recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rotauge Posted April 2, 2011 Share #2 Posted April 2, 2011 Today I received "Photographers A-Z". It is beautifully done. I am particularly interested in the selection of photographers: Which photographer is selected as "major photographer" by the author? Unfortunately, the biographical details are kept very short. But in 1996 the same author has written another good encyclopedia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted April 2, 2011 Share #3 Posted April 2, 2011 No, I'm not trying to shill for Taschen. I just like photo books, and these are just what came to my attention most recently. No your are right, Camera Work was a defining idea in photography and one way or another set the stage for much of what came next in the rest of the 20th century history of photography. Definitely one to study and learn from. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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