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I am traveling to India next week and that will be more than 15 hours and I do not want to waste that time. Please recommend an excellent book for me. I have read The Negative and The Print already so any recommendations apart from that will be appreciated.
 

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Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel.
 

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cliveh said:
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel.
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I second that recommendation. A fascinating book in spite of its flaws, and it seems to be undeservedly forgotten.

It won't fill up a 15-hour flight, though. The best books I've found for that purpose are Thomas Pynchon's longer ones, but as far as I can think they're off-topic.

-NT
 

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A good in-flight read would be a biography of a photographer. Ansel Adams Autobiography; Brett Weston: a Restless Eye by Woods; Through another Lens by Charis Wilson or Ed Weston's DayBooks.
 
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I really enjoyed reading 'The Negative'. I'm looking for similar books or even more geeky either in Photography or in Arts.
 

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15 hours, on your way to India, hmm... what about A Passage to India by E. M. Forster.

WBM2 is too dang big to carry, sorry Ralph!

The Herrigel book is thought-provoking, and compact. I reviewed it on Amazon and on here too I think, and it is definitely a must-read for photographers. But I doubt it'd take more than a couple hours to read, and it is rather academic.

What about Rites and Passages, about Minor White. You might like that.
 

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+1 for Way Beyond Monochrome. I just took it on the airplane to the UK with me and while big, it was manageable.

-- Jason
 

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Post Exposure is a good book, too. If you Google it, he may still have the PDF soft copy on his website you can load on your laptop or tablet.
 

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The Kodak encyclopedia of practical photography, 14 or 16 volumes, I forget. Should be a breeze haha

The only encyclopedia I have attempted to read end to end.
 
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I'm going to carry only my OM-2sp and two lenses(35mm and 85mm) in my hand-luggage.

I have ordered 'Zen in the Art of Archery' and looking for one more book.
 

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An enthusiastic thumbs up for Michael R's suggestion: Freeman Patterson's Photography and the Art of Seeing is outstanding.
 

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Errol Morris, Believing is Seeing.

Another vote for Geoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment.
 
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I'm not a student of art, but how you guys rate this book 'Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting'. I thinking to read a bit about composition esp., Geometries...any suggestions.
 
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