square format books

Jarvman · Oct 20, 2008

Could anybody recommend any books in which the majority of the images are square format that are also nicely designed. That I could either find myself and scan or lift a few pages from amazon. I'm putting together a photo book in which all the images will be square format for uni and need to do some researching. Ta!

Ian Grant · Oct 20, 2008

I think most of Fay Godwin's images are square format. So look at her publications.

Ian

dpurdy · Oct 20, 2008

Michael Kenna's books are made up of images that are mostly square or close to square. Very nicely designed. Also look at Irving Penn's books. Not all square but sections are.

Struan Gray · Oct 20, 2008

The two Michael Kenna retrospective books
Ray Metzker, Landscapes
Emmet Gowin, Changing the Earth

All four are the sparse white minimalist sort of book with high production values.

It's worth taking a look at Farewell Books for some inexpensive but cleanly-designed books by less canonical photographers:

http://www.farewellbooks.com/books.htm

Jarvman · Oct 20, 2008

Thanks all Some nice ones on there Struan, cheers. It's the sort of approach I was going for.

ic-racer · Oct 20, 2008

Measure of Emptiness : Grain Elevators in the American Landscape (Creating the North American Landscape)
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1992. 107 pp. , softcover , 8½x11

http://www.frankgohlke.com/

Also:
"Lee Friedlander" (All done with the Hassy SWC)
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: D.A.P./Fraenkel Gallery (May 2, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1891024191
ISBN-13: 978-1891024191

lns · Oct 20, 2008

Of course, all Lee Friedlander is not square format -- just the later work -- but there's a lot of it.

Much of Graciela Iturbide. Much of Diane Arbus. David Plowden. Jack Spencer, I believe.

-Laura Solon

Valerie · Oct 20, 2008

Check out Keith Carter's books such as Mojo, THe Blue Man, Heaven of Animals, etc.

http://www.edelmangallery.com/carter.htm

ic-racer · Oct 20, 2008

lns said:
Of course, all Lee Friedlander is not square format -- just the later work --

Just to clarify, the books name is "Lee Friedlander" and it is all square.

Jarvman · Oct 20, 2008

There may be the odd rectangular one tossed in there but it'd be nice to keep it all to one format. Do you think the odd regtangular image might throw out the design? I was thinking maybe one pano in the middle. It's basically just a small book of lith prints, even though we're putting this together for a digital module. Fight the pixel power.

Trevor Crone · Oct 22, 2008

William Eggleston, "2 1/4", Twin Palms Publishers.

Lee Friedlander, "Sticks & Stones", Fraenkel Gallery.

Jan Staller, "Frontier New York", Hudson Hills Press.

All square format.

arigram · Oct 22, 2008

Ask Hasselblad if they still have any Forum magazine back issues left.
All square except an issue or two devoted to the xpan. I might haven gotten the last ones though...

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