'Los Angeles Spring' (recently beautifully reprinted) and 'From the Missouri West' are my favourite of his, both from Steidl.
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I've been thinking of picking up a Robert Adams book lately but I am not sure what to snag. I see American Silence is on sale right now, but are there any others that are a must have? From Stiedl perhaps?
'Los Angeles Spring' (recently beautifully reprinted) and 'From the Missouri West' are my favourite of his, both from Steidl.
Side note. I did not know that the 2023 movie The Bikeriders was directly inspired by the Danny Lyon book.
https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-bikeriders
Thanks gents. I picked up American Silence. I’ll take a look at the others, especially the Steidl ones. I am curious about Night Walk.
If you mean "Summer Nights, Walking". I own a copy of 'Eden' and was considering picking up Summer nights, too, but unlike the other two I mentioned earlier, these two are printed on uncoated paper (as I learned thanks to some helpful folks on this thread) and I personally am just not a fan of the look. If possible handle a copy in a bookstore to see if you like the rendering.
As far as I can tell, the movie has nothing to do with the book, other than the title.
Did anyone (else) back the Bruce Bernbaum book “Discoveries of a Lifetime"from Silvergrain Classics on Kickstarter?
Yeah.I expect you mean Bruce Barnbaum.
I've been trying to get some of Robert Adams' writing into my collection. I got "Along Some Rivers" off of ebay for $10. It's in really nice shape.
For something quite different, check out Skogen published by Yale University Press. Not a typical Robert Adams book, but I like it a lot. Also still available from Fraenkel Gallery..
Perhaps it was "inspired by," but nothing about the movie reflects Danny's pictures or the text that goes with them.From The Guardian :
"Jeff Nichols’s motorcycle movie is about a love triangle and a succession crisis – inspired by the immersive 1968 study of Chicago bikers by photojournalist Danny Lyon, whose black-and-white pictures flash up with the closing credits."
The Bikeriders review – potent ode to the violent lives of 60s biker gangs
Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are magnetic in this power struggle-cum-love triangle inspired by Danny Lyon’s 1968 photographic study of Chicago bikerswww.theguardian.com
This info is in plenty of other sources.
Thank you Logan. What are your thoughts on the "late" Robert Adams? I've been ambivalent about his late work. The early stuff resonates with me much more. His more recent books seem more introspective, more akin to private documents about his quiet life in Colorado with his wife and his dogs etc. They clearly have a meaning to him, and he has the CV to get them published so the Aperture/Yale editors see that meaning too. To me his early work hits differently.
I don't have Skogen but I'd be interested in what you mean by "different."
I have and enjoy Robert Adams' Sea Stone. More contemplative than some of his other work.
One book I am considering (since I can't afford America by Car) is Lee Friedlander: Framed by Joel Cohen.
I do have the MAPFRE book and like it, as well as In The Picture. And I have Western Landscapes, an amazing book.I don't think you can go wrong with Framed. There's a few pictures in there that I don't have in any of my other Friedlander books.
I was going to suggest that you pick up the exhibition catalog for the 2021 MAPFRE Foundation exhibition but it looks like it's no longer available new anywhere - other than Vincent Borelli and he wants $250 for his copy (ok, it's signed). There's always the exhibition catalog for the 2005 MoMA retrospective which is still available (shockingly) from Fraenkel Gallery. It's expensive at $180 but it's probably the most comprehensive book on Friedlander published to date.
I do have the MAPFRE book and like it, as well as In The Picture. And I have Western Landscapes, an amazing book.
I have a copy of the MoMA Friedlander if anyone is interested.
I don't think you can go wrong with Framed. There's a few pictures in there that I don't have in any of my other Friedlander books.
I was going to suggest that you pick up the exhibition catalog for the 2021 MAPFRE Foundation exhibition but it looks like it's no longer available new anywhere - other than Vincent Borelli and he wants $250 for his copy (ok, it's signed). There's always the exhibition catalog for the 2005 MoMA retrospective which is still available (shockingly) from Fraenkel Gallery. It's expensive at $180 but it's probably the most comprehensive book on Friedlander published to date.
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