The Photobook Thread

[albireo]

What is a good Wessel book? I have Night Walk which is a fantastic book. Curious if there is a all encompassing one.

There's not much apart from what Logan suggested. You can purchase an anthology from Amazon but I don't own it, so I can't vouch for it.

HENRY WESSEL · Beyond the documentary style

This book collects the great retrospective of the American photographer Henry Wessel that was shown in February 2022 at the José Guerrero Center in Granada and that includes a careful selection of his most representative photographs. A trip to the American West through the camera of this...

lasalbooks.com

 

[Mike Lopez]

There was a retrospective book published by Steidl in 2007 in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I don't own a copy and it's pretty expensive on the used market - on the order of $250 for a nice copy. $500 gets you a signed copy from Jeff Hirsch Books.

A short preview of the book is on Photo-Eye's web site.

I have a like-new copy of this book, and although it’s not signed, I had no idea that this is listed for sale so expensively now. Wow!

 

[logan2z]

I have a like-new copy of this book, and although it’s not signed, I had no idea that this is listed for sale so expensively now. Wow!

Nice, that's a keeper.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

There was a retrospective book published by Steidl in 2007 in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. I don't own a copy and it's pretty expensive on the used market - on the order of $250 for a nice copy. $500 gets you a signed copy from Jeff Hirsch Books.

A short preview of the book is on Photo-Eye's web site.

Thanks Logan2z and Pieter12.

I was aware of the more current Steidl books but I wasn't aware of the older one.

It really chaps my hide that I could have met Wessel back in the day. I knew a few people who were friends with him unbeknownst to me but he was never really on my radar until I had moved away from SoCal. Such a shame. I've met a lot of people in my life though so I can't really complain. Just a missed opportunity.

To be brutally frank, I never liked the low contrast type of image Wessel produced. I lean more towards the Moriyama/Gibson end of the spectrum. I've grown to appreciate his work though. Same with Robert Adams. Maybe I'm getting older.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

On August 12, Sarah Meister of Aperture will sit (via Zoom) with Richard Misrach to discuss his new book, Cargo.

You can register to the live Zoom here:

Richard Misrach: Cargo | Aperture PhotoBook Club

August 12, 2025 | Join the Club to discuss Richard Misrach’s latest book “Cargo,” a timely meditation on the profound impact of global trade on the environment.

aperture.org

 

[Nitroplait]

Blake Andrews - a great photographer, interviewer and writer - an absolute favourite of mine, is taking orders for his first monograph now at www.eyeshotstreetphotography.com for the next 3 months (Last order 30th of June).

It is absolutely mind boggling for me that it has taken this long for him to get this opportunity.
I have enjoyed his photography since photo blogging was the thing and read his great interviews for years.

The book "Asa Nisi Masa" is published by Eyeshot and is only available through pre-orders until June 30, so if interested - don't expect it to be available through other sources - order directly before the deadline.

If you are into Lee Friedlander you have to take a look at this.

 

[nikos79]

Amazing book. The master printer and master photographer Dave Heath. Pretty rare (and expensive) book was lucky to get it from a library

 

[nikos79]

Super rare book by again a master printer and photographer named the "latin" Ansel Adams.
I got it from a friend but if you find it anywhere don't think it twice. 200 photos of extreme quality

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Super rare book by again a master printer and photographer named the "latin" Ansel Adams.

I've read that before, which I found absurd in terms of comparison, as, as far as I know (you can correct me if I'm wrong), Raota did not do landscape photography.

He has a very unique style, but I have to say that I'm not enamoured of his quasi-constant use of ferrycyanide bleach for dramatic effect. It's a question of personal taste, but it doesn't work for me. That said, I've only seen his photos on the web. Maybe on the printed page the effect isn't as strong and distracting.

 

[nikos79]

I've read that before, which I found absurd in terms of comparison, as, as far as I know (you can correct me if I'm wrong), Raota did not do landscape photography.

He has a very unique style, but I have to say that I'm not enamoured of his quasi-constant use of ferrycyanide bleach for dramatic effect. It's a question of personal taste, but it doesn't work for me. That said, I've only seen his photos on the web. Maybe on the printed page the effect isn't as strong and distracting.

Yes I agree the comparison is pretty absurd
The photos online are overly bleached usually with a very high contrast.
The prints are much better.
Usually I tend to dislike this overly high contrasted/bleached photos. But I find that in a very few cases like Bill Brandt or Pedro Luis Raota or Dave Heath it works, the photo is powerful because of its content and not because of its editing style.

 

[logan2z]

Uh oh...

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Yale University Press Sale

50% off + free shipping on print books

with code MAY25 from
May 1 through May 31, 2025

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I'm in deep trouble...

 

[albireo]

Uh oh...

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Yale University Press Sale

50% off + free shipping on print books

with code MAY25 from
May 1 through May 31, 2025

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I'm in deep trouble...

but then..

The promotion is available to customers within the United States and Canada. All other territories are serviced by our London office and are not eligible for the discount.

 

[Pieter12]

Uh oh...

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Yale University Press Sale

50% off + free shipping on print books

with code MAY25 from
May 1 through May 31, 2025

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I'm in deep trouble...

Maybe I don't know where to look, but I don't see any photobooks on the site. Nice art books, though. I may get a couple.

 

[logan2z]

Maybe I don't know where to look, but I don't see any photobooks on the site. Nice art books, though. I may get a couple.

Search Results - Yale University Press

yalebooks.yale.edu

 

[logan2z]

but then..

That's a bummer, sorry.

 

[Pieter12]

Search Results - Yale University Press

yalebooks.yale.edu

Now I'm in trouble.

 

[logan2z]

Now I'm in trouble.

Join the club. I currently have $745 worth of books in my cart - before discount, so not as bad as it sounds. But I'm going to have to cull that down to something more reasonable.

 

[MattKing]

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[Patrick Robert James]

Uh oh...

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Yale University Press Sale

50% off + free shipping on print books

with code MAY25 from
May 1 through May 31, 2025

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I'm in deep trouble...

There goes my budget. Lol.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I ended up only buying four from Irving Penn, Kertesz and Robert Adams. I thought about buying all the Adams books they but I am trying to keep my book volume down. It isn't really working though. I probably need to do a purge.

I don't have any Penn books so Centennial was a no brainer! I picked up the Aperture American Silence Adams book a while back but figured What We Bought would be worthy to have as well. I'm appreciating his work more as I age. I didn't know about the Kertesz book of his early postcard prints, Postcards from Paris. Gotta have that one!

Not as much damage as I thought. Just a little over a hundy out the door. Screamin' deal.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Got Peter Galassi's Proof from the Yale sale.

 

[Nitroplait]

For those in EU.
According to a mail I got yesterday, Artbooks Online (www.artbooksonline.eu) subtracts 12% with the code SPRING12 until Monday May 5th.
That includes their selection of already discounted books, if I understand correctly.

 

[logan2z]

I reigned myself in and bought just two books from the Yale sale:

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory

There's a couple that I convinced myself I don't need, but I may end up ordering them anyway before the sale ends

 

[albireo]

For those in EU.
According to a mail I got yesterday, Artbooks Online (www.artbooksonline.eu) subtracts 12% with the code SPRING12 until Monday May 5th.
That includes their selection of already discounted books, if I understand correctly.

Yeah I saw that too but all the books I had in my cart weren't eligible for the discount sadly..

 

[Arthurwg]

Got Peter Galassi's Proof from the Yale sale.

I have his "Before Photography: painting and the invention of photography." (1981) Truly excellent.