The Photobook Thread

[Patrick Robert James]

Forgot about the BF sales until just now. Picked up Todd Hido's expanded one at Aperture. I almost bought it last month for $48 on Amazon but glad they jacked the price back up when I went to order it. The direct from Aperture price was only $39.

Now I'm off to check out the Yale and Artbook sale. Kinda bummed I missed the Getty sale again. Still don't have the Moriyama book.

 

[logan2z]

Kinda bummed I missed the Getty sale again. Still don't have the Moriyama book.

You’re in luck. The Getty Bookstore has a 30% off Cyber Monday sale today.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Less into buying books these days than going through some in my book shelves that I haven't looked at in a while.

Today, it's Ray K. Metzker's Landscapes (Aperture/Philadelphia Museum of Art), a book I probably already mentioned in this thread. Beautiful photographs, wonderful clarity of style.

Wondering why we don't talk about him much.

Would love to get hold of this one, but totally out of my price range.

 

[logan2z]

Less into buying books these days than going through some in my book shelves that I haven't looked at in a while.

Today, it's Ray K. Metzker's Landscapes (Aperture/Philadelphia Museum of Art), a book I probably already mentioned in this thread. Beautiful photographs, wonderful clarity of style.

Wondering why we don't talk about him much.

Would love to get hold of this one, but totally out of my price range.

The Landscapes book is the only one I own from Ray Metzker. Most of the others are very expensive on the used market, which may explain why he's not talked about much - at least in this thread.

I wish someone would reissue some of Metzkers books. Steidl published Light Lines in 2008, I'd love to see a new release of that - of course they'll announce it in 2026 but won't actually release it until 2035

 

[albireo]

Less into buying books these days than going through some in my book shelves that I haven't looked at in a while.

Today, it's Ray K. Metzker's Landscapes (Aperture/Philadelphia Museum of Art), a book I probably already mentioned in this thread. Beautiful photographs, wonderful clarity of style.

Wondering why we don't talk about him much.

Would love to get hold of this one, but totally out of my price range.

Thanks for this! I didn't know him. His landscape book - based on the samples I browsed on google image - is stunning!

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Well, talk about coincidence... I was just going through The New York Times art section when I saw that photographer Ruth Thorne-Thomsen died a little over a month ago.

She was Ray Metzker's wife.

Obituary in The New York Times (paywalled)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/arts/ruth-thorne-thomsen-dead.html