Your most thumbed photo-book?

[djdister]

First and Last by Walker Evans.

 

[images39]

Man, this is a hard one to answer. My book collection is getting rather ridiculous (or so my girlfriend tells me), but I enjoy them. Print quality in the last 30-40 years is superb. I'd say that my most viewed one recently is Michael Kenna's Photographs and Stories. It's a collection of photos, one from each of the 50 years from 1973-2023. He provides an anecdote at the back of the book for each photo, which is not typical of his other books. I thoroughly enjoy both the photos and the anecdotes.

Dale

 

[Vaughn]

Not a book, but my November/December 1990 issue of View Camera Magazine got pretty pretty beat up…perhaps a chemical stain or two.

It contained an article describing how to make carbon prints. I would have it open next to me at each step of the process. I’d give it a go, fail, reread the article and go, “Oh, I missed that part.” or find that I had interpreted something wrong.

After months of failures and other learning experiences, I finally hand copied the instructions to save the magazine.

 

[snusmumriken]

O Mundo da Minha Objectiva" ("The World of My Lens", 1981) a rare postumous book from Adelino Lyon de Castro

That’s a great story. There are currently a few copies for sale online, at prices from £44 to £250. I’m intrigued to know what the contents are like. Any chance you could show us some sample pages?

 

[rduraoc]

That’s a great story. There are currently a few copies for sale online, at prices from £44 to £250. I’m intrigued to know what the contents are like. Any chance you could show us some sample pages?

Still available in reliable online bookstores (that might even ship to the UK - tbc): https://www.bertrand.pt/livro/o-mundo-da-minha-objectiva-adelino-lyon-de-castro/67961

 

[Fraxinus]

A Day Off - by Tony Ray-Jones
When I need reminding just how good social documentary photograohy can be...