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Rafael
06-14-2007, 03:16
This thread will run for four days (until Monday morning Ottawa time).

Please post your suggestions for the first book to be read by the new RFF Book Club. Remember that the field is wide open here. You may suggest books of photography or books about photography. The only condition is that the books should be reasonably easy to get a hold of.

If you want to include reasons for your suggestion, that might be helpful. But please refrain from expressing your support or opposition for another's choice. We'll save that for the voting thread which I will open on Monday morning.

OK, the floor is open!

(If you want to know more about the book club, please refer to THIS (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=574813#post574813) thread.)
ljsegil
06-14-2007, 03:19
How about Matanle "Collecting and Using Classic Cameras"?
LJS
sinetsin
06-14-2007, 03:33
Israël, 50 ans
par les photographes de Magnum
An excellent compilation of images from 1948 to 1997 about Israelian way of life and dramatic episodes.
From robert Cappa to Abbas..great stuff!


Sleeping with ghosts, Don McCullin (a classic!)
No commets about it..excellent collection of this great photojournalist!!
alan davus
06-14-2007, 04:32
Wilfred Thesiger, "Visions of a Nomad".
bmattock
06-14-2007, 04:39
All the books on photography I read are long-since out-of-print. I just finished reading "Combat Camera Man" by Jerry J. Joswick, copyright 1961. Army Air Force combat photographer on B-24's in the European air wars, including the battles over Ploesti, Romania. Riveting. But I doubt we could all obtain a copy in short order, sorry.
Kin Lau
06-14-2007, 06:12
"Associated Press Guide to Photojounalism". It's not as boring as it sounds and I found it at the library.

ps. welcome back Bill.
ClaremontPhoto
06-14-2007, 06:18
'Magnum Landscape'

It's inexpensive, especially in paperback, and available at Amazon.
dovi
06-14-2007, 06:55
'Magnum Landscape'

It's inexpensive, especially in paperback, and available at Amazon.

I also would reccommend The Tao of Photography : http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Photography-Seeing-Beyond/dp/1580081940/ref=sr_1_1/105-4397510-8993254?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181828572&sr=8-1
dovi
06-14-2007, 07:54
'Magnum Landscape'

It's inexpensive, especially in paperback, and available at Amazon.

I also would reccommend The Tao of Photography : http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Photography-Seeing-Beyond/dp/1580081940/ref=sr_1_1/105-4397510-8993254?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181828572&sr=8-1
IGMeanwell
06-14-2007, 08:16
"The Ongoing Moment" by Geoff Dyer
RichC
06-14-2007, 11:26
How about the classic "Ways of Seeing" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Seeing-John-Berger/dp/0140135154/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-1538605-0462355?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181845450&sr=8-1) by John Berger?

Easily available ... and everyone keeps telling me I ought to read it!
kazarau
06-14-2007, 11:35
How about 'On being a photographer' - David Hurn & Bill Jay ( Lenswork Publishing).
bmattock
06-14-2007, 11:46
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140126393962&rd=1&rd=1
bmattock
06-14-2007, 11:48
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290116604832
bmattock
06-14-2007, 11:49
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200103236389
bmattock
06-14-2007, 11:50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130101386594

Can you tell I read a lot? Just saying...
bmattock
06-14-2007, 11:50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190098851992

OK, I'm done now.
JonR
06-14-2007, 11:54
Letīs pick a book that is easily available and not dedicated to one camera brand to start with!
/Jon
gregg
06-14-2007, 11:56
A second for "On Being a Photographer" by Hurn/Jay.
ray_g
06-14-2007, 16:02
A second for "On Being a Photographer" by Hurn/Jay.

Good idea. I have always wanted to read that, too.
Rafael
06-17-2007, 05:51
Wow, I went out of town for a couple of days only to come back to find quite the impressive list here!

I'll let this thread run for one more day. Tomorrow morning I'll open the voting thread. So if anyone else still wants to get a suggestions in, now is your chance.
daaris
06-17-2007, 06:00
How about the classic "Ways of Seeing" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Seeing-John-Berger/dp/0140135154/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-1538605-0462355?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181845450&sr=8-1) by John Berger?

Easily available ... and everyone keeps telling me I ought to read it!

I have been told this is a great book as well.
Steve Bellayr
06-17-2007, 06:08
Dyer's: "On Going Moment" is an exceptionally good book. It is thought provoking and makes one look at photography and photographers in a different light. It is also of recent vintage and readily available in libraries and book stores.