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[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Robert Hughes died today. He was one of the greatest art critics and historians of our time. I've had "The Shock Of The New", his history of modernism, for years. He also wrote a history of colonial Australia, "The Fatal Shore". Hughes was Australian.

[fotomeow]

last Sunday at the SF Bay area meet up at SFMOMA, I picked up Shomei Tomatsu's "Skin of the Nation" for over 50% off!

[andreios]

At last I picked up my copy of Ragnar Axelsson's Last Days of the Arctic - brilliant book, both the colour "lanscape-ish" images as well as "the usual RAX" - bw documentary-ish stuff.
Also recieved Nick Brandt's On this earth - lovely as well.

The good news is there are a couple more in the post!

[sar-photo]

Went to a book signing by Martin Parr on Monday evening. Picked up his two latest - Up And Down Peachtree and No Worries. Got him to sign them and a opy of The Last Resort I already had.

He gave a little talk - said he has a separate building to house his photobook collection. He has over 12,000.

Cheers
Simon

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by sar-photo

Picked up his two latest - Up And Down Peachtree and No Worries.

How are they?

[Papercut]

Nice find! It's a good retrospective and shows Tomatsu's range.

Originally Posted by fotomeow

last Sunday at the SF Bay area meet up at SFMOMA, I picked up Shomei Tomatsu's "Skin of the Nation" for over 50% off!

[kshapero]

Just knocked off "Last Boy" the story of Mickey Mantle while being delayed in an airport. A modern tragedy.

[kanzlr]

Vivian Maier: Street Photographer

Robert Doisneau: 1912 - 1994 (Icons)

Meisterwerke: Photographien

[sar-photo]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

How are they?

I looked through Peachtree on the train home - haven't had chance to look at No Worries yet.

I think that when you buy a Martin Parr book you know what you are getting and Peachtree is Martin Parr doing what he does best. The design of the book is quite interesting in that there will occaisionally be a crop of a photo on one page and then the full frame image on the next page.

Expect bright, colourfull images of food, people, people eating food, animals and signs.

Cheers
Simon

[jsrockit]

Thanks for the info sar-photo. It sounds like something I'll need to pick up.

[rxmd]

Originally Posted by stratcat

[Capa/Chim/Gerda Taro, "La Maleta Mexicana"]

NICE ! Where did you buy that one? I'm very interested!.

I bought it in Barcelona, at Laie bookstore in Via Laietana. It's a Spanish edition in two volumes, but the English edition seems to be easy to find. It's a good book, lots of contact sheets; I might post a mini-review next week.

[charjohncarter]

Originally Posted by Yammerman

After a thread on here that mentioned him I picked up William Mortensen : A Revival . Very interesting

Yes, this guy like Steve Jobs never invented anything just was an innovator (well maybe Mortensen invented a few things but not patented). His books are NOT picture books, but technique books. His lighting innovation is still useful today. I first learned of him reading Barry Thornton's 'Edge of Darkness' (also not a picture book) that has an almost appendix and the end that mentions one of Mortensen's technique.

[Richard G]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

Robert Hughes died today. He was one of the greatest art critics and historians of our time. I've had "The Shock Of The New", his history of modernism, for years. He also wrote a history of colonial Australia, "The Fatal Shore". Hughes was Australian.

The Fatal Shore is a wonderful book. Such vivid writing. It must be twenty years since I read it but I can still remember some sentences, one describing the galahs flying in formation, alternately grey and then pink against the sky, and another describing the many rocks beneath the cliffs around Sydney Harbour, his analogy a biscuit with crumbs the size of houses having fallen from the cliffs. In the TV program of the Shock of the New his pieces to camera were descended from Kenneth Clark's Civilisation, right down to the rapid turns of the head to right and left as he made his strident points. He decried the bus loads of dentists from New Jersey in their Gucci loafers buying up modern art. Of Jeff Koontz he alluded to Socrates' dictum regarding the unexamined life not being worth living, paraphrasing him - the unlived life not being worth examining.

[jippiejee]

Got myself Rob Hornstra's "Safety First" today. It is entirely composed of negatives which were damaged by x-ray scanners during his stay in Grozny.

[Marel]

I got myself the Family of Man and John Berger's Ways of Seeing the other day.

[jsrockit]

Martin Parr - The Last Resort

[jippiejee]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Martin Parr - The Last Resort

Ha. My girlfriend also bought a thick Martin Parr book today. I've never seen The Last Resort in my book store so always assumed it to be no longer available to the poor...

[gns]

Originally Posted by jippiejee

Ha. My girlfriend also bought a thick Martin Parr book today. I've never seen The Last Resort in my book store so always assumed it to be no longer available to the poor...

It was reissued a year or 2 ago so you can now get it at regular the person's price. I picked one up last year. The collector in me would love to have first editions of these things, but prices are often just too crazy.
I'm happy for these reprints. And the quality is often better on the newer editions anyway.

Gary

[lynnb]

A History of Photography from 1839 to the Present, The George Eastman House Collection, Taschen.

A number of Photofile books, to keep my editions of Saul Leiter and Jozef Koudelka company:
Ernst Haas
Lewis Carroll
Duane Michals
Paolo Roversi

And some Phaidon 55 mini books:
Werner Bischof
Josef Sudek
Manuel Alvarez Bravo

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by jippiejee

I've never seen The Last Resort in my book store so always assumed it to be no longer available to the poor...

It was $48 at the ICP in NYC and I'm sure it'll be cheaper on amazon and ebay.

[Araakii]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Thanks for the info sar-photo. It sounds like something I'll need to pick up.

I had this book pre-ordered since April and it still hasn't been released.

[Peter_wrote:]

klavdij sluban - go east

[Papercut]

MoMA's 75th anniversary edition of Walker Evans, American Photographs -- the original edition is too pricey to justify, at least until an unknown rich uncle dies and leaves me his fortune.

[gns]

Originally Posted by Papercut

MoMA's 75th anniversary edition of Walker Evans, American Photographs -- the original edition is too pricey to justify, at least until an unknown rich uncle dies and leaves me his fortune.

I almost bought a first edition once, but got cold feet in the end.
My copy is a later edition from the 60's or 70's. I'll get this new version for its faithfulness in design to the original. How do you find the production quality? The MOMA description mentions "Digital" printing.

Gary

[bobkonos]

First edition of Dr. Paul Wolff's "My First 10 Years With Leica." A gift from a friend whose father was a LIFE magazine photographer and Leica user.