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This month’s poll:
How many photography books have you read?
This can be anything from tips and techniques or creative process. I’ll even let you count published fine art image collections like coffee table books and such, provided you did more than thumb through the book. ; ) There truly is much you can learn from studying other photographers works.
In the comments - What was your favorite book?
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Easily 20+. I literally read everything I can get my hands on, so when I turned to photography I had the same approach.
So far I’ve read almost all the practical how to books at my Campus library, and a few biographies. I’ve moved on to the theoretical side of things now.
My favourites to date have been a biography of Robert Doisneau - my favourite photographer. Changed my opinion of street work.
I loved Roland Barthes “Camera Lucida”, and I’m really enjoying “Occam’s Razor” by Bill Jay.
I couldn’t really get into “The Camera”, “The Negative” etc, but as I’m hoping to develop my first roll of b/w myself next week I plan to revisit them in the near future.
Micheal Langford’s “35mm Handbook” was also good - a brilliant entry point into understanding the basics. I also have Ilford’s Manual of Photography (the 1953 edition) which has some interesting reads on the construction of lenses etc.
Oh, and Robert Rankin’s “Wilderness Light” has changed the way I view landscape photography recently.
Perhaps I should write my own blog post on books to start your photography interest with!