Good books by photographers who have shot film

The Suffering of Light by Alex Webb (bloody amazing)
Gypsies by Josef Koudelka (really gritty style of printing, love it)
Don't Call Me Urban by Simon Wheatley - quite a strong documentation of the London grime scene back in the early to mid 00's, there's a lot of social commentary/urban documentation there, it's one of my favourite photo books since I had friends from secondary school who lived very similar lives.
Inferno by James Nachtwey - expensive, but Phaidon often includes it in its big sales so wait until then. It's an emotional assault on the senses.
 
Have a look at the works of

Sebastiao Salgado
Mary Ellen Mark
Don McCullen
Bruce Davidson
Eugene Richards
Elliott Erwitt
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Robert Doisneau
Robert Frank
W.Eugene Smith

Just to start with :)
 
Paul Strand and Alfred Steiglitz should definitely be near the top of your list! And there are always going to be others, Dorothea Lange, Fox Talbot, Eve Arnold, Arnold Crane, Gary Winogrand, Robert Frank, Trent Parke, Sally Mann, I could go on forever, haha, I'll stop there. OH and William Eggleston, can't be forgetting him now!

Edit: And then there's some wordy books, On Photography by Susan Sontag, How to Read a Photograph by someone, The History of Photography (every photographer ever should have a copy of that), The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer (great book).
 
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The Genius of Photography which was a fantastic BBC series is available in hardback, if you haven't seen the series have a look, very informative and enjoyable.

Andy
 
Joenail said:
Paul Strand and Alfred Steiglitz should definitely be near the top of your list! And there are always going to be others, Dorothea Lange, Fox Talbot, Eve Arnold, Arnold Crane, Gary Winogrand, Robert Frank, Trent Parke, Sally Mann, I could go on forever, haha, I'll stop there. OH and William Eggleston, can't be forgetting him now!

Edit: And then there's some wordy books, On Photography by Susan Sontag, How to Read a Photograph by someone, The History of Photography (every photographer ever should have a copy of that), The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer (great book).
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I really like Trent Parke work,but his first book,the one that I want one out of print,and s/h prices :eek:
 
Another vote for Don McCullen, Shaped by War is a stunning book and any of Eamon McCabe's books.
 
simonblue said:
I really like Trent Parke work,but his first book,the one that I want one out of print,and s/h prices :eek:
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All I've seen of him in book form is what he as in the Magnum contact sheets thing (which is also a fantastic book, absolutely worth the money). He has a nice gallery in InPublic, well worth a look if you haven't already!
 
One book i can highly rec,is Magum contacts sheets.

Its show some of it famous photos,and how each photo was picked from the contact sheet,well worth a look :)
 
Thanks all .. I ended up ordering (total circa £60.00):

Don't Call Me Urban - Simon Wheatley
Masters of Photography - Paul Strand
The Life Below; NY City Subway - Christophe Agou
The Genius of Photography - Gerry Badger
Works of Mary Ellen Mark - Mary Ellen Mark
Eugene Atget's Paris - Andrea Krase et al
Street Photography Now,301 pictures - Sophie Howarth
 
Pete Oliver said:
Archive one by David Bailey - I love all of his work
Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era - she is my inspiration of music photography
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Have to agree with you about Bailey, I'm off to see his exhibition on Thursday.

simonblue said:
Sorry don't rate Linda McCarteny's at all,just in the right place at the right time.

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And I err on Simon's side on Linda McCartney, a lot of it is about access, nothing particularly out of the ordinary for me, likewise Stella's photographic work which I saw at the Portrait Gallery last year, just a case of opportunity matched with her mother's encouragement.
 
McCartney was a well established photographer before she met Paul, her work is very under rated.
It does help though, been one of the Eastman family.

If you want over rated, look at the work of the ex wife of George Harrison, can't remember her name, she was married to him in the 60's before Eric Clapton split them up.
 
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