Documentary-collections Books

Goldblatt's books takes you from the South Africa of the 1950's to the present and from his first book to the latest. The beauty of the book lies in that you are, along with David, an intimate observer of history unfolding.

Highly recommended for any serious photography enthusiast. An experience on its own... T

Beautiful compositions, wonderful narratives, and exquisite colors draw you into Hilliard's world that is always seductive and intriguing.

These are the best images from David Vance's book "Attractions" presented in postcard format in this #30 postcard book published by Bruno Gmunder. What a great way to see the photos images of this popular photographer in an affordable way. There are 29 postcards in this book that are great to send to friends and love ones. Anyone would surely appreciate these photos of young handsome men. Or if you can't part with the cards, buy two books, one to give away and the other to keep for your permanent collection. This is a great way to collect the photography images of your favorite photographer. This book of David's images is one you shouldn't miss. A real "attraction."

If you like anything and everything about Ireland, this book is an excellant addition to your collection. In the tradition of "Day in the Life of ...." books, this book is is a beautiful photographic montage of a culture and a people that has fascinated the world for centuries. You open the book to dawn of May 17, 1991 and enter the daily world of the lives of rural and city people throughout Ireland. Of parents getting ready for the workday, trying to get their kids off to school and the day off to a good start. The book travels through the day from dawn to dusk, unfolding the world of the Irish people and showing the Universal common thread of people around the world trying to live their lives and do an honest day's work. This book is a beautiful montage of color, humor and life and makes a excellant addition to the "Day in the Life..." books that been published in the past decade. Also a side note: The same time the publishers were organizing and executing the book, they also documented the work with a filmed documentary of the "Day in the Life of Ireland" for PBS. If you find a copy of this video, it will make a great companion to the book. You will take a great voyage as you journey through the book. Bon Voyage and Slainte!

This book features just one model, Stephanie, on one B&W picture per page. She's sometimes clothed or covered, at least in part, but most often appears wearing only Stephanie. It looks really good on her.

Karsten catches her in many moods. Sometimes, her simple, subtle form suffices (p.42, 100, 137). Sometimes it's her smile (p. 136, 25, 35, 40) or a more ambiguous expression (p.15, 26, 55, 111). Other times she's raw and elemental (p.131, 72, 86) or delicate and fragile (p.21, 46, 90-91). In any case, Karsten breaks through the fallacy of the invisible camera. We see Stephanie as we do because of Karsten's involvement (p.44, 56-57, 156-157).

Another one-model book of figure photo came out recently, and couldn't be more different, even ignoring this book's enticingly larger format. The models are both lean, young, with long straight hair, and even show a little facial resemblance at some angles. Karstsen's book is almost wholly about Stephanie, and she seems truly happy in herself and in sharing herself. Donegan's model, on the other hand, often seemed like just another prop (albeit human) among his other fetish gear, or a perfunctory display of body parts - and she never smiled. Any viewer who truly likes the whole woman, not just the evanescent gift of youth, will know the distinction that sets Karsten miles ahead.

The small amount of writing is in German, which I admit to be among my lacks. The intro is translated into English, and I generally found it missable. The one or two other pages of text may have added something for a German reader, but only a little.

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The thought of creating a photographic monologue on the theme of 'decay' may seem jarring to some, but in the graceful hands of photographers Nathan Troi Anderson and J.K. Putnam the natural wasting of things becomes almost symphonic in the vast survey of matter growing old in this magnificent book. Perhaps the best summary of this project is in the concluding statement by author Majeed after perusing this collection of images: 'Decay is just another senseless borderline between the whisper of ghosts of past days and the roar of painfully recovered memories. It is the heavy boots of time and the luster of countless tiny eyes of rats.'

In images of both black and white and color photography, Anderson and Putnam pause before corroded abandoned cars, piles of rusted chains, deserted buildings, cemeteries, great stretches of wasted soil and sand, places once created and inhabited by man but now forgotten like old shoes left behind the scurrying path towards the new, and bones and soon to become fossils of wildlife, spent flower pods, and the beauty of age as it changes the stature and surface of trees and walls and rust stained monuments of a better time.

Reading and spending time with the magnificent photographs of the measures of DECAY elicits sadness, memories, pity, and eventually a respect for the passage of time and the footprints left for us to remember. This is a humbling book, one that places life in a different perspective. The book is accompanied by a CD of images for meditation. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, November 08

I thoroughly recommend this book - the quality of the photographs and the printing is exceptional. Sophie de Wilde was an extraordinary photographer, though it seems she isn't well known outside of France. I'd rank her with David Doubilet, such is the quality of her images and the depth of her artistry.

The Jacobs boys on the front cover with Artie featured inside too! Lots of other familiar faces inside of people I have grown up, went to school and worked with. Vermont Northeast Kingdom readers will recognize many of the people in the photos. A great book to read and enjoy. It's a keeper and Vermonter dot com heartily approved!

This is a must own. The photographs are beautiful but what makes this book so powerful is that the people of the Delta are living in the '90's just as they did in the 'teens. For all of the positive changes that have happen since the civil rights movement it obvious that these people have been left behind. The photos will bring tears to your eyes. I would suggest to those people who churches may not be doing that 'Trip to the Holy Land with Pastor so and so' Think about organizing with Habitat for Humanity and doing some building in the Delta.

ever look at pictures and wonder how the photographer was ever given permission to photograph such intimate things? This book is another example of Goldin's ability to let people's guards down and really understand (in an aesthetic and emotional level) her subjects. It is a sucessful collaboration with text and image!