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BOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE
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Black + White Photography
A Basic Manual Beyond Basic
Photography
Color Photography
Henry Horenstein
Little Brown
The Art of Photography
Bruce Barnbaum
Kendall Hunt
Photography
Barbara London and John Upton
Little Brown
Dialogue with Photography
Paul Hill and Thomas Cooper
Cornerhouse Publications
The J.Paul Getty
Museum Handbook
of the Photographs Collection
1. Why People Photograph
2. Beauty in Photography
Robert Adams
Aperture
Aperture Magazine
1-800-825-0061
Blind Spot
212-633-1317
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Penguin
The Americans
Robert Frank
SCALO Publishers
On Photography
On The Suffering of Others
Susan Sontag
Anchor Books/Doubleday
Seeing is Forgetting the Name
of the Thing One Sees /
The Life of Contemporary
Artist Robert Irwin
Lawrence Weschler
University of California Press
The History of Photography
Beaumont Newhall
Museum of Modern Art
Photography Speaks
Brooks Johnson
Aperture
Master Photographers
Pat Booth
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc
Edward Weston
Ben Maddow
Aperture
Pinhole Photography
Eric Renner
Photography Speaks 1& 2
Focal Press
Eddie Ephraums
Gradient Light
Creative Elements
Amphoto Books
The Contest of Meaning
Richard Bolton
The MIT Press
Making Digital Negatives for
Contact Printing
Dan Burkholder
Experimental Photography
Workbook
Christina Z Anderson
Pinhole Photography 4th ed.
Eric Renner
Bruce Davidson: Outside Inside
from Steidl Photography Intl
The Face in the Lens:
Anonymous Photographs
Robert Flynn Johnson
Alexander McCall Smith
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs
Bennett Simpson
Dan Winters:
Periodical Photographs
Lynn Hirschberg
Looking At Photographs
A Guide to Technical Terms
Revised Edition
Gordon Baldwin + Martin Jurgens
P is for Peanut
A Photographic ABC
Lisa Gelber + Jody Roberts
Paul Outerbridge
Command Performance
Paul Martineau
Photographers of Genius at
the Getty
Weston Naef
Camera Lucida
Roland Barth
The Photography Reader
Liz Wells
Art Photography Now
Susan Bright
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The Business of Photography:
Principles and Practices 2007
Mary Virginia Swanson
www.mvswanson.com
Photographic Possibilities
Robert Hirsch
Focal Press
Creative Photo Printmaking
Theresa Airey
Amphoto Books
The Philosophy of the Visual Arts
Philip Alperson
Oxford University Press
Lenswork Quarterly
800- 659- 2130
The Reconfigured Eye
William J. Mitchell
MIT Press
The New Photography
Catherine Reeve &
Marilyn Sward
Spectrum
Criticizing Photographs
Terry Barrett
Mayfield Publishing Co.
Photographer’s Resource
Stuart Cohen
Watson-Guptill Pub.
The Ansel Adams Guide
Basic Techniques of Photography
John P. Schaefer
Little, Brown & Co.
Occam’s Razor
Bill Jay
Nazaraelli Press
The Power of the Center
A study of Composition
in the Visual Arts
Rudolf Arnheim
UC Press/ Berkley
The Photographer’s
Master Printing Course
The Lith Printing Book
The Toning Book
Tim Rudman
Focal Press
The Zone System for
35mm Photographers
Carson Graves
Focal Press
Between The Eyes
David Levi Strauss
Aperture
Art and Fear
David Bayles & Ted Orland
Capra Press
Camera Lucida
Reflections on Photography
Roland Barthes
Hill and Wang
1 The Darkroom Cookbook
2 The Film Development Cookbook
Stephen G. Anchell
Focal Press
Plastic Cameras
Michelle Bates
The Book of Alternative
Photographic Processes
2nd Edition
Christopher James
Alternative Processes Condensed
Christina Z Anderson
Irving Penn: Small Trades
Virginia Heckert
Anne Lacoste
Julie Blackmon: Domestic Vacations
Julie Blackmon
Callahan, Siskind + Sommer:
At the Crossroads of
American Photography
Britt Salvesen
Keith F Davis
Still Life in PHotography
Paul Martineau
Photographer of Modern Life
Camille Silvy
Mark Haworth-Booth
The Art of Seeing
An Iterpretation of the
Aesthetic Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi+
Rick E Robinson
Issues in the Conservation of
Photographs
Edited by Debra Hess Norris and
Jennifer Jae Gutierrez
The Photographs of Frederick H Evans
Anne M Lyden
with an essay by Hope Kingsley
Art and Photography
David Campany
The Photographs as Contemporary Art
Charlotte Cotton
Photography, A Cultural History
Mary Warner Marian
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DVDs
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Henri Cartier-Bresson:The Impassioned Eye:
The intense vitality and presence of Cartier-Bresson's recollections bear
eloquent testimony to his "impassioned eye." an unique visual
journey traces half a century of photographic assimilation of the
world, exploring entire continents and introducing us to people,
whose often delightfully humorous portraits by Cartier-Bresson,
are frequently as famous as the sitters themselves. 72 min.
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The Adventure of Photography
From the first daguerreotypes to war photojournalism, from fashion
spreads to the greatest contmporary artists, this program includes
1700 pictures, 300 artists, and will appeal to all photographers.
Features celebrated photographers such as Ansel Adams,
George Eastman, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward J Steichen,
Alfred Stieglitz, and many more.260 min.
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Masters of Photography: Edward Steichen
Widely regarded as the most influential photographer of the
20th century, he was born Edward Jean Steichen in Luxembourg
in 1879. He worked in every aspect of the art-fashion, industrial,
nature, combat, portrait, table-top. As a leading museum curator
created the famous "Family of Man" photo exhibition. This
half-hour documentary was shot when Stichen, at 86, reflected on
his long life and many achievements. 30 min.
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Masters of Photography: Andre Kertesz
The father of 35mm photography was born Andor Kertesz in Hungary
in 1894. He made his reputation in the Paris of the 20s and 30s
before emigrating to the United States. Cartier-Bresson once said of
him: "Whatever we have done, Kertesz did first." This
half-hour documentary presents Kertesz in his own words,
explaining many of his pictures and sharing his memories. 30 min.
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Bill Gottleib:Riffs
A fascinating profile of Bill Gottleib, the famed photographer
who captured the Golden Age of Jazz throught exquisitely
detailed photographs. Featuring interviews with Gottlieb and a host
of jazz authorities, telling stories behind classic photos of such
legendary musicians as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong,
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. 60 min.
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William Eggleston: In the Real World
He has been called "the beginning of modern color photography"
and "one of the most significant figures in contemporary
photography". The film shows a deep connecction between
Eggleston's enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, and
also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman
and videographer. 84 min.
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Dan Estabrook
Working exclusively in 19th century processes, Dan Estabrook
produces intimate, yet compelling photographs that illustrate the
beauty of long forgotten methods. Includes bonus feature
demonstration of the salt print process. Main documentary
50 mins. Photo comentary 37 mins. Bonus feature 12 mins.
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Keith Carter
A documentary that takes the viewer through his entire career,
giving an in-depth look at his techniques + philosophy. Includes
bonus feature of a step-by-step selenium toning session.
Main documentary 1 hour. Photo commentary 57 mins. bonus
feature 20 mins.
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American Masters-Richard Avedon: Darkness + Light
As a fashion photographer, Avedon became known for his sense of
movement and the energy he captured in each image. This program aptly
depicts this highly creative man exposed through his work as
vulnerable, obsessed and a perfectionist.
90 mins.
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
The film depicts the various phases that shaped her life including childhood
the tumultuous sixites, her transition from Rolling Stone to Vanity Fair
magazine and later her most significant personal relationships including
motherhood.
83 mins.
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What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
Never one to compromise, she reflects on her own personal feelings
about mortality as she continues to examine the boundaries
of contemporary art. Spanning five years, What Remains contains
unbridled access to the many stages of Mann's work, and is a rare
glimpse of an eloquent and brilliant artist.
80 mins.
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Manufactured Landscapes (US Edition)
The film follows Internationally acclaimed photographer
Edward Burtynsky whose large-scale photographs of
manufactured landscapes quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines
and dams create stunningly beautiful art from civilization s materials
and debris. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the
evidence and effects of that country s massive industrial revolution.
90 mins.
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Digital 201 (Beginner/Intermediate Photography Guide)
by QuickPro Camera Guides
A tutorial DVD intended to help customers unlock the true potential of
their camera. This professionally scripted, hosted, and designed tutorial
will effectively improve the fundamental knowledge, picture quality,
and enthusiasm of the user.
45 mins.
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Inkjet Transfer Techniques by Bonny Lhotka: Gelatin and Gel
Transfer Processes for Alternative Photography and Fine Art
Learn new processes for transferring inkjet prints to other surfaces
using gelatin, gels and fresco gelatin. All processes are suitable for
desktop and wide format printers using pigment inks. This seminar series
is for all artists and photographers looking for alternative processes
for expanding on how to express their own creative voice.
Processes covered require the use of inkjet media like the DASSTM
Transfer Film or other media with a water soluble coating that will
release the image.
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Photography Body Painting With Light
Body painting with 35mm slide projections. Three models
demonstrate dozens of slides photographers can make and project on
the body. Saves hours of painting time. Models change poses and
hold them so they can be studied.
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John Santerineross-Neo-Symbolist Photography
John Santerineross is best known for his innovative
neo-symbolist photographs. His works combine narrative
imagery, symbolism of ancient and modern cultures, eroticism,
religious iconography, contrasting textures and dramatic lighting.
45 mins.
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