Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/10
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>I would like to do some reading during the Christmas holidays.
>Could someone suggest a few of their favourite books about Leica
>cameras, as well as books with photographs taken primarily with
>Leica cameras
These are suggestions from my library. Most of these photographers shoot
with the M system except for Abell and Allard and Salgado. Abell is mostly
R I believe while Allard shoots M and R depending on the need and
situation. Salgado also shoots mostly R I believe.
Cheers,
Jim
Photo books shot with leicas:
Alex Webb -- Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds, Under a Grudging Sun
Sebastio Salgado -- Other Americas, Workers, An Uncertain Grace
Josef Koudelka --Exiles, Gypsies
Henri Cartier-Bresson -- Photographer, America in Passing
Gilles Peress -- Telex Iran, Farewell to Bosnia
Robert Frank -- The Americans, Lines of My Hand, Moving Out
Sam Abell -- Stay This Moment
William Albert Allard -- The Photographic essay. (Allard talks about the
differences in shooting
with a reflex and rangefinder system. This is the best description I've
read yet.
Garry Winogrand -- Figments From the Real World, Animals and others
I also want to strongly suggest "In Our Time, The World as seen by Magnum
Photographers" by William Manchester. It was mentioned in another post by
Dan Cardish. It's
a wonderful book of photography, many shot with Leicas.
Jim Arnold - arbus@akron.infi.net
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