Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/29
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Hi Kevin,
My nomination: Stay This Moment by Sam Abell. Coincidentally,
the photographs were taken with Leica equipment. Also ShadowLight
by Freeman Patterson. In both cases, artistry without contrivance.
I prefer Sam Abell for people pictures, Freeman Patterson for abstract
patterns.
- - Phong
- -----Original Message-----
From: Khoffberg <khoffberg@email.msn.com>
Subject: [Leica] Best photography books
>I was reviewing my own pitifully small collection of photography books -
>both the technique oriented kind and the fifteen pound coffee table kind.
>With the holiday season fast approaching (what would you like for Christmas
>dear - other than a Noctilux?), I was wondering what books people were
>especially fond of? Doesn't even have to be Leica specific.
>
>I'll start the ball rolling with Ken Duncan's book called The Great South
>Land. Ken is Australian and works with a Linhof 617S. (Interestingly
>enough, he uses a Nikon N90 for a light meter). Lovely sweeping images of
a
>wonderful sweeping land.
>
>As an aside, I was there earlier this year and would recommend Tasmania
>without qualification. The people are terrific, the scenery is wondrous,
>Hobart is charming, and Port Arthur (the penal facility) is haunting. If
>you can't find something to photograph there, you're simply beyond hope.
>
>I might also nominate 75 Years of Leica Photography but I'll bet there's
>even better stuff out there.