RE: [Leica] Best photography books

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Oh, not Leica specific? Take a look at any of the Eugene Richards
books....Cocaine Blue, Cocaine True...Living Below The Line...The Knife and
Gun Club...Americans We....His work is really stunning - I'd argue that he
comes closer than any one around to matching Eugene Smith...even if he
doesn't shoot with Leicas...:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Carl
> Socolow
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 7:02 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Best photography books
>
>
> Khoffberg wrote:
> >SNIP
>   I was wondering what books people were
> > especially fond of?  Doesn't even have to be Leica specific.
> >
> SNIP
> >
> > Kevin Hoffberg
>
> Workers by Sebastian Selgado
> Terra by Sebastian Selgado
>
> 	Both illustrate the power of committment, passion and a machine (in
> this 	case Leica) to effect change.
>
> The Americans by Robert Frank
>
> 	Because it just doesn't get better than this in showing how these
> Leica 	machines are capable of seizing a time and
> documenting a vision.
>
> L'Histoire de France by Ralph Gibson
>
> 	Once again a concise, consistent vision using the spontaneity of
> equipment,		that we discuss to technical excess, to
> record very narrow
> minimal 	vignettes that help portray this most interesting
> and enigmatic
> of 	countries.
>
> There are so many more...
>
> Carl Socolow
>