Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the idea that a publisher is only "real" if they're not the "artist" flies in the face of history. Print making artists have been publishing their own work since around 220. "Camera Work" began as a "self publishing" venture. Weston printed his own work. His son's printed his work. And so called "real" publishers published his work. Which edition would you most like to own? Limited edition prints and books, art books, hand made one of a kind books and mono prints all have long and respectable histories. Some photo labs made their reputation on printing for fine photographers who signed their prints. Graphic Atelier's have made limited editions for artists for many centuries. Blurb and Lulu and their ilk are simply the latest iteration. As always - the question is not who published or printed it - the question is: Is the edition worth reading, seeing, owning or collecting? Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 10, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Leon, > > My listing is limited to photography books, for a couple of > reasons: first, this is a photography list, and second, many > LUGgers are active in various worthy endeavors that have nothing to > do with photography, and if I were to attempt to track and list > their publications in other fields, the listing would quickly > become unwieldy. > > And to Mark: of course there is a difference between "real" > publishing (like Kyle's gun book or Ted's medicine books) and self- > publishing via Blurb and similar services, but both are valid and > very worthwhile works are self-published these days, with Ted's > latest book a good example. I own a large number of photography > books, published both ways, and I have to say that many of the self- > published books are AT LEAST on par with the stuff put out by > traditional publishing houses. > > Like so many other fields, the world of publishing has been > profoundly changed by the Internet. This is analogous to the world > of music, where many performers now skip the traditional record > companies altogether and publish their music on their own web > sites. This is done not just by new and unknown bands, but also by > some established names. > > Therefore, I am happy to include any photography book in my > listing, regardless of how it has been published, as long as it is > available for sale. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On May 9, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Leon Pomeroy wrote: > >> >> Nathan: As a Lugger Author in the background may I ask you to add >> me to your >> list of lugger authors? If so inclined, the title of my book is >> "The New >> Science of Axiology." It's about a mathematical model that >> transforms low >> tech moral and religious philosophy into a high tech moral science >> of right >> and wrong, nice and nasty, good and evil. I integrate it with >> cognitive >> psychology as a model for all the social sciences including the >> dismal >> pre-scientific discipline of economics plunging our world into >> financial >> collapse these days. The financial models and engineering of >> economists >> failed to incorporate the most important mathematical model of all, >> axiological science modeling values and morals most feel pressing >> on us. >> See my web site at www.e-valuemetrics.com P.S. Is there a lugger >> out there >> who knows where I can purchase a hood for my 50 mm f1.2 Noctilux >> I've used >> since my travels with Walter Heun. My wife is call me. Thanks. >> Leon Pomeroy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information