Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Books
From: "David Burdoin" <herzilein@clear.lakes.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:45:21 -0600
References: <20011103160623.72043.qmail@web12307.mail.yahoo.com> <3BE58037.2D3BCCF4@earthlink.net>

Hello BD,

Yes, I am interested.  I have begun a small collection of books of
photographs taken with Leica cameras. So I should like to know if all of
these books fall into that category.

Many thanks,
David Burdoin

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From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: [Leica] Books


> For anyone who's interested, there are several terrific new books from
> Phaidon -
>
> Robert Capa - The Definitive Collection - 937! photos...
> I've only had a chance to glance through this, and the others I mention
> here, but this Capa collection makes me rethink Capa - in a positive way
>
> Elliott Erwitt Snaps -
> More than 500 images, half of which haven't been published
> previously...If you think of Erwitt as simply someone who took funny
> photos of dogs and not funny photos of MM, definitely take a look at
> this one...
>
> Vietnam, Inc. - The Philip Jones Griffiths classic reissued, with a
> forward by Noam Chomsky - okay, so skip the forward if you're not a
> Chomsky fan - :-) - and ignore the BS about how this book is what turned
> around public opinion on the Vietnam War - (Hello? Can you say 'nightly
> news?' Can you say 'Life Magazine?' Can you say 'body bags?') A classic
> none the less...
>
> There are also a number of new titles in the Phaidon 55 series....
>
> And, not from Phaidon - there is a new W. Eugene Smith book out -
> Paradise Street - a collection of the 200-and-some photos - our of
> 17,000 - which he considered the core of his Pittsburgh project.
>
> B. D.
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Replies: Reply from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Books)
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