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08/27/2010 11:46:02 PM · #1
Please help: I am looking to give a gift of a book with collection of BLACK & WHITE photographs. Something that is unique and would be appreciated by a person who loves B&W photography. Not a tutorial or instructional book but rather a catalogue? Maybe even a collectible edition? Thank you!
08/28/2010 07:23:14 PM · #2
I have Africa by Herb Ritts - it's BEAUTIFUL!

It was a gift from a very special friend and absolutely appreciated.

Message edited by author 2010-08-28 19:23:24.
08/28/2010 07:36:35 PM · #3
I know it's trite, but I still think Ansel Adams is the best black & white.

I looked through amazon, and I hadn't seen this one before -- it looks interesting:
400 photographs
08/28/2010 07:59:27 PM · #4
I'll always plug Nick Brandt. I have both "On This Earth" & "A Shadow Falls" (standard edition). Magnificent work!
08/28/2010 08:38:47 PM · #5
Minor White, Rites and Passages.

Extraordinary book, collectible.

R.
08/29/2010 02:01:04 AM · #6
Avedon, "In the American West"
08/29/2010 09:25:24 AM · #7
Clyde Butcher is a great B/W Photography who has a number of books
Books by Clyde Butcher

Larry Towell is another one who does a lot of B/W photography that some one just showd me recently.
Larry Towell Books
08/29/2010 10:12:53 AM · #8
Thank you for suggestions so far :) How about B&W PORTRAITS? Thanks again!
08/29/2010 10:58:11 AM · #9
Originally posted by UNCLICKABLE:

Thank you for suggestions so far :) How about B&W PORTRAITS? Thanks again!


Yousuf Karsh, "Regarding Heroes", is great. But it is pricey... The pinnacle of traditional portraiture. Avedon's "In the American West", mentioned by Spork a few posts ago, as all portraits also, but much less stylized. It, too, is a wonderful book.

R.

Message edited by author 2010-08-29 10:59:53.
08/29/2010 12:38:41 PM · #10
I really like If We Shadows by David Bailey
08/29/2010 12:51:13 PM · #11
I would suggest Personal Ads Portraits (a book I worked on) but I don't think it's in print ... :-(
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