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My photo book library

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." Cicero

The Park City Library Board gave me a small plaque with that engraving as a thank you for serving on the board several years ago.

Over the years that I've been interested in photography, I've slowly but methodically collected a small library of photography books. The collection includes both instruction and fine art books.

The collection has helped me immensely and I've noticed that as others review my library, it's helping them, too.

On a suggestion, I'm starting a list of all of my photography books. I'll try to add to the list as time allows, but maybe don't hold your breath for the list to be completed anytime soon.

In no particular order:

1. Looking at Photographs. Szarkowski. Evidently this is a classic that I just found out about. Mr. Szarkowski is a great writer, especially when it comes to photography. On the page discussing Robert Capa's Collaborator, Chartres. 1944, he writes, "one of the interesting things about photography is the fact that its records of our selves and our works so often do not correspond to our mental images: The photographs make our waistlines look thick, and our postures slovenly, and our houses graceless and ill-proportioned." And then he goes on to explore that idea.
2. Window Seat by Julieanne Kost. Pictures we've all shot. Most of these are better. Nice words, too.
3. Pinhole Photography, Second Edition by Eric Renner. Always fun to experiment with pinhole "technology." This is the bible.
4. Photographing Buildings Inside and Out by Norman McGrath. Good instruction book, but it doesn't cover mroe contemporary styles of architectural photography.
5. Dog Dogs by Elliott Erwitt. A must have for both Elliott Erwitt and dog lovers
6. Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovitz. This one's a steal! Great B&W portraits.
7. Photo Icons by Hans-Michael Koetzle et al. Another spontaneous bargain bin purchase. Mildly interesting, but I guess it was in the bargain bin for a reason.
8. The private experience, Elliott Erwitt by Sean Callahan. My goal is to get every book ever made about Mr. Erwitt. He's that good. This one has great copy with interesting stories and anecdotes.
9. Masters of Contemporary Photography by John Zimmerman, Mark Kauffman, Neil Leifer. I really like these old books that cover classic photographers.
10. Matters of Light & Depth by Ross Lowell. Good title. Good book. By the light guy.
11. The Creative Photographer by Andreas Feininger. Interesting old instruction book (1974)
12. Andre Kertesz by Noel Bourcier (Phaidon 55). Love these Phaidon 55 books.
13. The Photography Book by Editors of Phaidon. Great encyclopedia of photographers. Useful when you recognize a name, but can't put the work to it.
14. Walker Evans by Maria Morris Hambourg. Lots of photos and text really gets into Mr. Evans' life & work.
15. Soul Unsold by Mandy Vahabzadeh. A gift from Eric Keller of Soulcatcher Studio. He helped me start my photo collection of Elliott Erwitt prints.
16. The End by Michael Dweck. Another photographer I had never heard of. (I didn't say I was an expert, just an enthusiast.) This book is brilliant. I can only hope someday I can do a book half this great of Park City. I've never seen so many gorgeous people and scenes in one book.
17. Photographs, 1970-1990 by Annie Liebovitz. My admiration of Ms. Liebovitz goes up and down. When this book came out, I thought she was awesome, then I got tired of her work in the 90s, but now I think she's one of the best portrait masters out there. The new book (see #26 below) is great, too.
18. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee, Walker Evans. Try to find an older edition. Just plain interesting.
19. William Eggleston's Guide by William Eggleston. I don't love all his work, but I'm enthralled by the photograph of a woman's hand holding a straw in a drink on an airplace tray with a view out the window. Unfortunately that image isn't in this book, but many other great ones are. I've seen a couple documentaries about him recently and I think I'd like to meet him. He seems fascinating, if a bit incoherent.
20. Elliott Erwitt by Elliott Erwitt. My photography print collection is small, but he's the backbone of it. What else can I say.
21. Museum Watching by Elliott Erwitt. Great sense of humor. Love his work.
22. Winogrand 1964 by Trudy Wilner Stack. I've always loved Winogrand. Nobody can do a crooked horizon quite as well.
23. Sportscape by Paul Wombell. I came across this book in a bargain book (notice the price at Amazon...) and bought it because I like everything Phaidon publishes. Great look at the history of sports photography.
24. The Model Wife by Arthur Ollman. This one sounded great because like many photographers, my wife is my muse. In reality, I didn't like this book. Make me an offer.
25. Cruel and Tender by Emma Dexter, et al. Interesting look at contemporary photography. Not sure I like it all but that's art.
26. A Photographer's Life by Annie Leibovitz. The bible for anyone who studies environmental portraiture.
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28. Aperture Foundation Magazine. Great organization, great magazine.
29. Eugene W. Smith by Sam Stephenson (Phaidon 55). Great way to get into collecting photo books.
30. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. My dad gave me this book probably 20 years ago. Clearly not a photography book, but if everybody read this book, they would get more jobs and the world would be a friendlier place.
31. Designing a Photograph by Bill Smith. Composition can never be underrated.
32.Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers by Martin Evening. (Get your appropriate version.) Great guide.
33.Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS2 by Bruce Fraser. Bruce's book is a bible. Get to know this book and your work will get much better.