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At Work

Annie Leibovitz


ISBN 978-0224087575



This book gives an insite into the career of Anne Leibowitz from her first job at Rolling Stone, through personal and commercial projects right up to the current day. The book is unusually about 75% text but punctuated by the appropriate pictures. Annie gives insight into the equipment she used throughout her career and how digital changed her workflow, she also tells the behind the scenes stories of how shoots came to be, including her contraversial shoot with the Queen in 2007. Also covered is her shoot for the OJ Trial, Watergate, the Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover and the very last picture of John Lennon.

A very enjoyable read that gives an insight into how photography has changed over the last 40 years.
nick_bbb

Understanding Exposure

Peterson B


ISBN 9780817463007



The book gives the reader an insight into the use of ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed with excellent examples of each and how they work combined.
The examples show how the different uses of each provide different results. A must read for budding photographers wishing to understand the effects of each.

A light read, giving the reader confidence to go and practice on their own.
Scott328i

Photo


Sammy Davis Jr



ISBN 978-0061146053



Not many people will realise that Sammy Davis Jr was a photographer as well as a singer and dancer. This collection of mainly black and white photos gives an insight into the closed world of Hollywood parties. Sammy had access that press photographers could only dream of and captured some the greatest stars of the 20th Centaury at their most relaxed. The standard of photography is high but occasionally the lack of light and quality of the kit available at the time lets the shots down. Content is king here though.

The only disappointment for me is there is only a small section of Sammy’s work with models and non-celebrities which he was probably proud of as he would have had more creative control, I would like to see more of this work.
nick_bbb

Arrivals and Departures

Gary Winogrand


ISBN 978-1891024474



Winogrand is a master of documentatry shots and this book contains some rarley seen images of people in US airports. It shows a worl long past when air travel was new and exiciting and people dressed alot smarter than they do now. The book could have included more material as a vast archive exists, as it stands you get to the end rather quickly.
nick_bbb

Guide

William Eggleston


ISBN 978-0870703782



William Egglestone broke colour photography into the art scene with his strangley ordinary photos. Documenting his life and surroundings the devil is in the detail in here, giving an insight to American suburbia in a way recreated by many film directors.
nick_bbb