Your favourite photography/art reference books?

[Edward Blythe]

What texts do you good folks find useful for communicating visuals to clients and collaborators? Looking to expand my library.

References to websites also desirable.

Grazie.

 

[David Mullen ASC]

One of my favorite photography books is "The Art of the Autochrome" by John Wood:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Autoc...4132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330833564&sr=8-1

Another interesting collection is in "Truth Beauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845 -1945" by Alison Nordstrom
http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Beauty-...=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330833663&sr=1-5

I have an interest in older types and styles of photography, particularly early color processes.

 

[Edward Blythe]

Superb portraiture, wonderful perspectives on city environs:
"The New York School: Photographs 1936-1963"
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-...2396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330838517&sr=8-1

 

[PatrickFaith]

One of my favorite photography books is "The Art of the Autochrome" by John Wood:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Autoc...4132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330833564&sr=8-1

Another interesting collection is in "Truth Beauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845 -1945" by Alison Nordstrom
http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Beauty-...=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330833663&sr=1-5

I have an interest in older types and styles of photography, particularly early color processes.

Just recieved these books, really impressive ... esoteric in a beautiful way.

 

[Nick Gardner]

Caravaggio, and Roger Ballen cover all the bases I play ;-) I am also really into Ivan Aivazovsky lately.

 

[Lauri Kettunen]

Art Wolfe's and Martha Hill's book

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Photographing-Nature-Martha-Hill/dp/0517880342

is one of my favourites. When this was published about 20 years ago found Martha Hill's comments on Wolfe's photos very useful.

 

[PatrickFaith]

Just got the book "In Atmospheric Light: Pictorialism in Dutch Photography 1890-1925", it is very similar to the books David Mullen referenced above. This book is a fairly narrow focused on the relationship between painting and pictorialism, and with that narrow focus allows the principles to be applied to cinematography in a straight forward fashion.

 

[eric schneider]

Just got the book "In Atmospheric Light: Pictorialism in Dutch Photography 1890-1925", it is very similar to the books David Mullen referenced above. This book is a fairly narrow focused on the relationship between painting and pictorialism, and with that narrow focus allows the principles to be applied to cinematography in a straight forward fashion.

Just orderded this too (thanks for the tip!). Another, similar book I like is "Before Photography: Painting and the invention of Photography" by Peter Galassi http://www.amazon.com/Before-Photography-Painting-Invention/dp/0870702548