We found this list on the Internet and thought
that we would share it with our audience. - Ed.
source: Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd.
100 Important 20th-Century
Photobooks
By David
H. Tippit
In
1991, I sold my photobook collection to the University of Colorado.
After the sale, it occurred to me that I did not own a single
photobook. Being a long time photobook collector, I decided
to form a small, new library comprised of a 100 important photobooks
of the 20th century. Below is the list of 100 photobooks that
I selected with over a period of years with the advice of numerous
other experts in the field. I am often asked by collectors,
curators, dealers, and others about this list of photobooks,
so I have decided to make it available here on this website.
Any such list
of 100 important photobooks will contain different titles that
are dependent upon the preferences of the list maker and the criteria
used to select books. However, I would expect that about 65 to
75 of the books in this list below would also appear on similar
lists formed by other experts in the field.
The criteria
I used for selecting books for this list are as follows: 1) I
selected the important photographers of the 20th century who published
books, and; 2) I then selected the books of these photographers
that I believe had a major influence on other photographers, or
the field of photography in general. The list is not based upon
the rarity, purchase price, or beauty of the object.
Books that are periodicals, or part of a series or serials, are
not included in the list of 100 photobooks. These books are included
in a separate list that follows of ten important periodicals and
serials in photography. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the
participation, help and advice of Andrew Cahan and Steve Daiter,
and Alex Sweetman in formulating this list.
100 Photobooks and
10 Photographic Periodicals and Serials
Part
I: MONOGRAPHS -
Books that contain photographs of one photographer
Part
II: ANTHOLOGIES - Books that contain photographs by numerous
photographers
Part III: Photographic Periodicals and Serials
Part
I: MONOGRAPHS
- Books that contain photographs of one photographer
1. Abbott,
Berenice. Changing New York. New York: E. P. Dutton and
Company, Inc. 1939.
2. Adams,
Ansel. Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. Berkeley: The
Archetype Press. 1933.
3. Adams,
Robert. The New West. Landscapes Along the Colorado Front Range.
Boulder: The Colorado Associated University Press. 1974.
4. Albin Guillot,
Laure. Micrographie Decorative. Paris: (Privately published),
printed by Draeger Freres. 1931.
5. Alvarez
Bravo, Manuel. Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Fotografias. Mexico
City: Sociedad de Arte Moderno. 1945.
6. Arbus,
Diane. Diane Arbus Monograph. New York: Aperture. 1972.
7. Atget,
Eugene. Atget Photographe de Paris. New York: E. Weyhe.
1933.
8. Avedon,
Richard. Observations. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1959.
9. Baltz,
Lewis. The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California. New
York: Castelli. 1976.
10. Becher,
Hilla and Bernd. Anonyme Skulpturen. Eine Typologie Technischer
Bauten. Dusseldorf: Art-Press Verlag. 1970.
11. Bellmer,
Hans. Les Jeux de la Poupee. Paris: Editions Premieres.
1949.
12. Blossfeldt,
Karl. Urformen der Kunst. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth. 1928.
13. Bourke
White, Margaret. You Have Seen Their Faces. New York: Viking.
1937.
14. Brandt,
Bill. A Night in London. Story of a London Night in Sixty
Four Photographs by Bill Brandt. London: Country Life. 1938.
15. Brandt,
Bill. The English at Home. Sixty Three Photographs by Bill
Brandt. London: B. T. Batsford. 1936.
16. Brassai.
Paris de Nuit. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques. 1933.
17. Brodovitch,
Alexey. Ballet. 104 Photographs by Alexey Brodovitch. New
York: J. J. Augustin Publisher. 1945.
18. Bruguiere,
Francis. Beyond This Point. London: Duckworth. 1929.
19. Callahan,
Harry. Harry Callahan Photographs. Santa Barbara: El Mochuelo
Gallery. 1964.
20. Cartier-Bresson,
Henri. The Decisive Moment. Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1952.
21. Clark,
Larry. Tulsa. New York: Lustrum Press. 1971.
22. Coburn,
Alvin Langdon. London. London: Duckworth and Company; New
York Brentano's. 1909.
23. Coburn,
Alvin Langdon. New York. London: Duckworth and Company;
New York Brentano's. 1910.
24. Davidson,
Bruce. East 100th Street. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press. 1970.
25. Doisneau,
Robert. La Banlieue de Paris. Paris: Pierre Seghers. 1949.
26. Drtikol,
Frantisek. Les Nus de Drtikol. Paris Librairie des Arts
Decoratifs. 1929.
27. Eggleston,
William. William Eggleston's Guide. New York: The Museum
of Modern Art. 1976.
28. Evans,
Walker. American Photographs. New York: The Museum of Modern
Art. 1938.
29. Frank,
Robert. Les Americans. Paris: Robert Delpire, Editions
a Paris. 1958. And: The Americans. New York: Grove Press. 1959.
30. Friedlander,
Lee. The American Monument. New York: The Eakins Press
Foundation. 1976.
31. Hine,
Lewis. Men at Work. Photographic Studies of Modern Men and
Machines. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1932.
32. Hockney,
David. Cameraworks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1984
33. Hoppe,
E. O. Deutsche Arbeit: Bilder Vom Wieberaufstieg Duetschlands.
Berlin: Im Verlag Ullstein. 1930.
34. Hosoe,
Eikoh. Kamiatachi. Tokyo: Gendaishicho-sha. 1969.
35. Hosoe,
Eikoh. Killed by Roses. Tokyo: Shuei-sha. 1963. And: Ordeal
by Roses. Tokyo; Shuei-sha. 1971
36. Hoyningen-Huene,
George. Meisterbildnisse. Frauen Mode Sport Kunstler. Berlin:
Deitrich Reimer. 1932.
37. Ishimoto,
Yasuhiro. Someday Somewhere. Tokyo: Geiba-sha. 1958.
38. Izis.
Paris des Reves. Lausanne: Editions Guilde du Livre. 1950.
39. Kertesz,
Andre. A Day of Paris. New York: J. J. Augustin Publisher.
1945.
40. Kertesz,
Andre. Sixty Years of Photography 1912-1972. New York:
Grossman. 1972.
41. Klien,
William. Life is Good & Good for You in New York. London:
Photography Magazine. 1956.
42. Koudelka,
Josef. Exiles. New York: Aperture. 1988.
43. Krull,
Germaine. Etudes de Nu. Paris: Librairie des Arts Decoratifs.
1925.
44. Krull,
Germaine. Metal. Paris: Librarie de Arts Decoratifs. 1927.
45. Labrot,
Syl. Pleasure Beach. New York: Eclipse. 1976.
46. Lange,
Dorthea. An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion. New
York: Reynal & Hitchcock. 1939.
47. Lartigue,
J. Henri. Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue: The Family Album
of a Gilded Age. Lausanne: Ami Guichard. 1966.
48. Laughlin,
John Clarence. New Orleans and its Living Past. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company. 1941.
49. Lerski,
Helmar. Kopfe des Alltags. Unbekannte Menschen Gesehen Von
Helmar Lerski. Berlin: Verlag Hermann Reckendorf. 1931.
50. Lissitsky,
El. Industriya Sotzializma. Moscow: Stroim. 1935.
51. Lissitsky,
El. Pressa Koln. Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons Aut der Internationalen
Presse-Ausstellung Koln. Koln: M. Dumont-Schanberg. 1928.
52. Man Ray.
Electrcite. Paris: La Compagnie Parisrienne de Distribution
d' Electrcite. 1931.
53. Man Ray.
Facile. Paris: Editions GLM. 1935.
54. Man Ray.
Photographs 1920-1934. Hartford: James Thrall Soby; New
York: Randon House; Paris: Cahiers D'Art. 1934.
55. Mapplethorpe,
Robert. Certain People: A Book of Portraits. Pasadena:
Twelvetrees Press. 1985.
56. Mendelsohn,
Erich. Russland, Europa, Amerika. Ein Architekonischer Quverschnitt.
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag. 1929.
57. Michals,
Duane. Sequences. New York: Doubleday & Co. 1970.
58. Moholy-Nagy,
Laszlo. 60 Fotos 60 Photos 60 Photgraphies. Berlin: Klinkhardt
and Beirmann Verlag. 1930.
59. Moi Ver.
Paris. Paris: Jeanne Walter. 1931.
60. Moriyama,
Daido. Japan: A Photo Theater. Tokyo: Muromachi-Shobo.
1968.
61. Mortenson,
William. Monsters and Modonnas. San Francisco: Camera Craft
Publishing Company. 1936.
62. Outerbridge,
Paul. Photographing in Color. New York: Random House, Inc.
1940.
63. Penn,
Irving. Moments Preserved. New York: Simon and Schuster.
1960.
64. Porter,
Eiliot. The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado.
San Francisco: Sierra Club. 1963.
65. Reifenstahl,
Leni. Schonheit im Olymipschen Kampf. Berlin: Im Deutschen
Verlag. 1937.
66. Renger-Patzch,
Albert. Die Welt ist Schon. Einhundert Photographische
Aufnahmen von Albert Renger Patzsch. Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag.
1928.
67. Renger-Patzch,
Albert. Eisen und Stahl. 97 Fotos von Albert Renger-Patzch.
Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, GMBH. 1931.
68. Rodchenko,
Alexander. Pro Eto Ei i Mne. Moscow: Gosudarsfumoye Izadelstuo.
1923.
69. Ruscha,
Edward. Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Los Angeles:
Edward Ruscha. 1966.
70. Salgado,
Sebastiao. Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age.
New York: Aperture. 1993.
71. Salomon,
Erich. Beruhmte Zeitgenossen in Unbewachten Augenblicken.
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf. 1931.
72. Samaras,
Lucas. Samaras Album: Autointerview Autobiography Autopolaroid.
New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art and Pace Editions.
1971.
73. Sander,
August. Antlitz der Zeit. Sechzig Aufhmen Deutscher Menschen
des 20 Jahrhunderts von August Sander. Munich: Tansmare Verlag;
Kurt Wolff Verlag. 1929.
74. Saudek,
Jan. Jan Saudek. Prague: Sara. 1996.
75. Sinsabaugh,
Art. 6 Mid-American Chants by Sherwood Anderson. 11 Mid-Western
Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh. Highlands: The Natahala Foundation;
Jonathon Williams. Issued as Jargon # 45. 1964.
76. Siskind,
Aaron. Aaron Siskind Photographs. New York: Horizon Press.
1959.
77. Smith,
W. Eugene. Minamata. New York: Alskog-Sensorium, Holt,
Rinehart and Winston. 1975.
78. Steichen,
Edward. Steichen, The Photographer. New York: Harcourt
Brace Company. 1929.
79. Stieglitz,
Alfred. Memorial Portfolio 1864-1946. 18 Reproductions of Photographs
by Alfred Steiglitz. Tributes in Memoriam. New York: Twice
a Year Press. 1947.
80. Strand,
Paul. La France de Profil. Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre.
1952.
81. Strand,
Paul. Photographs of Mexico. New York: Virgina Stevens.
1940.
82. Styrsky,
Jindrich. Na Jehlach Techto Dni. Prosinec: Fr Borovy. 1945.
83. Sudek,
Josef. Josef Sudek Fotographie. Praha: SNKLHU. 1956.
84. Ullman,
Doris. Roll, Jordon, Roll. New York: Robert O. Ballou,
Publisher. 1933.
85. Weegee.
Naked City. New York: Essential Books. 1945.
86. Weston,
Edward. Fifty Photographs Edward Weston. New York: Duell
Sloan & Pearce. 1947.
87. Weston,
Edward. The Art of Edward Weston. New York: E. Weyhe. 1932.
88. White,
Minor. Mirrors, Messages, Manifestations. New York: Aperture.
1969.
89. Winogrand,
Gary. Women are Beautiful. New York: Light Gallery Books,
Inc. 1975.
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Part
II: ANTHOLOGIES - Books that contain photographs by numerous photographers
90. Rosenblum,
Niomi. A World History of Photography. New York: Abbeville
Press. 1984.
91. Graff, Werner,
editor. Es Kommt der Neue Fotograf! Berlin: Verlag Herman
Reckenhof, GMBH. 1929.
92. Film
and Foto. Stuttgart: Film and Photo. 1929.
93. Roh, Franz,
and Jan Tschichold, editors. Foto-Auge, Oeil et Photo, Photo-Eye.
Stuttgart: Akademischer Verlag Dr. Frtiz Wederkind & Company.
1929.
94. Lecuyer,
Raymond. Histoire de la Photographie. Paris: Baschet et
Cie. 1945.
95.. Newhall,
Beaumont. History of Photography From 1839 to the Present Day.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art. 1949.
96. Gernsheim,
Helmut. History of Photography: From the Earliest Use of the
Camera Obscura in the Eleventh Century Up to 1914. London:
Oxford University Press. 1955. And: History of Photography: From
the Camera Obscura to the beginning of the Modern Age. San Francisco:
McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1969.
97. Aubry,
Roger, editor. L'Epreuve Photography. Paris: Librarie Plon.
1900.
98. Moholy-Nagy,
Laszlo, editor. Malerei, Fotografie, Film. Bauhausbucher No.
8. Munich: Albert Langen Verlag. 1925.
99. Steinhert,
Otto, editor. Subjektive Fotographie. Ein Bildband Moderner
Europaischer Fotografie. Bonn-Rhein: Bruder Auer Verlag. 1952.
100. Liberman,
Alexander, editor. The Art and Technique of Color Photography.
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1951.
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Part
III: Photographic Periodicals and Serials
1. Aiz.
Berlin, Prague, Paris: Muxenberg. 1930-1938.
2. Aperture.
San Francisco: Aperture. 1952-present.
3. Camera
Work. New York: Alfred Stieglitz. 1903-1917.
4. Camera.
Lucerne: C. J. Bucher Ltd. 1922 to mid 1980's.
5. Das
Deutsche Lichbild. Berlin: Bruno Schultz Verlag. 1927-1938.
6. Photograms
of the Year. London: Iliff and Sons Ltd. 1895-1962.
7. Photographie.
Paris: Artes et Metiers Graphiques. 1930-1947.
8. The
North American Indian. Cambridge: Edward S. Curtis. 1907-1930.
9. U.S.
Camera. New York: William Marrow and Co., Publishers Corp.,
U. S. Camera. 1935 to mid 1980's.
10. USSR
in Construction. Moscow: State Publishers Union. 1930-1941.
Copyright
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