Photographs by Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan
2001, Bulfinch Press
11.13" x 9.16", 200 pgs.
List price: 35.00

Introduction by Sylvia Wolf, essays by Phyllis Rose, Debra N. Mancoff, Stephanie Lipscomb

The New York Times Book Review, Andy Grundberg
The is the book that Julia Margaret Cameron, the premier photographer of the Victorian era, has long deserved. Not only are the 63 full-page plates well chosen and superbly printed, but the texts ... place Cameron's work in arresting contexts.

Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs,
Julian Cox, et al.
2003, Getty Trust Publication
12" x 10", 532 pgs.
List price: $150.00

For the first time, all known images by Cameron, one of the most important nineteenth-century artists in any medium, are gathered together in a catalogue raisonne. In addition to a complete catalogue of Cameron's photographs, the book contains information on her photographic experiments and techniques, artistic approach, small-format photographs, albums, commercial strategies, sitters, and sources of inspiration. Also provided is a selected bibliography of all major Cameron publications, a list of exhibitions of her work, and a summary of important Cameron collections worldwide. This catalogue is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of Cameron's photographs that opens in England in spring 2003 and will be on view at the Getty Museum in autumn 2003.

Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum,
Julia Margaret Cameron
1996, J. Paul Getty Museum Publications
7.68" x 6", 144 pgs.
List price: $17.50

The first volume in the In Focus series to examine the work of a nineteenth-century photographer, this beautiful volume examines Cameron's passion for the "divine art" and her "deeply seated love of the beautiful" that are clearly revealed by her compelling pictures.

Darkroom
Michel Campeau
2007, Nazraeli Press
12" x 12", 80 pp
List price: $60.00

Essay by David Stroud - 61 plates

This is a stunning volume of one of the greatest landscape photographers in the history of the medium. This work "presents the first chronological overview of Caponigro's photographic career in a single beautifully bound monograph. Each photograph has been reproduced to facsimile quality for this fine edition."

There is also an 1998 edition publisghed by The Morris Press, used copies also exist.

.Introduction by A. D. Coleman
This book brings together seventy-five photographs chosen by Carter to represent the range of his work since the 1970s. Many of the images in this book have never been published before, while others come from Carter's previous books. Superb reproductions.

Keith Carter, Holding Venus,
Keith Carter
2000, Arena Editions
11.75" x 10", 156 pgs.
(out of print, used copies available)

While his early work concentrated on evoking a sense of place and spirit in his native East Texas, Carter has more recently turned his distinct perspective outward, photographing in Italy, France, England, and elsewhere. Yet, he approaches his subject matter with humor and celebration and with a probing eye for the human spirit, regardless of time and place. Often, his subjects are merely apparitions, whose forms are slightly obscured by opt! ical distortions. The imagery of Carters enigmatic worldexplores the mythological, the surreal, and the intangible that infuse everyday rituals and moments." - J. Wood

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Essays by Anthony Vidler, Chris Chang, and Jeffrey Eugenides

For the last twenty years, James Casebere has constructed increasingly complex small-scale architectural models that are carefully built and then subtly lit and photographed in the studio. These table-sized models are made of simple materials, pared down to essential forms, empty of both extraneous detail and action.

Forward by Steven Maklansky
Essay by Giuliana Bianchi Caleri
While photographing throughout Tuscany in 2000 and 2001, Paula Chamlee found herself drawn to the great beauty, variety, and extraordinary craftsmanship of the Madonnina shrines that can be found everywhere in Tuscany. Throughout the countryside and in towns and villages, these lovingly crafted personal shrines to the Virgin Mary bear witness to a deep-seated and popular faith in the Holy Virgin and the humanity she embodies. With a tradition dating back to antiquity, these cultural and religious objects continue to be created even today as protection for personal property, homes and their inhabitants. Whether sophisticated or primitive in design, the shrines represent a spirit of devotion expressed quietly and simply. They hold profound significance for a great number of the Italian people. ... - publisher

The superb reproductions of the photographs, in 600-line screen quadtone, printed on heavy cover stock, are at the limits of what is technically possible in photographic reproduction. Read more about this book

Ambiguous Ambassador,
Tseng Kwong Chi
2004, Nazareli Press
12" x 13", 120 pp
List price: $65.00

Friends of Photography publication, Untitled, No 57.
Introduction by Quincy Troupe

"There is magic, music, myth and mystery in the photographs of Albert Chong because he sees and creates it within his frames; after all, the whole point of photography is seeing and Albert Chong sees very well."
- Q. Troupe.

Introduction by Ruth Bernhard, essay by Maerrily Page

This is a very remarkable photography book. Citret provides us his personal and insightful perception of the world around us. This volume is very well thought out with superb reproductions. -Ed.

Chuck Close
Work ,
2007, Prestel
11.5" x 13.5", 440 pp
List price:$85.00

"When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture of Oklahoma were acclaimed by critics for stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960s. The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction -- and are as moving and disturbing today as when they first appeared. Originally published in a limited paperback version and republished in 1983 as a limited hardcover edition commissioned by the author, rare-book dealers sell copies of this book for more than a thousand dollars. Now in both hardcover and paperback editions from Grove Press, this seminal work of photographic art and social history is once again available to the general public."
softbound, List price: $24.95, Amazon price: $17.47
Inquire about the 1971 edition availability.

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Symbolist Photographer,
Alvan Langdon Coburn
1986, Aperture
11.75" x 10", 80 pp.
(used copies available)

Essay by A. D. Coleman

This book not only provides us with very engaging "dream like" images, it is a very good example of how the photography book succeeds as a "narrative." Cole takes you on a journey through his images that provides you a glimpse into another world. Superb reproductions. - Ed. - 51 duotone photographs

"Following the attacks of September 11, artist and downtown resident John Coplans responded unconsciously to the disaster by making photos of his arms and legs and then collaging the two together into one image. After making four such images, Coplans realized the connection to the aftermath of the event, where workmen were digging up debris and constantly finding human remains, especially body parts.

At the same time, Coplans' problems with his eyesight were exacerbated; he was unable to see facial features, and he could neither read nor focus. The days became dark, somewhat like dusk, but worse. For some time, his left eye had been useless because of Macular Degeneraion; now, the same thing was happening to his right eye. Yet Coplans could still see flat images the size of a postcard fairly distinctly with the aid of a magnifying machine, and decided to continue working on Body Parts.

Since he could not see, the question arises as to how Coplans could take these photographs. In fact, he had not taken any of the images himself since he first began making the various "Self Portrait" photographs in 1984. Coplans would preview the pose with a video camera connected to a television set and have an assistant do the actual shooting. But once his eyesight had been severely diminished, this system beame useless and he had to find another.

For Coplans, the solution came in recognizing the fact that we don't actually see an image with our eyes- we perceive it with our minds. He then applied this concept to the process of making photographs for Body Parts; Coplans imagined the image in advance and then found the pose. In the past when he could see, it was necessary to take many photographs to match the image on the video, but now it was done in a single shot to get the first half of the image; then his assistant would take the complimentary pose. Very often this was accomplished on the first take with assistant Bradford Robotham. Together with A Body (pH, 2002), Body Parts forms the complete Coplans oeuvre. - 25 duotone photographs

While Coplans has published abbreviated versions of his nude portraits in catalogues and small format books, A Body is the first publication to present the full emotional impact of this important work in an oversized monograph that takes the viewer on a protean voyage through, inside, around, and all over the human body." - 4 gatefolds, 109 duotone photographs and 25 black and white illustrations.

It's hard to imagine a young woman born in 1883, in the middle of the repressive Victorian era, who possessed absolutely none of the prissy, small-minded modesty of the 19th century. But that is Imogen Cunningham at age 23 in 1906, shooting a nude self-portrait in which "the smooth skin of her shoulders, derrière, and legs glows within the darker context" of the weedy landscape where she is sprawled. There is no artifice about the picture, but her pale form is nonetheless transformed into a "floating arcadian Venus," as author Richard Lorenz aptly describes the image.

Imogen Cunningham,
Imogen Cunningham
2001, Taschen America
13.14" x 10.82", 256 pgs.
List price: $39.99

 "For over thirty years the photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) travelled the length and breadth of North America, seeking to record in words and images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. Like a man possessed, he strove to realize his life's work, which culminated in the publication of his encyclopaedia "The North American Indian." In the end this monumental work comprised twenty textual volumes and twenty portfolios with over 2,000 illustrations. No other photographer has created a larger oeuvre on this theme, and it is Curtis, more than any other, who has crucially moulded our conception of North America's Indians.

This book shows the photographer's most impressive pictures and vividly details his journey through life, which led him not only into the prairies but also into the film studios of Hollywood."