by Darin Boville
by Darin Boville
On the Amazon-owned DPReview, probably the most popular photography site in the world, the forum area has over forty-five million posts spread over four million threads. Only eight of those threads mention (and only just mention) Alexy Brodovitch and only…
Somehow, since my last post on my many unopened photography books, more have arrived. I posted about three hoping to shrink the stacks—seven new ones have appeared, add to the two piles upon my desk. I’m going in the wrong…
(This review of Rebecca Senf’s Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams appears in two parts. This is part two. Part one can be found here.) If a deep dive into the Parmelian Prints wasn’t treat enough (or…
(This review of Rebecca Senf’s Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams appears in two parts. This is part one. Part two can be found here.) Rebecca Senf’s book on Ansel Adams, Making a Photographer, is a treasure…
Ah, books. Such an old technology yet photography books–art photography books–are in something of a golden age. There is a flood of them, too many to even know all of the titles. I buy my share, although they seem far…
It’s possible to have too many books, especially art books. I’ve got shelves full of them, piles on the floor crowding the furniture. Every so often I swear I’m going to stop buying art books then I do and then…