Photography Technique Books, Photo Learning Books, for Beginners

My father was a spy during the Cold War. Bilingual in German and English, he worked for the U.S. Air Force and sent agents into East Germany and elsewhere behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1960s. The Need to Know, a photo book, is my exploration of the meager details that emerged from brief and cryptic conversations with my father and my curiosity about Cold War espionage and its impact upon my family at the time. The book will be published by the Blow Up Press of Warsaw, Poland in early October

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New York Street Diaries by Phil Penman

New York Street Diaries is an impressive coffee table book for all the fans of the Big Apple. Phil Penman shows the big city on the east coast of the USA from a side that is rarely seen, calm and tranquil. The pictures were taken partly during the great snowstorm and partly during the Corona Lockdown and are thus contemporary witnesses of the pandemic restrictions that completely turned our previously-known world upside down.

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Florence Montmare: America Series

In her forthcoming book, America Series (Damiani Books, 2023), Swedish-American-Greek artist and photographer Florence Montmare captures a visual record of America following the tradition of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Richard Avedon. As a female immigrant artist, she shares a different point of view on the country than those portrayed by these photographers in the 1930s, 1950s, and 1980s.

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Arthur Tress: Rambles, Dreams, and Shadows

This richly illustrated volume is the first critical look at the early career of Arthur Tress, a key proponent of magical realism and staged photography.

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Tupac: The Legend by Michel Haddi

In September '23 (the month that 2Pac sadly left this realm in 1996) Michel Haddi will launch a 40-page oversized, glossy book dedicated to the late legend actor and rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur, AKA- 2Pac-widely considered to be one of the most influential rappers of all time and among the best-selling music artists.

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H: A Love Story by Ali MC

Cheryl and Troy have been married for more than 25 years. They spent ten of those years living on the streets of Melbourne addicted to heroin. In this ground-breaking collaboration, photographer and writer Ali MC conveys the couple’s compelling narrative in photographic audiobook and audio-visual installation.

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England: The last Hurrah by Dafydd Jones

With the crack of a hunting rifle and a spray of champagne, the high-society of England knew how to party. There capturing the glamorous, vulnerable, and riotous life of the upperclass was photographer Dafydd Jones, who was granted access to some of England’s most exclusive upper-class events during the 1980s

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Eye Mama: Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood

What began as a way to connect with mothers during the pandemic, the Eye Mama Project from BAFTA-nominated filmmaker and photographer Karni Arieli, blossomed into a community of women sharing the realities of motherhood from the mama gaze.

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First Stop Last Stop by Rita Nannini

This book explores the physical and metaphorical connections I discovered at each terminal point on every New York City subway line, from the 1 to the Z. Like the city itself, the lines are both historic and ever evolving. This is my ode to our times.

Tips & Technique Books / Z

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