Photo Book Reviews

Reviews of Inspirational and Educational Books for Photographers

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Steve McCurry: In the Shadow of Mountains

November 19, 2014 lbgale 0

Growing up, one thing I always loved about visiting my grandmother’s house was looking through her collection of National Geographic Magazines going back into the […]

David Clark: Photography in 100 Words

November 12, 2014 lbgale 0

Photography journalist and author David Clark has interviewed 50 photographers, and has selected portions of those interviews along with one image by each photographer and has […]

Seth Joel: Photographing Still Life – Professional Techniques for Shooting Glass, Beverages, Food, Jewelry, Art and Models

November 9, 2014 lbgale 0

This book, published in 1990 by Amphoto, is probably not on the radar of most young photographers. It was written in a time before digital, […]

Robin Gillanders: The Photographic Portrait

October 30, 2014 lbgale 0

Subtitled “Techniques, strategies and thoughts on making portraits with meaning”, this is no simple book of technical approaches to making portraits.  Rather, it is a […]

In Focus: Paul Strand — Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

October 30, 2014 lbgale 0

This small paperback book contains photographic plates from a number of images in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum by Paul Strand, a […]

Michael Kenna: A Twenty Year Retrospective

October 30, 2014 lbgale 0

This is an absolutely beautiful book!  Micheal Kenna’s black and white photographs have long been valued by collectors, galleries, and lovers of photography, and this […]

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