pizzaclick's photostream

What camera do I use? I am the camera, not that piece of technology I hold up to my face to edit the world. My eyes and brain and the excitement of seeing are what takes the photos. (Susan Bein)

Here are some photographers and photography books that I like, in no particular order. Some links are to books on Amazon, some other links are to slideshows or interviews.

Photographers
Diane Arbus: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph.
Bill Owens: Suburbia.
Martin Parr: Martin Parr.
Gianni Berengo Gardin: Gianni Berengo Gardin
Letizia Battaglia: Letizia Battaglia: Passion, Justice, Freedom
Stephen Shore: video interview, American Surfaces, The Nature of Photographs
Cindy Sherman: Untitled Film Stills
Eugene W. Smith: Eugene W. Smith (Phaidon 55s)
Irving Penn: A Career in Photography
Trent Parke: Parke's slideshow + video interview
Mario Giacomelli: Mario Giacomelli
Lee Friedlander: Friedlander
Rene Burri: Photographs (Phaidon)
Robert Franks: The Americans
Willian Eggleston: William Eggleston's guide

Books about photography
Susan Sontag, On photography
Charlotte Cotton, The photograph as contemporary Art
The George Eastman House Collection, A history of Photography
James Daziger, American photographs 1900/2000
Susan Bright, Art photography now
John Szarkowski, Looking at photographs
Phaidon, The photography book
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