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The Eternal Body : A
Collection of Fifty Nudes
Ruth Bernhard is a master of the classic nude, emphasizing shapes and
light in a sculptural and abstract way. [QTL]
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Jock Sturges
Jock Sturges develops a
long and confident relationship with his subjects
who pose nude for him over the course of several
years. Many images were taken in the great light of the beaches of France.
The books has absolutely no text, but a separate sheet helps
identify the subjects. It is fascinating to look at their change over time.
Besides the radiant beauty of their young bodies, the 8x10 camera captures
every emotional nuance of the subjects (mostly girls and young
women), making each image a loving portrait. [QTL]
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Immediate Family by Sally Mann
The book consists of photographs of her children doing their own
things around their rural Virginia home. It goes far beyond
"family photos", to explore the complexity and ambiguity of the
emotions of childhood. Surprisingly for the subject matter,
the photos were taken with an 8x10 and exhibit a remarkable
combination of sharpness and softness. [QTL]
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Karsh : A Sixty-Year Retrospective
Karsh is a master portrait photographer who has produced
some of the best known images of our time.
What few know is that they have been made on location
using most of the time a 8x10 camera.
[QTL]
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Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman practically invented environmental portraiture.
This book spans his entire
career, starting from the 40's and continuing today, and
features a significant cross-section of the important personalities of
our world. For a more focused selection of his work, see also
Arnold Newman's Americans. [QTL]
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The American West
While Avedon has also photographed his share of celebrities
(see
Evidence : 1944-1994 for a catalog of his work)
in this
book he shares images of ordinary people,
photographed with stark realism during his travels. [QTL]
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American Odyssey
Mary Ellen Mark has documented in a photojournalistic style the hard lives
of poor adults and children in several countries, emphasizing their
humanity. This book collects her work in America. [QTL]
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Until Now
Anne Geddes has made a specialty of photographing babies in an
artistic way, and in the process made herself one of the most
succesful large format photographers working today. Among the
countless books she has published, this one, a 10 year retrospective of her
work, is one of the most representative of her style.
[QTL]
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Stranger Passing
This book by Joel Sternfeld consists of sixty environmental
portraits of anonymous Americans from all places and walks of life,
captured within urbanscapes.
The color photographs were made with a 8x10 and display a remarkable
sensitivity to light. They are study of space as well as people.
[QTL]
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