I ain’t no photo book guru, but here’s a little list of photo books to buy yourself or that special photo fan in your life. Nothing revolutionary, just some books (some from years past) I have or want:
Thomas Flechtner - Snow
Peter Bialobrzeski - Paradise Now
Jussi Puikkonen – On Vacation
Michael Wolf – Hong Kong Inside Outside
Mitch Epstein – American Power
Thomas Ruff – jpegs
Andreas Gefeller – Photographs
Hans van der Meer – European Fields
Our True Intent is All for You Delight: The John Hinde Butlin’s Photographs
Guy Tillim – Avenue Patrice Lumumba
Ville Lenkkeri – The Place of No Roads
Christian Schwager – Falsche Chalets
Gerhard richter – Overpainted Photographs
Donovan Wylie – British Watchtowers
Great list! All added to my amazon WL
Just looking at these representative images from the various books made me think how so much photography looks the same these days. Medium or large format color and everything seems to be about irony. Somehow Josef Koudelka’s black and white work just never gets old for me. And I am trying to figure out exactly why that is. Photographic trends may have moved on, but I simply am not moved by so much being published today.