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Book Review: Blood and Champagne, by Alex Kershaw

April 13, 2022

An Unauthorized Biography of Robert Capa

The author provides the background story to Capa's work and insight into the photographers' community from the 1930s to the 1950s. Reading Capa's story made me realize how much happened in the relatively…

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Book Review: Lost London 1870-1945 by Philip Davies

March 14, 2022

How A Photo Book With Old Images Impacted My Photography

I was lucky enough to stumble upon this book while browsing the bargains area of Barnes & Noble. It is a photo book with old images from London, United Kingdom, taken between 1870 and 1945, providing a unique insight into how the city and its inhabitants looked during those years.

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Book Review: Henri Cartier-Bresson - The Modern Century, by Peter Galassi

June 6, 2021

Eight Lessons I Learned From MoMA's Henri Cartier-Bresson Retrospective The Modern Century

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Admiringly called HCB by his followers, almost no documentary photography documentary does not mention him. Loved, imitated, copied: the photographer who defined documentary and street photography.

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Book Review: Hold Still, by Sally Mann

May 2, 2021

Five Lessons I Learned From Sally Mann’s Autobiography Hold Still

Sally Mann's 'Hold Still' is one of my favorite photographer (auto) biographies. It provides a fascinating and intimate view of her family's history and about how that history influences her life and how she photographs…

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Book Review: Shooter

October 22, 2020

David Hume Kennerly: War Photographer and Photographer Of Presidents

Although it contains several images by Kennerly, it is not a photobook. It is his story in his own words from how he became a photographer …

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