The 100
possibly most important iconographic photographic books of
the last century selected from the private library of John
and Mary Shelley.
These books represent the milestones in the continuing development
of the practice of photography.
They chart the trends, the styles, and the inherent development of the creativity
moving through photography.
Some of these books are towering monuments in the development of the art of
photography, a very few are utter rubbish, but all are of great import and
many were and are of considerable influence in the development of the style
and art (practice) of photography
Monsters & Madonnas.
By Mortensen |
|
1936 |
World without Men. By Helmut Newton |
|
1984 |
Goodbye Baby & Amen. By David
Bailey |
|
1969 |
Colour Photography. By Eliot Elisofon |
|
1961 |
The Eighth Art. By Victor Keppler |
|
1939 |
John Paul Caponigro |
|
2000 |
These are some of the
Towering Monuments. And this is not an arguable
opinion as to what they are. They Are.
On Photography. By Susan Sontag |
|
1977 |
An aside here is that Susan Sontag's book On
Photography has a numbered 207 pages and not one single photograph.
Diane Arbus. By Doon Arbus & The Estate
of Diane Arbus |
|
1977 |
These are the dregs, the rubbish, the books borne of ignorance,
but nevertheless of great import in the development of the
style, the movement, the Trend, the Scene as espoused by J.
S.
This list of books sets the JS scene. This list is the The
list. There are other lists, but the JS
list is what I consider the Definitive List.
You may of course completely disagree, tell me if you do,
tell me why, discuss, debate. |
