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20 must have photo books for 2008
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Witness #3, Martin Parr (JGS) (JGS Witness Series, #3)Witness #3, Martin Parr (JGS) (JGS Witness Series, #3)
Number three in an amazing series
A Short History of PhotographyA Short History of Photography by Gerry Badger
Buy new: $25.80 / Used from: $14.60
Benge's newest book with great pictures
Wolfgang Tillmans: Manual (German Edition)Wolfgang Tillmans: Manual (German Edition) by Wolfgang Tillmans
Buy new: $54.75 / Used from: $39.95
Tillmans widens his view, always interesting, always provocative
John Baldessari: While Something Is HappeningJohn Baldessari: While Something Is Happening by John Baldessari
Buy used from: $54.32
Classic Baldessari, demanding, wry and thoughtful
Lewis Baltz: The Tract Houses; The Prototype Works; The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California (3 Volume Set)Lewis Baltz: The Tract Houses; The Prototype Works; The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California (3 Volume Set) by Lewis Baltz
Buy new: $178.49 / Used from: $300.00
Lewis Baltz, the master of understatement
Araki by Araki: The Photographer's Personal SelectionAraki by Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection by Nobuyoshi Araki
Buy new: $40.50 / Used from: $24.00
One of Araki's best book from the many
A Story Book LifeA Story Book Life by Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Buy used from: $119.00
Beautiful production, a demanding unusual book
Los AlamosLos Alamos by William Eggleston
Buy used from: $177.99
Amazing pictures from the master
Richard PrinceRichard Prince by Nancy Spector
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $31.98
If you didn't see the show get the book!
Dog Days BogotaDog Days Bogota by Alec Soth
Buy used from: $87.91
A small but big-hearted book
Gabriel Orozco: PhotographsGabriel Orozco: Photographs by Mia Fineman
Buy used from: $65.00
Amazing conceptual work, simple and profound
SugimotoSugimoto by Hiroshi Sugimoto
Buy used from: $476.20
Amazing restraint, profound images
FriedlanderFriedlander by Peter Galassi
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $29.98
A photographers photographer
Ed Ruscha And PhotographyEd Ruscha And Photography by Sylvia Wolf
Buy used from: $57.00
Ruscha's simple works carry so much weight
Witness #2 (Witness, #2)Witness #2 (Witness, #2) by Daido Moriyama
Buy used from: $124.95
Witness Number 2 classic Moriyama
The Devil's PlaygroundThe Devil's Playground by Nick Cave
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $30.00
Goldin's greatest hits
Hans-Peter Feldmann: Buch/Book No. 9 (German Edition)Hans-Peter Feldmann: Buch/Book No. 9 (German Edition) by Inka Schube
Buy new: $36.47 / Used from: $25.05
An amazing lateral view of the world through found photographs and profound small ideas
Witness Number One (Witness, #1)Witness Number One (Witness, #1) by Stephen Shore
Buy used from: $75.00
Shore (after Parr) is the greatest exponent of the photo book form
Neighbors/NachbarnNeighbors/Nachbarn
Buy new: $29.77 / Used from: $20.00
Haunting and evocative of time passing
Jeff Wall: Catalogue Raisonne 1978-2004Jeff Wall: Catalogue Raisonne 1978-2004 by Jean-Francois Chevrier
Buy used from: $85.73
Wall is the master conceptualist