Are We Forgetting This About Photography Books?
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2024
- Are we missing something when it comes to photography books? In this video, I explore why photographers should consider supporting lesser-known creators and their photo books. While famous books like those by Thomas Heaton are fantastic, there’s a whole world of inspiring work by smaller photographers that often goes unnoticed.
By buying books from independent creators, we can help build a stronger, more supportive photography community. I’ll share why this matters, how it impacts the industry, and why these hidden gems might just inspire you in ways you didn’t expect.
If you’re a photographer-or simply someone who loves photography-this is a conversation worth having. Let’s shine a light on the books and creators that deserve our attention.
📸 What are your favourite lesser-known photography books? Let me know in the comments!
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Honourable Lady by Richard James Palmer: www.richardjamespalmer.com/shop/honourableladybook
This makes so much sense. We always bang on about buying local and this is just an offshoot of that. Supporting people we can relate to. This has also inspired me to look at producing a zine or photobook of my own work. Cheers, best of luck with the channel.
Great message. Thanks.
good luck with your new venture mate , all the best to you and the family
Great vlog, very thought provoking.
I'm down in NZ and the shipping ends up costing more than the book itself unfortunately. I have bought a couple of e-books in the last year though, it's cost effective for the producer and I don't have to worry about where I am going to fit yet another book (I love books).
Roman Fox has a great thing where he sells snapshot e-books from locations he has visited for just a fiver. That's a win-win for both parties I reckon.
Great start with the channel, looking forward to what you bring out next.
I make photo books for gifts, Christmas, birthdays and such. Also calendars. I print large enough prints to hang on my wall. I post on social just for storage.
I do this too; maybe I should do it a bit more often
Absolutely love this! Printing and books are something I wish I appreciated a lot earlier as a photographer. There is something so special about it like you say. They're a great source of inspiration for ourselves but giving someone belief in their own work and showing an interest in their work is so powerful! Great video man!
I have pre-ordered Ted Forbes book Visual Speaking. It’s a book that aims to communicate in a visual sense.
Excellent take on this. I 100% agree ! Thanks for sharing.
Your enthusiasm certainly reaches out to me and your argument clearly makes some good points. Thomas Heaton, James Popsy, Ian Worth, and the list goes on. OK photographers in my view. They are also "influencers" forever pushing their wares in the hope of gaining more and more "likes" and "subscribers". Without exception they are driven by making more money. By all means, support a photographer you like. Whether your support is reciprocated is highly unlikely! By all means we should encourage ourselves to invest in books we like, and for whatever reason we choose. My fundamental point is that Utubers should be seen for what they are, and we, as photographers, should be far more discerning. In short, I agree with you but only generally speaking.
Very good suggestion.
Firstly, great video and well spoken. I agree that we should support each other. Us as photographer really understand the effort someone has put into a book. But if we turn this on it's head. Whats to stop photographers with books giving one or two to budding snappers? This maybe just the leg up they need. After all passing on your skills and knowledge is far more rewarding then making money.
This is so meaningful. I made a few photo books years ago when I was travelling more. I’ll certainly be getting back into the habit. I’ve had the thought in the back of my mind to do a project around the local community. This is completely out of my comfort zone but nevertheless an idea I keep coming back to. This has certainly re-ignited the idea. Having something physical and tangible rather than digital is more and more important. I have books by various photographers that I’ve purchased over the years. Time to blow the dust of those and invest in some new tomes, and I really do feel that having photo books and perusing them and being inspired by them is an investment. I’ll be heading over to get Adam Gibbs’s latest and Gavin Hardcastle’s book. A great Christmas present to myself.
Amazing wording in this video
Been looking at doing a couple of books for years now but never got around to them, really should look at it next year, doing my travels to Detroit and Chernobyl in one book, food for thought. Have a great Christmas and New Year to all.
Interesting point. I fully agree.
Roll by Theo Gosselin is my favourite so far out of many photography books I own.
Hey just stumbled across your channel. Love the message in this video. I personally only started buying books this year. Even from a person on instgram to support what they were doing.
Been wanting to do a book for a while but I don’t always feel the type of things I shoot fit into the book world which seems to be more on the street or artful side. Maybe I’ll finish that next year.
We need to support each other. Sadly some photographers default only to competition wanting to be the one that rises above the herd. These folks stay away from supporting other photographers along with any collaboration fearing doing so will result in loosing their edge.
Great sentiment and great challenge!
My recommendations - Isle of Rust by Alex Boyd (Lewis & Harris), and Rupert Vandervell's Fine Art Street Photography (pictures and tips advice).
I was shocked recently when I looked into creating my own photobook and realised just how cheap and accessible it has become in the world of online printing. My commitmment to myself is to make 2025 the year I produce some photobooks of my own work. Just for me, not for sale, but just as a project and purpose.
Really enjoying the new channel. Looking forward to more content.
Yeah it’s super accessible now. I make a photo book every month with my favourite images in. This year was the first year I started it and I’ve not missed a month which is an achievement for me since I’m lazy haha.
I’ve just ordered both of them books!
When you make one let me know I’d love to get a copy of one.
@JustSloanes will do - this years Outer Hebrides trip will be the first. Used your book and it was very handy.
Great video and I agree with what you are saying. I've got a number of books, not sure if they're still available but a Google might help.
Willow Studies by Damien Ward handbound, the book binding is a work of art. The images have a Japanese quality to them.
Sept by Roman Dejon a rich study in light and shadow. The images are just full of mystery and emotion.
Land, Sea and Sky by Beka Globe. I got this a few years ago whilst on the Isle of Harris. I wanted to support a local artist and with it been after lockdown it seemed a great way to help, just a little. Love the personal take on an island chain that is photographed so much.
I do value photo books. I have a select taste. I have Ansel books like most photographers. I've more recently got alister Ben's book out of the darkness. Not much text but the imagery is inspired. I have Nigels luskintyre. It's ok! These are expensive books. I would like to buy local books from unknown photographers but there just aren't any in the 20 bucks bracket. Here in Canada the books are generally 100 to 150 bucks. A single print is almost the same. If you want it signed its more. I sell images at 10 by 8 size. Signed if you want for free. Priced at 10 bucks and printed on good paper. Zero sales in 2 years! I've given away more than 50 as advertising but generated no sales. It seems no one is willing to part with cash for my art. It's not a revenue stream for most photographers it seems. I entered a competition for a charity calendar. They took 4 of my images so I know my work is OK at worst. It's a hard thing to put yourself out there and be shot down. I'm over that now. If it happens that I sell then it happens. Till then I'm still shooting in the forest and under the stars. That's what I'm about.
Awesome video, thank you.
THE BEST book ANY and ALL photographers should pick up is Film is Not Dead by Jonathan Canlas. I picked it up when it was hot off the press more than ten years ago and it severely changed my outlook in photography for the better to this day.
A book is so hard to put together. Also a zine, but a zine would be easier. A book is very hard to put well together.
And there is always something coming up related to the topic so it's very hard to step up and stop adding new photos.
Now, I have created a few. One in a platform and it costs lots of money to buy (around 100€) so it doesn't sell. I understand that. It's a shame because I think it's cool. But very expensive due to the platform that sells it.
I have done online local printing and got 10 copies of a year of photos. The quality wasn't the best, unfortunately but it works and I gave it as gifts. That took me a lot of time to make. Also to convert into CMKY colours. And when you give a photo book to someone who appreciates photography, it's incredible.
Now, I have tried to create newer ones, and I haven't found yet the one company in Spain or within Europe to create them at my personal preferences and at a good price.
Would I love to create a new one? Of course. Do I have the money to do it? Nope. Would it sell? Of course not, nobody knows who am I 😅😅
And also about what? There are so many topics to cover, it would be difficult to choose.
But yes, buy photo books and magazines. They are incredible. The last one I bought is Alan Schaller's in black and white and I loved it. Yes it costs quite a few money, but brings you joy. I was about to buy one that I never ever expected to think about it from a saga of photographer's from Barcelona shooting FCBarcelona until 2006 or around and since the early 1900s. That book (expensive as it's 60€ but also massive) contains some incredible images. And the work of two lifetimes. I was so so so about to buy it for my father as it shows so many things that happened and he enjoyed in the 1970s.
So yes, sometimes photo books are incredible and you'd go buy them. I bought a fellow F1 photographer magazine. It costed me 50€ shipped home. It's a lot of money. Also a lot of work and though and a lot of miles travelled home. And it helped him a bit. That's cool. I was able to spend that money, I got inmense satisfaction and value and ideas/inspiration for my newer events coming up.
The more you watch, the more you learn. And sometimes you happen to find old photo books at a bargain price and those are incredible.
I found out a 2€ book at Aldi from a very well known photographer (Rainer W Schlegelmilch) and bought one. When arrived home, I drove back and bought the other 6 and gave them away to friends that would enjoy it! Sharing is caring.
The other day a mate came home and we were checking around and I found out I had 2 copies of it, so I gave him one. And he was super happy about it. 😊
I have just recently been looking at investing more in photography books, would be great to get some recommendations from thise in the comments 👍
I bought yours 👍
Amazing message. Looking at pictures in paper it's something different... I have a lot of pictures in my computer, and with time I stop seeing them... with a printed one I always take a look from time to time for years. But I have a question, how can they sell a book so cheap if a print it's so expensive? For example a 70 pages book, cost almost 90€. Subscribe to your channel.
When will your book come out? That would be a decent project! New subscriber here. See you soon!
I honestly couldn’t say. I’m a year into this one and I feel like I’m further away from completing it than I was 6 months ago since it keeps changing. I have 2 projects im working on currently but I can’t see either being done by mid next year.
Thanks for the sub!
@@JustSloanes Happy Holidays!