Best Books 2013 Best Books 2013 John Gossage Best Books picks from photographer John Gossage.
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By Mitch Epstein
Steidl
Trees of New York City. What a dumb and easy idea, unless you do it perfectly with eloquence.
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By Rinko Kawauchi
Aperture
Book craft is so overused these days except when it is done right with brilliant photographs.
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By Betsy Karel
Radius Books
The colors of Paradise tourism presented with an unflinching eye.
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By W. Eugene Smith
University Of Texas Press
Gene Smith taught me how to print when I was young. I had always thought he was an interesting journalist photographer, and a kind man. Now I know, to my surprise, that he was a great book artist way ahead of his time.
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By Sergio Larrain
Aperture
The definitive book on a great photojournalist who went from saying that photographs should help those he photographed to actually trying to help them. Beautifully printed by Barrel.
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By Max Pinckers
Self-Published
What a strange and unexpected book. Everything about it seems perfect.
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By Thilde Jensen
LENA Publications
Photographs of beauty and the sickness of environmental extreme sensitivity. A book of a broken heart.
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By Satoshi Machiguchi
1000BUNKO
What you remember from the books you love in 1000 pages.
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By Edmund Clark
Here Press
The facts of our age, shown with almost bland documentation that will chill you to the bone.
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N.A Catalog*
By Doug Rickard
White Press
EVIL, just EVIL.
*This title is not currently available from photo-eye. Email us to be notified if copies become available.
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Betsy Karel |
John Gossage has since the age of 14 devoted his life to photography, photobooks, and the music of Charles Edward Anderson Berry.