The Best Photography & Art Biographies To Read This Christmas
Last week we published a comprehensive list of The Best Photography and Art books of 2016 and it proved very popular, so much so that some extremely vast social media sites compared it to Time’s – a compliment indeed. Today, we have published The Best Photography & Art Biographies, these we believe you will enjoy too. Sometimes, we like to look at the photographer/artist behind the imagery and this is a great way to switch off and indulge, if you have the opportunity over the Christmas break. I do hope you enjoy this. If there are any others that you have read, that you think should be included, please add…
New Book! The Decisive Moment – Henri Cartier-Bresson
Oh Wow!!! I have just received THE most incredible book! This is a brand new edition of The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson – it is not on sale yet. It will go on sale on 12 December 2014 – two days time, I have been sent a review sample and will publish my review in full shortly but I wanted to let you know about this book first. It’s bound to sell out – I am not sure of the print run, I will try and find out but I do not imagine there will be many copies left. So, I urge you, all of you who are deeply…
Would Henri Cartier-Bresson Have Used A Smartphone?
Theresa Malone from The Guardian has written an interesting piece in the paper today. She poses the question of ‘would Henri Cartier-Bresson have used a camera phone?’. It is of course a very topical subject, not speifically regarding Henri Cartier-Bresson but for all professional photographers. Many grumble that smartphone photography is not ‘real’ photography although many also embrace it for what it is, convenience. No smartphone is a Leica, don’t get me wrong but I can’t help but agree with the conclusion of this piece, that possibly in all certainty, he may well of picked out a Smartphone to use and captured some brillant images I’m sure. You can read…
