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 Bob Coles

 The large amount of information available on the web makes along with excellent collections at the local library makes in much less important to have your own extensive library.   For example I was able to check out the book “the Moment it Clicks” at the library to avoid spending $50 before I knew if I wanted the book.

 Bob Jones

Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, Tenth-Anniversary Edition by Galen A. Rowell (Paperback - Oct 10, 1995)

Buy new: $29.95 $22.76

18 Used & new from $10.73

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Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image (Freeman Patterson Photography) by Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant (Paperback - Sep 1, 2005)

Buy new: $19.95 $13.57

33 Used & new from $9.31

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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman (Paperback - Jun 1, 2007)

Buy new: $29.95 $19.77

47 Used & new from $18.70  (52)

 Travis Nunn

 1. Tim Rudman: The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course: A Definitive Guide to Creative Lith Printing

The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course: A Definitive Guide to Creative Lith Printing by Tim Rudman (Paperback - Nov 1, 1998)

Buy new: $35.00 $23.10

15 Used & new from $19.75

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2. Les McLean: Creative Black & White Photography

Creative Black & White Photography by Les McLean (Paperback - Oct 2002)

25 Used & new from $2.00

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 Other Editions: Hardcover

Chuck Spalding

1.  A Frenchman's view of America in the late 1950's.  Has become a classic.

 The Americans by Robert Frank and Jack Kerouac (Hardcover - May 30, 2008)

Buy new: $39.95 $26.37

15 Used & new from $26.37

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 Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback

2.  Covers the elements leading to good photographs.  The Frame, Vantage Point, The Detail, The Object, Timing 

The Photographer's Eye by John Szarkowski, Lee Friedlander, Walker Evans, and William Klein (Paperback - Mar 1, 2007)

Buy new: $24.95 $16.47

32 Used & new from $9.98

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 Other Editions: Hardcover, Paperback

Steve Girimont

Best retouching techniques book: Skin : The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis

Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis (Paperback - Oct 16, 2006)

Buy new: $39.99 $26.39

51 Used & new from $15.48

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Best tidbits on what it's like to be a professional photographer: The Moment it Clicks by Joe McNally

The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (Voices That Matter) by Joe McNally (Paperback - Feb 2, 2008)

Buy new: $54.99 $34.64

47 Used & new from $29.49

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Best book you should buy even though you can read pretty much everything it has on the web: Mastering Landscape Photography: the Luminous-Landscape Essays by Alain Briot

Mastering Landscape Photography: The Luminous Landscape Essays by Alain Briot (Paperback - Dec 5, 2006) - Illustrated

Buy new: $39.95 $26.37

39 Used & new from $22.34

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Photography Business Books: 

The Business of Nature Photography by John Shaw

John Shaw's Business of Nature Photography by John Shaw (Hardcover - Oct 1, 1996)

Buy new: $35.00 $25.55

37 Used & new from $6.51

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The Real Business of Photography by Richard Weisgrau

The Real Business of Photography by Richard Weisgrau (Paperback - May 1, 2004)

Buy new: $19.95 $13.57

33 Used & new from $6.99

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Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington III

Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington (Paperback - Oct 4, 2006)

Buy new: $29.99 $19.79

27 Used & new from $18.49

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Sallie Jennings

“I find that looking at the work of other photographers is more valuable to me than any "how to" book.  I would unreservedly recommend any photography book with the works of Atget.” Freeman Patterson is my second choice along with Stieglitz, Steichen and Sudek.

Note: There are 3 pages of these Atget related  books at Amazon : Two  are noted below:

Atget, Paris (Taschen 25th Anniversary Edition) by Andreas Krase, Hans-Christian Adam, and Eugene Atget (Hardcover - Aug 1, 2008)

Buy new: $14.99 $10.19

37 Used & new from $9.41

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Atget by John Szarkowski and Eugene Atget (Hardcover - Feb 2, 2004)

10 Used & new from $35.00

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Also available in the Henrico Library System

Atget's gardens : a selection of Eugène Atget's garden photographs
    Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927.

“Freeman Patterson is my second choice”

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Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson (Paperback - Oct 2, 2004)

Buy new: $22.00 $14.96

4 Used & new from $14.21

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Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image (Freeman Patterson Photography) by Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant (Paperback - Sep 1, 2005)

Buy new: $19.95 $13.57

32 Used & new from $9.31

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Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson (Paperback - Sep 1, 2004)

Buy new: $22.00 $14.96

8 Used & new from $12.39

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 Three of Freeman Patterson’s Books are available in the Henrico Library System:

1. Photography and the art of seeing : a visual perception workshop for film and digital photography  3rd ed

2. Photography of natural things

3. Photography and the art of seeing

 “along with Stieglitz, Steichen and Sudek”.

At Henrico:

Stieglitz

The collection of Alfred Stieglitz : fifty pioneers of modern photography

Steichen

The family of man : 30th anniversary edition of the classic book of photography

Sudek:  Found nothing in the library.  Unfortunately I had some Sudek Books from my days living in the Czech Republic that I have passed on.