Tag Archives: Robert Frank

Luc Chessex

Posted on June 15, 2014 by

The library keeps on giving and a ‘new’ book often emerges from the open and accessible stacks. This is a wonderful booklet from a Venezuelan gallery/publisher  Fototeca from May 1978 with work from the extraordinary photographer Luc Chessex. The book … Continue reading →

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‘The Americans List’ and some things you cannot buy at the store

Posted on July 18, 2013 by

| Photography & Photographers |  “What is your knock-out favorite image of the 83 of Robert Frank’s The Americans ?“.  Straight and spooky question, right? And engaging enough, to start a funny, sometime intellectual, but most important, passionate journey through … Continue reading →

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Delpire & Co.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

A quick search of the International Center of Photography Library’s online catalogue using the keyword “Delpire” reveals 26 entries. Another search using “Photo Poche” reveals 34 entries. The frequency with which these two terms appear in the catalogue’s database only … Continue reading →

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Father

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Fathers Day is the third Sunday of June. Here is a sampling on photobooks relating to Father. Ray’s a laugh by Richard Billingham R TR681.F28 B55 1996 “This book is about my close family. My father Raymond is a chronic … Continue reading →

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Flag Day

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small white, five pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with … Continue reading →

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A small selection of Photobooks from those damp little islands

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

There is this group of islands off the coast of northern Europe – roughly divided into England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – where sometimes it is extremely beautiful and sometimes it is merely compelling in it’s bland ordinariness. At other … Continue reading →

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The Photo League

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

The Photo League vertical file, new to the ICP Library, contains charmingly hand-lettered, illustrated announcements and invitations as well as press clippings, course brochures, letters to members, and other ephemera outlining the history of this significant cooperative of socially-minded photographers … Continue reading →

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