These books are a collection of books that have helped me understand the philosophical side of this practice. I've read every single one of them and I'm confident they can make you a better artist.
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Books Every Photographer Should Read
Books Every Photographer Should Read
Without a doubt the best book about photography I've ever read.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Interviews & Conversations
The first book I read on the philosophy of photography that changed my life.
The Heart of the Photograph: 100 Questions
The follow up from Heart of A Photograph
The Soul of the Camera: Photographer's Place
The most challenging book about ethics you'll ever read, but a necessity
On Photography
Completely changed how I think about black and white photography
Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs
An inside look into Joel Meyerowitz's process
Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs
A great short read on how to train your eye
Think Like a Street Photographer
A more technical yet practical introduction on street photography
The Street Photographer's Manual
The book that changed how I think about street portraiture
Dawoud Bey on Photographing People & Communities
Great insight from actively working photographers
PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process
DEEPLY Philisophical book about photography (Not an easy read)
To Photograph Is to Learn How to Die: Essay
A great book on understanding impactful images
John Berger Understanding a Photograph /anglais
Fantastic book on theory and philosophy of photography
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
A deep dive into the ethics of photography
The Civil Contract of Photography (Zone Books)
Another hard read but once you get it, it's undeniably good
Towards a Philosophy of Photography
A milestone work that examines the democratic idea of photography and its expansion in common culture, particularly in the United States; generously illustrated.
The Birth of the Idea of Photography (RIC BOOKS)
Understanding why we photograph
Robert Adams: Why People Photograph Essays
The Camera--the first volume in Adams' celebrated series of books on photographic techniques
Ansel Adams: The Camera (Photography Series 1)
The Negative--the second volume in Adams' celebrated series of books on photographic techniques
The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography)
The Print--the third volume in Adams' celebrated series of books on photographic techniques
The Print (Ansel Adams Photography)
An attempt by literary critic Walter Benjamin to analyze the changed experience of art in modern society.
The Work of Art in Mechanical Reproduction
How digital networks are transforming art and architecture
After Art (POINT: Essays on Architecture)
From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century.
Society Of The Spectacle
A great book for understanding not just why we photograph, but also how.
The Art of Photography: Personal Approach
Photographers you should study
Photographers A–Z (Bibliotheca Universalis)
Henri Cartier-Bresson's writings on photography and photographers
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Mind's Eye
Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color traces the experiments in color and black-and-white photography of the young Meyerowitz, a pioneer in the history of color photography.
Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color
Kodak's official guide to photography
The Joy Of Photography: Eastman Kodak Co.
Kodaks follow up to their first edition on The Joy of Photography
