As a former employee of Yousuf Karsh, I can second this. But he
considered 4"x5" cameras "miniatures". Look at the details in his
prints (the later books have less retouching). I hope I absorbed some
of his judgement by osmosis.
Tom
On 15 Jul 99, at 1:20, Patrick Giagnocavo <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gary Edwards wrote:
> >
> > My wife is looking for a book or books for a high school graduation gift
> > to a young lady who is very seriously interested in photography. She
> > believes that this girl will study photography in college.
> > Unfortunately, my wife doesn't know whether her interests are fine art
> > or photojournalism.
>
> The Ansel Adams series are classics, no doubt about it.
>
> Alternatively, you might consider one of the books by Karsh. He
> photographs in both black and white and color, and usually has a few
> writeups of how he came to take each picture. Not technical notes,
> though.
>
> I am a big fan of Karsh anyways. It might be a good way to hedge your
> bets, since he took artistic photos of newsworthy people. And it is
> something that looks good on a coffee table :-)
>
> Cordially
>
> Patrick Giagnocavo
> a222@xxxxxxxxxxx
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