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We can often forget the

importance photography

exhibitions had on the medium

in our contemporary image-

led world. Here a group of

historians take an in-depth

look at the most significant

international photography

shows since London’s Great

Exhibition of 1851. Packed full

of information, this is a valuable

resource for any photographer.

Published to coincide with

Philadelphia Museum of Art’s

recent acquisition of more

than 3,000 photographs from

the Paul Strand Archive, this

thoughtful book highlights

Strand’s influence as an

innovator, thinker and leader

in establishing photography’s

significance as an art form

during the 20th century.

Looking at the 205 images, it’s

remarkable to see the breadth

of subjects Strand turned his

eye to – his abstract studies

of nature are particularly

beautiful. The additional

transcript from a discussion

among key curators also makes

fascinating reading.

A fruitful book for those

wanting to delve deeper

into photography.

Anna Bonita Evans

PAUL STRAND :

MASTER OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY

Peter Barberie

Yale University Press Hardback, £

PHOTO SHOW:

LANDMARK

EXHIBITIONS THAT

DEFINED THE HISTORY

OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Alessandra Mauro

Thames & Hudson

Hardback, £39.

MEMORIES AT

YOUR FINGERTIPS

Beth Jennings

Michael Hanrahan Publishing

Paperback, £

CELEBRITY PETS

ON THE FRENCH

RIVIERA IN THE

50S AND 60S

Edward Quinn

teNeues

Hardback, £

THE BRISTOL ESTATE:

ON THE STEEPEST HILL

Alexis Maryon

Fistful of Books

Paperback, £

In this step-by-step guide,

professional photographer Beth

Jennings explains all you need

to know about digital photo

management. Organised into

14 chapters, readers can refer to

helpful tips about cataloguing

digital images efficiently, backing-

up files, editing, exporting and

printing photographs so they don’t

get forgotten on a hard-drive.

With 110 duotone images by Irish

photographer Edward Quinn,

this is a photobook in the truest

sense. Delightfully eccentric

and with a dash of humour, the

photographs reveal how 1950s

and 60s celebrities spent their

time while away from the red

carpet – relaxing on the south of

France coastline with their pets.

Documenting the lives of people

living on a housing estate close

to his Brighton home, Alexis

Maryon’s compelling black &

white project is a refreshing,

uncontrived and charming

look at a community. Limited

to 200 copies and compiled by

hand, the book is available at

fistfulof books.com.

It’s rare for a photographer to

change style dramatically once

they’ve become established in

the photographic world, but

German photographer Vera

Mercer did just that.

Here we see her earlier

monochrome work set against

her current colour photographs.

At first the two approaches

may appear to jar but, viewing

the book as a retrospective of

a 50-year career, it’s fascinating

to trace how her way of seeing

has evolved.

VERA MERCER: PARTICULAR PORTRAITS

Matthias Harder

Distanz

Hardback, £37.

Mercer’s delightfully grainy

1960s photographs have an

intimacy and immediacy that all

street photographers will relish.

Anna Bonita Evans

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