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Subject: Re: [OM] OT Req suggestions for gift photo book
From: "Tom Trottier" <infoanim@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:52:45 -0400
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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