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These are a list of books "every" photographer should have on their shelves. We will be adding the more instructional texts in the future. If you decide you'd like to purchase one of these books, click on the title, which will take you to Amazon.com. For every book or item purchased through our site, we get a commission, which will make it possible for us to fund other projects, like our projects contest.

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Vanderzee: Photographer 1886-1983

     One of the great American photographers of the 20th century and the leading African-American photographer of his day, James VanDerZee is best remembered as the eyes of the Harlem Renaissance. Reproduced here are many of the thousands of photographs he took in New York's Harlem between the wars. 200 photos.

Reflections in Black- A History of Black Photographers,
1840 to the Present

     A triumphant celebration of the power of family, endurance, spirituality, and the diverse range of the African American experience over the last two centuries. Reflections in Black, the first comprehensive history of black photographers, is Deborah Willis's long-awaited, groundbreaking assemblage of photographs of African American life from 1840 to the present.

Picturing Us- African American Identity in Photography

    A rare book [that] encourages us to look deeply into images of ourselves and carefully select what we accept as truth. - Quarterly Black Review

A Choice of Weapons

    An excellent introduction to what it must have been like to be black and ambitious -- and poor -- in American of a generation ago. - Saturday Review, February 1966

This is the compelling autobiography of the award-winning photographer and artist who was only sixteen when he moved from Kansas to Minnesota in 1928.

African Journey

    The first retrospective devoted to the life-long career of an impassioned camera artist, this spectacular volume captures the beauty of Africa in all its rare forms. Taken during a three-decade journey through Africa, Pete Turner's photographs cover a variety of subjects-from indigenous populations and exotic wildlife to geological oddities.  
     Brimming with color and the richness of African tradition and culture, this book examines with love and admiration the people, animals, and landscapes of Africa.
    The book's fine design, added to the high quality of its pictures, makes it an appealing acquisition for professional and amateur photographers, nature lovers, and travel enthusiasts.

Half Past Autumn- A Retrospective

    Nearly 300 of Parks' photographs are collected here, images that speak volumes even as their drama is enhanced by Parks' circumspect but riveting narration.

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Viewfinders- Black Women Photographers,
by Jean Moutoussamy-Ashe

     Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe knew, as she wrote in the introduction, that she was not a pioneer; there must have been Black female photographers before her.
     Viewfinders is the product of her research into her predecessors. Filled with beautiful photographs-- some of famous Black Americans-historical overviews from 1839 to 1985 and biographies of pioneering Black women photographers, this book is an inspiration for all photographers, particularly young Black women who have been searching without much luck for role models.

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Enterprising Images - The Goodridge Brothers,
African American Photographers, 1847-1922

  
   Jezierski noted the ubiquity of the Goodridge brothers' studio while assembling photography exhibits about Michigan's logging frenzy in the 1870s. Tracing the firm's lineage, he found the founder was a William Goodridge, born a slave in 1806 in Baltimore, who was apprenticed out to a barber in York, Pennsylvania. William next appears in York's records around 1830, a free man who conducted several businesses, later among them a daguerrotype studio and a freight railroad.
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 Touhami Ennadre - Black Light = Lumiere Noire = Schwarzes Licht  
Review will be posted shortly
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 Gordon Parks (Melrose Square Black American Series)
Review will be posted shortly.