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Eastman Kodak, one of the giants of photography, has filed for bankruptcy protection, reports the BBC. Sad but not surprising news as they have hardly been a player in the digital age although I do have a very good little Kodak video camera for filming the children playing the fool. Kodak has been around for [...]

Salami by Hans Gissinger and Gerard Oberle is a monograph all about salami, with gorgeous photos and accompanying essays. Perfect for the meat-loving artist.

I stumbled across this book from yesteryear yesterday. Eves without Leaves, published in 1940, is wonderful title for a book of nude photography. And it was swiftly followed by More Eves without Leaves. John Everard was an important British photographer for four decades and specialized in nude photography. He must have been very relieved when [...]

Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau is one of the great travel books. Published in 1865, Thoreau describes the natural environment and people of ‘the bare and bended arm of Massachusetts’ during three short visits to Cape Cod spread over six years. A first edition will cost over $1200 but a great alternative is the [...]

When I heard there was a photography book called Chicks with Guns, I forlornly hoped that it was baby chickens with guns but it’s ladies packing heat. The Today Show featured the book this morning and MSN has a dramatic slideshow of images from the photo-book. The book features nearly 80 portraits and captions in [...]

The Museum of the City of New York is running an exhibition about Cecil Beaton from October 25 until February 20, 2012. Cecil Beaton: The New York Years describes Beaton’s adventures in the Big Apple from the 1920s until the 1960s. Our feature about this author, designer and photographer puts his long career into perspective. [...]

My colleague Julie loves the White Stripes, and Jack and Meg and all that. I only know one song by them but then again the Beatles were still together when I was born. This photo-book documents the White Stripes’ Under Great White Northern Lights tour across Canada. Photographer Autumn de Wilde travelled with the band [...]

You may not be familiar with Cecil Beaton unless you are a person of a ‘certain’ age (hello, baby boomers!). Beaton photographed the world’s rich and famous for six decades. He also designed Oscar-winning costumes for famous movies like My Fair Lady and Gigi. He led a remarkable life and was an avid diarist. This [...]

Here’s my review of At Work by photographer Annie Leibovitz. It’s half memoir, half photography book. She describes her career from a young snapper on Rolling Stone magazine to becoming one of the world’s most prestigious photographers. Lots of great photos of Hunter S. Thompson, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, the [...]

Writers and kitties. This right here? This is the good life.