New Books

I got two new books recently, A Letter To a Young Artist and Image Makers, Image Takers. I was needing some good reading and I read in Stephen Shore interview about A Letter To a Young Artist. Then Amazon said I might like Image Makers, Image Takers, and I really do!

From Amazon, A Letter To a Young Artist, "This pocket-sized book contains a collection of two dozen letters all commissioned from established artists to a fictitious 'young artist,' a recent art-school graduate who is struggling with the moral and practical implications of being an artist in New York. "
The best part is, its only $11.50!

And also from Amazon, "Image Takers Image Makers this guide to photography draws upon in-depth interviews with established photographers from the fields of fashion, art, portraiture, documentary photography, and advertising as well as comments from picture editors, curators, agency directors, and publishers who reveal what they look for when choosing an image." It has interviews with Steven Shore, William Eggleston, Rankin, David LaChapelle and a bucha other good folks.