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We need more of these photo book videos matt! I love this!

I found the Erwitt book at a used store...you're right that thing is massive! It weighs 9lbs but beautiful. Since publishing my first book of street photography last year I started collecting photo books myself. Besides Elliott's I have several of Saul Leiter, a couple of Vivian Maier, and a great one of Ernst Haas and his NY stuff in color that you should check out.

Ed Templeton rocks!

I'm so happy to see you are so well and in top form. As usual, very interesting comments on books and photography.

You deserve more subscribers, Matt! What a treasure to find such a diverse channel on YT.

Great video!! Thanks for the book ideas. I LOVE the new look!

Thanks so much for your work. Nice and ego free. Glad to see you getting healthy.

Such a good advice on reading book vs surfing online photos. Great video!

Really living the Tom Petty American Treasure box set in the back! Just got that for Christmas and love it!

Good video thanks. I started collecting books and took me a few buys to understand which books to buy.

This kind of contents make you & your channel stand out among other well-known gear driven reviewers. Genuine, honest and approachable. Well done Matt. Please keep more good contents coming.

When I first started watching your stuff it was all about the gear reviews. Then, as I realized that collecting the gear (afraid being afraid to use it) wasn't doing me any good, I started watching videos with an emphasis on shooting. That made me want to go shoot. Then I built up the courage to try to develop and scan my own stuff. Once again your videos came in handy. Currently I shoot everyday, work on personal projects, and am craving inspiration. Now, I find myself coming back to these photo book reviews. This is coming from a full-time wedding photographer who had gotten bored with photography beyond shooting friend's bands. Your enthusiasm for film helps keep me inspired.

I definitely loved the video, Matt! Just saved some of them to the wishlist and bought Virginia, Portraits of America, Elliott Erwitt's Kolor, Marry Ellen's, can't wait to enjoy them. I also liked a lot what you have said about discovering photographers through Instagram vs books. Lately, I'm more distant from social media but I hadn't looked at it that way so I will have that in mind from now on. Thank you so much for your work!

Nice video. Always checking and waiting to catch you on You Tube. Few things better than books. Holding them in your hands and experiencing all things. The fresh smell of the ink and paper. I have lived in Nashville now twenty years,coming down from Ohio. Many photo ops in surrounding area. Good health and keep your videos coming.

Love this format of photo book review

Well done Matt and thank you. I just picked up a copy of CUBA for $5 on eBay tonight 😎 Happy New Year 👍🏻

Love the Hard Luck hat!! 👍🤘

Great episode, this is about actual photography and not gear! You should check out Martin Parr’s new “Beach Therapy” book and Bryan Schutmaat’s “Good God Damn” book. Also I think its best to buy photobooks from physical stores and directly from the photographer’s website, even though its more expensive

Oh fantastic!! Another great video to watch tonight and certainly some new books to watch out for..you can never own too many inspiring books...

Loving your videos on books , I think there so important

Hi Matt, I've stumbled across your channel and I wanted to let you know that you're a breath of fresh air. You lack any pretense, you're real and you're you. You don't try to play your audience and you don't try to be slick or a youtube superstar. You don't try to generate hits (at least not obviously) and you don't seem to try to be the "influencer" by getting cozy with the manufacturers, going on various sponsored trips and so on. In other words, you're not a shill and that's so refreshing. I'm glad you're feeling better and that you're recovering from the tick bite. I bet it sucks, being even mildly disabled and it takes time, patience and perseverance to get better. I take my hat off to you. Good luck with your endeavors. I hope you get better soon and I hope your financial situation improves and things become easier.. All the best. PS. Check out Ernst Haas, Andre Kertesz and Wynn Bullock. Their books are worth adding to your collection.

Really enjoyed this Matt, thanks.

great choices matt!

Thanks for the review! I got myself "William Albert Allard's - Five Decades" because I'm a sucker for color.

Great insights Matt

I just got Annie Leibovitz's "Early Years, 1970 - 1983" for christmas. A great book as well, it just came out in 2018.

Awesome video! I've got a lot of books to add to my list. I did actually recently get Elliott Erwitt's Kolor at Half Price Books. I don't know if I'd seen even a single color photograph by him before, so that was really awesome.

These artists of photography are best known by their work, not by their name, which I think is really impressing, cause this is actually how it works. When I see today's artists harassing social media and the whole internet and tryna get their reputation by having their name anywhere in this world, it is obvious that no one of them will ever make it there.

Thanks Matt, refreshing video. Some great recommendations - added to my Amazon wishlist!

First thing I noticed: The Black Trilogy! Such a good book. I'm a huge Ralph Gibson fan, and most of my favorites are in that book!

Really enjoyed this Matt. That Gedney book has been on my radar for a while. My 3 favorite books I picked up this year are "Dust" by Phil Elverum, "Natura" by Michael Schmidt & "Petrochemical America" by RIchard Misrach. All 3 come highly recommended.

You should definitely check out Fred Herzog's color work. great video Matt!

Amazing video Matt, Ive been wanting to pick up Ralph's "Black Trilogy" for a while now and you finally got me to pull the trigger!

We need more cowbell. I mean books LOL. Another great video Matt.

Recommendation... American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh. One of my favorite books.

Bought three of these books, thanks for the recommendations!

Awesome vid!! I totally agree.. I’m guilty of watching videos of gear I can’t afford instead of spending a few bucks to get printed inspiration and master composition, vision, and technique by the masters.. thank you Matt!

I am new to this. I came here only because of our having met at the Battle Of Monmouth reenactment today, June 22, 2019. I wrote a comment to you after having watched the first video I caught- how you got started in photography.I am not sure how to find it to edit out the comment I wrote about sending greetings to your father.When I saw your video about your seige with a tick-born illness, I realized that your father is no longer on Earth.You also mentioned that, along with these two experiences, your mother's battle with breast cancer combined to make the last couple of years especially gruelling. Here we are nearly half-way through the year. What achievement to have made it to Freehold, NJ to fillin your documentary about 3 athletes one of whom is triathlete Chris Wines in his role as a reenactor at the Battle of Monmouth!

Just picked up Elliott Erwitt’s Scotland book, it’s so good!

Great book selection! Added some to my wishlist 👌🏻👌🏻 thanks for the kind words. I’m happy you’ve enjoyed Gibson’s work. The Black Trilogy is definitely a great collection!

Yes! The Tom Petty American Treasure box set. We bought that also. It's fantastic.

I've been searching for photo-books for the last couple of days, and then your video pops up!

A few recommendations -- 1) instant light : tarkovsky polaroids 2) constructed realities 3) silver lake drve : alex prager. 4) afghan box camera : Birk&Foley.

This is great Matt! I'd love to see more of these videos. Perhaps an inspiration video (book reviews, online portfolios etc.) once every couple of months or something? That's easy for me to say as I don't have to make them :)

Thanks for this informative video. Some of the names of the photographers you showed were familiar to me, others not, but I haven’t yet seen any of these titles. I will check out as many as I can, and I do mean check out. My first stop for all things printed is the library. We happen to have a pretty good public library system where I live and I work at a school that has an even better library. It’s nice to be able to borrow a book and get to know it before deciding to purchase. You asked for suggestions; mine is Nicholas Nixon’s Close Far. The photos-taxonomic, not so much documentary-are spectacular and they draw you in. The book itself is beautifully laid out and printed by Steidl-for me, the best photo publishing house on the planet.

Really enjoyed this. I have never invested in photo books, and can see the value in it.:)

Thanks for these suggestions Matt! I reckon you'd enjoy the work of Australian photographer Trent Parke. I have two of his photo books, Minutes to Midnight and The Black Rose and as I'm writing this out, I'm wondering if I haven't seen Trent Parke on your bookshelf once before!? Trent's wife Narelle Autio is also brilliant. Cheers!

I like anything by Kenna, Salgado, Nick Brandt and Alex Webb.

I used to have so many photo books... I loved just sitting around and going through them time and time again. Since hitting the road, I donated all but a couple to friends. I didn't know about that Mary Ellen Mark book. Just ordered it from Amazon. Thanks for that recommendation! You should check out her chat with Mark Seliger in his series "Capture" on the Reserve Channel, here on YT... if you haven't yet. Cheers!

Love D.A.H. thank you for sharing

this was great, Matt. i finally started investing some photo books (instead of just borrowing them), and i'm definitely adding the Allard and Mark books. also gonna throw in the Erwitt book because it looks crazy different

Great vid💓

Check out “in the American West” by Richard Avedon. Amazing large format bw portraits. Highly recommend.

Good video Matt..Waiting for you new video... Thank you.......* Good luck....* ..... ♥......

Holy shit. Its funny how life works . Was kind of surprised you had andEd Templeton book but hes a good dude and l like what you said about him .

Oh man! That Elliott Erwitt Kolor book was on my Christmas list! Get an affiliate link because I’ll be buying a ton of books this year!

I got the Black Trilogy book, too. It's great! I first heard about Gibson years ago because of Deja Vu and his very intentional placement of photos in spreads in relation to the creation of diptychs. The only other photographer I've heard about that was/is so serious about photo order and design is Todd Hido.

Erwitt's Kolor is a superbook., I have added a couple of the others to my list.

“Can you help?” 😂

Excellent book suggestions. Some I already own and some I need to check out. For that 'country aesthetic' and documentary portraits, I can recommend two by John Miller. He is photographer, artist and educator (Professor of Photography, Northern Vermont University). These are books from his extensive library of work documenting life in the Northeast Kingdom of the US. A place where he was born and currently resides. 1) Deer Camp: Last Light in the Northeast Kingdom 2) Granite & Cedar: The People and the Land of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom

Love Virginia, especially because it's my home and the book represents it well.

Solid choices. Some LP reviews next? :)

Ralph Gibson : photo on the cover is the inner sleeve of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.

Great content. A book that has come out this year that blows my mind is 'In my room' by Saul Leiter

Hey Matt. I can recommend Street.Life.Photography Seven decades of street photography. I'm the UK and it's on Amazon here it's a great book.

Hey Matt, I think you just need to look at the bottom of the Amazon page for 'payments' or 'Promotion' and click through a few pages until you can make an account for affiliate links, I dont know the exact steps for it in america I´m from Germany,whoops. Thanks for the great vid, I started collecting Photobooks about a year ago and I'm always looking for something new

Great video, Matt! I want to invest in some books this year, for sure. The only one I have is Home, by Magnum in collaboration with Fujifilm. Have you ever considered making a book with your work? I want to, as well. Not for commercial purposes but just to take my digital images out of Instagram. It would be interesting to see your process. Cheers!

I would recommend Ernst Haas.

Hey Matt! :) I was just wondering if you've read "The Soul of the Camera" by David duChemin? If not I think you'd really like it. It has gorgeous black & white photos, but is also a bunch of essays into the whole internal process of image making, (not just shooting, but much deeper as well) for us all to look inside ourselves and find our own unique photographic vision. You clearly have yours, but I still find his outlook quite refreshing, wholly positive & inspiring. Definitely check it out if you haven't already.

Great video books are hard to make and take a lot of work

Bookfinder.com is usually the best way to find the cheapest used book (ranked by condition too); it includes amazon prices.

What about William Eggleston? I would have thought that his photography and the locations for his photography would be compelling to you. He's also a master of color, your new interest. And if you can explain how he does what he does, I'd love such a video.

Love this series, Matt! I'm always debating with myself if I should buy these types of books. I don't know. They are expensive and I always think it's like movies. I mostly only watch them once. Great video though.

Thumbs up for you recommendations on spending more money on photobooks, maybe even giving some priority to living, lesser kwown, artists. One books that I really want to recommend though is Live Love Look Last from Nicholas Nixon. I've discovered him on my last trip to Berlin and jeez, for me is the only one that can truly subvert the connaturate violent act of the photographic medium into something so delicate and totally respectfull of the human beings

On my phone so I can’t access it but if you google ‘Amazon Affiliate’ on a computer you should find the page you need. Vivian Meier’s colour book is rather splendid 👌

Great job Matt good to see you back and healthy, finally I have a way to give back and help you in a small way. To create affiliate links for Amazon go to Amazon Associates dot-com you sign up and enter your information then whenever you're ready to use one of those links you go back to Amazon Associates and find the product you're looking for and there's a yellow button that when you click it will bring up a link that you can copy and paste to enter your RU-vid description. The percentage you get varies and it's very small sometimes like 4% but it really adds up at the end of the month especially if you get a lot of clicks or if the item costs a lot. Now I will hush up and finish watching your review LOL. Respect

Check out Nestor Judkin’s work and zines! He documents the places he goes for skate trips, a little bit of actual skating, and the BTS for demos etc. he’s on IG, his handle is just his name. He has 4 zines but I think one is sold out.

Great video Matt, you really need to look up those affiliate links on Amazon

Do you have the Jerry Hsu's The Beautiful Flower Is The World?

Very cool to see, please more of that. It is not your style but if you want to get some wildlife photography inspiration check out Michel D'oultrement. He is so damn good.

Nice & Thanks :)

Forgot to tell you to check out actor, skateboarder, and skateboard maker Jason Lees new book on Texas.

Love it

Have you seen "Uncommon Places" by Stephen Shores?

Hey Matt! You love Elliott Erwitt and his humor and now his Kolor? Do you know his alter ego: André S. Solidor? Check him out! EE is the greatest! And to your comments on the Mary Ellen Mark behind the scenes commentary: check out the new edition of Annie Leibovitz At Work for great insight. There’s even a gear and film break down! Spoiler alert: lots of Mamiamya RB/Z 67! Happy New Year. Hope you’re feeling well.

Are you doing a book again soon?

Good video as always. I've always been a fan of your posts.. I always wanted to ask, what record player and speaker setup do you have on your background? :D

Matt, RU-vid is fukked up. I was unsubscribed from your channel. Just happened to check it. WTF? It also happened to another channel I follow. The Jimmy Dore show. I had assumed it was because of Dore's outspoken politics, but if it happened on your channel, I can only assume it is some random bug. Anyway, glad to see you have gotten your health back. I always enjoy your stuff.

Look at Eugene Richards Exploding into Life. It's an amazing book and its some hard images. Also Rebeca Norris Webb My Dakota. I think you would really enjoy both.

Keep an eye on the upcoming book of Andre Josselin!

Highly recommended Jim Goldberg's 'Raised By Wolves'

Vivian Maier! www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062305530/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Arrgghh, looking for a video that covered a Japanese Road Trip book shot from his car, for the life of me I can't recall the name of the book or artist.... HELP!!!

With your new interest in color I’d like to recommend two artists and their inexpensive books on each of them. You may or may not be familiar with Ernst Haas and Saul Leiter. Check them out and if you are intrigued they each have inexpensive books called Thames & Hudson Photofile (and their name as title) available on Amazon for about 15 dollars you will not be disappointed

Where’s SWG Pt. ii?

boogie moscow !!!

IDK if you have any of Ruth Burnhard books, I love her work. Love having some books to add to my collection now, Thank you Matt.

Buy books not gear!