Warning: this is a repost comment with slight changes personalised to your question. You might not need this all but it's here if you do.

A quick overview of the genres:

Post-Punk Goth Rock: start with the classic 80s bands which defined the genres sound:

Bauhaus - She's in Parties

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust

The Cure - A Forest

Second Wave Goth Rock: move on to the second wave of goth, where the sound became harder, and instead of having that post-punk sound, it started having a hard rock sound. This is usually just considered to be "goth", I'm just separating the two so you can hear the difference in sounds:

The Mission UK - Wasteland

Fields of the Nephilim - Moonchild

The Merry Thoughts - We Love To

Deathrock: listen to some deathrock (originating from the U.S, when Deathrock bands became big enough, they started to tour and directly influence the UK goth scene forming around the same time. Deathrock is a spookier and more horror version of punk):

Christian Death - Romeo's Distress

45 Grave - Evil

Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Darkwave: the outgrowth of goth rock: darkwave (a term that used to be synonymous with goth but branched off into its own thing when goth bands started taking advantage of the drum machines and extra synthesizers):

Clan of Xymox - Jasmine & Rose

Diva Destruction - The Broken Ones

Switchblade Symphony - Gutter Glitter

Ethereal wave (ethereal wave is a branch of darkwave, and it’s described as being more “gothic” and “otherworldly.” It is represented by the 4AD music label)

Cocteau Twins - Half-Gifts

Dead Can Dance - Children of the Sun

Coldwave (a genre which formed in the 70s from France and Belgium, it’s described as using detached tone and minimal use of electronic instruments. Coldwave always tends to be mixed with something whether it’s synthpop, minimal wave, etc):

Asylum Party - Julia

Marquis de Sade - Wanda's Loving Boy

Bashung - Play Blessures (album)

and some very important songs which should have a special mention:

The song that defined the "goth rock" genre: Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

and the band who greatly influenced the genre: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

I also want to point out that goth + outgrowth bands have been producing, writing, creating, and releasing goth bands since the genre began and there are goth bands still making music. I always list the subgenres when I try and give a summary of the subgenre, but I also bring awareness to new bands in the subculture, too.

Check Bandcamp for goth bands such as NU:N, Lebanon Hanover, Dreamtime, This Cold Night, Dystopian Society, Fotocrime, TRAITRS, The Drowning Season, Cold Cave, ANKST, Masquerade, Strap on Halo, They Feed At Night, Angels of Liberty, Grooving in Green, and Bat Nouveau.

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My personal YouTube playlist is here and my Bandcamp is here. I don't know if this is any help, but this article can help determine the difference between goth and emo. If you're on Facebook, join Goth Subculture, When Goth Was *Actually* Goth, Goth Is Not Dead and Keep it Real, Keep it Goth.

If you want to freestyle goth/goth-friendly genres (sometimes they play industrial/electro/other), then listen to Nightbreed Radio.

Genres that aren't considered goth is anything that hasn't come from goth, so genres like darkwave and ethereal wave are because they grew out of goth. Electronic based and metal based genres are not because they are electronic and metal based. So this includes but isn't limited to experimental/electronic like EBM, futurepop, electro-industrial/aggrotech, neo folk and Gothic metal (I'll explain this if you want me to; just ask), symphonic metal, nu metal, power metal, black metal, Viking metal, etc.

Industrial is also considered to be an outgrowth of electronic and experimental music. Industrial was played alongside goth usually for revenue purposes, and because the genres were established/care into popularity around about the same time (industrial predates goth by about a couple of years though).

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If you want actual resources on the subject, I’d suggest:

On Goth Rock:

Undead Undead Undead, Alternative Press 1994

Vice - A Complete History of Goth

Origins of the term Goth

Dave Simpson on the return of Goth

Goth Rock 101

The Dark Wave of 80s Alternative Music

On Deathrock:

Women of Punk

Deathrock: a brief history

Deathrock History

On Coldwave:

New York - Beyond Goth

On Grey Rock:

1978's Attic: Portuguese Underground

Don't know if this is any use to you, but I've got some specific band interviews (especially of bands who have pioneered genres/are considered to be big names):

Alien Sex Fiend interview

Pink Turns Blue interview

Clan of Xymox concert review

Cold Cave - You & Me & Infinity article

Drab Majesty tour

Kommunity FK interview

Cocteau Twins

Story of 4AD (article on the label that signed a lot of ethereal wave bands)

This Mortal Coil newspaper

and this article on minimal wave, which isn't considered a goth genre but is mixed with darkwave, especially in a lot of newer bands.

If you want any physical resources on goth, I'd recommend Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace. It's the only book, I'd say, that you need on goth. It's by far the most accurate.

I could give you a list of inaccurate things to avoid, but I don't want to bring attention to them because people who like to spread misinformation might use them as "real resources" like they try and do with Urban Dictionary.

I hope that helps.

Re: #1-- On the west coast, work isn't 9-5, hell, it's been 8-5 and no you best not take that whole hour lunch that CA requires unlike the very east coast. Many people in white collar jobs are working more than whatever they actually get paid for, whether that's 40 hours or something else. When you work 12 or 16 hour days, when you don't take smoke breaks because smoking is not cool in CA, you take some social media breaks. We have also found that alternative environments- a break room that's a play room, walking with coworkers, etc. help with bonding and brainstorming and productivity as a whole. Truth, due to the unfairness of it all, those doing hourly work for low pay are also likely working more than they are paid for, which is something those in the middle think is not cool-- which is why living wages receive a fair amount of support. But the divide between the kind of wages and the treatment of workers between the salaried skilled and the people who make their catered lunches is pretty wide and sometimes there is a still a need for more compassion. Some folks have zero flexibility in their lives with regards to their job. Individual companies even in high tech can differ, with some setting minimum hours or resisting work from home policies, and some not caring about anything so long as you get your work done and wow the boss once in awhile. As a whole, we really struggle with work-life balance, and if the weather wasn't so damn nice outside, it might be even worse.

2: We don't have pets because of loneliness. We have pets because we love pets. We have pets because we can afford their companionship. And we have pets in greater number, most importantly, because we have and continue to push for the most liberal pet policies in rentals, so that a higher proportion of Bay Area residents in rentals can have pets and can have the expectation that they can move and new landlords will accept their pets. if someone does not have a pet, you're likely to hear "I am allergic" over "my landlord doesn't allow them." Where shelters are full in other states, community shelters work to encourage landlords to open their minds to pet-friendly policies because renters are the biggest market they can't reach. Also, having kids in the Bay Area is expensive, so some people have more time for pets as they delay having kids.

3: It's expensive to live here because you're here. Just being honest. Other people want to come from other places for jobs and jobs are being created here, and the influx of new people has been making CA more expensive since the Spanish showed up. There's not enough housing, the disparity in pay between the very wealthy and the minimum wage creates tension and everyone feels it. We had a mini-housing bust in 2008-2009, but the price of everything else did not go down, we had high unemployment for awhile, and yet, people still came from other places for jobs here. As long as that continues, so does the cost of living here.

4: As innovative as CA might be in so many ways, you aren't just noticing racial segregation. For a state that prides itself on diversity, women have not broken through the glass ceiling so you don't see them either (or everyone losing their minds over it when it happens), you don't see enough Hispanic people or black people of either gender in enough management- or in tech at all. [This] (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/google-discloses-workforce-diversity-data-good/) came out in May and one might expect the rest of the Bay Area big companies to look even worse. Why is that? Great question. What can we do about it? Well, a number of things, but I guarantee you that the white men currently benefiting from it are not going to be the ones to change it, we are. Start with asking some questions where you work now, why the management doesn't reflect the diversity of the workforce. One thing that we have to battle as a society, particularly locally to CA, is ageism. A statistically significant portion of those unemployed in the last recession were over 50, and there are clear biases in HR and in the tech world that older employees are washed up, out of date, have no skills and are untrainable. Not true, but pervasive and detriment to the diversity and experience in our workforce.

On another note, though, "immigrants without accents," this is the normal makeup of CA and San Jose in particular, it's been diverse since Europeans interrupted the Native Americans, we take great pride in actually looking like the Melting Pot everyone else talks about. You might enjoy the series of CA history books by the author [Kevin Starr] (http://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Starr/e/B000APB8FG/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1407001670&sr=8-1) for more information and entertainment while you learn about it. Another rec is the "Images of America" series with topics from [geographical neighborhoods] (http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Downtown-America-Arcadia-Publishing/dp/0738529222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407001889&sr=8-1&keywords=downtown+san+jose) to specific immigrant populations. Most are available at our awesome public libraries. White has been the minority here for my 30+ years. Grow up with diversity and it's pretty easy to get uncomfortable with assumptions made when diversity disappears-- a horrified look at the terribly inappropriate comments is a good first step, and if you stay here long enough you'll end up doing it too. We deal with other stereotypes too, that we are all blond and live on the beach a la Baywatch, and have you been in the ocean in Santa Cruz? It's freezing. We have a hoodie culture, not bikini.

5: As mentioned previously, regions have their diversity. Within the Bay Area, within neighborhoods in San Jose, we have some segregation by cultural communities, by socioeconomic status, etc. some of it less than ideal but you can't get away from the Melting Pot aspect in San Jose as you might in some other places in the state. It obviously looks different to you than wherever you came from, and if we traveled to Philly or Chicago we might also note a higher proportion of black people in the city than we have in San Jose, as you'd also find a higher proportion of black residents of the Bay Area in Oakland and Richmond, I don't want to go off on a tangent for the reasons, I am just commenting that every place looks different. So you're noticing a specific population that doesn't have "mass" wherever "home" is for you. Some of it is that you work in tech, in engineering, an area where asians and east asians are well-represented in the local workforce and where a majority of H1B visa holders are coming from, H1B being the visa for a specific skill set a company declares they can't find in potential employees locally. Could also be the neighborhood you are living in, which might be a popular neighborhood for asian and east asian families. Some if it is just internalizing what /u/mdf356 described- we are kinda the 30/30/30 city. It's totally what makes us special. Break those stats up even further and it's why we have amazing options for music, food, language, festivals and holidays, etc. and why CA is notorious for exporting our "liberal ideas" about all kinds of things to the rest of the country. It's organic and comes from ALL the people.

I would love to get THIS book for my grandfather. (It's in my book list.) Its an area of Ohio where he grew up as a kid and I don't know how many times he has checked this book out at the library, but he loves looking at the photos over and over again. "Back in the good 'ole days" as he usually describes it while pointing out where such and such is, and was. A used book is perfectly fine!

share the love and thank you kindly for the contest!

That is amazing! So weird, but amazing!

I would love to be able to shape shift. It's the perfect power. Need to be invisible? Cool, become a tiny insect or something instead. Need to fly? No worries! Bird! Need to walk through walls? Easy, become a ghost! (I'm sure that counts as shape shifting, right? Right. ¬_¬)

Failing that, I would love to have the power, that when I go to buy anything, I have the exact amount of change in my pocket (or if it's bigger, the exact amount needed in my bank account). Think about it, if you just had a load of money, you would run the risk of running out, this way, you will always have enough for what you want/need. Fabulous.

If I win, I would very much like you to surprise me. Or, failing that, I would really like this, this, this or this. I'm sorry, I couldn't decide D: (all are in my wishlists)

We are RAOA. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

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Some non-food ideas:

Calvin and Hobbes books! Definitely one of the best comics created. Bill Watterson still lives in Ohio. Calvin rampages through Chagrin Falls.

Books and pictures of the Bicentennial Barns.

History on the Wright Brothers, John Glenn or Neil Armstrong

Ohio art pottery can be really nice but you can sink some serious money there. Roseville, Zanesville, Hull.


Dayton Dragons are fun too--shirts or other stuff.

I always like Amish style quilted hot pads and trivets for gifts. Pretty, small and ship well.

Of course, cardinals are beautiful! They translate well as stained glass, notecards or prints. Lot of possibilities...

Edit: remembered something else fun, depending on your relatives....Haunted Ohio. There's a series of books now and the author lives near Dayton.

The Great Pyramid, Sunset, c.1920s

(George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty 530858680)

Black and white version

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Original Caption

> Tourists Standing on Top of Great Pyramid: Looking across the Sahara Desert from the top of the pyramid of Cheops at sunset, vacationing tourist are shown sightseeing in Egypt. The second pyramid is seen to the left.

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It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted any new material, so sorry about that. My book took up pretty much all of last year and I’m slowly trying to carve out time to do personal images again.

Really pleased to see so many amazing images pop up by the other contributors and I’ve been itching to do something in-between work.

So here we are. I saw this on /r/oldschoolcool the other day, and like the Antarctica image, I knew I had to do it. Note: this is a copyrighted image. I don’t touch these at all unless they’ve been licensed, but this is purely a fun technical exercise for me to get back into posting regularly. I got some great shots of Giza at sunset to help me establish the mood and the super saturated Bladerunner 2049-esque atmosphere, as well as some (illegal!) photographs taken at the top of the pyramid by would be adventurers, in addition to 1920s clothing. Really, this one is a study in how light affects colour in more uncommon lighting conditions than I’m used to.

Enjoy.

Book

Instagram

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Edit: A lot of commenters think that the image looks fake or is 'over photoshopped', and that the lack of cast shadows means that the original is manipulated, or that I've manipulated it. Beyond colour, there is very little done to the original image, bar the colour information. This is one of the main reference images I used - the colour is in the same range as I used on the image and the lack of cast shadow may simply be a result of dust haze which can be seen in the original photograph. It may also be why the two ladies and the guide can look directly at the sun without cupping their hands over their eyes.

Hi :D

1. I currently go to a community college in Los Angeles and I'm applying to transfer out this year!! Woohoo!!!!!!!!! :) I hope to be at a brand new college next year as a junior, studying Information Systems. I am still deciding where I am going to apply but I have a couple of schools in mind. I am hoping to have a finalized list by the end of the month.
   
   
2. I currently have three textbooks on my wishlist that I need for this upcoming Fall semester. This is the cheapest one, starting at $17. This one is starting at $34, and this one is pretty expensive. I am taking five classes this semester and these three books are only for two out of the five classes. This would help me out TREMENDOUSLY and I can't be thankful enough if I were to receive these textbooks.
   
   
3. Totally up to you :)
   
   Thank you so much for this contest.
   
   edit: Oh and I have this planner on my wishlist that I would love to have for the new school year :D

Hi there! The Admiral had a tough go of it at the end, after having tried and failed to be revived as a casino. At the end of July in 2011, it was towed to Luhr Brothers River Terminal on the Illinois side of the Mississippi and was scrapped down to the hull. In October 2011, the hull was ultimately sold to scrap as well and towed to the Tennessee River for that purpose.

If you're interested in learning more about the Admiral, there are three books I'd recommend:

The Steamer Admiral and Streckfus Steamers: A Personal View by Annie Amantea Blum, who worked on the Admiral as a teenager and whose husband piloted the Admiral (among many other boats)

The Steamer Admiral, from the Images of America series, also by Annie Amantea Blum. This one is a photographic collection and includes pictures of the scrapping in process, down to the hull.

Admiral: A History by J. Thomas Dunn, who originally worked for Streckfus Steamers and is now associated with the Gateway Tours boats. This book contains the most recent photograph I think I've seen of the Admiral, in 2011, scrapped down to the hull at St. Louis and on it's way to Tennessee.

The St. Louis Mercantile Library houses the Streckfus archival collection and there are many pictures available online here: http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl/islandora/object/umsl%3A104330
We have plans to add more, as well as to duplicate these onto Flickr for easier sharing, in the coming months.

Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out to the Pott Library with any additional questions!

I wrote one a couple years ago. I also occasionally update this blog with stuff.

This City of Ames survey on Campustown, West Gate, and Greekland neighborhoods can get pretty technical but gives a basic overview of the campus vicinity. For campus history, The History of Iowa State College is readily available. The Iowa State University Campus and Its Buildings is rather scholarly and outdated in 2018, but has some fantastic history about how campus was built for its first 120 years. The same goes for The First 100 Years of Residence at Iowa State University. Greek stories can be found in Fraternities and Sororities at Iowa State, which is fantastic. The Bomb archive is great, though quality really varies year to year. There are a couple historical picture books of Ames that are really easy reads along with several niche books about ISU and various colleges and departments -- some good, some too vague, others too technical. Note that most older history books about Ames are slim on ISU and West Ames.

Most popular is probably Images of America: Malibu. I get compliments on that all the time. https://www.amazon.com/Malibu-Images-America-Ben-Marcus/dp/073857614X

Most successful is The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. He sold 10,000 copies of that at $100 to $250, and that's good for a book: https://clarklittlephotography.com/products/shorebreak-art-limited-signed-edition

Skateboard: The Good, the Rad and the Gnarly was translated into French and almost won a 3000 Euro prize for Sports Book of the Year in France. They were going to fly me to Monaco and put me up in the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel, and the thing was, I didn't even know they had translated it into French.

The hardcover versions sells for over $100, which is shocking: https://www.amazon.com/Skateboard-Style-Stoke-Hardback-Common/dp/B00FKYPZJM/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=The+skateboard+marcus&qid=1567218903&s=gateway&sr=8-5

This is the French version. I like the cover better: https://www.amazon.com/Skateboard-rue-rampe-Ben-Marcus/dp/2366025408/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=skateboard+de+la+rue+a+la+rampe&qid=1574212512&s=books&sr=1-1

Those are probably the big three.

Here's all of them: http://www.benmarcusrules.com/books

So glad to finally give him credit, but my high school history teacher in Rhode Island, Lawerence Verria, was the man who proved that the kisser in the photo was in fact George Mendonsa. He put on an amazing presentation on this in class when I had him and since then his book has been published. Anyone interested in the story really should pick the book up, it's riveting and quite good. I've posted the link to the book if anyone is interested.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Kissing-Sailor-Mystery-Behind/dp/1612510787

I always recommend [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Photography-9th-Barbara-London/dp/0131752014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254823981&sr=1-1} (its a college textbook, so it's a little pricey, but its full of information and extremely useful).

Learning how to critique photographs, as well as take critique, is the single most important thing to learn as a photographer. If you're able to critically look at a photograph and say what is successful and what is not, you learn how to criticize your own work as you are doing it.

But thats just my two cents. Best of luck! Wish I had the guts to do urban exploring, I've done some but not much.

It appears you have the skills (checked out your flickr and gave you a follow :) )

Now you have the daunting task of finding your voice. If you want to be creative and expressive in your photography work, you need to let the way you see the world shine through.

Photographers are some of the TOUGHEST people I've met, because often times we must break down what we know and go out of our comfort zone. Push yourself, take risks, and make sure every image you publish anywhere tells a story.

If you are looking to explore more the realm of fine art photography, I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Photography-Second-Susan-Bright/dp/0500289425/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449506503&sr=8-1&keywords=art+photography+now

It's a great book that documents some fine art photographers, their work, and their point of view in an easy to digest, beautiful art book.

You might be interested in Hiroshi Sugimoto, Aaron Siskind, Bill Brandt, André Kertész, William Eggleston, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Aleksander Rodchenko, Alfred Steiglitz or many, many others. This is a pretty broad array of 20th century photographers that have each done some amazing abstract work in addition to more concrete pieces.

As I started putting my thoughts together, I realized that it's hard to think of historically significant photographers, going back to Atget, that have not worked with abstraction in their images. Especially street and landscape photographers. Photojournalists tend to reduce abstraction, but even in the work of Capa, Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr and others, there are elements of minimalism, blur, and general compositions that sometimes lean toward abstraction. I'd recommended grabbing a survey of photography like this one to get a feel for some images and some of the language that an author uses to discuss each style/ technique. Books like this are on the shelves at most libraries (I mostly use my library card to get 'picture books' these days).

And, I agree that Google doesn't do a good job of pointing someone toward historically relevant or significant (or even interesting) photographers. I don't have a better search method other than to say try off line. Museums, libraries, or professional photo stores are still the best starting points for understanding things related to the artistic side of photography.

I don't remember how I came across this one but my current favorite: Darcy Padilla's Family Love. It's powerful, heartbreaking, and haunting. I just wish I understood French. The photos speak for themselves, though. Just be ready for a ride.

For straight reading, I like William Steacy's Photographs not Taken. It's somewhat comforting to know that it's not just you -- everyone misses out on that perfect photo.

And finally Robert Capa's Slightly Out of Focus.

Hey Ben! Thanks for taking interest in me, but I know where this is going to go so I'll leave you after that :)

I haven't taken an interest in you. The reverse is true.

Before I go, a small point. Please, stop with your grammar nazi act.

Nazi should be capitalized. It's a noun and and the Germans capitalize all their nouns.

You should know that this is the surest way of looking like you are loosing any argument online.

""Loosing? Losing. You certainly just lost this argument. And I've never lost an argument on Reddit.

Especially when your own writing style is far from flawless (for example: you make a remark about good punctuation separating one from the mongrel races while not using the Oxford comma in that sentence? WTF I say, lol).

Oxford comma is optional. I've never liked it or used it, so I don't. It's not a hard and fast rule. It's style.

Enjoy the rest of your sad day!

Today I am looking for 14 modern Malibu girls to recreate this photo that is on the cover of a Malibu book I did.

https://www.amazon.com/Malibu-Images-America-Ben-Marcus/dp/073857614X

The same publisher wants me to do Malibu: Past and Present, which is modern angles of vintage photos.

That's not a sad day, looser. That's a fun day, and tomorrow's Sunday.**

Eggleston isn't my favorite either, but he pioneered a whole style. This is probably his most famous picture, I think. I like people who followed him, like Stephen Shore who is also saying something about the everyday through pictures of banal situations. Check out the New Topographic photographers.

I am trying to remember how I picked up what I know about art photography. I did it over a while. I do remember using the Masters of Photography website a lot. Consider a survey book like Taschen's 20th century photographs.

As for Gursky, I think it's mostly about who he is. He's the guy who makes gigantic prints of scenes, and that has been judged artistically important. Similarly, Cindy Sherman's schtick is putting herself in fake movies or pictures and commenting on gender roles etc, and that has definitely been judged important. The art market buyer's, museum curators and gallerists judge what's important.

Lets set a baseline: https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photographs-Stalin-s/dp/1849762511/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JXPQWHSHTS07FZV37RTP

If you all believed in debate on the merits, you wouldn't have to censor those who disagree with you. Communist history wouldn't be rife with the disappearances of political dissidents. I wouldn't be having this conversation here on /r/seattle where I'm subject to the rules of a local city sub after being banned from the sub that sends mental midget conscripts here to try their hand at promoting a system that relies on genocide. No, I'd be free to debate without censorship those who claim they have a better way. But instead of being able to prove your system on the merits, you'd rather hide behind banning those who disagree.

We can consider it a taste of whats to come if your ideology ever gains power.

I'm ready for that day. Are you?

If price is not a problem, Photography by Barbara London Upton is a very good book. It is easy to understand with many examples about almost any aspect of photography. I got a used copy for a few bucks at a yard sale when I was starting out, and it has served me very well. Amazon link below:


http://www.amazon.com/Photography-9th-Edition-Barbara-London/dp/0131752014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342824559&sr=8-1&keywords=PHOTOGRAPHY+9TH+EDITION

I came across this story because I just got done reading this book published in 1999 called Moments: the Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs and two of the winners from the late 80's and early 90's were RIT grads (can't remember what their names were. Wanna say it was 1988 and 1991 were the years in question.)

She's a part of the YouTube generation so there are videos for everything now. For me, what inspired me first was seeing amazing photos. So maybe a book like:

https://www.amazon.com/Moments-Prize-Winning-Photographs-Hal-Buell/dp/1631910086

I believe the attraction to the Guerrillero Heroico photograph has something to do with the draw that people have. Largely this is their first point of exposure to Che, this photograph. Honestly, I personally think people just like the photograph without really understanding the political connotations attached to it.

I would say that single photo of Che is one of the main reasons he's so popular today. There's been books written on the photograph, and it's impact on the world. Check out Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image by Michael J. Casey if you want to learn some more.

Either way, Che was really popular. There's some political reasons he's so popular, but that's not really what you're asking. He was one of the 22 men who survived the 26th of July Movement which saw Fidel Castro taking Cuba.

He's also known for having written Guerrilla Warfare in 1961. Basically a strategy guide for armed insurrection.

Because people pay me to write and people tell me I'm good at it.

Some very famous people, in fact.

People love this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Malibu-Images-America-Ben-Marcus/dp/073857614X

I did a book signing at Malibu and met a lot of people whose work I like: Minnie Driver, James Remar, Steven Spielberg, Sting, Katharine Ross, Leonard Maltin - all because of a silly little history book.

26 books are not by chance.

This one was translated into French and the publisher didn't even tell me:

https://www.amazon.com/Skateboard-Ben-Marcus-ebook/dp/B0055Q6DEQ

This guy reviewed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEs3SPy0bKk

It was nominated for Sports Book of the Year by the Sportel Awards in France.

A book I didn't know had my name on it.

They were going to fly me to Monaco and put me up in the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel, but I was in Hawaii and it was too far - 24 hours on a plane for one night in a hotel.

I probably wouldn't have gone anyway. so I sent the photographer. Lucia, who was in France.

She went with her dad, who was in Venice.

We didn't win.

A pity, because I could have used the 3000 Euro prize.

All of that suggests to me I know what I'm doing.

Having a book translated into French I didn't even know about.

And I had another one translated into German.

Meanwhile, you haven't produced anything.

Except mucus, methane, moaning and carbon dioxide.

You just hide behind avatars and whine at the world.

If you ever do anything remotely that interesting, you let the world know, will you?

Here's some names to start you off. It's a variety of styles and subjects:

• Ansel Adams
  
• Richard Avedon
  
• Brassai
  
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
  
• Robert Capa
  
• Walker Evans
  
• Robert Frank
  
• Andreas Gursky
  
• Ernst Haas
  
• Philippe Halsman
  
• Yousuf Karsh
  
• Andre Kertesz
  
• Dorothea Lange
  
• Annie Leibovitz
  
• Don McCullin
  
• Daido Moriyama
  
• Martin Parr
  
• Irving Penn
  
• Man Ray
  
• W. Eugene Smith
  
• Edward Steichen
  
• Edward Weston
  
• Garry Winogrand
  
• Dan Winters
  
  I highly recommend 20th Century Photography put out by the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Great affordable volume with a lot of great photos.
  
  Another good pick is Phaidon's The Photography Book but you want the old hardcover I hear, since the softcover is substantially smaller.

If you like this, check out Pete Souza's book of photos from the Obama administration - Obama: An Intimate Portrait. It contains many amazing, emotional photographs and I have it on my coffee table.

He literally just did: https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Intimate-Portrait-Pete-Souza/dp/0316512583

His IG is a pretty cool follow as well, just as a day to day contrast of how President Obama handled similar events and situations compared to what Trump does in real time

There's a book that came out recently that documents the post-punk/new wave/goth scenes of the 80s: Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace. It's full of photos like this, and highly recommended if you're a fan of that time period and subculture.

A good gift. Someone gave me one.

https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Intimate-Portrait-Pete-Souza/dp/0316512583

Pete's book on Obama finally shipped the other day -- it's on sale and is AMAZING. I got mine in (from preorder) on Tuesday. This photo (in MUCH higher quality) is included in the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Intimate-Portrait-Pete-Souza/dp/0316512583

(inb4 hailcorporate)

Don't know how much of a reader you are but this book was very interesting! https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photographs-Stalins/dp/1849762511

• Slightly Out of Focus - Robert Capa
  
• William Eggleston's Guide - John Szarkowski (Author) & William Eggleston (Photographer)
  
• The Americans - Robert Frank
  
• The Great LIFE Photographers
  
• Magnum Contact Sheets - Jonas Bendiksen

There's a great photo book called ["The Commisar Vanishes"](https://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification.../dp/1849762511
) by David King that has a lot of these types of photos, showing the before and after versions of the doctored photographs.

We bought the Souza book. It's full of remarkable photos of this remarkable man.

One of my favorite books of photos is "The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia"...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71cOyLVK7ZL.jpg

Amazon link

My history teacher actually discovered the REAL sailor and woman in this photo, first person to do so. Many people had thought they discovered them, but they were wrong. He wrote a book about the investigation, called The Kissing Sailor, available on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Kissing-Sailor-Mystery-Behind/dp/1612510787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374587523&sr=8-1&keywords=the+kissing+sailor

Slightly Out of Focus by Robert Capa, one of the founders of Magnum. Well-written and, unexpectedly, funny.

If you're interested in Photography history, check out Photography: A Cultural History, by Mary Warner Marien.

If anyone here was wishing they could have the photos (up to 2015) in book form, you can!

Incidentally, now this crap is at number 6 on the Movers and Shakers:
https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Intimate-Portrait-Pete-Souza/dp/0316512583

Another germane book: http://www.amazon.com/Ches-Afterlife-Legacy-Vintage-Original/dp/0307279308 Have yet to read it, but I want to.

Yup, coming out later this year https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316512583

"The Photo Book" by Phaidon Press is just what you need. it's basically an alphabetical index of the must crucial photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries. it's cheap too ($6 used).

beyond that, here are some giants you should know about:

• Stanley Forman
  
  
• Diane Arbus
  
  
• William Eggleston
  
  
• Rosalind Solomon
  
  
• Arthur Fellig (also known as "Weegee")
  
  
• Lee Friedlander
  
  
• Henri Cartier-Bresson

I just bought his new photo book, arrives tomorrow, can't wait.

edit: added link

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/0131752014/

better yet, show it to him

Have you ever seen the book The Commissar Vanishes? It is great--and chilling.

A t3i is a terrible camera for film.... /sarcasm

I recommend Photography, buy the 9th edition used, there isnt all that much difference. Or Hedgecoe's New Manual of Photography

Check out The Commissar Vanishes to better understand the evil of Leftism. They lie, they deceive, they falsify everything to gain and hold power.