{"product_id":"the-book-of-101-books-seminal-photographic-books-of-the-twentieth-century","title":"The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of the photographic book goes back well more than a century; the medium of photography and the book format were understood very early on to relate to each other on both technical and aesthetic levels. The examples of truly great combinations of photographic image and text  great design and typography bound together as books are numerous  and make up an impressive artistic  social  and documentary statement of the 20th century. Writer and rare book expert Andrew Roth has selected for this volume a group of 101 of the best photography books ever published: books that bring all of the elements of great bookmaking together to create  ultimately  a thing of beauty  a work of art. Mostly made up of publications in which the photographs were meant to be seen in book form  as opposed to the book being merely a repository of images  this list includes many artists and titles that will be familiar to the collector  but also not a few surprises. Chronologically  the first book is Volume One of Edward Curtiss seminal 1907 The North American Indian  the last is David LaChapelles LaChapelle Land from 1996  and in between are books by Walker Evans and Berenice Abbott  Atget and Brassai  Robert Frank and Garry Winogrand  and many other seminal photographers from all over the world. Each book in the catalogue receives a double page spread including publication information  several image spreads  and a short text about it. The Book of 101 Books  however  is far more than simply an annotated and illustrated catalogue. Six important new essays on a variety of related topics from respected scholars  critics  and artists are included as well: here you will find Richard Benson on the history of printing techniques  Shelley Rice on the societal significance of photography books  May Castleberry on reprints  exhibitions  and keeping books alive for the public; Daido Moriyama on his personal memories of making his classic Bye Bye Photography  Dear  Neville Wakefield on the particular attributes of one of the most recent books in this group: Richard Princeis 1995 Adult Comedy Action Drama  and Jeffrey Fraenkel on the myriad perils of publishing photography books. The catalogue entries themselves are written by the well known critics Vince Aletti and David Levi Strauss. Taken together  the depth and beauty of these essays and images makes The Book of 101 Books both an essential reference and an aesthetically compelling object. In order to insure safe delivery for this item we can only ship Federal Express 3rd Day. An additional charge of $25.00 will be added to your purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946628313141,"sku":"ByrdShop_0967077443","price":264.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780967077444.jpg?v=1769957864","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-101-books-seminal-photographic-books-of-the-twentieth-century","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}