11 must-read photography books like Nobuyoshi Araki: The Banquet: Books on Books No. 15 by Ivan Vartanian

Cover of Nobuyoshi Araki: The Banquet: Books on Books No. 15 by Ivan Vartanian

Nobuyoshi Araki: The Banquet: Books on Books No. 15

By: Ivan Vartanian

3.91

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

First published in Japan in 1993, Nobuyoshi Araki’s The Banquet ( Shokuji ) offers a moving tribute…

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Cover of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm) by David Graeber

1. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

By: David Graeber

4.21

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the ac… read more

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"...státní aparát [...] skupina lidí, kteří si jako jediní osobují právo - alespoň tehdy, když jsou ve své oficiální roli - používat násilí."

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"The theory of exodus proposes that the most effective way of opposing capitalism and the liberal state is not through direct confrontation but by means of what Paolo Virno has called “engaged withdra…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting to happen. The easiest way to get our minds around it is to stop thinking ab…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we …"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

Cover of Uncommon Places: The Complete Works by Lynne Tillman, Stephen Shore, Shore Stephen

2. Uncommon Places: The Complete Works

By: Lynne Tillman , Stephen Shore , Shore Stephen

1.50

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Stephen Shore took colour photography beyond the domain of advertising and fashion, and his large-f… read more

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3. Alex Webb: The Suffering of Light

By: Geoff Dyer , Alex Webb

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Suffering of Lightis the first comprehensive monograph charting the career of acclaimed America… read more

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4. Genesis

By: Sebastião Salgado , Lélia Wanick Salgado

3.93

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

"In Genesis, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen." --Sebasti… read more

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5. Daido Moriyama: Tokyo

By: Daidō Moriyama

4.03

Format: None pages,

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6. Istanbul: City of a 100 Names

By: Orhan Pamuk , Alex Webb

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names, Magnum photographer Alex Webb displays his particular ability… read more

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7. Vivian Maier: Street Photographer

By: Geoff Dyer , Vivian Maier , John Maloof

3.99

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

Please note that all blank pages in the book were chosen as part of the design by the publisher. A … read more

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8. The New West: Landscapes Along the Colorado Front Range

By: Robert Adams

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Originally published in 1974, Robert Adams' The New Westsignaled a paradigm shift in the photograph… read more

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9. Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids

By: Andrei Tarkovsky , None

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

"Tarkovsky often reflected on the way that time flies and wanted to stop it, even with these quick … read more

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10. Stoner

By: John Williams , John McGahern

4.34

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming famil… read more

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"Annesi, hayatını sabırla kabullenmişti, katlanmak zorunda olduğu uzun bir anmışçasına."

-John Williams, Stoner

"Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve."

-John Williams, Stoner

"But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before."

-John Williams, Stoner

"While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time."

-John Williams, Stoner

11. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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12. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

By: David Graeber

4.03

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more

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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."

-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."

-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"

-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"

-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

Cover of Wim Wenders: Written In The West by Wim Wenders

13. Wim Wenders: Written In The West

By: Wim Wenders

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

In preparation for shooting the film Paris, Texas in late 1983, director Wim Wenders traveled the W… read more

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14. The Solitude of Ravens

By: Masahisa Fukase

4.67

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Exceptionally rare first U.S. PB edition, published 1991 by Bedford Arts. If you're reading this, y… read more

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15. Martin Parr: Life's a Beach

By: Martin Parr

4.25

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Following on the heels of Martin Parr's limited-edition, album-style publication Life's a Beach , A… read more

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Cover of Araki by Araki by Nobuyoshi Araki

16. Araki by Araki

By: Nobuyoshi Araki

4.53

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

Decades’ worth of images have been distilled down to 568 pages of photographs in this ultimate retr… read more

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Cover of Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography by Stephen Shore

17. Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography

By: Stephen Shore

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

‘Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable… read more

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Cover of Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Takeshi Nakamoto

18. Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs

By: Takeshi Nakamoto

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'The first thing I always tell anyone who asks me for advice "Get outside".' – Daido Moriyama Tak… read more

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  • japan
Cover of Nobuyoshi Araki: The Banquet: Books on Books No. 15 by Ivan Vartanian

19. Nobuyoshi Araki: The Banquet: Books on Books No. 15

By: Ivan Vartanian

3.91

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

First published in Japan in 1993, Nobuyoshi Araki’s The Banquet ( Shokuji ) offers a moving tribute… read more

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20. Irish Summers

By: Harry Gruyaert

3.64

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

"The guy from Flanders that I am and the guy from Flanders that Harry is and always will be — despi… read more

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7 best-selling nonfiction books like Araki by Araki by Nobuyoshi Araki

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Joel Meyerowitz , Clifford S. Ackley

4.48

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3.14

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