Some Photo Book Pickups | Documentary Photography

Some new photo books I've picked up that explore documentary photography. Books include 'Message From The Exterior' by Mark Ruwedel, '45' by Damian Heinisch, and 'A1 - The Great North Road' by Paul Graham. So I have a few books here, some are from more famous contemporary photographers and some are lesser-known photographers, but they’re equally just as interesting. So I’m just going to flick through these and briefly talk about some of the themes they explore, what I liked about them, and some of the smaller layout details like the paper quality and materials and all that, which will hopefully give you a rough idea of whether these books might interest you. I’m not going to go super in-depth because I think photobooks are such a personal thing, and I wouldn’t want to take that experience away from someone by telling them what they should know, but hopefully, this will be a good starting point.

So most of these are all documentary photography focused, which is the same kind of photography I am interested in, but in the future, I definitely plan on looking into other areas like fashion, landscape, and fine art photography to try and change up my inspirations and have a more rounded approach to consuming photography styles.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Mark Ruwedel
3:38 - Damian Heinisch
6:32 - Paul Graham

Cheers!

[bendroege]

Hope you enjoyed this week's video, let me know your thoughts or any recommendations you have down below.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Mark Ruwedel
3:38 - Damian Heinisch
6:32 - Paul Graham

[howardgrillphotography]

Love photo books. Great reviews and comments. Really enjoyed it.

[NunoAlmeidaPhotography]

All great pickups but my favourite ones are 45 and A1.

[andrewmcphee]

Great review, I particularly liked Paul Graham's A1 book, great concept.
Inspires me to make a book...
Subscribed, love your channel.

[KieranSuddabyPhotography]

Ah man, need to check out A1. Spend a lot of time on that road. Great video mate, keep it coming 🤙🏼

[justinkerr]

Love it man, might pick one up these look awesome!

[smileyface.]

that simplicity man, i love this video. your voice is dreamy lol. i’m totally not awkward. just a fan from hong Kong. let us know if u ever come to hong kong one day to shoot films. perhaps vlogs will be great. love your videos man. support u all the way. such underrated photographer youtuber, ugh :-)

[paulcookphotography]

Great video Ben! I've actually heard of the first photographer. Great project. And so many abandoned houses/structures in that area, especially in the desert area outside of L..A. Its actually on my bucket list to do some abandoned photography out there, plus some of the desert National Parks like Joshua Tree. Beautiful books, thanks for bringing attention to these! Hope you are doing well. Have a great week and stay safe!

[AndreLieberher]

Paul Graham's probably my favourite of the three. Thanks for introducing them.

[riahstevenson]

This was amazing. I'd love to see more of this!

[Robert-Bishop]

Some great books there, I'll have to check them out. The Mark Ruwedel one reminds me of Ed Freeman's Desert Reality images a bit, although Freeman has created a slightly more surreal effect by manipulating the images. I've seen the Paul Graham one before - some excellent shots. Great video. 👍

[LuigiBarbano]

Inspiring, all authors I didn't know.
There is no way to send a private message on youtube (that I'm aware of) so I leave here a technical note and feel free to cancel the comment: at 7:15 and after you repeat the audio.

[owainsphotography]

I totally enjoyed this video and immediately subbed your channel #812

[tonymckeage]

Great Vlog, I'm a new sub to your channel. I too use books for ideas and inspiration. I also like to check out Youtube channels as the explanation is live and on point. looking forward to your future vlogs, thanks