Re: Books

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There are many wonderful books that address technical aspects of 
photography. One book you may be familiar with and is used in many 
introductory photo classes is simply titled Photography, edited by 
Barbara London (and/or John Upton ???). It is in it 7th or 8th edition 
by now. Ansel Adams' classic texts are always nice to have as well, I 
think "The Negative" and "The Print" are probably the most important.

A great deal of technical information is already available in most 
libraries and book stores. One resource that UNC's library provides for 
students is simply a photocopy handout with a comprehensive list of the 
most useful internet resources and descriptions of what types of 
information they provide.

Due to the wealth of information available on the internet, much of 
which is more up-to-date, than what is featured in some books, you 
might try to provide materials that are not easily found through other 
means. Artist's monographs are certainly one genre that is poorly 
represented in commercial bookstores and on the internet.

I would try to select photographers whose work is easily acesible to 
beginners, but also rewards students as their understanding of the 
medium grows. Henri Cartier-Bresson comes immediately to mind. Also, 
Richard Avedon, Gregory Crewdson, Cindy Sherman. Slightly more 
challenging but still accesible Robert Adams, Tim Davis, Emmet Gowin, 
Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Nicholas Nixon, Joel Sternfeld, Hiroshi 
Sugimoto.

Perhaps others will be able to provide more books relevant to 
journalism or commercial/fashion photography.

If you found this helpful at all I can provide information as to which 
specfic books might best represent each artist or might be best suited 
to high school students.

-Heyward