Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: <snip> > Does the larger public (other than photographers) actually want quality, > still, documentary images in any form (inkjet prints, self published books, > internet jpg's, et al)? > What ever happened to CDrom books? ebooks? It's an issue of quality for me. I'm wary of the self published books in general. Making good color images in print is a relatively involved process if you want what's on the page to be as good as it can be - if it's the photography you really care about. Ultimately for documentary work it's a combination of words and images unless the photo-essay is truly amazing. I think the PDFs Kyle has shared with us from the southwest are well worth viewing and reading. I'd enjoy them as a book -- but the book would cost more than I would be willing to pay, not because of Kyle's work but because I'm just not wanting to fill the house with more "stuff." I'm getting rid of stuff in general these days. I'm not a fan of CD-ROM books or ebooks at all. Can I read this on the commode? Carry it in a backpack and read it while waiting for something or other? In general I don't like reading much of anything from a computer screen and ebooks and ebook-readers don't work for me at all. Maybe when they can be rolled up or folded or, in general, treated like a paperback book, then I'll go for it. That day, for monochrome, may not be too far off. So I guess I'm saying that it's about the quality of what I hold in my hand, for images the printing has to be first rate. The LUG books are okay but their value comes from a connection with the people who made the images. I wouldn't buy the book simply because of the images. Adam