Oct/Nov 2014
Tamara Dean
Photograph of Tamara courtesy of Anna Kucera
Here is a list of my favorite 10 books that inspire and inform my creative process
01
Desiree Dolron, Terra
This is my altime favourite book. The photography is stunning and the printing is divine. I stumbled across this artist when I was in the Netherlands and I have treasured this book ever since.
02
A book of painterly photographic ladscape stitched seemlessly together. The photography is subtly surreal with differing light sources adding a sense if strangeness to seemingly serene scenes. Its a beautiful book, and I am always inspired after looking at it.
03
Loretta Lux, Aperture
Brilliant portraiture, what can I say, she is a legend!
04
This is a book I can pore over for hours. The photographs interspersed with personal Letters and memories is a very fulfilling experience.
05
The Twighlight of Mr Kemp by Alexander James
Beautiful Landscapes in subtle and incredibly atmospheric light.
06
Mary Ellen Mark, Exposure or The Americans Mary Ellen Mark
Mary Ellen Mark had a massive influence on my work. Her Photojournalism is stratingly honest and intimate. She is a photographer I greatly admire.
07
Passengers. Dagmar Keller and Martin Wittwer
A beautiful, realised series of passengers. Painterly, darkly romantic, almost sensual portraits of people I can only imaginge are strangers to the photographer.
08
Between Times - Instants, Intervals... Introduction by Sérgio Mah. Text by Jacinto Lageira.
This book is about Contemporary artisits addressing the concept of time. Time is an element which is integral to my practice so I have a keen interest in reading this book.
09
True Romance : Allegories of love from the Renaissance to the present' by Belinda Grace Gardner, Michael Buhrs, Dirk Lucklow and Gerald Matt
One I disappear into for days.
10
Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins Cacoons and Hideouts. by S.Ehmann, S.Borges Eds.
I have a long standing fantasy to one day build a beautiful treehouse/Studio/shack. This book is the first one I have come across that fills me with the kind of inspiration I need to make the dream come true.
