Best photo essays according to redditors
We found 98 Reddit comments discussing the best photo essays. We ranked the 57 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 98 Reddit comments discussing the best photo essays. We ranked the 57 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
i have this dude's book!
seriously unreal photos. for anyone else interested, here you go: https://www.amazon.com/Before-They-Pass-Jimmy-Nelson/dp/3832797599
Two years ago, I applied for and was selected to attend the SpaceX CRS-3 NASA Social event, due to my activity on social networks. At the time, I didn't use Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, so my selection was largely due to the fact that my social network of choice was Reddit.
Over the course of three launch delays, I met a number of amazing people, including fellow redditor /u/mseeley1 (the guy capturing all those great shots of the Falcon 9 returning to Port Canaveral) as well as Bill Jelen, the brains behind the Mr. Excel empire. At separate times, we each found ourselves recruited by SpaceFlight Insider to act as photographers, videographers and writers following our time at the SpaceX CRS-3 launch, which enabled us to continue coming out to cover launches & other special events at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center. But we were finding that our pictures would get just a burst of attention right around a launch, then the news cycle would take over and people would lose interest. So we put our heads together on how we could share more of the photos we were capturing.
It turns out that Mr. Excel is a book publisher, and loved the idea of doing a full-color launch photo book, and from that, We Report Space was born. Our involvement with the media pool at KSC and CCAFS meant that we were on hand to witness & photograph the launch failure of CRS-7, as well as the triumphant return to flight (and return to launch site landing) of SpaceX during Orbcomm OG2-M2. We've shared a number of those pictures here, through /r/spacex, and now they've all been collected into a full color book documenting Florida rocket launches from April 2014-December 2015.
What really makes this book awesome, though, is that it's not just pictures of rockets lifting off. We've also collected essays from other NASA Social participants on their experiences, both in attending the event, as well as the impact it has had on their lives afterwards. If you've followed my account here for any length of time, you know I'm a pretty serious cheerleader for the NASA Social program, because it really is the best answer to "how can I get as close as possible to a rocket launch?"
The book is available through our website, and we're offering some specials right now that bundle the book with 8x10 prints of rocket launches (including three very nice SpaceX Falcon 9 photos) and free shipping in the US. If you buy direct from our website, we'll fulfill your order right away. If you're outside the US, you can order the book through Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble, and it'll ship June 1st.
Of course, We Report Space will continue to cover launches out of Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center, and we'll continue to share those pictures here as we take them. The support of the /r/spacex community & moderation team has been invaluable in helping us to get the word out that human spaceflight didn't end with the Space Shuttle program.
You can also follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date with all the launches & other spaceflight-related events we're covering.
Nope.
http://www.amazon.com/Before-They-Pass-Jimmy-Nelson/dp/3832797599
Sixth image from the left in the images from the book
as he said, you CAN order on amazon....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Report-Space-Reminiscence-Orbcomm-2-NASASocial/dp/1615470433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463155485&sr=8-1&keywords=we+report+space
no shame to be had, just order it!
I don't mind Lorenzo answering silly questions. What I mind about him is the same everyone's always disliked about him: his arrogance, his abysmally low self-esteem and with it, his incessant need for praise. At first it was just my default fanboy dislike of Lorenzo: "I like Rossi so I hate anyone who beats him". But as he earned his credits as a MotoGP rider, and as Rossi's career has begun its amazingly slow sunset, it hasn't become easier to like Lorenzo when his helmet's off.
It starts, for me, with the autobiography he had released when he won his first MotoGP championship. It was titled "The New King of MotoGP". This, despite the fact that Rossi was and still is the main man, and despite Casey Stoner's say in the matter (he trounced Lorenzo the following year). Lorenzo wanted so hard to be this new king that his post-race celebrations made fun of the man whose place he literally aspired to claim. And this season, more than ever Lorenzo has had to blow his own trumpet and it shows (again) in this interview.
He is rarely (if ever) compared to the greats of the sport, so he has resorted to doing that himself. It's not the pundits or the fans who compare him and his accomplishments to Rossi, Kenny Roberts Sr., Wayne Rainey or Ayrton Senna. He himself drops those names and outright says, "I'm part of that list now". I don't think I've ever seen another rider try so desperately to launch himself onto the lists of all-time greats. The men he mentions earned their respect, their fans and their achievements on track but also off it. Their legendary status wasn't taken by force, but given by those around them. I don't think it suits a rider to demand such status - the titles will get him high onto any list of legends, but it's up to the world at large to judge them.
Mind: Lorenzo is a phenomenal rider. He's absolutely right that he got five world championships, of which three in MotoGP, and that's pretty special. It just doesn't make me like the guy, whether I'm a fan of Rossi or not.
http://amzn.com/0810993732
Considering I can buy it used for $10 I think this counts.
A picture book of human space flight, would seem like far flung science fiction.
Cars
Photography
Comic Books 1, 2
Apple
LEGO's
American Football
PostSecret
Video Games
Vinyl
Warhol
Outdoors
Star Wars
Motorcycles
The Dark Knight
Paris
Interior Design
World Atlas
Banksy
Wes Anderson
Tribal Cultures
Playboy
Girls
Libraries
The Cosmos
The Beetles
Travel
Preppy
Steve McQueen
The Moon
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Safe Area Gorazde By Joe Sacco
The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Not non-fiction but
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware is about as non-pop, non-pulp as it gets.
Stoner Coffee Table Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452103321/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_L2neAb23XA3VZ
Along with any gear she might not have I might suggest Fifty Classic Climbs and/or Fifty Favorite Climbs if she is into reading/is considering transitioning outdoors. Not necessarily to learn skills or techniques but more about climbing itself. The first one is a classic and the second one cover more modern climbers and their favorites. Lots of great perspective.
This one seems pretty cool.
Ugh more idiocy. Have fun!
https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote
Links to Amazon Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Note-Collection-Correspondence-Deserving/dp/1452134251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479315313&sr=8-1&keywords=letters+of+note
Book 2 https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Note-Collection-Correspondence-Deserving/dp/1452153833/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479315313&sr=8-2&keywords=letters+of+note
:D :D glad to answer
The MSF stands for Médecins Sans Frontières, which is an international medical aid organization. It sends Doctors, nurses and associated fixers to areas that are badly in need of medical assistance, such as Sierra Leone recently, Afghanistan during the 80s (and until now) and fucking Rwanda during the genocide. I came across them in this book and have been following them off and on since. This is an organization that believes in not being neutral about conflict(unlike many other humanitarian organizations) and has long since earned the respect of many people (including me) for this stance. This is all I can say without Wikipedia haha.
Gonna be awesome for sure.
I actually picked up a book on Apollo photography of the moon missions. It's awesome if you're interested in the space program and photography. Light on text though.
https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-VII-XVII-Floris-Heyne/dp/3961711321/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537245197&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=apollo+vii-xvii&dpPl=1&dpID=61LBlYKz3IL&ref=plSrch
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1452103321/
bingo.
my gay Jewish mother (read- mentor guy) has this on her coffee table.
My smile.amazon and Humble is set to MSF as well. I would recommend reading this graphic novel based on the real-life experiences of an embed photographer with an MSF team in Afghanistan. I got this from my library, fwiw.
Nope. Photos by Hugh Holland from Locals Only. You're thinking of this book...DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys - hardcover
Jorge Lorenzo: My Story So Far
Jorge Lorenzo: The New King of MotoGP
You can always check out the work of Shannan Larrat. He is one of the most extensive and versed historians on the subject of body modification, especially modern modification.
http://www.amazon.com/ModCon-Secret-World-Extreme-Modification/dp/0973008008/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1347007011&sr=8-7&keywords=shannon+larratt
is particularly relevant.
I thought this might be kind of interesting. It’s on my coffee table books list. In fact, I have a lot of weird/interesting books on my lists, especially about dead people and bodies, etc. because I’m an archaeologist and use a lot of those kinds of things for work. Also books about different cultures, etc. which might seem strange when they are all about clothes, food, religion, rituals, death, etc.
Edit: Here’s another one of the coffee table books since someone PMed to ask. It’s hilarious and cool and I think everyone should have it.
Are all of these pictures just stolen from the Stoner's Coffee Table book?
http://www.amazon.com/Stoner-Coffee-Table-Book-ebook/dp/B005PQUXF6
There's a beautiful book, Cats in the Sun, full of pictures like this. Great picture.
DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys. Great pics of one of the earliest skate crews - new version in the works, I believe
My Rules. Essential. Lots of great hip hop and hardcore punk photos as well.
My two faves:
https://www.amazon.com/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-Decisive-Cartier-Bresson/dp/3869307889
https://www.amazon.com/Occams-Razor-Outside-Contemporary-Photography/dp/3923922132
Another fantastic read about MSF is The Photographer, I really recommend this book with all my heart.
I generally feel awkward taking photos with people in them, particularly in economically... disadvantaged countries.
I don't have any sort of rule that I won't take a good picture when the opportunity presents itself, but there is an unspoken limit of what I'm willing to do, and it usually involves the feelings of the person/people in the frame.
As for the professionals who do these types of things, I think they're hokey. The one who comes to mind immediately is Jimmy Nelson's Before They Pass Away photography campaign. He has indigenous folks pose with traditional dress and spears and shit, even if it's not what that particular person wears or does. It's all very unnatural. Not to mention the title of the project is super demeaning and assumptive that these cultures aren't actually doing just fine on their own. I know he's defended his work in a certain way, but that doesn't make it any less cringey imo.
For a book on one route, Doug Scott's book about the Ogre has a lot of history of the mountain, the area, then tells the story of the first ascent's expedition in detail (he and Chris Bonington were the summit team). https://www.amazon.com/Ogre-Biography-mountain-dramatic-ascent-ebook/dp/B0779F4RRG/
I also really enjoyed the mountain profile of Jannu in Alpinist magazine 57 https://shop.holpublications.com/products/alpinist-magazine-issue-57?variant=29425193844824 Jannu's north face is one of the great faces of the world and this digs into it in detail.
Edit: Also, 50 Favorite Climbs is a great book with profiles of some more challenging routes than a lot of the "classic climb" compilations along with profiles of a ton of badass climbers. The author interviews 50 of the top climbers of the day about their climbing history and he writes a profile of their favorite route in North America. It's a cool mix of rock, ice, and alpine. Goes in sort of the same category as books like Beckey's 100 Favorite Climbs and the old 50 Classic Climbs of North America. All three of those might be good for you. https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Favorite-Climbs-North-America/dp/0898867282 https://www.amazon.com/Beckeys-Favorite-North-American-Climbs-ebook/dp/B00GCDYVPE https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Classic-Climbs-North-America/dp/0871568845/
Like this book but with the code, http://www.amazon.com/Stoner-Coffee-Table-Steve-Mockus/dp/1452103321
I'm reading and enjoying Letters of Note by Shaun Usher -- it has amazing correspondence throughout history's greatest figures, corresponding to history's greatest or most significant events, or just interesting correspondence exchanges! It's based on the blog of the same name, which you can check out online here: http://www.lettersofnote.com
Fascinating and very engaging!
This?
Perhaps Century by Bruce Bernard, published by Phaidon Press? - The first edition is massive, weighing at least 10 pounds I'd say. It was also printed as a "mini version". I'm having a heck of a time finding a decent source aside from amazon product pages (which has no preview available). I own the ginormous version, if you think this might be the one, let me know and I can take some photos of it
There are a number of books dealing with his work.
Spliffigami
the Stoner Coffee Table Book
National Geographic Photo Book
super cheap and ridiculously great way to clean the bong
settlers of catan boardgame
or you know, just roll that boy a big fat bleezy
For the space program, check out America in Space.
And for The Manhattan Project, why not The Manhattan Project?
Could this be the book you're looking for? Maybe it has a different cover.
Get The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders + a magnifying glass. 288 pages, 20 bucks.
Anyone interested in more pictures like this might enjoy the largest coffee table book I've ever seen...
http://www.amazon.com/Century-Bruce-Bernard/dp/0714838489/sr=8-2/qid=1172111874/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-5342852-1232809?ie=UTF8&s=books
Amazing historical photographs from the entire 1900's.
I was shocked to learn that this book that I bought at its first print for maybe $50 is going for $250-$600 now.
That's just the XXL Edition. There's a cheaper version on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Before-They-Pass-Jimmy-Nelson/dp/3832797599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382350226&sr=8-1&keywords=before+they+pass+away
"тaк... Chernobyl Photo Log"
I took a trip to Chernobyl last year... after I came back home and saw some of my photos, I just wanted to share my experience and feelings. Writing a book was the answer!
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Book Description:
Part travelogue, part memoir, and part visual poem, tak... showcases a young man's journey through the Chernobyl exclusion zone in the winter of 2018. This book is an appreciation of the beauty left behind in the wake of the biggest nuclear disaster in human history.
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https://www.amazon.com/tak-Chernobyl-Photo-Log-Hyun-ebook/dp/B07R63RVGM/
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The eBook is free. If you'd like to order a physical copy, please use "CHERNOBYL" code at www.takthebook.com/amazon for a discount!
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Also, I did a "making of" blog article if anyone wants some pointers on self-publishing a physical book! www.takthebook.com/makingof
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Thank you and enjoy!
I don't read Russian; I just want a book to sit on my desk and look pretty essentially, along the same vein as this one: https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-VII-XVII-Floris-Heyne/dp/3961711321/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=apollo+book&qid=1570574324&s=books&sr=1-2
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The link you gave is a fantastic start though; I'm definitely going to look around and see if there are some more versions of that book or maybe of his biography "The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling" which this reminded me of. Unfortunately "coffee table book" when translated to Russian doesn't mean the same thing as it does in English, and using amazon.ru has been no more help than the .com site. More searching to be done.
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Thank you so much for your help!
Source?
Edit....nevermind, http://www.amazon.ca/Stoner-Coffee-Table-Steve-Mockus/dp/1452103321
It's featured in my book!
http://www.amazon.com/Vending-Machines-Consumerism-Christopher-Salyers/dp/0981960014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376524596&sr=8-1&keywords=vending+machines+salyers
John Elway coming out of the tunnel in a blizzard
There's a much better version of this out there somewhere, but I can't find it.
It's in this coffee table book I got, "Best Shots: The Greatest NFL Photography of the Century"
Ah yes, the good Doctor with a fine prescription. Hunter Thompson is really a fascinating character and the "Gonzo" style is definitely one of the coolest literary movements in modern American lit. He wrote some really cool things especially concentrating on the "outsiders and outlaws" of American society.
I wrote a quick rundown (talking about Thompson's associate Oscar Zeta Acosta as well) of Thompson and Gonzo Journalism in another subreddit and you can actually read the entirety of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas online via The Rolling Stone where it was originally published in parts around 1967 (in case anyone is interested in some fantastic free literature.)
Edit: This letter was one of the many included in Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience compiled by Shaun Usher. Thompson himself also released a complilation of his correspondence during his fear and loathing years The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman (both are also commonly available at public libraries if you don't feel like spending the money.)