Best photojournalism books according to redditors

Larry Burrows took a ton of spectacular photos during the Vietnam War and ultimately lost his life there. There's a book that collects some of them and I can't recommend it highly enough.

The book "Requiem" also contains some of Burrows' work along with other photographers who died photographing the wars in Indochina. It too contains incredibly powerful imagery.

If you are interested in further reading about living and moving about in the city during this period, journalist Claude Salhani has a great little book he wrote about his time reporting in Beirut.

Educate yourself:

War Photographer
Film in which James Nachtwey photographs a number of different conflicts. People from his life talk about how he is a broken (but brilliant) man. He quietly accepts praise and talks stilitingly about the things he has seen.

Bang bang club
Book about Kevin Carter, Joao Silva etc. Kevin Carter killed himself after a battle against depression over thing he'd seen. Joao Silva lost a leg a few months ago. They largely fund their own trips.

Shutterbabe
Book by a female war photographer in which she gets raped twice and stabbed once.

I'm not sure where you've got this idea that conflict photography is a glorified paid holiday.

As soon as I get off work I will fetch my book and find the passage for you! If you're wondering, though, this is the book https://www.amazon.com/Naval-Special-Warfare-Navy-SEALs/dp/0615663818

I have a book with old crime scene photos taken of murders.

In the book it has a picture of a 15 year old boy behind bars. He had shot a shopkeeper in the face point blank to take the 3 bucks in the register. This was in 1915.

The caption below says something like "his eyes had never seen a violent movie and his hands never held a video game controller"

I hope you find that relevant enough, but the ex-trader now writer Chris Arnade (@Chris_arnade) just released a book that speaks exactly to this issue.

Here are two comment thread about that book that I liked a lot :

https://twitter.com/_CLancellotti/status/1145697046629900288

https://twitter.com/SeanTrende/status/1145691261837500416

Not a war photographer, but currently reading this book It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario that just came out, might answer a lot of your questions.

The story of Henriette Lacks is pretty cool.

I also enjoyed the story of The Girl in the Picture

I have a fondness for british history, in particular the tudor era, the napoleonic era, and the victorian era and those times also have some fascinating women. Elizabeth I comes to mind, I've been meaning to read this novel about her life, having enjoyed the author's take on Hevry VIII. I also watched The Duchess which told the colourful but tragic story of the Duchess of Devonshire.

If you listen to podcasts, you could check out Stuff You Missed In History Class. They've recently done episodes on women like Jane Austen and Yaa Asantewaa. There was a really good one about foot-binding, which wasn't about women in particular but did look very much at how the tradition affected women (and how women propagated this tradition.)

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I recently moved, so most of my books are still in boxes. However, I've already unboxed the best ones, so I'll list them here (note that most of them are not written by anthropologists per se, but are good books nonetheless):

1. Mechademia. Technically, it's not a book (it's a journal), but it's by far the best publication in the area. There are lots of articles on the most diverse subjects, and even reviews of related publications. (If you haven't got JSTOR access, come see us on /r/Scholar!);
   
2. Frederik Schodt's Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics is THE classic on manga. 10/10, will definitely read again. (there's a sequel, Dreamland Japan, but I haven't read this one yet);
   
3. Paul Gravett's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics is a good overview on the history of manga;
   
4. Roland Kelts' Japanamerica: How the Japanese Pop Culture has invaded the U.S. is fairly good, specially the chapter on hentai. But beware: it's a little less academic than I would like it to be;
   
5. Patrick Galbraith's [The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to The Subculture of Cool Japan] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Otaku-Encyclopedia-Insiders-Subculture/dp/4770031017/ref=pd_sim_b_6) is an amazing book, a fast read and full of awesomeness. I can't recommend it enough. (He has another book called Otaku Spaces and has recently edited a book about idols, but I have yet to read these two);
   
6. Last but not least, Hiroki Azuma's Otaku: Japan Database Animals is an excellent book on otaku culture. Azuma's overwhelming knowledge is well conveyed by the translation, IMO.
   
   OK, I'll stop here. If you want more recommendations (specially stuff on other languages, like Portuguese, French or Japanese, that I didn't bother listing here), feel free to PM me ;)

According to the comment of the photo in my copy of this book, the picture is actually of a first aid station. The other soldier is his friend. Why he is being held back, I don't know.

>This is a work by a British Photographer called Larry Burrows, taken amongst the carnage of Vietnam. ... The photo has an inherent compelling narrative – of a black man struggling to assist a fallen soldier,despite his own injuries, held back from helping his white comrade – he, stricken, arms out resembling a dying Christ, except this time, there will be no Resurrection.

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I have different information

I can't link to the specific chapter in the book where he discusses this, because it isn't on the net, but he goes into great detail about it.

I recently read the book that this movie is based off of for a report, and it's way way better (though seemingly unheard of) IMO. Definitely worth checking out if you're interested in that sort of thing.

This is vegetarian and does the no-onion and no-garlic thing, but it's quite big and covers a lot of material - a good starting point. It really teaches a lot about the what and the whys of Indian food. It was written by the (American) personal cook of the Hare Krishna founder, she followed him around all over India when he travelled there, learning recipes from his hosts.

• http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Krishnas-Cuisine-Vegetarian-Cooking/dp/0525245642
  
  Some easy to get into books
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Home-Cooking-Introduction-Recipes/dp/0609611011
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Indian-Cooking-Recipes/dp/0778801705
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Street-Food-India-Greatest-Complete/dp/184885420X
  
  This is a classic Indian cookery books that grannies used to have
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Balbir-Singhs-Indian-Cookery/dp/0263700194
  
  Tarla Daral was a popular food writer in India
  
  
• https://www.youtube.com/user/TarlaDalalsKitchen
  
  Something from Punjab
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Punjabi-Khana-Tarla-Dalal/dp/8189491547
  
  This is not a beginners book, but very interesting
  
  
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Grand-Trunk-Anirudh-Arora/dp/1847739687
  
  These Kerala restaurants do lovely modern cookbooks
  
  
• http://www.rasarestaurants.com/rasa_books.html
  
  More from South India
  
  
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dakshin-Vegetarian-Cuisine-South-India/dp/9625935274/
  
• http://www.nimmypaul.com/html/nmy_recp_01.html
  
• http://www.kamalascorner.com/
  
  SOURCE: have been collecting books and shared cooking tips with Indian friends for a while

I have it ("Vivian Maier: Street Photographer") and unfortunately the print quality is poor. It's such a pity because it's stunning work.

Edit: according to a comment on Amazon the German edition doesn't have this problem. Actually the first review of the German edition complains of the same issue.

I don't know where you could find that illegal PDF from, but you can click "I'd like to read this book on Kindle" (press [CTRL] + F to find it) on this page, and if it's ever converted into an eBook, buy it and read it via the Kindle app on a rooted Nook device. (Mwahaha, brand sacrilege.)

Edit: here's the B&N version.

Currently The Bang-Bang Club. Hell of a good read if you're into conflict photography/journalism.

This one.

Helped me realize all war is wrong, because this is a direct representative of who, ultimately, pays the price.

For those interested, some dead tree resources:


Evidence: NYPD Crime Scene Photographs

Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook

New York Noir: Crimes Photos from the Daily News Archive

Shots in the Dark: True Crime Pictures

Scene of the Crime: Photographs from the LAPD Archive


Edit: Formatting

http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Eldon-The-Art-Life/dp/0811829553/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JN9XH3PX1RZNQ1X2ZEG

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

Maybe not a history of everything but for the last 100 years this is good.

Might defer to a book called Requiem

I have it and it's an eye opener.

I don't have it to hand, so I'm going off the top of my head, but this photo, along with a series of images featuring this Marine were reproduced in a book on photography in the Indochina wars (+- 1950-1973) taken by photojournalists who themselves died or went missing during the conflicts. "Requiem" it was called- big coffee table type. (Edit: found a link)

Not sure if a book is a appropriate, but I love this one. It's written by Mike Hollingshead, one of my favorite storm photographers and Eric Nguyen. It's a fantastic book with lots of pictures, and great stories.

do you know if he's read The Bang-Bang Club? https://smile.amazon.com/Bang-Bang-Club-Snapshots-Hidden-War/dp/0465044131?sa-no-redirect=1

You mean photography in Korea like this guy? Dayv Matt He's got a photography book available called high street low street. I don't know the laws around it, but you can ask the guy about his experience, his contact is on this page