Photography Books and Magazines. Michael O'Connor to Bill Owens.

 

133. O'Connor, Michael, ed. The Image Bank: How You Can Recognize and Use Visual Elements to Produce More Powerful Photographs (Amphoto, 1983), hard cover with dust jacket, first edition, first printing. In addition to tips, this very finely reproduced book includes excellent quality reproductions of photographs by numerous exceptional photographers, including Bill Binzen, Sonja Bullaty, Robert Farber, Franco Fontana, Alfred Gescheidt, Douglas Kirkland, Angelo Lomeo, Jay Maisel, David Muench, Shirakawa, Pete Turner, John Vachon, Christian Vogt, and many others. Fine condition with dust jacket that has slight edge wear and one short tear at top of spine. Book issued at $24.95. $10.

133a. O'Keefe, Allison Davis. One Goal. Burn, 2012. Photographs of hockey. Hardcover with illustrated boards. SIGNED and warmly inscribed on title page. $100.

134. Olausen, Judy. Mother. Viking Penguin, 1996. Introduction by Karin Winegar. [Expertly lighted photographs of her mother by Judy Olausen in all sorts of traditional women's roles, in humorous vein but with a serious feminist message. Olausen was named one of the ten top photographers in the world by Hasselblad.] Hardcover, fine in very good dust jacket that has a closed tear lower right. $5.

135. Optics. Hardy, Arthur C. & Fred H. Perrin. The Principles of Optics. McGraw-Hill, 1932. [Inc. chapters on photography, sensitometry, and photographic lenses.] Fine, no dj, 12th printing, prev. owner's name, SOLD.

135a. Optics. Lockett, Arthur & H.W. Lee. Camera Lenses. Pitman, 1937. Wraps, vg, $10

135aa. Opton, Suzanne. Soldier and Citizen. Blue Sky Book 37. Blue Sky, 2014. Close-up portraits of men and women, including veterans. Wraps, 46 pages, fine except very small nick at top edge of front cover. $15..

135aaa. Oregon. Commitment to Vision. Catalog to the Exhibition. Oregon Gallery, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, 1986. 134 photographs reproduced two to a page, one per photographer. Photographers include Ansel Adams; Roger Aikin; Maxwell Allara; Karl Baden; Morley Baer; Oscar Bailey; George Beltran; Ruth Bernhard; Dave Bohn; Leon Borensztein; Harrison Branch; Brassai; Harvey Breverman; Lawrie Brown; David K. Brunn; Edna Bullock; Wynn Bullock; Christopher Burkett, Marsha Burns; Michael Burns; Morrie Camhi; Paul Caponigro; Dennis Carpenter; Martha Casaneve; Carl Chiarenza; William Clift, James Cloutier, plus many others. With quotations by each photographer. Like new in stiff illustrated wraps, with custom made 4-mil polyester jacket. $15.

135aaaa. Oregon. “Eyes of the Earth: Lily White, Sarah Ladd, and the Oregon Camera Club,” by Carole Glauber in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Spring 2007, Volume 8, Number 1, pages 34-67. Thoroughly researched and illustrated article focusing on the two women photographers. Topics: women photographers; Portland, Oregon; Amateurs; Alfred Stieglitz; Photo-Secession; American Lantern Slide Exchange; Camera Clubs; Salons; San Francisco Salon, etc. Entire issue, 160 pages. Other articles on the Oregon Nurses Association, Cannon Beach, the 1948 Vanport Flood, et al. Like new, $5.00.

135b. Orkin, Ruth. Horizon, Spring 1967, hard cover magazine featuring photographic portfolio on Jacob Riis, Playground in New York City, by Ruth Orkin. Also, Two Thousand Years of War in Viet-Nam; The Trojan War; Twilight Princess and the Sun King; Michaelangelo Pistoletto; Andrew Wyeth’s Portraits; James Mallord William Turner paintings; Troglodytes; Konrad Lorenz; Robinson Crusoe’s island; Willa Cather, “The Meatax Girl; and others. Book plate of previous owner on front flyleaf, moderate wear at extremities, internally fine. $5.

135c. O'Sullivan, Timothy. T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer. George Eastman House in cooperation with the Amon Carter Museum, 1966. By Beaumont and Nancy Newhall with an appreciation by Ansel Adams. Wraps, 40 full page plates of Civil War and Western views. Photo of John Moran, seen through cutout in cover, has been misidentified as an O'Sullivan self-portrait. Like new with light crimp near spine. $20.

136. O'Sullivan, Timothy. Timothy O'Sullivan. America's Forgotten Photographer by James D. Horan. Bonanza, 1966. Fine w. dj. $40.

136a. Other Eyes. An Exhibition of photographs taken in the British Isles by Izis, Bruce Davison, Burk Uzzle, Paul Caponigro, Gilles Peress, Charles Harbutt, Dennis Hearne, Mark Cohen, Thomas Joshua Cooper and Ralph Gibson. Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. Conceived and with an introduction by Peter Turner. Edition of 1,800 copies. Softcover, 24 pages, includes short biographies of the photographers and checklists of their works in the exhibit. All these photographers were visitors from other countries (United States and France), although Cooper was living in England at the time. Very good with minor shelf wear. $15.

136aa. Ovo Magazine. Issue 50, Portraits, November 1983. This beautiful large format Canadian publication features work by Louise Abbott, Claire Beaugrand-Champagne, Roland Beniak, Guy Borremans, Francois Brunelle, Pierre Charbonneau, Stephanie Colvey, D.R. Cowles, Judith Crawly, Pierre Gaudard, Margery Gochnauer, Jacques Goulet, Shela Greenberg, Normand Gregoire, Pamela Harris, Edward Hillel, Lynne Johnston, Jacques Lafond, Ron Levine, Arnaud Maggs, Normand Metivier, Lynn Murray, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Denis Plain, James Rae, Luc Robitaille, Charlotte Rosshandler, Chuck Samuels, August Sander, David Saxe, Gabor Szilasi, Guy Turcot, John Walker (of Georgia O'Keeffe), and Helena Wilson. VG- condition with spine chips and corner wear. $10.

136b. Owens, Bill. Suburbia. [Bill Owens was one of the first photographers to make suburban living his subject matter. This book of photographs taken in Livermore, California, has been recognized as a classic in its genre and a key publication of 1970s photography.] Straight Arrow Books, 1973, Softcover edition, 1st printing [December 1972]. Ex-library with spine label and clear library tape along spine. Good condition with shelf wear on edges and slight indentations on covers. Card pocket removed from rear cover. Listed in Roth, Book of 101 Photography Books. A good copy of a scarce and important book. $95.

136b.1. Oxford University. 100 Views of Oxford. Alfred Savage Ltd., no date (1930s?). Sepia tone photographs of Oxford University in England, wraps, very good. $15.