Re: texts

Actually, I find in a quick search of bookfinder that used copies of
James run around $40, with two copies priced under $40, and new copies
run $40-$60. There are some outrageously priced copies of Keepers of
Light, true, but bookfinder lists some 65 copies of the book, at least
half priced under $50 and three priced under $40. So price should not be
a deciding criterion in deciding between them.

Between those two, my personal recommendation would be Crawford hands
down. But James is worth having as a second, if only for some of the
illustrations such as Galina's work on glass.
Katharine Thayer
 
Loris Medici wrote:
>
> I have The Book of Alternative Processes by Christopher James and Coming
> into Focus edited by John Barnier. Both are very nice books and I think
> can be purchased for a cost below the rare / hard to find / old KOL
> (ITOH, the first non techincal part of KOL is great - "the syntax").
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Swain [mailto:fotoobscura@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:04 PM
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: texts
> >
> >
> > My recommendation would be "Keepers of the Light" by William Crawford
> > (ISBN #0871001586) goes over just about every process imaginable.
> > Its historic and technical. Probably more technical than
> > historic although its probably one of the better books i've
> > read on process history...
> >
> > Good luck!
Received on Wed Jan 5 09:48:06 2005