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I was a big buyer but gave it up years ago. Reason? they’re expensive and hardly enlightening me nowadays. Rarely buy one now. Some suggestions in my post

https://georgeappletree.substack.com/p/on-photography-books

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I'm sorry to hear you're not enlightened anymore by photobooks. I do have a lot of monographs of photographers in other lines of works that still inspire me in some way. And yes, some books can be expensive, but what Isn't? I'm a huge whisky fan, so expensiveness is relative...

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Expensive and heavy. And, yes, some of them worth to be bought and read; I still keep a good bunch. Glad you’re a passionate buyer

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Just picked the book off the shelf and I can see your acknowledgment. It’s a great book - a thoughtful exploration of the pace and strains of modern urban living.

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Oh yes, I am also a keen buyer of photobooks. Lockdown gave me the time to dwell on a phonebook a day and here is what I picked off the shelf:

https://www.brighterside.co.uk/news/the-daily-photobook

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Great list, Andrew. The last one, day 100, of Bas Losekoot is dear to me too. I crowdfunded this book and got an signed copy by Bas. I will go through the list in more detail tonight. Thanks for sharing.

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