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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris13 on October 15, 2008, 07:59:40 am

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: Chris13 on October 15, 2008, 07:59:40 am

Hello
Can someone can recommend a great book from David Muench? What I particulary like is the way he plays with foreground / background.
Thanks for all

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: Philip Weber on October 15, 2008, 10:58:54 am

Quote from: Chris13

Hello
Can someone can recommend a great book from David Muench? What I particulary like is the way he plays with foreground / background.
Thanks for all

I have four: Our National Parks, Arizona, California and Primal Forces. The latter two were done with his son Marc. All are great but if I had to buy one, it would probably be Our National Parks. I think Arizona is his most recent work.

Generally, I have found Amazon to offer the best prices.

I hope this helps; I am a big fan of his work too.

Phil

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: francois on October 15, 2008, 12:31:31 pm

I like Arizona a lot and Plateau Light as well. I don't own Our National Parks but from what I've seen, it's a beautiful book. I'm not so hot on Primal Forces…

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: NikoJorj on October 17, 2008, 03:51:13 pm

I got Nature's America, Primal Forces and Plateau Light, and would advise to go for the latter, maybe also for the quality of reproduction.

I've also mixed feelings about Primal Forces : some very nice images but the layout is a tad on the kitsch side.

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: Mort54 on October 17, 2008, 09:34:33 pm

Quote from: NikoJorj

I got Nature's America, Primal Forces and Plateau Light, and would advise to go for the latter, maybe also for the quality of reproduction.

I've also mixed feelings about Primal Forces : some very nice images but the layout is a tad on the kitsch side.

There's a lot I like in Primal Forces, but the double exposures are awful and way too gimmicky. Still, the straight images are spectacular.

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: francois on October 18, 2008, 06:00:38 am

Quote from: Mort54

There's a lot I like in Primal Forces, but the double exposures are awful and way too gimmicky. Still, the straight images are spectacular.

I fully agree with your comment about double exposures. I believe, IIRC,  that in the Arizona book, there's only a couple of double-exposed photos and they work quite well compared to the ones published in Primal Forces.

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: luong on October 19, 2008, 04:56:46 pm

My favorite is still "Ancient America", which I think expresses the best the core of his vision.

Among more recent books, "Our National Parks" (which happens to use two of my images :-)).

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: jasonrandolph on April 18, 2009, 02:51:32 am

If anyone is still interested in this topic, I just returned from the local Borders.  In their bargain section, they have still-in-shrinkwrap copies of Muench's American Portfolios and Images in Stone for $4.99 each.  I don't know if all stores will have it, but having worked at B & N for quite a few years earlier in my life, I bet many of them do.  If you ask me, it's a pretty good buy.  I just cracked open the first one, and am about to become lost in it!

Title: Books of David Muench
Post by: jasonrandolph on April 18, 2009, 02:52:12 am

Quote from: jasonrandolph

If anyone is still interested in this topic, I just returned from the local Borders.  In their bargain section, they have still-in-shrinkwrap copies of Muench's American Portfolios and Images in Stone for $4.99 each.  I don't know if all stores will have it, but having worked at B & N for quite a few years earlier in my life, I bet many of them do.  If you ask me, it's a pretty good buy.  I just cracked open the first one, and am about to become lost in it!