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December 27th, 2011 by The Photo Department of the NY Times:
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It was not unlike a political caucus. The candidates — in this case, nearly 100 photography books published this year — took over every inch of available counter space in the photo department, where they were carefully scrutinized by a group of opinionated voters, each of whom was given just 10 Post-it notes as ballots. Impassioned speeches were made. Votes were cast: a few books grew polychromatic bouquets of Post-its — each voter had his or her own individual color — while others sprouted single lonely Post-its. Votes were changed: worthy candidates, including the likes of Diana Vreeland and Gerhard Richter, were abandoned. Finally, after weeks, a group of winners emerged. Like all campaigns, it was brutal. Here are the 10 victors, in no particular order...
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Of course there are 9 more to peruse.“Magnum: Contact Sheets” (Thames & Hudson)
An extraordinary window into the editing process that goes into photojournalism. Arranged chronologically, the book gives readers the chance to study the contact sheets, marked-up by editors and the photographers themselves, that yielded some of the most iconic images in the Magnum archive. Accompanying text fills in the story behind the shoots. An absolute must-have for students, editors and lovers of photography.