For all those of you who had wanted to but couldn’t get to the Friedlander retrospective at MoMA, do yourself a favor and pick up the exhibition catalogue. The show, which just closed at SFMOMA, was a mammoth representation of a prolific career that keeps on, keeping on. Well at least that’s what I hear from my wife who actually saw the show. Yours truly was, unfortunately, bound to his desk. But I couldn’t be happier with my catalogue consolation prize (which must have doubled the weight of her carry on). I’ve just begun to crack this massive tome (falls under the category of “books that can double as weapons”) but am already intrigued by the organization of this amazing photographer’s life’s work.

In other book-related business: Many of you know the PRC has an extensive library that houses in excess of 4,500 photo-related books. We are fortunate to receive donations from publishers, artists, and generous individuals who help to ensure that our collection keeps growing. We recently received 2 great books from the photographer Kristin Capp. Ms. Capp kindly donated her monographs Hutterite: A World of Grace and Americana. Swing by and check out these great bodies of work. I’ll periodically post new library additions to the blog and I am happy to say that we will have an on-line library catalogue available by this fall/winter.