Retro Photo: An Obsession; A Personal Selection of Vintage Cameras and the Photographs They Take

In the age of digital photography in which so much effort is devoted to selfies and photosharing as chitchat, it is refreshing to find a book—not just a book but a work of art—dedicated to fine vintage cameras. These cameras were designed as art forms themselves and as such they appealed to serious photographers who made artistic photographs or viewed photography as a language akin to literature. A professional photographer of more than 30 years, the author/illustrator of more than 20 books, and clearly an avid collector of classic cameras and equipment, Ellwand writes knowledgeably about his subject and beautifully illustrates this exceptional work. This is not simply reminiscence about finest 35mm, medium-format, and large-format cameras; it is a superbly designed volume that includes stunning images of the cameras themselves along with lovely, atmospheric examples of the kinds of photographs taken with those particular models.