The Reluctant Fundamentalist

It's a pity I took so long to get to this book. It was published in 2007. A copy would weakly beckon me from my brother's bookshelf whenever I visited him, but I didn't pay any heed. This past Sunday, I was looking for something desperately to read and chanced on a copy in my home bookshelf. This time I picked it up and was immediately riveted to it.

If you haven't read it, get to the closest bookstore and read it today! There's probably so much written about this book already, that I don't have anything original to say. But take my advice.

Books on Photography

I skimmed through these three books on photography and recommend them to anyone one who wants to get a big picture look at the history of photography and contemporary directions in photography.They are: Icons of Photography: The 20th Century (Prestel), Photo:Box by Roberto Koch (Abrams)and The Digital Eye...Photographic art in the Electronic Age by Sylvia Wolf (Prestel). It's great going back to them from time to time to refer to a particular photographer or image. Each time I look at them, it's like I'm leafing through the book for the first time. However, that's probably more a reflection of my memory!