We’re in luv with San Francisco illustrator Lisa Congdon‘s work. Especially her Photography-inspired journal that was recently released by Compendium for a cool $6.95. It’s a charming little 5″x8″ journal with 128 hand-lined pages interspersed with cool hand-drawn photography quotes from the masters and Lisa’s cool vintage camera paintings and line drawings.

Here’s a sampling of some of the interior images that are available to preview online:

We’ve gotta have it so get yours today too!

Visit:

Lisa Congdon Portfolio
Lisa’s Blog
Lisa Feature on The Great Discontent
Purchase The Photography Journal on Compendium
Short film about Lisa and her work
Lisa on Twitter
Lisa on Facebook
Lisa on Etsy

All these beautiful drawings and paintings © 2013 Lisa Congdon

Via photojojo

Polaroid lovers rejoice … Instant Love is here! Learn how to create your own dreamy photographs, get camera & film tips and a host of inspiration in it’s 176 photo-filled pages. The book has been in the works since 2009 and is the a labor of love of three friends Jenifer Altman (Asheville, North Carolina), Susannah Conway (Bath, England), and Amanda Gilligan (Vancouver, Canada).

The authors collaborated with the talented Ryan Marshall of Pacing the Panic Room to create the trailer.

Get your copy today from a bookstore near you or at Amazon or Urban Outfitters.

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Last year we featured the amazing photography of Mark Tipple and his Under Water Project. We recently discovered he’s released a limited edition book of 32 frameable archival prints from the amazing series. Only 250 of the handmade screw-bound books have been made and are available now.

Visit theunderwaterproject.com and get yours for $315 (Aus) $325 (International).

Feeling a void out there with photographers not getting the credit they deserve for their images, photographer Tim Mantoani set out on his own personal 5-year long project now titled Behind Photographs. He has now photographed over 150 of the most iconic living photographers with the images that made them famous. One unique aspect of the project is that Tim used the mammoth 20″ x 24″ Polaroid Camera to capture the images and allowed the photographers to write a short story about their iconic shots at the bottom of the huge prints.

The final result is a beautiful 220 page, 11″x14″ book, Behind Photographs in 3 versions—Standard, slip-case and special edition (150 cloth bound book blind embossing and case.) If you buy 3 of the standard books ($60) from his site he’ll even upgrade one of them to the slipcase edition ($99).

Via @SamSpratt @Joeyldotcom Wired