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Photographers should read this:

The pictures are great -- a collection of the best pictures from the portfolios of some the world's best photographers.

But photographers need to buy this book for the sake of reading the wonderful essays by Cathy Newman.

Newman talks about the dilemma particular to professional women of all kinds -- trying to balance your work with your private life. She opens with a description of a group picture of NGS photogs back in the 20's. Every one in the picture was a man. Then she profiles a few of the... more info

"Women Photographers at National Geographic" is terrific:

This book succeeds on several levels. As a book of photographs it follows the National Geographic tradition of high quality photographs printed in the best possible way. As a book on what it takes to be a National Geographic photographer it presents many stories behind the pictures shown. But above all that it presents to young women thinking about this as a career choice, the facts about what these women face day-to-day. It pulls no punches as it discusses how some have faced the choices of how to have a... more info