You should read this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Contact-Sheets-Kristen-Lubben/dp/0500292914
You have real contact sheets of real photographers, with some of the most famous images in Magnum's history along their neighbours in the film that didn't make the cut.
I'd be happy with a roll with one or two keepers. Three or four, that's fucking great and rare.
You know anything about the softcover version? It's only 30 bucks on Amazon but that sounds a little too good to be true for 500+ pages of high quality paper.
The closest thing to what you're asking for is probably Magnum Contact Sheets.
You know how photographers always say their RAWs are their work product and they don't give them to clients at all because their deliverable is the finished photos they select? Well, this is the extension of that thought process - the deliverable is the published photos. For all sorts of reasons the other photos from the shoot are not for public consumption.
I think it's well established that Magnum is one of the top photography companies out there, or at least their photographers have created some of the most iconic images in the last century.
When I first started photography, I was told to at least read (preferably buy) a copy of 'Magnum Contact Sheets.'
When I did, I realized that even the best photographers in the world get maybe one or two keepers from an entire roll of film, it made me feel a whole lot better.
I highly recommend taking a look at it. Pretty interesting stuff. It's like a 'behind-the-scenes' and shows you that even the best photographers don't have all 'keepers.'
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Contact-Sheets-Kristen-Lubben/dp/0500292914
OK... help me figure this out!
I absolutely want to buy it, however I feel misled from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Contact-Sheets-Kristen-Lubben/dp/0500292914/
The listing says "This title will be released on October 24, 2017" however reviews are from 2012 and beyond.
Would this book actually sell at $28.33? If so, DEAL OF THE CENTURY.
IF not, where should I source a copy?
I’ve found it a pretty common staple at public libraries, but I believe the paperback was much cheaper on amazon
Magnum Contact Sheets Fantastic look into process and history through the contact sheets of some of the greats.
Magnum Contact Sheets.
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Contact-Sheets-Kristen-Lubben/dp/0500292914
I was mostly thinking of this book.