Digital BW, The Print

Is this Amadou Diallo you guys are talking about?
http://www.amazon.com/Police-Officers-Shooting-Amadou-Diallo/dp/0766021661/ref=sr_1_4/002-1189655-7586421?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185481252&sr=8-4

Peter Oksen <oksen@ruc.dk> wrote:                                  Sorry for going slightly out of topic, but this issue may also have general
 interest.
 
 Having photographed for years on amateur basis, I still often find it hard
 to decide whether a picture is really good or not. I am often baffled about
 why a specific image is supposed to be so good when being at exhibitions. I
 therefore am looking for references to good books that may explain what it
 actually is that makes a good photograph (knowing that such an answer
 probably does not exist - but anyway). I have my eyes on
 
 Szarkowski's "The photographers eye" and  Ashley la Grange "Basic Critical
 Theory for Photographers". I already have "
 <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nature-Photographs-Primer-Stephen-Shore/dp/07148458
 5X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/202-7939729-4406211?ie=UTF8&qid=1185448294&sr=1-1> The
 Nature of Photographs: A Primer" by Stephen Shore but did not really get
 much out of that one. The text was too rudimentary I think. Am also probably
 going to get Diallo's new book on BW printing based on the recommendations
 on this list.
 
 Are these books any help, and are there other suggestions or comments?
 
 regards,
 
 Peter._,___ 
 
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