Books
Essential information on business, pricing and ethical standards.
GAG Handbook
Terrific reference on how an offset press works and all things printing.
Pocket Pal
The original "Man Men"
Confessions of an Advertising Man
Clean up your grammar and punctuation.
The Chicago Manual of Style
Learn to manage your money.
Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance In Your Twenties and Thirties
A best selling guide to using typography in visual communication.
Thinking with Type
A mathematical explanation of how art works.
Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition Geometry of Design
I've had this book for twenty-five years and still use it.
Janson's History of Art
Terrific overview of photography.
The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present
A classic from Susan Sontag.
On Photography
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