Analog film photography and cameras

IThe Negative and The Print by Adams for a couple quid each and about the same for the postage. I've not read The Camera but if it's anything like as good as The Negative that'd be a good 3 books to start with

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My photography lecturer at university keeps banging on about Ansel Adam's books (the negative, the print and the camera), they really seem to the three that are widely regarded as essential, If technical competence turns you on. On a more philosophical view point roland bathes - 'camera lucida' and susan sontag's 'on photography' as fantastic.