ISO Book on Images only

[Cueva]

hi everyone! I’m newer to Bonsais and trying to get inspiration on structure n shapes n diff styles. I have some beginner books that’ll help me learn and whatnot like Essential Book of Bonsai or Bonsai DK, but now I’m looking for a book that is strictly only bonsai images. Just to admire each image and get inspiration off of. Any advice would be great, thanks!

 

[Ryceman3]

Try and find copies of Kokufu catalogues. Page after page of the best trees in Japan, all exceptionally well photographed and a nice large format… without the text.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

+1 on the Kokufu books (eBay)…anything from #70 and higher will be plenty contemporary. Think this year is #100.
The USNBE books are good too, and so are these if you can find them.

 

[liltrees]

My recommendation would be "Fine Bonsai" by Bill Valvanis. The entirety of the book was shot with a medium format camera which gives it a fine art feel.

 

[milehigh_7]

This has to be included for your wish list... Two former members who are great in their own right. Forward by Walter Pall celebrating a true father of American Bonsai and perhaps the most under appreciated master of all time.

 

[rockm]

Get Bonsai techniques 1 and 2 John Naka was an excellent sketch artist for tree images. There is also John Naka’s Sketchbook.

John Naka's Sketchbook

For fifty years, John Naka travelled the world teaching…

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