Ian Macdonald The Blast Furnace 

self published printed by Butler Tanner & Dennis Ltd

This book by Ian Macdonald has the a fond place in my heart, the subject matter being the blast furnace is actual very close to where i live and one of the photos in the book was taken from my village.

Ian used a Large Format camera for the photo's in this book and i plan to use large format also. The use of large format fits the subject of the steel works perfectly and the nature of the works means that black and white fits also.

the layout of the book is very unique, with title page not being the first thing that you come to but being after a few pages with pictures on them. i have never before seen a layout like this. Each of the pictures in the book have a depth to them that you rarely get without using large format.