Fishing. An Angler’s Album: Fishing in Photography and Literature by Charles Traub. Introduction by Charles Kuralt.

Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. First edition, near fine hardcover with near fine protected dust jacket.  Literature excerpts by Plutarch; George Bernard Shaw; Henry David Thoreau; Nathaniel Hawthorne; John Donne; Philip Wylie; John Steinbeck; Zane Grey; Washington Irving; Grover Cleveland; Ernest Hemingway; John Hersey; Dylan Thomas; Goethe; Herbert Hoover; James Dickey; Sir Walter Scott; and many others.  Photographs by Hill and Adamson; Horatio Ross; Roger Fenton; Felice A. Beato; Gioacchino Altobelli; William Roleff; William Henry Jackson; Seneca Ray Stoddard; James Leon Williams; E.G. Harris; Charles R. Pratsch; Francis Marion Steele; Asahel Curtis; Lumiere Studios Autochrome; Horace W. Nicholls; E.F. Brenner; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Aaron Siskind; Wallace Nutting; Marion Post Wolcott; Russell Lee; Harold Edgerton; Burt Glinn; Ernst Haas; Charles H. Traub; Linda Conner; Philip Perkis; Jim Gordon; Lee Friedlander; Tod Papageorge; Lefty Kreh; Allan Chasanoff; David Graham; Lex Dix; John Lawrence; John Smart; Anthony Hernandez; Jeff Rosenheim; Fay Godwin; Kathy Shorr; Joan Stolier; Clark Winter, et al.  Large heavy coffee table book. Summary:

Fishing: An Angler’s Album (1987) is a sophisticated, cross-disciplinary celebration of the "quiet sport," curated by photographer and educator Charles Traub. The book is a curated "album" that pairs classic literary excerpts with historical and contemporary photography to capture the enduring allure of fishing.

Core Themes and Structure

• The Synergy of Art and Word: Traub organizes the book by matching the prose and poetry of writers like Ernest Hemingway, Izaak Walton, and Elizabeth Bishop with the visual perspectives of master photographers.

• Photographic Diversity: The collection features a wide range of styles, from the early 20th-century realism of Winslow Homer and Henri Cartier-Bresson to the modern, often humorous observations of Elliott Erwitt.

• The Philosophy of the Angle: Rather than a "how-to" manual, the book explores the psychology of fishing—the patience, the solitude, the connection to nature, and the "big fish" myths that have permeated human culture for centuries.

Artistic Significance

As a photographer himself, Traub selects images that go beyond the "trophy shot." He focuses on the form and light of the water, the weathered faces of lifelong anglers, and the specialized tools of the trade (reels, flies, and rods) as objects of aesthetic beauty.