The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Thodoris Tzalavras 2010 published by Book ex Machina Thodoris Tzalavras’s photobook titled Nicosia in Dark and White is a haunting story about an abandoned place, a place that represents a victim. It is a place where time seems to have stopped, yet obvious that nature continues to takes its course reclaiming the man-built structures and... Continue Reading →
Copyright Klaus Pichler 2013 self-published Over a period of years Klaus Pichler roamed the backrooms, hallways and storage lockers of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. He has created a series of absurd and humorous juxtapositions of found objects as well as those which border on haunting and the surreal. Through serendipity, he observed... Continue Reading →
Copyright James Clancy 2012 published by Bohland & Schremmer Verlag, Berlin As in James Clancy previous photobook, Border Country, he investigates a man-built place that has been abandoned and subsequently being reclaimed. He documents those things which constitute traces of past memories to narrate a metaphoric story about change and preservation. His subject for Sudgelande... Continue Reading →
With the publication of my commentary on Gina Genis's photobook, I have reached an interesting milestone. This is the 275th photobook commentary I have published on this blog. I think if I knew that I would be reaching this goal when I stated this blog in 2008, that could have been intimidating enough that I... Continue Reading →
Gina Genis copyright 2013 self-published Gina Genis has decided to take on a photographic odyssey, to photograph everyone in the small village of Idyllwild which is perched up in the mountains overlooking the Los Angeles basin. She has determined that to be entirely inclusive of this community, it will take her perhaps 14 years and... Continue Reading →
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