The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Gerhard Clausing • This innovative artist book by Douglas Stockdale brings to mind the parable “Before the Law” by Franz Kafka, in which a man is confronted by what seems to be an overwhelming obstacle and fails to overcome it, even though he could have, as we who are the readers readily understand.... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Christoph Oeschger (born and living in Zürich, Switzerland) Publisher: cpress, Zürich, Switzerland; © 2017 Essay: Léopold Lambert Text: English Softcover, naked-stitched binding with transparent dust cover; 140 pages, non-paginated, with 1060 photographs; 16x26 cm; edition of 600 copies; printed by Graphius, Ghent, Belgium Photobook Designers: Christof Nüssli, Christoph Oeschger, Chiara Zarotti Notes: Over... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Anthony Hernandez (born Los Angeles & resides Los Angeles & Idaho) Published by Silas Finch, NY, USA, 2016 Text: English Printed chipboard over cloth end sheets, sewn binding, tri-tone black & white lithography, printed by Studley Press, Dalton, MA (USA) Photobook designer: Kevin Messina Notes: A monograph of Anthony Hernandez’s earliest body of work... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Richard S. Chow (born Hong Kong & resides Los Angeles, CA) Self-published 2016, Edition of 50 Text: English Stiff covers, perfect bound, black and white, printed by MagCloud (div. Blurb) Photobook designer: Richard S. Chow Notes: Richard S. Chow came to Southern California as a sixteen year old when his family emigrated from Hong Kong,... Continue Reading →
LA Pages - Book Fair for Independent West Coast Publishers Dates: May 18-19-20th Times: 11am - 8pm Location: Mayra's Banquet Hall, 6075 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles (yes, believe it or not, just below South Park) This event is produced by 8-Ball Community, Bunny Jr and Ooga Booga, and it's a one time only, not for... Continue Reading →
Acid-Free LA Art Book Market, Blum & Poe 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend, May 4-6th, 2018 was the first Acid-Free LA Art Book Market held at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, near the Culver City Art District. This is a new left coast art book event that occurred this weekend here in Southern... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Nuno Moreira (born and lives in Lisbon, Portugal) Texts: Poem by Paul Éluard; prose by Adolfo Luxúria Canibal; foreword by M. F. Sullivan; afterword by Jesse Freeman Languages: English and Portuguese Self-published softcover with flaps; naked-bound and glued to the rear board; 22x28 cm (8.7x11 inches); 84 unnumbered pages with 42 black-and-white photographs; first... Continue Reading →
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