The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Paul Kranzler & Andrew Phelps, The Drake Equation Late last month when we published our review of Paul Kranzler & Andrew Phelps photobook The Drake Equation, we also officially published our 500th photobook review. Wowzier!! I had started this book review blog in 2008 and little did I know that it would continue onward for another 10... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Notes: The investigation of an urban man-built landscape can be a sociological study of those who live in it as part of a photo-documentary practice. Dave Jordano adds another couple of more layers to the study of his subject, the city of Detroit. His visual framing of this urban landscape... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • The rural region of Green Bank, West Virginia is a modern paradox; a mash-up of ultra-high technology in the midst of an almost non-tech community, confounded by the fact that this situation is by careful design. Green Bank is the home of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory built in... Continue Reading →
Open call for NYC-based artists Emerging Artists Publication Series Deadline October 21 Last week to submit to the Emerging Artists Publication Series! Four artists' book proposals will be developed and published under Printed Matter's imprint — selected artists receive design and production support, and are awarded a fee of $1,500. Read more about the... Continue Reading →
Max Sher - Palimpsests, Copyright 2018 Photographer: Max Sher, born St Petersburg (then Leningrad), resides Moscow (RU) Published by Ad Marginem with support from Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany/Russia), 2018 Essays: Kate Bush, Maxim Trudolyubov, Nuria Fatykhova Text: Russian, English Hardcover book, embossed cloth over boards, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by IPK Pareto-Print, Russia Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This is a slim volume with a series of understated, elegant images framed with an expansive amount of classic white margins. The photographs are a combination of toned and hand colored silver gelatin photographs in which the subjects appear to be only casually related without a real sense of a... Continue Reading →
A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, Edited by Gustavo Aleman Artists/Photographers with essays; Anna Beeke, Carl Bigmore, Melissa Catanese, Salvi Danes, Cristina De Middel, Enrico Di Nardo + Valentina Natarelli, Antone Dolezal, Philippe Fragniere, Jason Fulford, Rory Hamovit, Sara Palmieri, Sarah Walker Publisher: Fuego Books, 2017 (book is not dated) Afterword: David Company Text: English... Continue Reading →
War is only Half the Story – 10 years of the Aftermath Project, Edited by Sara Terry & Teun Van Der Heijden, Copyright 2018 Director/Founder/sustaining editor; Sara Terry (resides in Los Angeles, CA, USA) Photographers: various, all copyrights apply to the photographers Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (Manchester, UK) Introduction: Sara Terry, essays by Donald Weber, Clare Cavanagh, poems... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop Los Angeles Center for Photography Next month, October 7th and 14th, I will be repeating my popular two-day workshop in conjunction with the Los Angeles Center for Photograph (LACP). This workshop focuses on the fundamental development of a book; understanding the artists intent and how that then translates into a book object... Continue Reading →
Let Me Fall Again, Julia Borissova, Copyright 2018 Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-Published: St Petersburg, Russia Essay, Julia Borissova Text: Russian, English Stiffcover book, handsewn binding, stitching, inserts, gate-folds, First edition of 239, hand-made in Russia Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: It was not until I had a chance to spend time... Continue Reading →
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