The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Douglas Stockdale • The concept for this series of photo books was developed by Harvey Benge, who subsequently acted as the project Editor. Essentially the ten selected photographers would produce a photobook based on the photographs of a specific day; June 21, 2010. Other than that, no rules. The resulting photobooks were Jessica Backhaus’s... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Cig Harvey Photographer: Cig Harvey (born Devon, UK, resides Rockport, Maine, USA) Publisher: Schilt Publishing, (The Netherlands) Essays: Cig Harvey, Vicki Goldberg Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Deb Wood (Brooklyn, NY) Notes: Gardening at Night is an exploration of home, family, nature, and time. He narrative investigates settling into one’s... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2009 Max Pam Photographer: Max Pam (born Melbourne, resides in Australia) Publisher: T&G Publishing, Sydney, Australia Essays: Max Pam, Stephen Muecke Text: English (primarily) Hardcover book with dust jacket with one fold-out, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index of Plates, printed & bound in Taiwan Photobook designer: Gianni Frinzi Notes: This photobook is a compilation of eight... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 the estate of Aaron Siskind Photographer: Aaron Siskind (1903 – 1991) USA Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin (TX) (first published by Editions Hazan, Paris, 2014) Essays: Charles Traub, Gilles Mora Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Chronology, Bibliography, List of Photographs, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Nicolas Hubert Notes: A photographer... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Dragana Jursic Photographer: Dragana Jursic (b. Yugoslavia, resides Ireland) Publisher: Oonagh Young gallery Essay: Dragana Jursic Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, with captions (Rebecca West/Dragana Jurisic), printed in Luxembourg Photobook designer: Oonagh Young Notes: Jursic documents her journey, retracing the steps of Rebecca West's 1937 novel Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, through what... Continue Reading →
by Douglas Stockdale A beautifully printed retrospective monograph, which also functions as an exhibition catalog of a modern photographer who was a creative photographic innovator, poet, teacher and one of the co-founders as well as the first editor of Aperture magazine. Known for his spirituality and equivalence inspired photographs. This extensive and well-illustrated monograph contains... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Lori Vrba Photographer: Lori Vrba (born Texas, resides North Carolina (USA)) Publisher: Daylight Books Essay: Del Zogg Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, Index of Plates, four-color lithography, printed & bound in China Photobook designer: Ursula Damm Notes: A delightful book filled with dreamlike black & white toned photographs that investigate memory and identify. (Extracted from... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Julia Borissova Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia & resides in St Petersburg, RU) Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: self-published artist book, edition size: 100, each signed and numbered Text: English Hardcover book with embossed cover, thread-stitched binding, four-color lithography includes 6 transparent pages and multiple collage (glued- in) pages, printed & bound in... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 the estate of Mary Ellen Mark Photographer: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 - 2015) Published & copyright: 2014 Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin (TX) Essays: Melissa Harris Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed & bound in China Photobook designer: Mary Ellen Mark & Ellen McKie Notes: A photo project that the... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Kenny Braun Photographer: Kenny Braun (born & resides TX, USA) Published & copyright: 2014 Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX Essays: Stephen Harrigan Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, lithographic printing, printed & bound in China Photobook designer: DJ Stout & Barret Fry Notes: Braun’s lyrical black and white photographs investigate the excitement... Continue Reading →
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