The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright 2015 Dave Jordano Photographer: Dave Jordano (born Detroit, MI, USA resides Chicago IL, USA) Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: powerHouse Books Essays: Nancy Watson Barr, Dawoud Bey, Sharon Zukin Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Sam Silvio, Edited by Meg Handler Notes: The residents of a region... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2012 Pawel Bownik Photographer: Pawel Bownik (resides Poland) Published & copyright: 2013 Publisher: Mundin Sp. Z o.o. Essays: Andrew Berardini Text: English edition (stiffcover insert, saddle stitch binding) Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Poland Photobook designer: Honz Zamojski Notes: Bownik first disassembles his plants and flowers then reconstructs them, documenting the results. A bipolar mix... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Photographers: Adam Broomberg (born South Africa) & Oliver Chanarin (born UK) both reside in UK Concept: Gigi Giannuzzi (d. December 2012), publisher Trolley Books Published & copyright: 2013 Publisher: Trolley Books (UK) Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in image, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Fernando Gutierrez... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Janire Najera Photographer/author: Janire Najera (born Spain, resides Spain & UK) Landscape photographer (panoramas): Matt Wright Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: Spain Arts & Culture (Spanish Embassy) in conjunction with Editorial RM (Spain) Essays: Janire Najera, Orlando Romero, David Roybal, Alexander King Text: English & Espana (Spanish) Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Spain... Continue Reading →
Photograph copyright Dragana Jursic 2015 (YU The Lost Country) I have been contemplating some changes to this blog for a while now, due to a combination of factors. First is the large quantity of photobooks that are being published at an almost dizzying rate since I started this blog in 2008. Second is the growing quantity... Continue Reading →
Gytis Skudzinskas, copyright 2014, self-published limited edition (edition size: 99) artist book I must admit I really enjoy serendipity. When I am contemplating a photobook concept to explore only then to receive an artist’s photobook exploration of a almost the same concept is very weird. Such is the case of Gytis Skudzinskas’s artist book Albumas... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Paula McCartney Published by Silas Finch Paula McCartney (b. 1971, Pittsburgh, PA & currently residing in Minneapolis, MN) has chosen a familiar subject for her photobook A Field Guide to Snow and Ice, a natural manifestation occurring frequently during the cold and chilly winters of Minnesota. For those who live in the northern... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Bryan Schutmaat & Ashlyn Davis, Published by Silas Finch Islands of the Blest is a collaboration by an American photographer and artist, Bryan Schutmaat (b. 1983 Houston, Texas, currently resides in Austin, Texas), and an American writer, Ashlyn Davis (b. 1986 Port Arthur, Texas, currently resides in Austin, Texas) constructing a historical narrative... Continue Reading →
This weekend in LA is the initial Photobook International that will occur in conjunction with Photo Independent and Paris Photo LA. The opening night premiere party and exhibition preview is Friday, May 1, 5-10pm and the exhibition is Sat 11am - 7pm and Sunday 11am - 6pm. Both Photobook Independent and Photo Independent will be... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Andreas Oekter-Kast, Published by bt:st Verlag This photobook is photographed in a documentary style and could be considered a quintessential American Road-Trip, perhaps without the same amount of angst as found in Robert Frank’s The Americans. Both Frank and Andreas Oekter-Kast (Born 1964, Baden-Baden, Germany, currently lives in Kiel, Germany) are Europeans who... Continue Reading →
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