The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Laura Braun 2013 published by her imprint Paper Tigers Books The recent book self-published under her imprint by Laura Braun, Metier, investigates the Small Business in London, which is a region where Braun resides. The book is a combination of environment portraits of the persons engaged in a small business, a study of the... Continue Reading →
Naked bound with Dust Jacket, Laura Braun, Metier, copyright 2013 Okay, for some of you I'm guessing that the title of this post might not be exactly what you were expecting, eh? For some time artist, photographers and graphic designers have been pushing the conceptual design envelop of a photobook as an integral extension of... Continue Reading →
Nick Bick copyright 2011, self-published Nico Bick’s P.I. is a study of what is purported to be the one of the most well-known prisons in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Over-Amstel Penitentiary Institution locally known as Bijlmerbajes (Bijlmer Jail). Using a documentary style, Bick photographed the cells of prisoners, isolation cells, communal rooms and holding cells.... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Ljungkvist 2013 published by Kehrer Heidelberg Verlag Ocean Beach is a photographic project that Douglas Ljungkvist (b. 1965, Gothenburg, Sweden, resides in Brooklyn, NY) initiated in 2009. The original intent of Ocean Beach was to investigate a region located in the midst of a 200 mile stretch of the barrier island located off... Continue Reading →
Copyright Andrew G. Smith 2013 self-published with Smith's imprint bymyiAndrew G. Smith’s industrial subject, the industrial infrastructure and operations of an active steel mill, is not the usual genre to attract a photographer. Nevertheless the intricate complexity of these industrial landscapes has earlier attracted the like of Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and recent contemporaries as... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright the estate of W. Eugene Smith 2013 co-published by University of Texas Press, Austin & Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona W. Eugene Smith’s The Big Book is a very interesting and unusual three volume set that includes a two volume facsimile of the maquette (book dummy) developed by Smith in 1960... Continue Reading →
"America" photobooks I had announced on my personal blog earlier this week that my photobook reviews will soon start being co-published in EMAHO magazine. Manik Katyal, the editior and publisher, has also asked me to be the "America" photobook specialist while Colin Pantall focuses more on the European photobooks. I thought that this was an... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake, copyright 2013 artist photobook by Douglas Stockdale I recently arranged with photo-eye (Santa Fe, NM) book store to sell the last copies of the edition for my Pine Lake artist photobook. I believe that in publisher's terms that when all copies are now in the hands of the bookstores that I am officially... Continue Reading →
Copyright Clint Woodside 2013 published by Deadbeat Club press (#07) Woodside’s subject is cars found in Southern California which have some protective cover placed over them. The car cover has a dual role, protect the car from the natural elements, in Southern California that is predominately the sun, as well as being a deterrent to... Continue Reading →
Copyright Paul Seawright 2013 published by Artist Photo Books Paul Seawright’s earlier photographic work provides the conceptual foundation for this photobook. In his Sectarian Murder, 1988 he photographed the sites of sectarian murders around Belfast and removed reference to the victim's religion. By depoliticizing the violence, Seawright focuses on the extensive civilian losses that occurred... Continue Reading →
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