The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
copyright Ed Templeton 2014 published by Deadbeat Club (#19) Ed Templeton’s recent photobook Random & Pointless is a intriguing narrative about youth, just hanging out and experiencing life as it rolls by. The mash-up of black & white and color street photographs appear Random, as evidenced by the inclusion of various contact sheets, as the... Continue Reading →
untitled (LA Art Book Fair, January 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Last year I was pretty stoked when it was announced that the NY Art Book Fair would be making a Left Coast appearance. And it was pretty nice event with my only big complaint was the crappy lighting made very difficult to examine most... Continue Reading →
Copyright Hiroshi Watanabe 2002, self-published This is another in my series of reviews of Limited Edition photobooks. This limited edition book and print set was self-published by Hiroshi Watanabe using early Print-on-Demand (POD) services available at that time in Japan. The title of the book coincided with his L.A. photographic exhibition of the same name... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2012 Patrick Hogan, self-published Still is a splendid, intriguing photobook, which has been photographed and designed by Patrick Hogan as more of an emotional read. Perhaps similar in experience as listening to a song with a repetition of the melodies. As the title implies, quiet and intimate moments are captured while creating a place... Continue Reading →
copyright Matej Sitar 2013 self-published by Sitar's imprint The Angry Bat When developing a photobook, there are always many decisions to make and one of those to consider is whether to create a limited edition photobook. Some photobooks, such as an artist photobook, are handmade in a very limited quantity. The downside to publishing only an... Continue Reading →
Copyright the estate of Brassaii, 2013 published by Thanes & Hudson Ltd London As a photobook collector as well as a photographer, I am drawn to certain photobooks. Perhaps it’s the subject, such that photographs that investigated the built landscapes, although in this case with Brassaii’s nocturne photographs, predominantly created in the 1930’s (and the... Continue Reading →
copyright the various photographers & writers, 2013, Published by 10 x 10 American Photobooks & bookdummypress Exhibition and catalog was also in association with the International Center of Photography Library, Photobook Facebook Group & Tokyo Institute of Photography This is an exhibition catalog for a photobook exhibition that was organized by Matthew Carson, Russet Lederman &... Continue Reading →
copyright Leon Kirchlechner 2013 published jointly by Der Grief & dienacht Publishing Nowhere is an intriguing collection of tightly framed landscape photographs. The location(s) of these landscapes is ambiguous and undefined, thus they are of an unknown place, essentially nowhere. In a number of photographs, Kirchlechner captures a translucent object that is suspended within the... Continue Reading →
Copyright Max Sher 2013 published by Treemedia A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz (English translation of the Russian title) is Sher’s first book and an investigation of memory and personal experiences; concurrently evokes mystery and nostalgia. A delightful semi-fictional story based on appropriating vernacular photographs that narrate a poignant story of Sher’s making, set in... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 various artists published by Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA A brief shout-out about a contemporary exhibition catalog that was released by MoPA (Museum of Photographic Arts) earlier (Fall, 2013) this year concurrent with its second exhibition of it's trennial series of the same name. Of additional interest to me were the... Continue Reading →
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