The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Alexey Titarenko copyright 2003 courtesy Nailya Alexander Gallery One of the benefits of providing book reviews at the beginning of year is that there are very few new publication releases at this time of year and a big leeway to discuss previously published books. One such opportunity is a review of Alexey Titarenko's Photographs published... Continue Reading →
Photographs 2008 copyright of Lauren Victoria Burke This is another Print on Demand (POD) that has been published at the end of 2008 immediately after the election of Barack Obama by Lauren Burke Birth of a Statesman - Barack Obama. Where as TheGuardian's A Message For Obama was a global collaboration of a broad spectrum of photographers Burke's... Continue Reading →
All photographs copyright of the photographers courtesy of TheGuardian I had essentially stated a couple of days ago here, that with the advent of the Print on Demand (POD) book we can have a book in print almost 10 days after an event has occurred. With the recent election of Barrack Obama as President of the United... Continue Reading →
Verso Limited Editions has recently published their latest title, Bruce Davidson: Central Park in Platinum, which I had an opportunity to review at photo la last week. This book is really an object de arte, considering the exquisit use materials for its construction. But first, I want to discuss the photographs of Bruce Davidson in this book, which are from his... Continue Reading →
One of the interesting aspects of the pending Presidential inaguration of Barack Obama, is the growing number of books about him that are now being published. One segement of these new books are the photographic books, which interesting enough, are becoming very quickly available through the Print on Demand (POD) press. Almost as quick as the web, these books can... Continue Reading →
I had missed the Photo-eye best of 2008 list, but it was brought to my attention at photo l.a. by Jeffery Ladd, who made one of the lists, (but alas I did not). So check this out and follow the various matrix of links to the various best of 2008 books lists, a ton of recommended books to... Continue Reading →
Last Friday I had an opportunity to attend photo l.a., which is a wonderful opportunity to see a broad spectrum of photographs, but also see the most currently published books and sometimes meet the photographers who created them. Thus, I have a large pile of new books on the nightstand;- ) I did have an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
First, if you have not noticed, Tim Atherton is back writing his blog muse-ings again, so welcome back Tim! Second, he just posted an interesting article about a few books for 2008, that is worth a read. Third, I had hoped to have an article in conjunction with Jonathan Brown at Leadapron for some recommendations for 2008,... Continue Reading →
John Sexton copyright 2006 I thought that I would like to end 2008 with a review of a book that has been quietly sitting on my shelf for a while. Although John Sexton's book Reflections was published in 2006 I did not purchase it until 2007. On the technical publishing side this is a hardcover... Continue Reading →
Speaking of Jeffery Ladd, I just received a note from him that he will be at the Schaden booth at photo l.a. along with the four new books that he recently published through his Errata Editions. So if you are in the L.A. area January 9-11th, 2009, drop by and introduce yourself, much like I expect to do on Friday. Best... Continue Reading →
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