The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Having recently curated the ABSTRACT VISIONS Exhibition, I was very pleased to come across this work by Richard S. Chow. He is a prolific exhibitor in the Los Angeles area and internationally, has received a number of important awards for his work, and is also very active in furthering the... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Nathaniel Grann, who grew up in the Midwest of the United States, raises three major questions in the introductory remarks to this photobook: “What makes a family click? – What holds a family together? – And, what allows for a family to move on from a troubled past?” As a young man... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Saskia Groneberg (born in Munich; lives in Munich and Berlin, Germany) Publisher: Edition Taube, Munich and Zurich; © 2017 Essay: Thomas Seelig Text: German and English Hardback, thread-stitched; 76 pages, unpaginated; 21.5 x 29.5 cm; printed by Longo A.G., Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Photobook Designers: Saskia Groneberg and Jonas Beuchert Notes: Studying this photobook, one... Continue Reading →
Hannes Wanderer -- Photo Courtesy of and © Nathaniel Grann We are very sad to note the untimely death this month of Hannes Wanderer, publisher of Peperoni Books, as well as proprietor of 25books, a bookstore on Brunnenstrasse in Berlin. Hannes was a very special and unique person. He was totally committed to the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Jurek Wajdowicz (born in Cracow, Poland; lives in New York City) Publisher: EWS Press, New York, NY; © 2017 Hardback, sewn binding; illustrated cover; 72 pages, paginated, full color; 7 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches (20 x 30 cm); printed in the USA Photobook Designer: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios Notes: Letting go of one’s... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Todd Weaver (born in Kansas City, Missouri; lives in Los Angeles, California) Publisher: Self-published; © 2018 Essays: Devendra Banhart; Rodrigo Amarante Text: English Hardcover book, sewn, cloth-bound, debossed cover with tipped-in illustration; 212 paginated pages; 9 ¼ x 11 ¾ inches; printed in the USA by Dual Graphics Photobook designer: Todd Weaver Notes: ... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Judy Dater (born in Hollywood, CA; lives in Berkeley, CA) Publisher: Marymount Institute Press and TSEHAI Publishers, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; © 2018 Essays: Teresa de Vroom (Foreword); Judy Dater (“Only Human”); Marilyn Symmes (“The Portrait Within”); Gloria Williams Sander (“The Archaeology of a Photograph”); Donna Stein (“Looking Back”) Text: English Linen-bound... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Cat Gwynn (born in Glendale, CA; lives in Los Angeles) Publisher: Red Bird Books, Los Angeles, CA; © 2017 Essays: Notes by Cat Gwynn; Quotes Text: English Hardcover, sewn; 136 pages, paginated; color photographs; 10 ¼ x 10 inches; printed in Canada Photobook Designer: Kathy Martens Notes: Occasionally I have written about the value... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Yehlin Lee (born and lives in Taipei, Taiwan) Publisher: Akaaka Art Publishing, Kyoto, Japan; © 2017 Afterword: Yehlin Lee Text: Japanese, Chinese, English Hardback, sewn, with debossed illustrated cover; 118 unpaginated pages with 76 color photographs; 26 x 26 cm (10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches); printed and bound in Japan by Live... Continue Reading →
Photographer: David Lynch (born in Missoula, Montana; lives in Los Angeles, California) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY in association with Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris; © 2017; published in the United States in June 2018 Cloth-bound hardback with transparent printed dust cover; 240 unpaginated pages with 125 black-and-white and color photographs;... Continue Reading →
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