The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Rodrigo Ramos (born and lives in Mexico City, Mexico) Publisher: Self-published; © 2015 Illustrated folder (29.5x40 cm) containing 8 sheets (76x27.5 cm), folded in half, yielding 32 pages; color offset printing by Offset Santiago in Mexico City; edition of 500 Photobook design: Alejandra Magdaleno, Emiliano Molina, Rodrigo Ramos Notes: I selected this book as an... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy of Douglas Stockdale, Founder/Editor of The PhotoBook Journal Join LACP for our Sixth Annual Spring Open House Featuring workshops, panel discussions, portfolio & photo book walk, raffle prizes, vendors, food, drink and much more!! March 16th - 18th, 10 am – 5 pm On Friday, March 16, 10 am – 5 pm, bring your... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Charles-Frédérick Ouellet (born in Chicoutimi; lives in Québec City, Canada) Publisher: Les Éditions du renard, Montréal, Canada; © 2017 Text: Poem “Dompter le naufrage” by Fabien Cloutier Language: French Illustration: Frédérik Lévesque Hardback, sewn; 108 pages with 55 images, paginated; 9 x 10.5"; printed in Canada by Deschamps Impression; edition of 500 and special... Continue Reading →
The Tenth Photobook Festival in Kassel, Germany, will feature an interesting collaborative workshop on editing photographs in preparation for photobook publication, “From the Theory to the Book.” It will be led by Valentina Abenavoli, who is also a successful publisher of photobooks (AKINA Books). The description of this English-language workshop states in part: FROM... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • New York City has always held a special place in the hearts and minds of the world. The New York of the mid-1940s through the 1950s had its own unique atmosphere. One of the busiest metropolitan areas, it was characterized by neighborhoods with distinct characteristics and a somewhat more leisurely... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Daidō Moriyama (born in Okeda, Osaka, and lives in Tokyo, Japan) Editor: Mark Holborn Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY; © 2017 Essay: “The Headlights in My Eyes” by Mark Holborn Language: English Sewn hardback with illustrated slipcase; 230+ images, of which some 50 are in color; 424 pages, paginated sections; printed and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Gerard Boyer (born in L'Ametlla de Mar, Spain; lives in Tarragona, Spain) Publisher: Fuego Books, Murcia, Spain; © 2011-2016 by Gerard Boyer Texts: Quotes in Catalan, Spanish, and English Zine-style, naked-bound and glued, with stiff printed wrap; 22.6 x 32 cm; 64 pages; edition of 500; printed in Spain by CeGe Photobook Design and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Martin Parr (born in Epsom, UK; lives in Bristol, UK) Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, UK; © 2015/2016 Hardbound sewn book with plastic labyrinth puzzle inlaid in cover; 144 pages with 89 full-color photographs; 11.8x16cm; printed in China by Toppan Leefung Photobook Designer: Ėditions Xavier Barral Notes: Martin Parr, prominent Magnum photographer and photobook collector,... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Matthew James O’Brien (born in San Mateo, California; resides in San Francisco, California) Publishers: Icono Editorial, Bogota, Colombia and Placer Press, San Francisco, California; © 2014; introduced in the United States in 2016 Essays: Juan Alberto Gaviria Vélez; Matthew James O’Brien Text: English and Spanish Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color printing; 129 numbered pages;... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Duane Michals (born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; resides in New York City) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, © 2017 Essays and commentary: Duane Michals Text: English Hard cover with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color printing; 176 numbered pages; 178 captioned photographs with additional notes and commentary; 12x10 inches; printed and bound in China... Continue Reading →
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