The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Roger Ballen (born in New York City, NY; resides in Johannesburg, South Africa) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London; © 2016 Essays: Preface by Roger Ballen; introduction by Colin Rhodes Text: English Hardcover with dust jacket, sewn binding; 192 numbered pages; 90 monochrome captioned photographs; printed in China; 17.5x25 cm Notes: On April 22,... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Photobooks that present their images in a loose format, i.e., not permanently bound and sequenced but changeable, are still the exception. One such successful work was David Alan Harvey's 2012 project entitled (based on a true story), dealing with life in Rio, with real and imagined storylines. That innovative volume... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Christian Nilson (born Lerum, Sweden; resides Zürich, Switzerland) Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich, Switzerland, © 2016 Essay: Jon Bollmann Text: English and German Cloth-bound sewn hardcover with debossed circles and cut holes; 96 numbered pages, four-color lithography, 67 images, not captioned; 19.5×26.5 cm, printed in Germany Photobook Designer: Greger Ulf Nilson Notes: The essay by... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Frances F. Denny (born San Francisco, CA; resides Brooklyn, NY) Publisher: Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM, © 2015 Essay: Lisa Locascio Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover, protective transparent acetate dust cover; 108 pages, color lithography; 36 9x9 inch images, a composite sepia leporello fold-out, and the reproduction of a sampler; 10x10.5 inches, printed in... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Klaus Pichler (Austrian, lives and works in Vienna) Publisher: Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, Switzerland, © 2016 Essay and quotes: Compiled and edited by Clemens Marschall Text: German or English (translated by Charlotte Maconochie and Clemens Marschall Hardcover book, sewn binding; 250 unnumbered pages; 120 color photographs; German and English editions; including 100/96 pages of... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Lorena Endara (Los Angeles, CA) Music: Composed, arranged, and produced by Eduardo Arenas Publisher: Producciones Con Sal, Los Angeles, © 2016 Stiff cover, saddle stitch binding; 32 unnumbered pages; 13 color photographs, accompanied by the corresponding song titles from the vinyl album that it accompanies; printed in Los Angeles, CA; 8.5x8.5 inches Photobook... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing John Loengard is a photojournalist with many decades of experience. As part of his distinguished career with Life magazine and beyond, he has photographed many notables and others along the way. Thus one will find among the 135 photographs in this volume some interesting shots of singers such as the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Paula Bronstein (American, lives in Bangkok, Thailand) Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, 2016 Essays: Foreword by Kim Barker / “Afghan Women” by Christina Lamb / Afterword by Paula Bronstein Text: English Hardcover cloth-bound book with 228 numbered pages, 114 color images with captions; sewn binding, printed in China. Louann Atkins Temple Women and... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Palm Springs has been a geographical and cultural mecca (not only for Southern Californians) since the early twentieth century, a place where a variety of endeavors have had the freedom to unfold. Especially in our time, both celebrities and others consider this desert city a notable attraction, an informed center... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Barbara Kyne (born Hoboken, NJ; resides Oakland, CA) Publisher: Self-published, © 2015 Essay: “On Contemplation and Perception” by Barbara Kyne Text: English Stiff cover book with 32 pages, not numbered; 10 duotone photographs; 8.75 x 7.25". Marketed by Norfolk Press and by the photographer. Photobook Designer: Yon Sim Notes: By Fire is... Continue Reading →
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