The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Bill Edwards • Dominic Turner’s premier monograph False Friends opens the viewer to a world of subtle exploration into the dark and not quite so recognizable places. This engaging work explores the shadows and other ghostly details we form in the imagination. This collection of photographs contains both the familiar and the ethereal... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • None of us can escape the process of getting older. Lucky are those who have a granddaughter like Aleksandra Żalińska who can document that process in a sensitive manner and at the same time narrate details about a special personal bond that transcends the generations. We can recall the well-known... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Seldom do we see a photobook in which the implementation is exquisitely and totally in unison with the concept. Deb Achak’s debut project presents a rare sequence in which this has been achieved. Deb Achak was given final advice by her mother to always trust her instinct, and this book... Continue Reading →
Guest Review by Micah McCoy • Birgit Kleber’s book, Photographers, takes a simple concept and rigidly sticks to the script, only occasionally deviating from the framework set in motion from the first photograph in the book. The book’s power, and it is a forceful book, comes from Kleber’s dogged adherence to a set goal; to... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Saul Leiter was an extraordinary individual who seems to be receiving more attention now than he did during his lifetime; he was averse to publicity and his style was ahead of his time. 2023 marked the 100th anniversary of his birth, and this substantial photobook, edited by Erb and Parillo, principals... Continue Reading →
Yet another year has gone by, and while the world peace we were hoping for is still further away than it was a year ago, it is nevertheless time for us to present you with our new list of interesting photobooks for the past year. Our selections feature intriguing photographic content, brilliant project concepts, and... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • When you first get this latest photobook by Schatz and Ornstein, you are immediately delighted just to hold it in your hands: it is compact in size and substantial in content. Once you open it, you can no longer put it down – you continue to explore the many pages... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • As I was contemplating this photobook and its narrative, I became more and more engrossed and found it to be a very moving experience. A professional photographer, Preston Gannaway, follows the life of a young kid as he grows up, covering all the formative years following the loss of his... Continue Reading →
Guest Review by Bill Edwards • Hans Hickerson’s Transgressions playfully leads the viewer through a visually engaging journey through timeless images that the artist photographed between 1979 and 1982. The photographs are delicately cut into a merged cacophony of ideas as well as moments in time. These images challenge the viewer with an editor’s touch... Continue Reading →
Review by Paul Anderson • With its 26 routes, the New York City subway system serves as connective tissue for the vast New York metropolitan area. The photographer Rita Nannini visited all 52 endpoints of this system over a period of 10 years, photographing the people, trains, stations, and neighborhoods at each and every terminal... Continue Reading →
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