The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Yesterday was a very exciting day at the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) in Hollywood. During its Open House Weekend, March 17 emphasized photobooks. The day started with a fascinating presentation by our own Douglas Stockdale. In covering the topic “Photobook Pre-Visualization,” he took the audience on a tour of his own book-publishing history,... Continue Reading →
Photo Book Pop-up exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, February 2018 copyright photos by Karen Schuenemann As was previously announced, I gave a curatorial talk about Photo Books as Art for the Photographic and Digital Art (PADA) group of the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) at their facility last week. I had intended to highlight just the... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • A mysterious and ambiguous narrative with dark hints of surrealism, which in some ways appears that I am attempting to describe a fine bottle of wine. Perhaps I am. In Harvey Benge’s introduction, he states that this smaller body of work is an extraction from a trade book intended... 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 →
Book dummy #2, Middle Ground, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale For those on the left coast next week, I am very happy to be speaking on "PhotoBooks as Art" for the Photographic and Digital Artist Group (PADA) at the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7 pm. For non-members there is a... 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 →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • War. I don’t understand it and fortunately I have not had to experience it, although I live on an old WW2 bombing range, but that’s another story. Louie Palu in his new multi-media publication (can we really call this a photobook?) Front Towards Enemy provides a version of a photo-documentary... Continue Reading →
Artist: Lea Habourdin (born Lille & resides Paris, FR) Published by Fuego Books, Murcia (ES) copyright 2017 Text: English, French, Spanish Stiff cover with French-fold over-covers, sewn & glued binding, four-color lithography, Edition size: 500, printed by Artes Graficas Palermo (ES) Photobook designer: Jorge Fernandez Puebla Notes: Regretfully in today’s political climate with two mentally unstable... Continue Reading →
Interesting Photobooks of 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale As in years past, we have been providing a short list of photobooks we have found interesting, whether it was the photographic content, concept of the project, the book’s design or production qualities; and most interesting when it was a delightful combination of all of these book elements.... Continue Reading →
Author and Principal Photographer: Douglas Stockdale (born Butler, PA; resides Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) Publisher: Self-published; first edition, first printing of 400; copyright © 2017 Text: English Stiff-cover saddle-stitched book of 40 numbered pages with 14 images on several types of paper; 7.5x9 inches; full-color digital lithography, printed by Dual Graphics, Brea, California; $19.95 plus shipping... Continue Reading →
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