Open call for NYC-based artists Emerging Artists Publication Series Deadline October 21 Last week to submit to the Emerging Artists Publication Series! Four artists' book proposals will be developed and published under Printed Matter's imprint — selected artists receive design and production support, and are awarded a fee of $1,500. Read more about the... Continue Reading →
Introduction to PhotoBook Design – October LACP workshop
Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop Los Angeles Center for Photography Next month, October 7th and 14th, I will be repeating my popular two-day workshop in conjunction with the Los Angeles Center for Photograph (LACP). This workshop focuses on the fundamental development of a book; understanding the artists intent and how that then translates into a book object... Continue Reading →
Jurek Wajdowicz – 67/11
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 →
Todd Weaver – 36
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 →
Michael Kolster – Take Me to the River
Michael Kolster - Take Me to the River Photographer: Michael Kolster (born Milwaukee, WI, resides Brunswick, ME, USA) Publisher: George Thompson Publishing (USA) 2016 Essays: Michael Kolster, Alison Norström and Matthew Klingle Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, tri-tone (black & white) lithography, including 10 gatefolds, printed at ESB, Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David... Continue Reading →
Judy Dater – Only Human
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 →
Cat Gwynn – 10-Mile Radius
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 →
David Lynch – Nudes
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 →
Simon Roberts – Merrie Albion
Photographer: Simon Roberts (born & resides Great Britain) Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK, 2017 Text: English Introduction by David Chandler and essays by A L Kennedy, Alex Vasudevan, Carol Ann Duffy, David Matless, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Ian Jeffrey, Irenosen Okojie, Nikesh Shukla and Tristram Hunt. Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, detailed captions, pagination, printed by... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale – Middle Ground / En Medio Tierra
Review by Gerhard Clausing • This innovative artist book by Douglas Stockdale brings to mind the parable “Before the Law” by Franz Kafka, in which a man is confronted by what seems to be an overwhelming obstacle and fails to overcome it, even though he could have, as we who are the readers readily understand.... Continue Reading →
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