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 (plus a few from 2016)
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 →
Duane Michals – Portraits
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 →
Paweł Jaszczuk – Everything You Do Is A Balloon
Photographer: Paweł Jaszczuk (born in Warsaw, Poland; lives and works in Warsaw and Tokyo, Japan) Publisher: Lieutenant Willsdorff, Bordeaux, France, © 2016 Essay: Sophie Knight Text: English Hard cover with sewn binding and black nylon hosiery wrapper; four-color offset printing; 74 pages, not numbered; 44 images; 6x9 inches; printed in Poland by Drukarnia Klimiuk, Warsaw... Continue Reading →
Matthew Thompson – Camino
Photographer: Matthew Thompson (born Fullerton, California, USA; resides Ostrava, Czech Republic) Publisher: Self-published, Ostrava, Czech Republic, © 2017 Essays: Introduction by the photographer Text: English and Spanish Sewn hard cover with dust jacket; 112 numbered pages; 54 images; four-color lithography; 15x21 cm; edition of 500; printed by Printo, CZ Photobook designer: Jiří Šigut – Concept,... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale – Guide to Self-Publishing an Indie Artist Book
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 →
Dronescapes: The New Aerial Photography from Dronestagram
Editor: Ayperi Karabuda Ecer Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, © 2017 Essays: Eric Dupin (foreword); Ayperi Karabuda Ecer (introduction) Text: English Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color printing, 288 numbered pages; 250+ captioned color images; 10x8.5 inches; drone user guide, author biographies, supplementary image references, index of photographers and websites, index of locations; printed... Continue Reading →
October 14: The 5th Anniversary of World #PhotoBookDay – A Toast To Anna Atkins
The Photobook Club Madrid (Juan Barte, Juan Cires and Bonifacio Barrio Hijosa) in association with Matt Johnson sent us an interesting message today: The first photographically illustrated book dates back to 1843 and was done by a female botanist/artist, Anna Atkins. Her Wikipedia entry itself is fascinating; it informs us of her background as well... Continue Reading →
Jack Spencer – This Land: An American Portrait
Photographer: Jack Spencer (born in Kosciusko, Mississippi; resides in Nashville, Tennessee) Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX; © 2017 Essays: Jon Meacham (foreword); Jack Spencer (introduction) Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover with dust jacket; 284 numbered pages; 148 captioned color or sepia images; 13x11 inches, printed in China Notes: “Spencer has found a mythical world,... Continue Reading →
Brenda Moreno – B to B
Photographer: Brenda Moreno (born, Mexico City & resides Mexico & Spain) Publisher: Witty Kiwi, Italy, copyright 2017 Text: Spanish & English Essay: Carmen Dalmau Stiff cover, die-cut with French folds, sewn and glued binding, four-color off-set, printed by Artes Graficias Palermo (Spain) Photobook designer: Brenda Moreno & Paolo Berra Notes: Brenda Moreno’s photobook B to B... Continue Reading →