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 →
Giles Duley – One Second of Light
Photographer: Giles Duley (born and resides in London, UK) Publisher: Benway Publishing / EMERGENCY UK, London, © 2015 Essays: Gino Strada, A.L. Kennedy, Melissa Fleming, Giles Duley; conversation with Giles Duley and Roger Tatley Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover; 172 pages, not numbered; four-color lithography, 117 images, numbered, captioned and with expanded background stories; list... Continue Reading →
Algis Griskevicius – TADA
Copyright 2016 Algis Griskevicius Photographer: Algis Griskevicius (born & resides Vilnius (Lithuania)) Publisher: NoRoutine Books (Lithuania) Essay: Leonidas Donskis Text: Lithuanian and English Hardcover book, sewn and exposed tape binding, black & white lithography, glued insert booklet (saddle stitch), contact proof print, printed by UAB Druka, Klaipeda, Lithuania Photobook designer: Gysis Skudzinskas Notes: Algis Griskevicius includes in his... Continue Reading →
Michael Lundgren – Matter
Review by Douglas Stockdale * Matter, as defined in the dictionary: physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy. Michael Lundgren’s subjects for his photobook Matter are photographed in a variety of lighting conditions that define the subjects... Continue Reading →
CLAP! – Contemporary Latin American Photobooks
Edited by Olga Yatskevich, Russet Lederman, Matthew Carson & Michael Lang Published by 10 x 10 Photobooks (NY) copyright 2017 Text: English & Spanish (Español) & Portuguese Stiff cover with folded dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index, List of Photographers and Editors, printed by SYL, Barcelona, Spain Photobook designer: Richardo Baez Notes: This is another collective... Continue Reading →
Announcing LUCIE PHOTO BOOK PRIZE
Lucie Foundation We think that this is another interesting photobook prize to consider; here are the details: The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography, in print and online and is pleased to introduce the Lucie Photo Book Prize. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of submissions -... Continue Reading →
KayLynn Deveney – All You Can Lose Is Your Heart
Photographer: KayLynn Deveney (born Albuquerque, New Mexico; resides in Northern Ireland and New Mexico [summers]) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg & Berlin, Germany; © 2015 Essays: KayLynn Deveney, Jean Valjean Vandruff, Hank Stuever Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover; 128 numbered pages, 62 full-color illustrations; 20x24 cm, printed in Germany Designer: KayLynn Deveney and Kehrer Design Notes: The... Continue Reading →
Alla Mirovskaya – Old family Photos and Deep Sky Objects
Artist: Alla Mirovskaya (born & resides Moscow, RU) Self-Published & Limited Edition (100): Moscow (RU) copyright 2016 Text: English & Russian Stiff cover with glued printed panels, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Moscow (RU) Photobook designer: Alla Mirovskaya Notes: I will have to admit that lately I have become fascinated with artist books that utilize vernacular... Continue Reading →
Penny Wolin – Descendants of Light. American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry
Photographer: Penny Wolin (born Cheyenne, Wyoming; resides Sebastopol, California) Publisher: Crazy Woman Creek Press, Cheyenne, Wyoming, © 2015 Penny Wolin (portions by others) Essays: Alan Trachtenberg, Yale U.; Penny Wolin; various quotes, interview segments, and background details Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover with illustrated dust cover; 244 numbered pages, four-color and duotone lithography; 14×10 inches, printed by... Continue Reading →
Elena Kholkina – Time of the Moon
Artist: Elena Kholkina (born & resides Moscow, RU) Self-published artist book (Moscow, RU) Essays: Elena Kholkina Text: English Glued Board on cloth with original color transparency in mount on cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index of photographs, limited edition artist book (E of 50), printed in Moscow (RU) Photobook designer: Elena Kholkina Notes: Elena Kholkina’s... Continue Reading →