Chris Mottalini - After You Left - They Took It Apart Copyright 2013 Chris Mottalini Photographer: Chris Mottalini (b. Buffalo, NY – resides Brooklyn, NY, USA) Published by The Center for American Places/Columbia College Chicago Press Essays: Allison Arieff, Charlie and Marlene Cerrito Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in photograph, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Notes... Continue Reading →
Erik Schubert – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Copyright 2013 Erik Schubert Photographer: Erik Schubert (b. Omaha, Nebraska resides Denver, Colorado, USA) Publisher: Lavallette (USA) Text: English Stiffcover book with French folds, perfect bound, four-color lithography, printed in Syracuse, NY (USA) Photobook designer: Lavalette Notes: The investigation of the corporate business world has continued to intrigue me for some time, having worked in the corporate... Continue Reading →
Susan S. Bank – Piercing the Darkness
Copyright 2016 Susan S. Bank Photographer: Susan S. Bank (b. Portsmouth, NH and resides in both Philadelphia, PA & Portsmouth, NH USA) Publisher: Brilliant Press, Exton (PA) Essays: Susan S. Bank, John T. Hill Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, List of Plates, printed by Brilliant Press in USA Photobook designer: Jesse... Continue Reading →
Mara Dani – Almost Bari
Copyright 2015 Mara Dani Photographer: Mara Dani (born in Brindisi and resides in Bari, Italy) Self-published Essays: Gian Luigi Sylos Labini and Alessandro Crilillo Text: Italian and English Hardcover book with exposed boards and spine, belly band and elastic band closure, two-color offset printing with sewn binding, various papers, pagination and captions, printed by Presso Grafica... Continue Reading →
Lorne Resnick – CUBA
Copyright 2015 Lorne Resnick Photographer: Lorne Resnick (born Toronto, Canada, resides Los Angeles, CA, USA) Publisher: Insight Editions (USA) Essays: Lorne Resnick, Brian Andreas, Pico Iyer, Gerry Badger Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Leah Bloise Notes: In conjunction with the opening of travel by the United States into Cuba,... Continue Reading →
Sara Terry – Elvis in the Tree
Copyright 2016 Sara Terry Photographer: Sara Terry (b. Detroit and resides in Los Angeles, USA) Self-Published: 10 (X) Editions Text: English Hardcover artist book (boards with hand stamp and hand inscription on cover) with elastic belly band, leporello interior design, pigment ink prints with clear corner stays, hand-printed, limited edition book of 10. Photobook designer: Sara Terry Notes: Sara... Continue Reading →
Aline Smithson – Self & Others
Copyright 2015 Aline Smithson Photographer: Aline Smithson (born & resides Los Angeles, CA, USA) Publisher: Magenta Foundation (Canada) Essays: Paula Tognarelli, Karen Sinsheimer & Aline Smithson (A.S.) Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Office of Gilbert Li _______________ Review by Douglas Stockdale This monograph is a wonderful mid-career touch-point (as I... Continue Reading →
Kurt Simonson – Northwoods Journals
Copyright 2015 Kurt Simonson Photographer: Kurt Simonson (born St Paul, MN, resides Long Beach CA, USA) Publisher: Flash Powder Projects (USA) Essay by George Slade, Poem by Franz Wright Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, multiple gate-folds, tipped-in tri-fold page, four-color lithography, printed by Bigger Dot in South Korea Photobook designer: Kurt Simonson, David Bram, Jennifer Schwartz Notes: Kurt Simonson’s... Continue Reading →
My take-away from Photo Book Independent
copyright the photographers, 2016 Douglas Stockdale A quick shout out of thanks to all of the photobook photographers & artist at Photo Book Independent. Above is a photo of my book acquisitions, trades & gifts. Not in any particular order, these include: Aline Smithson's Self & Others, published by The Magenta Foundation (lucky me, I... Continue Reading →
Jan Brykczynski – Boiko
Copyright 2014 Jan Brykczynski Photographer: Jan Brykczynski (born & resides Warsaw, Poland) Self-published (Poland) with support by Sputnik Photos Essays: Taras Prokhas’ko Text: English on a double-gate spread with Polish and Ukrainian text insert Hardcover book, embossed cover with magnetic closure, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Poland. Photobook designer: Ana Natecka, Tapir Book Design Notes: Brykczynski has uses a... Continue Reading →