The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Martin Toft Copyright 2015 Photographer: Martin Toft (born Denmark & resides in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK) Photographic Archivist: Gareth Syvret (resides in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK) Publisher: Self-published in conjunction with Societe Jersiaise Essays: Gareth Syvret Text: English Collection of Five (5) softcover zines (Atlantus, Portraits, Precious Galinthia, The Atlantic World, The Transoceanic Journey), unbound, four-color Flexographic... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2009 Jeannette Montgomery Barron Photographer: Jeannette Montgomery Barron (born Atlanta, GA, resides Rome, IT & Connecticut, USA) Publisher: Welcome Books (USA) Essays: James D. Barron, Patrick Kinmonth, captions by Jeannette Montgomery Barron Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Kristen Sasamoto Notes: Barron creates a portrait of her late mother... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Mariela Sancari http://marielasancari.com/ Photographer: Mariela Sancari (born Buenos Aires, Argentina, resides Mexico City) Publisher: La Fabrica (Spain) Without essays, captions or pagination Text: English & Spanish Hardcover book, sewn binding, two print blocks, four-color lithography, printed in Spain Sancari's photobook revolves around identity and memory and the way both are mingled and affected by each other over... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Guilherme Gerais Photographer: Guilherme Gerais (born & resides Londrina, Brazil) Illustrations: Arthur Durate Publisher: Self-published, Avalanche Without captions, essay or pagination Text: English & Portuguese Hardcover book with sewn binding and an integral stiff cover book that is saddle stich & glued inside back cover, with poster, four-color lithography, printed in Brazil (Midiograf) Photobook designer: Guilherme... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Diane Vincent Photographer: Diane Vincent (born East Germany, resides Berlin, Germany) Self-Published: Germany Without pagination, captions or essay Text: English (title is German, English translation: Over) Stiff-cover book, printed dust-cover with hand sewn binding, black and white lithography, printed in Germany (Bookfactory, Bad Munder) Editing: Diane Vincent and Paul Gaffney Photobook designer: Diane Vincent Notes: Diane’s unusual... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Catherine Leutenegger Photographer: Catherine Leutenegger (born & resides in Switzerland) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essays: Catherine Leutenegger, A.D. Coleman, Joerg Bader, and Urs Stahel Text: English & French Hardcover book with printed paper belly-band, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Chris Gautschi Notes: In this documentary style investigation of a US city that has... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Aapo Huhta Photographer: Aapo Huhta (born & resides Finland) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essay: Jenny Hollowell Text: English Hardcover book, folded text insert, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Aapo Huhta & Heikki Kaski Notes: The context of Huhta photographs is ambiguous, obviously investigating a stark, urban landscape, although stated to be New York City;... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Goran Bertok Photographer: Goran Bertok (born and resides in Slovenia) Publisher: The Angry Bat (Slovenia) Interview: Andraz Gombac Text: English (insert) Two stiffcover books in a stiffcover folder, self-bound Japanese binding, four-color lithography, printed in Slovenia Photobook designer: Matej Sitar Notes: Bertok investigates a very dark subject; death. Thus he is also tapping into man’s darkest fears... Continue Reading →
John Gossage copyright 2010 courtesy Steidl Photographer: John Gossage (born New York City, resides Washington DC) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: John Gossage, Gerhard Steidl Text: English Two companion volumes, hardcover book with reversible dust cover (The Thirty Two Inch Ruler on one side, Map of Babylon on the opposing), sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 the estate of Aaron Siskind Photographer: Aaron Siskind (1903 – 1991) USA Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin (TX) (first published by Editions Hazan, Paris, 2014) Essays: Charles Traub, Gilles Mora Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Chronology, Bibliography, List of Photographs, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Nicolas Hubert Notes: A photographer... Continue Reading →
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