The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
copyright Leon Kirchlechner 2013 published jointly by Der Grief & dienacht Publishing Nowhere is an intriguing collection of tightly framed landscape photographs. The location(s) of these landscapes is ambiguous and undefined, thus they are of an unknown place, essentially nowhere. In a number of photographs, Kirchlechner captures a translucent object that is suspended within the... Continue Reading →
Copyright Max Sher 2013 published by Treemedia A Remote Barely Audible Evening Waltz (English translation of the Russian title) is Sher’s first book and an investigation of memory and personal experiences; concurrently evokes mystery and nostalgia. A delightful semi-fictional story based on appropriating vernacular photographs that narrate a poignant story of Sher’s making, set in... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 various artists published by Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA A brief shout-out about a contemporary exhibition catalog that was released by MoPA (Museum of Photographic Arts) earlier (Fall, 2013) this year concurrent with its second exhibition of it's trennial series of the same name. Of additional interest to me were the... Continue Reading →
Copyright Simon Roberts 2013 published by Dewi Lewis publications Simon Roberts seems to really connect with his fellow British while he delves into the underlying psych of Great Britain. This photobook is an excellent follow-on to his photobook We English in his series utilizing a large format vision to investigate the British landscape and indirectly... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Paul Gaffney investigates a regional passion that is prevalent amongst those of the isles of Great Briton, that of walking. Whereas the leisure walks or foot journeys in the isles are usually of a short duration, Gaffney expanded the scope and range of his visual walking quest to 3,500 kilometers... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mateusz Sarello 2013 published by Instytut Kultury Wizualnej After receiving Mateuszu Sarello’s photobook Swell, I was immediately struck by the many possibilities being offered up by his book’s ingenious and well executed design that metaphorically works with Sarello's photographic. This has resulted in a beautifully conceived and photographed book. Very simply, his is a story... Continue Reading →
Copyright Carolyn Drake 2013 self-published Carolyn Drake has self-published a very interesting book this year, titled Two Rivers. This excellent and creative book has garnered a number of insightful reviews that discuss this body of work much better than I, so I am going to defer to others as to how this book came to... Continue Reading →
Copyright Massimo Vitali 2011 published by Steidl Massimo Vitali’s Natural Habitats was one of the larger photobooks in overall size and mass published by Steidl in 2010, which is a nice match up with the large format photographs that Vitali works with. I had access to inspect some of Vitali press images, two of which... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Jefferson Hayman 2012 published by Ampersand Gallery and Fine Books This is a smaller stiff-cover book that utilizes the print on demand technology; hence the binding is tight and creates restrictions in opening and reading the book’s contents. As such, this is not a book that the interior pages will lay flat, which... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mitch Epstein 2013 published by Steidl Mitch Epstein’s recent photobook New York Arbor is a slight departure from his earlier photographic work, most recent of which is American Power (2009) and Berlin (2011), also published by Steidl. Although New York Arbor was photographed with his trademark 8 x10” view camera, the film and resulting... Continue Reading →
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