The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Squale 2010 courtesy of the artist The only descriptive information that is provided in Squale’s DIY photobook Mauerreste is the subtitle, The Berlin Wall – 20 Years Later. This photobook is printed in low contrast on a flat stock, which accentuates the middle gray moodiness of the photographs. Berlin and its outer boundaries appear... Continue Reading →
Copyright Paula McCartney 2010 Princeton Architectural Press courtesy of the artist I must admit when I first saw the first announcement for Paula McCartney’s photobook Bird Watching, it drew a long yawn. I mean, OMG what were the photobook publishers thinking? When I later learned that Darius Himes had written the Afterword, I started to reconsider... Continue Reading →
Copyright Simon Roberts 2009, courtesy of Chris Boot Ltd & Simon Roberts When I first became aware of Simon Roberts photobook project that would eventually develop into We English, I was very intrigued by the concept, his past photographic work in Russia, and what he was attempting to investigate in his own homeland. And probably... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mathieu Lambert 2010 published by French fourch (photographers co-op) Mathieu Lambert in the title of his DIY photobook, Fake Tales of America, provides what seems to be a very straight forward way to read his book in that he is taking us on an imaginary journey. That the photographs may appear that they were photographed... Continue Reading →
Catherine Ledner – Glamour Dogs 2009 courtesy Chronicle Books I had been anticipating Catherine Ledner’s latest photobook Glamour Dogs after having a glimpse of her earlier exhibition photographs of wild animals. For this photobook, Glamour Dogs, her subject is a large group of dog breeds using a similar stylistic portrait formula as her earlier wild animal... Continue Reading →
Copyright Gautheir Sibillat, courtesy Poursuite Editions In its earliest conception, a book was an assembly of sheets, usually in a packet, folder or other device that could hold them together. Subsequently the practice of publishing a book was to bind the sheets together to improve storage conditions, maintain an orderly progression of the pages and... Continue Reading →
Copyright FotoBuch Festival and photographers Earlier I had written about the 3rd International FotoBuch Festival in Kassel, Germany and I have subsequently acquired the three catalogs for the three annual events. The photobooks that are highlighted in each year's catalog were nominated by prominent international (photography) professionals and shown in an exhibition. The books are presented in the catalog, including their... Continue Reading →
Copyright Gina LeVay 2009 courtesy powerHouse Books You could say that Gina LeVay had to “get down and dirty” to photograph the miners who create the underground tunnels for New York City. This is a mash-up of those who are involved in the tunneling, affectionately called Sandhogs, and the environmental context of where their efforts... Continue Reading →
Photolucida 2008 Critical Mass winners - published 2009 From the nice folks at Photolucida: Andy Freeberg's Guardians, Céline Clanet's Máze and Priya Kambli's Color Falls Down...three rich visual perspectives from an American photographer in Russia, a French photographer in Lapland, and an American photographer with roots in India. All three gorgeous books, sure to make... Continue Reading →
Copyright Suan Anderson 2009, courtesy powerHouse books Susan Anderson’s photobook High Glitz, The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants is a series of formal portraits of young girls who participate in beauty pageants that have been exclusively tailored for them. These pageants are unique to the United States. Anderson chooses to focus her lens on the resulting... Continue Reading →
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