The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Francesco Fossa 2010 courtesy Edizioni Punctum Portraits continue to be fascinating genre of photography, whether it is a single photograph of an individual, an entire book devoted to one person (Anne Deniau’s Nicolas Le Riche comes immediately to mind) or about a group of people with a shared commonality (Martin Schoeller’s Female Bodybuilders). We visual explore... Continue Reading →
Anthony Goicolea, copyright 2009 Twin Palms This book by Anthony Goicolea has been hovering at the top of my review stack for the better part of year. It's a really odd mash-up of drawings, water colors, and photographs. When examining most of the photographs it is obvious that due to shifting perspectives with the frame that these are composite... Continue Reading →
Copyright Rania Matar 2009 courtesy The Quantuck Lane Press In recent years, we have become very familiar with a recent spin on combat photography; the embedded photojournalist; one who is assigned to and lives with a military unit which is in an active combat zones and is sanctioned by the military. The role and definition... Continue Reading →
Copyright Squale 2010 self-published photobook I recently received Squale's 2010 self-published photobook New York City. and find myself in my usual bind. I have a number of photobooks reviews in progress that I need to finish or that I need to complete in order to maintain some semblance of current relevancy. So with this brief shout-out for Squale's recent photobook, I am going to strike... Continue Reading →
Copyright Renate Aller 2010 courtesy photo-eye, Oceanscapes co-published by Radius Books & Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg Renate Aller began to photograph and investigate the ocean landscape near her adopted American home, perhaps wistfully looking out towards her native home across the Atlantic Ocean. In the ensuring ten years, her studies developed into this titled work, Oceanscapes.... Continue Reading →
Copyright Michael O'Brien 2011 courtesy of University of Texas Press Over a period from 2006 until 209, Michael O’Brien embarked on a different journey for a photographic project, picking up from an earlier self-assignment that harkened back to 1978 soon after starting his photojournalism career. Over this three years on Tuesday evenings, he photographed the... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mariken Wessels 2010 courtesy Alauda Publications Mariken Wessels has again created another interesting and complex narrative based on found photographs in conjunction with borrowed memories for her photobook Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off. Wessels’s earlier book, which was re-published by Alauda Publications, Elisabeth – I want to eat, was an investigation into the dichotomy between... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mona Kuhn 2009 courtesy Steidl It has taken me a little longer to review Native, the third of the Kuhn titles published by Steidl (Photographs, 2004, and Evidence, 2007) as I am intrigued by her photographic books. I very interested in acquiring and reviewing her earlier work to place this book into a broader context.... Continue Reading →
Copyright Stefan Vanthuyne 2010 published by Art Paper Editions courtesy of the artist I must admit, the first photobook by the Belgium photographer Stefan Vanthuyne is very cryptic, with only a quotation from Oscar Wilde to provide any hint of guidance. His color photographs depict a combination of medium distance landscapes intermingled amongst portraits of people. The landscapes are... Continue Reading →
Copyright Mariken Wessels 2010 courtesy Alauda Publications In 2008 Mariken Wessels self-published her small print edition photobook Elisabeth - I want to eat. This book then went on to win the Silver Medal For Books at the 2009 FotoFrafia, The Festival Internazionale di Roma. Last year, Esther Krop and Alauda Publications re-issued Elisabeth - I want to eat, which is the book that I am discussing... Continue Reading →
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