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 →
Copyright John Bartelstone 2009 courtesy powerHouse Books The area known as The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a massive 300 acres located on the waterfront adjacent to New York City. The U.S. Navy acquired the first property in 1801, constructing the first dry dock in 1851 and eventually decommissioning the site in 1966. This property was... 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 →
By Douglas Stockdale • Memory is a very tricky thing. Sometimes it just seems that the things that you want to forget are somehow stuck between your eyebrows regardless of what you attempt to do to forget them. Other times, there are those memories you cherish and never want to lose, and the more you... 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 Dayanita Singh 2010 courtesy Steidl Reading Dayanita Singh’s recent photobook Dream Villa is a wonderful exclamation point on why I enjoy my own night photography; the process can evoke from an otherwise seemingly ordinary landscape a very mysterious narrative. Similar to when the extended durations of photographic exposures can alter the plastic reality of time, the... 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 →
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