The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
I had the opportunity to acquire an advance copy of Bertrand Fleuret's soon to be published photographic book Landmassess and Railways at photo la earlier this month. This is a limited edition (100 each) of a schaden.com imprint of the J&L 2009 Edition, which has a unique hardcover cover. I find that this book very fascinating on many levels. It is... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Alexey Titarenko copyright 2003 courtesy Nailya Alexander Gallery One of the benefits of providing book reviews at the beginning of year is that there are very few new publication releases at this time of year and a big leeway to discuss previously published books. One such opportunity is a review of Alexey Titarenko's Photographs published... Continue Reading →
Photographs 2008 copyright of Lauren Victoria Burke This is another Print on Demand (POD) that has been published at the end of 2008 immediately after the election of Barack Obama by Lauren Burke Birth of a Statesman - Barack Obama. Where as TheGuardian's A Message For Obama was a global collaboration of a broad spectrum of photographers Burke's... Continue Reading →
All photographs copyright of the photographers courtesy of TheGuardian I had essentially stated a couple of days ago here, that with the advent of the Print on Demand (POD) book we can have a book in print almost 10 days after an event has occurred. With the recent election of Barrack Obama as President of the United... Continue Reading →
Verso Limited Editions has recently published their latest title, Bruce Davidson: Central Park in Platinum, which I had an opportunity to review at photo la last week. This book is really an object de arte, considering the exquisit use materials for its construction. But first, I want to discuss the photographs of Bruce Davidson in this book, which are from his... Continue Reading →
John Sexton copyright 2006 I thought that I would like to end 2008 with a review of a book that has been quietly sitting on my shelf for a while. Although John Sexton's book Reflections was published in 2006 I did not purchase it until 2007. On the technical publishing side this is a hardcover... Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn 2008 copyright Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith's book The Bridge Project was chosen as the Themed Category Winner of Blurb's Photography.Book.Now 2008 book competition. It is a beautiful book and an equally wonderful urban landscape project. Smith states that he was closely associated with Joel Meyerowitz's World Trade Center Archive and his use of color and... Continue Reading →
Copyright, Man Ray, 2008, Taschen I recently picked up a Man Ray book published by Taschen (published 2008) as part of their Special Icon series. I could almost afford not to as the new price was $7.99 USD at Borders. And this is a hardcover book with slip cover no less. Wow! This small book (7-5/8 x 5-3/4)... Continue Reading →
Yucatan Passages, copyright 2004 Robert Hansen We have the opportunity to follow Robert Hansen as he travels, photographs and experiences Southern Mexico in his large hardbound book Yucatan Passages published by the Laguna Wilderness Press in 2004. Hansen's black and white photographs are beautifully conceived and executed. The landscape of the ancient Mayan landscape is well seen and balanced with the contemporary... Continue Reading →
In the Garden, Beth Dow, Blurb 2008 Beth Dow's In The Garden, was the 2008 grand prize winner of the recent Blurb Photography.Book.Now juried book competition. Dow had developed her large format book based on the Plantium Palladium prints from her photographs made in formal English and Italian gardens. This book probably does represent some of the best in self-publishing book design utilizing... Continue Reading →
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