The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
The Americans - copyright of Robert Frank published by Steidl, 2008 special edition How one thing sometimes leads to another, as I had recently purchased a new Robert Frank book Paris while I was in Philadelphia and I figured it would be easy to relate Paris to The Americans without owning a copy of The Americans.... Continue Reading →
The (softcover & hardcover) book, Octave of Prayer, Edited by Minor White and published by Aperture books (1972), was a distillation of Whites thoughts on how a photograph could have meaning beyond the image on the paper. And in true White fashion, he has included only one of his own photographs in the book, but probably most... Continue Reading →
Placerita Canyon Cascade, photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale (Originally published in Singular Images, 05/31/07)...Minor White published the text for Octave of Prayer as an Aperture publication in 1972 concurrent with an exhibit of the same name at MIT. Worth reading if you can find a copy. I have been re-reading my tattered copy (a "HURT" book to begin... Continue Reading →
I have thinking about this journal for a while, especially as I have tried to figure out if it is a good fit with I currently write. So when publishing a journal, it kinda helps to know who you audience is, eh? To get to that, perhaps a bit more about me. I read and... Continue Reading →
This blog is currently underdevelopment and hopefully be up and ongoing this Fall (2008). Meanwhile I have written some thoughts about photographery books in a couple of other places that I hope to soon consolidate here. Best regards, Doug Stockdale Publisher & Editor
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