The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Rudy Vega • The world’s longest shared border is between Canada and the United States. Dubbed the International Boundary, it spans 8,891 kilometers (5,525 miles) and holds the distinction of being the world's longest undefended border. This fact is highlighted in Zero Line Boundary, a new book by Robert Lyons. The compilation consists... Continue Reading →
Review by Rudy Vega • When one begins as a prolific photographer and embarks on creating a visual memoir spanning three generations of family, the outcome could very well be Jim Goldberg's Coming and Going. Indeed, it is. The work is also a scrapbook of unvarnished life, with raw documents presented candidly. Thousands of shutter... Continue Reading →
Review by Melanie Chapman • What a piece of work is man, how ignoble in reason. Consider this quote: “Children and civilians need not die in war. And parents should not have to hold the hands of their dead children, killed by criminals.” If you have a pulse and have been near any form of... Continue Reading →
Review by Rudy Vega • The first photograph in Nicholas Pollack's book, Meadow, is captioned “Empty lot, Kearny, New Jersey, 2017.” Although it displays an ostensibly vacant lot devoid of people or cars, it brims with subtle content. This photograph serves as a fitting prelude to Pollack’s overarching theme: there’s always more than meets the... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • As a resident of a town that presents us with plenty of ocean views, I have a special affinity for the moments of twilight, the time between sunset and dusk. The variously nuanced moods presented by a combination of nature, especially the sun and environmental strata, can at times lead... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale · During the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic with the immediate requirement to shelter in place many of us were probably wondering what we were to do, when is this going to end, how am I going to be impacted this, on and on and on. Many, like Amy Elkins, were... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • The Australian photojournalist Michael Coyne is most interested in supplying us with ample documentation of how people cope in these rapidly changing times, and he does so with huge amounts of photographic acumen and investigative and personal enthusiasm. Since the end of the 20th century, he has been traveling and... Continue Reading →
We are very pleased that six reviews dealing with the water theme are featured as a part of Ann Mitchell's Fall Showcase, THINKING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, just published: https://www.thinkingaboutphotography.com/photobook-journal-water Please take a look! The reviews included are: I Just Wanna Surf by Gabriella Angotti-Jones --- Review by Douglas Stockdale Forgotten Seas by Tanja Engelberts --- Review... Continue Reading →
Review by Melanie Chapman • Thoroughly Modern Miller: The Photographs of a Master Who Refused to Remain a-Muse-ing Nearly one quarter of the way through the twenty-first century, and approximately one hundred years after the birth of Surrealism, the “female gaze” is finally gaining recognition as a credible artistic point of view. Thus, Lee Miller... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale · The COVID-19 pandemic turned our normal accustomed social interactions on its head and had a huge impact on our global society. In conjunction with the resulting medical misery, many governments implemented home quarantine as a means to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus. It’s one thing to leave and... Continue Reading →
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