The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Lorena Endara (Los Angeles, CA) Music: Composed, arranged, and produced by Eduardo Arenas Publisher: Producciones Con Sal, Los Angeles, © 2016 Stiff cover, saddle stitch binding; 32 unnumbered pages; 13 color photographs, accompanied by the corresponding song titles from the vinyl album that it accompanies; printed in Los Angeles, CA; 8.5x8.5 inches Photobook... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Members of the Bronx Photo League Photographers: Bronx Photo League (Bronx, NYC) Publisher: Bronx Documentary Center Editions, Bronx, NY Essays: Mike Kamber, Ed Murphy Text: English & Spanish Hardcover book, linen covers with tipped in image, sewn binding, 93 Black & white photographs, duo-tone printing with spot varnish, captions, member biographs, printed by Fort Orange... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Carol Golemboski Photographer: Carol Golemboski (b. Shreveport, Louisiana – resides outside Denver, CO) Publisher: Flash Powder Projects Essay: Shirley Jackson Text: English Hardcover book, embossed cover, duo-tone printing, Smyth sewn binding, captions, printed by EBS, Verona, Italy Photobook designer: Jordan Swartz Notes: Golemboski’s monograph of intricate manipulated photographs investigate nostalgia, loss and impermanence. The manipulated prints... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing John Loengard is a photojournalist with many decades of experience. As part of his distinguished career with Life magazine and beyond, he has photographed many notables and others along the way. Thus one will find among the 135 photographs in this volume some interesting shots of singers such as the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Paula Bronstein (American, lives in Bangkok, Thailand) Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, 2016 Essays: Foreword by Kim Barker / “Afghan Women” by Christina Lamb / Afterword by Paula Bronstein Text: English Hardcover cloth-bound book with 228 numbered pages, 114 color images with captions; sewn binding, printed in China. Louann Atkins Temple Women and... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Barbara Kyne Photographer: Barbara Kyne (b. Hoboken, New Jersey – resides. Oakland, CA) Publisher: Daylight Books (USA) Essays: Barbara Kyne, Susan Griffin, Jasmine Moorhead Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index, printed in China Photobook designer: Ursula Damm Notes: Barbara Kyne and her partner Fran Lowe have property in Mariposa, located... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Palm Springs has been a geographical and cultural mecca (not only for Southern Californians) since the early twentieth century, a place where a variety of endeavors have had the freedom to unfold. Especially in our time, both celebrities and others consider this desert city a notable attraction, an informed center... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This monograph of David Carol’s photographs recaps twenty-three years of candid and ironic black and white street photography and is a visual testament to his love of this medium. He has been fortunate to have a career as working photographer, but these are his personal out-takes of situations that momentarily... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Claire Felicie Photographer: Claire Felicie (born Breda, NL, resides Amsterdam, NL) Self-published (the Nederland) Essays: Claire Felicie Text: English Stiffcover book, sewn binding, quad-color (2 blacks, dark grey, warm grey) lithography by Colour and Books, printed in the Nederland Photobook designer: Sybren Kuiper ( -SYB- ) Notes: Claire Felicie has undertaken a daunting task of investigating the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Barbara Kyne (born Hoboken, NJ; resides Oakland, CA) Publisher: Self-published, © 2015 Essay: “On Contemplation and Perception” by Barbara Kyne Text: English Stiff cover book with 32 pages, not numbered; 10 duotone photographs; 8.75 x 7.25". Marketed by Norfolk Press and by the photographer. Photobook Designer: Yon Sim Notes: By Fire is... Continue Reading →
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