The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Jeffrey Milstein (born in Los Angeles, California; lives in Woodstock, New York) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York City; © 2017 Essays: Jay Maisel, Owen Hopkins, Jeffrey Milstein Text: English Hardcover, sewn, with illustrated dust cover; 10x13 inches; 144 numbered pages with 84 photographs; printed in China Photobook Designers: Jeffrey Milstein with Abigail Sturges... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Gary Ng (born and resides in Hong Kong) Self-published, © 2017 Stiff cover, machine-sewn; 15x21 cm; 49 pages in full color; edition of 50 signed and numbered copies Notes: Several years ago, there was a series of books by Fred Hüning, published by Peperoni Books, Berlin, entitled Einer/Zwei/Drei (2010-2011), subsequently reissued in... Continue Reading →
Artist: Robert Stivers (born Palo Alto, CA & resides Santa Fe, NM and Los Angeles, CA) Published by Dark Spring Press, copyright 2017 Essay: Robert Flynn Johnson Text: English Hard cover, with image index, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by Arizona Lithography and binding by Roswell Bookbinders, AZ Photobook designer: Andy Burgess and Dawne Osborne... Continue Reading →
Artist: Laia Abril (born & resides Barcelona, Spain) Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK, 2018 Text: English Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color and duotone lithography, printed by Grafiche dell’Artiere, Bologna (IT) Photobook designer: Laia Abril, Ramon Pez Notes: The extended title of Laia Abril’s new book is A History of Misogyny, Chapter One, On Abortion and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Michael Dalton (born Marshfield, MA & resides in MA) Published by Peperoni Books, Berlin, DE copyright 2017 Text: English Hard cover book, sewn, printed by Wanderer, Germany Photobook designer: Kiran Puri Notes: I was fortunate to share a table at the Medium Festival in San Diego last October adjacent to one that Michael Dalton was... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Rodrigo Ramos (born and lives in Mexico City, Mexico) Publisher: Self-published; © 2015 Illustrated folder (29.5x40 cm) containing 8 sheets (76x27.5 cm), folded in half, yielding 32 pages; color offset printing by Offset Santiago in Mexico City; edition of 500 Photobook design: Alejandra Magdaleno, Emiliano Molina, Rodrigo Ramos Notes: I selected this book as an... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • A mysterious and ambiguous narrative with dark hints of surrealism, which in some ways appears that I am attempting to describe a fine bottle of wine. Perhaps I am. In Harvey Benge’s introduction, he states that this smaller body of work is an extraction from a trade book intended... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Charles-Frédérick Ouellet (born in Chicoutimi; lives in Québec City, Canada) Publisher: Les Éditions du renard, Montréal, Canada; © 2017 Text: Poem “Dompter le naufrage” by Fabien Cloutier Language: French Illustration: Frédérik Lévesque Hardback, sewn; 108 pages with 55 images, paginated; 9 x 10.5"; printed in Canada by Deschamps Impression; edition of 500 and special... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • New York City has always held a special place in the hearts and minds of the world. The New York of the mid-1940s through the 1950s had its own unique atmosphere. One of the busiest metropolitan areas, it was characterized by neighborhoods with distinct characteristics and a somewhat more leisurely... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Lynn Alleva Lilley (born Silver Spring, MD & resides Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Published by Eriskay Connection, 2017, the Netherlands Text: English Poems: Samih al Qasim, Jane Hirshfield Stiff cover fine canvas, sewn & glued binding, four-color lithography, printed by Jos Morree (Fine Books) Photobook designer: Rob van Hoesel Lithography: Sebastiaan Hanekroot (Colour & Books) Notes: I... Continue Reading →
