Category: Book Reviews

Tim Richmond – Last Best Hiding Place

Copyright 2015 Tim Richmond Photographer: Tim Richmond (born England, resides Somerset, UK) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essay: Jorg Colberg Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Mark Tappin (London) Notes: Richmond’s opening one-line statement summarizes his body of work; “Places, like people, can seem alone, filled with melancholy”. As an English photographer, he investigates... Continue Reading →

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Chris Killip – In Flagrante Two

Copyright 2015 (2016) Chris Killip Photographer: Christopher David “Chris” Killip    (born; Douglas, Isle of Man, resides Boston, MA, USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: the book is without any essays, but does include an index of photographs at the conclusion. Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, with index of photographs, printed in Germany Photobook... Continue Reading →

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Ron Jude – Lago

  Copyright 2015 Ron Jude Photographer: Ron Jude (born Los Angeles, resides Eugene, OR, USA) Publisher: MACK (London) There are no essays, pagination or captions Text: English Hardcover book with embossed and printed linen cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany by Optimal Media Photobook designer: Ron Jude with Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine Notes: Although not stated in Ron Jude’s... Continue Reading →

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Ralph Gibson – Political Abstraction

Copyright 2014 Ralph Gibson Photographer: Ralph Gibson (born Los Angeles, resides NYC, USA) Publisher: Lustrum Press (USA) (Distributed: University of Texas Press, Austin) Essays: Ralph Gibson Text: English Hardcover book with dust cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This is Gibson’s first stated foray into digital photography and the book is also meant to be an... Continue Reading →

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Alessandra Kila – Calabria Upon Return

Copyright 2015 Alessandra Kila Photographer: Alessandra Kila (born Reggio di Calabria, IT, resides: London UK) Publisher: Paper Tiger Books (London) Poems: Alessandra Kila Text: English Stiff-cover book with French folds and elastic strap closure, loose binding, concertina insert four-color off-set, printed in UK by Jigsaw Colour in a numbered addition of 300 Photobook designer: Laura Braun Notes: Kila’s investigating... Continue Reading →

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Agnieszka Rayss – American Dream

American Dream Copyright 2011 Agnieszka Rayss Photographer: Agnieszka Rayss (born, resides Poland) Publisher: Foundation Photography Institute Pro Fotografia (Poland) Essays: Agnieszka Rayss Text: English Hardcover book, linen cover with foil stamping, page marker, sewn binding, four-color lithography Photobook designer: Ania Nalecka (Tapir Book Design) Notes: When I was asked by the editor of Emaho magazine to become the “American”... Continue Reading →

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Michele Cera – Dust

Dust Copyright 2013 Michele Cera Photographer: Michele Cera (born Bari, resides Rome, IT) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) A conversation between Michele Cera and Francesco Zanot Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in image, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Vincenzo Schiraldi Notes: Cera’s urban landscapes provide a lonely setting for his subjects who frequently have their eyes... Continue Reading →

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Marcin Grabowiecki – Babie Lato

Marcin Grabowiecki - babie lato (Indian Summer) Copyright 2013 Photographer: Marcin Grabowiecki (born Gliwice, resides Warsaw, PL) Published: Muzuem in Gliwicach with Czytelnai Sztuki (Poland) Essay: Marcin Grabowiecki Text: English & Polish Stiff cover book, embossed cover, stab-sewn binding & string closure, edition of 300, four-color lithography, printed in Poland Photobook designer: Marcin Grabowiecki Notes: The subject... Continue Reading →

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Adam Voorhes – Malformed

Malformed - Forgotten Brains of the Texas Mental Hospital Copyright 2014 Adam Voorhes  Photographer: Adam Voorhes (born San Jose, CA, resides Austin, TX, USA) Publisher: powerhouse Books (USA) Essay: Alex Hannaford Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: DJ Stout & Stu Taylor (TX) Notes: I obtained this book due... Continue Reading →

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Julia Borissova – DOM

Copyright 2014 Julia Borissova Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-published artist book, signed and numbered edition of 100 Text: English & Russian Stiffcover book with stab-sewn booklet and multiple gatefolds, naked-sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Russia Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: Borissova investigates home and identity in a subtext of the Document... Continue Reading →

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