Category: Book Reviews

Penny Wolin – Descendants of Light. American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry

Photographer: Penny Wolin (born Cheyenne, Wyoming; resides Sebastopol, California) Publisher:  Crazy Woman Creek Press, Cheyenne, Wyoming, © 2015 Penny Wolin (portions by others) Essays:  Alan Trachtenberg, Yale U.; Penny Wolin; various quotes, interview segments, and background details Text:  English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover with illustrated dust cover; 244 numbered pages, four-color and duotone lithography; 14×10 inches, printed by... Continue Reading →

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Elena Kholkina – Time of the Moon

Artist: Elena Kholkina (born & resides Moscow, RU) Self-published artist book (Moscow, RU) Essays: Elena Kholkina Text: English Glued Board on cloth with original color transparency in mount on cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index of photographs, limited edition artist book (E of 50), printed in Moscow (RU) Photobook designer: Elena Kholkina Notes:  Elena Kholkina’s... Continue Reading →

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Alexandra Huddleston – East or West: A Walking Journey Along Shikoku’s 88 Temple Pilgrimage

Photographer:  Alexandra Huddleston (born Freetown, Sierra Leone; resides Santa Fe, New Mexico) Publisher:  Kyoudai Press, Santa Fe, NM, © 2014 Essays:  Introduction by the photographer, as well as quotes and journal entries Text:  English Stiff cover, perfect-bound; 48 numbered pages with 18 color images; 8 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches; printed by Oddi Printing, Iceland... Continue Reading →

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Richard Humphries – Kingdom’s Edge

Photographer:  Richard Humphries (born St. Albans, UK; resides Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Publisher:  Richard Humphries Photography, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, © 2016 Essays:  Foreword and captions by Richard Humphries; Introduction by Gerard McDermott Text:  English Sewn cloth-bound hardback with 200 numbered pages, 79 captioned color images and 2 maps; 25x16.5 cm; printed in Italy Photobook Designer: ... Continue Reading →

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Alice Q. Hargrave – Paradise Wavering

Artist: Alice Q. Hargrave (born & resides Chicago, IL) Publisher: Daylight Books (North Carolina, USA) copyright 2016 Interview: Alice Hargrave & Kendra Paitz, Essay by Allison Grant Text: English Hardcover with sewn binding, four-color lithography, index, printed by Ofset Yapimevi (Turkey) Photobook designer: Ursula Damm Notes: I have found Alice Hargrave’s photobook Paradise Wavering to be complex,... Continue Reading →

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Cheryl Dunn – This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Photographer:  Cheryl Dunn (born in Old Tappan, NJ; resides in New York City, NY) Publisher:  Deadbeat Club Press, Los Angeles, CA; © 2017 Stiff cover, saddle-stitched; 52 unnumbered pages with 43 black-and-white and color images; digital offset printing, 6x9 inches, edition of 300.  (Deadbeat Club #53) Notes:  For all those who are wondering what the... Continue Reading →

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David Kregenow – At Eye Level. Photographers Photographed

Photographer:  David Kregenow (born and resides in Berlin, Germany) Publisher:  The Unknown Books, Sintra, Portugal, © 2015 Essay: Preface by Wim van Sinderen Text:  English Stiff cover, HP Indigo printing, perfect-bound, 21x14.8 cm; 48 unnumbered pages, 21 black and white photographs; edition of 110 Notes:  Excellent portraits of photographers are rare indeed. We often see... Continue Reading →

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Barbara Peacock – Hometown

Photographer: Barbara Peacock (b. Waltham, MA – resides Portland, ME) Publisher: Bazan Photo Publishing (Brooklyn, NY) copyright 2016 Essays: Barbara Peacock, Ernesto Bazan Text: English Embossed linen hardcover with tipped in photograph, sewn binding, four-color lithography, list of photographs, printed by Puritan Capital (New Hampshire) Photobook designer: Kevin Sweeney Notes: Barbara Peacock documented her own hometown of 30... Continue Reading →

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Roger Ballen – The Theatre of Apparitions

Photographer:  Roger Ballen (born in New York City, NY; resides in Johannesburg, South Africa) Publisher:  Thames & Hudson, London; © 2016 Essays:  Preface by Roger Ballen; introduction by Colin Rhodes Text:  English Hardcover with dust jacket, sewn binding; 192 numbered pages; 90 monochrome captioned photographs; printed in China; 17.5x25 cm   Notes: On April 22,... Continue Reading →

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Manca Juvan – Guardians of the Spoon

Photographer: Manca Juvan (b. & resides Ljubljana, Slovenia) Publisher: ZRC Publishing Essays: Manca Juvan, Sasa Petejan, Urska Strle Text: English (Slovene e-book edition is available) Hardcover book with slip-cover, ring binding, four-color lithography, split pages, Fascist internment timeline, printed at optimal media, Germany Photobook designer: Prapesa (Sara Badovinac & Peter Zabret) Notes: The opening photographs are... Continue Reading →

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