Photographer: Henry Horenstein copyright 2008 courtesy Pond Press Henry Horenstein recently published book Animalia from Pond Press might also be viewed as a "best of photographs" from three of his previously published books, "Creatures", "Canine" and "Aquatics". These delicate and interesting photographs are brought together in a wonderfully duo-tone printed book over 90 pages with a cloth hardcover and a... Continue Reading →
Bertrand Fleuret – Landmassess and Railways
I had the opportunity to acquire an advance copy of Bertrand Fleuret's soon to be published photographic book Landmassess and Railways at photo la earlier this month. This is a limited edition (100 each) of a schaden.com imprint of the J&L 2009 Edition, which has a unique hardcover cover. I find that this book very fascinating on many levels. It is... Continue Reading →
Alexey Titarenko – Photographs
Photographer: Alexey Titarenko copyright 2003 courtesy Nailya Alexander Gallery One of the benefits of providing book reviews at the beginning of year is that there are very few new publication releases at this time of year and a big leeway to discuss previously published books. One such opportunity is a review of Alexey Titarenko's Photographs published... Continue Reading →
Lauren Burke – Birth of a Statesman – Barack Obama
Photographs 2008 copyright of Lauren Victoria Burke This is another Print on Demand (POD) that has been published at the end of 2008 immediately after the election of Barack Obama by Lauren Burke Birth of a Statesman - Barack Obama. Where as TheGuardian's A Message For Obama was a global collaboration of a broad spectrum of photographers Burke's... Continue Reading →
TheGuardian – A Message For Obama
All photographs copyright of the photographers courtesy of TheGuardian I had essentially stated a couple of days ago here, that with the advent of the Print on Demand (POD) book we can have a book in print almost 10 days after an event has occurred. With the recent election of Barrack Obama as President of the United... Continue Reading →
Muse-ings with Atherton – Few books from 2008
First, if you have not noticed, Tim Atherton is back writing his blog muse-ings again, so welcome back Tim! Second, he just posted an interesting article about a few books for 2008, that is worth a read. Third, I had hoped to have an article in conjunction with Jonathan Brown at Leadapron for some recommendations for 2008,... Continue Reading →
John Sexton – Reflections
John Sexton copyright 2006 I thought that I would like to end 2008 with a review of a book that has been quietly sitting on my shelf for a while. Although John Sexton's book Reflections was published in 2006 I did not purchase it until 2007. On the technical publishing side this is a hardcover... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Smith – The Bridge Project
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn 2008 copyright Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith's book The Bridge Project was chosen as the Themed Category Winner of Blurb's Photography.Book.Now 2008 book competition. It is a beautiful book and an equally wonderful urban landscape project. Smith states that he was closely associated with Joel Meyerowitz's World Trade Center Archive and his use of color and... Continue Reading →
Man Ray – Taschen Special Icons
Copyright, Man Ray, 2008, Taschen I recently picked up a Man Ray book published by Taschen (published 2008) as part of their Special Icon series. I could almost afford not to as the new price was $7.99 USD at Borders. And this is a hardcover book with slip cover no less. Wow! This small book (7-5/8 x 5-3/4)... Continue Reading →
Robert Hansen – Yucatan Passages
Yucatan Passages, copyright 2004 Robert Hansen We have the opportunity to follow Robert Hansen as he travels, photographs and experiences Southern Mexico in his large hardbound book Yucatan Passages published by the Laguna Wilderness Press in 2004. Hansen's black and white photographs are beautifully conceived and executed. The landscape of the ancient Mayan landscape is well seen and balanced with the contemporary... Continue Reading →