The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Douglas Stockdale * Matter, as defined in the dictionary: physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy. Michael Lundgren’s subjects for his photobook Matter are photographed in a variety of lighting conditions that define the subjects... Continue Reading →
Edited by Olga Yatskevich, Russet Lederman, Matthew Carson & Michael Lang Published by 10 x 10 Photobooks (NY) copyright 2017 Text: English & Spanish (Español) & Portuguese Stiff cover with folded dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index, List of Photographers and Editors, printed by SYL, Barcelona, Spain Photobook designer: Richardo Baez Notes: This is another collective... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Harvey Benge’s The Month Before Trump is a collection of photographs made in the United States, specifically San Francisco and New York in October 2016, the month before the presidential elections. As a New Zealander who spends equal time between Auckland and Paris, he provides a sophisticated outsider’s eye which... Continue Reading →
Copyright Eanna de Freine 2017 Since many of the readers of TPBJ are either interested in self-publishing or at least knowing more about self-publishing, we want to share a new and (somewhat) FREE Indie Photobook Publishing Guide. Okay, maybe not entirely free, as you can read the Guide on line, but if you want to... Continue Reading →
Photographer: KayLynn Deveney (born Albuquerque, New Mexico; resides in Northern Ireland and New Mexico [summers]) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg & Berlin, Germany; © 2015 Essays: KayLynn Deveney, Jean Valjean Vandruff, Hank Stuever Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover; 128 numbered pages, 62 full-color illustrations; 20x24 cm, printed in Germany Designer: KayLynn Deveney and Kehrer Design Notes: The... Continue Reading →
Artist: Alla Mirovskaya (born & resides Moscow, RU) Self-Published & Limited Edition (100): Moscow (RU) copyright 2016 Text: English & Russian Stiff cover with glued printed panels, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Moscow (RU) Photobook designer: Alla Mirovskaya Notes: I will have to admit that lately I have become fascinated with artist books that utilize vernacular... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-published, 2015 (second edition of 300, 2017) Essays: Julia Borissova Text: English & Russian Linen hardcover with tipped in photographs, handmade sewn binding, Leporello format with one four-panel gate-fold and two three-panel gate-folds, digital lithography, printed St. Petersburg, RU Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: In the... Continue Reading →
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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