The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
The schedule for talks, book signings and curatorial discussions has just been posted for Photo Book Independent, a part of Photo Independent later this month in LA (Hollywood) I am honored to have an opportunity to provide two curatorial walk-through's to discuss the photobooks that were recently juried-in for the book competition as well as those that are... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Jamey Stillings Photographer: Jamey Stillings (born Springfield, MO, resides Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: Jamey Stillings, Robert Redford, Anne Wilkes Tucker and Bruce Barcott Text: English Hardcover book with printed belly-band, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions, line drawing, printed in Germany Photobook designer: David Chickey Notes: While driving north on I-15 from... Continue Reading →
Photographs Copyright 2016 Kenneth Josephson Photographer: Kenneth Josephson (born Detroit, MI, resides IL, USA) Publisher: University of Texas, Austin (USA) Essays: Gerry Badger and Lynne Warren Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, includes List of Plates, Chronology, Exhibition History & listing of Collections, printed in China Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This thick, retrospective monograph... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Sara J. Winston Photographer: Sara J. Winston (born & resides New York, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press (USA) Short Story: Ani Katz Text: English Stiffcover book with Wire-O binding with fold back covers, four-color lithography, printed in Richmond, VA (USA) Photobook designer: Sara J. Winston & Andrew Fedynak Notes: Winston’s book title hints at a state of mind and... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 the photographers Photographers: Philippe Dudouit (Switzerland), Olga Ingurazova (Russia), Luca Locatelli (Italy), Diana Markossian (USA), Javad Parsa (Iran) Publisher: The Aftermath Project (USA) Essays: Sara Terry and the photographers Text: English Stiff-cover book with hand stamp, sewn binding with hand applied butcher tape on the spine, four-color lithography, printed in the United States Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Recently announced Left Coast photobook competition, this one is for photobooks that have been published and the winners need to be available for sale during PhotoBook Independent at the end of April in Los Angeles. Details are as follows, and if you have a published photobook, then check it out. By the way, there does... Continue Reading →
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