Copyright 2015 Julia Borissova Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia & resides in St Petersburg, RU) Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: self-published artist book, edition size: 100, each signed and numbered Text: English Hardcover book with embossed cover, thread-stitched binding, four-color lithography includes 6 transparent pages and multiple collage (glued- in) pages, printed & bound in... Continue Reading →
Mary Ellen Mark – Man and Beast
Copyright 2014 the estate of Mary Ellen Mark Photographer: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 - 2015) Published & copyright: 2014 Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin (TX) Essays: Melissa Harris Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed & bound in China Photobook designer: Mary Ellen Mark & Ellen McKie Notes: A photo project that the... Continue Reading →
Kenny Braun – Surf Texas
Copyright 2014 Kenny Braun Photographer: Kenny Braun (born & resides TX, USA) Published & copyright: 2014 Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX Essays: Stephen Harrigan Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, lithographic printing, printed & bound in China Photobook designer: DJ Stout & Barret Fry Notes: Braun’s lyrical black and white photographs investigate the excitement... Continue Reading →
Dave Jordano – Detroit Unbroken Down
Copyright 2015 Dave Jordano Photographer: Dave Jordano (born Detroit, MI, USA resides Chicago IL, USA) Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: powerHouse Books Essays: Nancy Watson Barr, Dawoud Bey, Sharon Zukin Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Sam Silvio, Edited by Meg Handler Notes: The residents of a region... Continue Reading →
Pawel Bownik – Disassembly
Copyright 2012 Pawel Bownik Photographer: Pawel Bownik (resides Poland) Published & copyright: 2013 Publisher: Mundin Sp. Z o.o. Essays: Andrew Berardini Text: English edition (stiffcover insert, saddle stitch binding) Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Poland Photobook designer: Honz Zamojski Notes: Bownik first disassembles his plants and flowers then reconstructs them, documenting the results. A bipolar mix... Continue Reading →
Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin – Scarti
Copyright 2013 Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Photographers: Adam Broomberg (born South Africa) & Oliver Chanarin (born UK) both reside in UK Concept: Gigi Giannuzzi (d. December 2012), publisher Trolley Books Published & copyright: 2013 Publisher: Trolley Books (UK) Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in image, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Fernando Gutierrez... Continue Reading →
A change in my photobook commentaries
Photograph copyright Dragana Jursic 2015 (YU The Lost Country) I have been contemplating some changes to this blog for a while now, due to a combination of factors. First is the large quantity of photobooks that are being published at an almost dizzying rate since I started this blog in 2008. Second is the growing quantity... Continue Reading →
Gytis Skudzinskas – Albumas
Gytis Skudzinskas, copyright 2014, self-published limited edition (edition size: 99) artist book I must admit I really enjoy serendipity. When I am contemplating a photobook concept to explore only then to receive an artist’s photobook exploration of a almost the same concept is very weird. Such is the case of Gytis Skudzinskas’s artist book Albumas... Continue Reading →
Paula McCartney – A Field Guide to Snow and Ice
Copyright 2014 Paula McCartney Published by Silas Finch Paula McCartney (b. 1971, Pittsburgh, PA & currently residing in Minneapolis, MN) has chosen a familiar subject for her photobook A Field Guide to Snow and Ice, a natural manifestation occurring frequently during the cold and chilly winters of Minnesota. For those who live in the northern... Continue Reading →
Bryan Schutmaat & Ashlyn Davis – Islands of the Blest
Copyright 2014 Bryan Schutmaat & Ashlyn Davis, Published by Silas Finch Islands of the Blest is a collaboration by an American photographer and artist, Bryan Schutmaat (b. 1983 Houston, Texas, currently resides in Austin, Texas), and an American writer, Ashlyn Davis (b. 1986 Port Arthur, Texas, currently resides in Austin, Texas) constructing a historical narrative... Continue Reading →