The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
copyright the various photographers Please join me for one evening this month as I share a pop-up photobook exhibition of the vast majority of the photobooks that are currently included in my exhibition at FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale in Rome Italy, which explores the theme of "work". I will provide a short introduction about my selection... Continue Reading →
photograph copyright 2012 Marc Prust Thanks to Marc Prust, I have my first look at the FotoGrafia di Roma photobook exhibition. Very nice! Regretfully due to a change in travel plans, I was unable to attend the grand opening of Fotografia di Roma last week. Looking at this photograph by Marc I can see that... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright of the artists The concept that the XI FotoGrafia di Roma is intent on exploring is the theme of "Work". Likewise as curator of the photobook exhibition, I am also interesting in broadly interpreting this theme. I am also intrigued with the idea that a photobook is a physical product of a photographer's... Continue Reading →
photographs copyright of photographers and publishers FOTOGRAFIA Festival Internazionale di Roma XI Edition: Work The theme of Work for XI FotoGrafia di Roma is complex and multi-faceted subject, which I attempted to broadly explore in my selection of contemporary PhotoBooks for this exhibition. This theme is also ambiguous and illusive, which can be as much about one does... Continue Reading →
I was recently invited to submit a curatorial proposal for a photobook exhibition based on the thematic subject of "work", which is an interesting word as well as subject for photographers. Idea is tap into the history of photography in recent years, reinterpreted through a great deal of attention to differences and changes of the languages of photography and contemporary work.... Continue Reading →
copyright the photographers Earlier this year I had the great pleasure to be included in a iPad App project that brought together my friend and photographer Hirohsi Watanabe, videographer Michal Kastenam and myself, as the interviewer, to expand on an earlier Watanabe photobook Findings a photobook which I had reviewed in 2009. Watanabe was a Critical Mass winner and the resulting... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale 2011 Warning Notice: this is a self-serving personal shout-out about the availability of my book in a Limited Edition Book + Photograph set. You may find yourself spending a small amount of loot while yet making a wonderful investment so be warned before proceeding any further!! I recently published two small versions of a Limited Edition Book +... Continue Reading →
Supplement to Aperture magazine - issue 002, Spring 2012 Hear all about it! Get your Photobook News here!! Okay, a “newspaper” that is published only twice per year is not exactly something that provides the hot, hot, hot daily news one might expect or want. But then again, the evolution of the photobook industry is... Continue Reading →
A slight distraction this past week when a friend pointed out that another individual was re-blogging all of my book reviews, in fact almost this entire blog and reposting it as though all of this original content that I authorized was on behalf of their blog. After looking at this blog, Mind_Mag, it has stated my name with credit only for the... Continue Reading →
Kirk Pedersen copyright 209, 2010 courtesy Zero+ Publishing I had an opportunity to drop into Santa Monica on Saturday and partake a brief visit of PhotoLA, making some connections with publishers, galleriest and meet up with some photobook photographers, including Raymond Meeks, Susan Burnstine, Hiroshi Watanabe and an opportunity to meet Stu Levy as well as Kirk Pedersen who was also representing his... Continue Reading →
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