Hello photobook friends, Regretfully no photobook review will be published this week as I am in the midst of curating a potential photographic exhibition and under a bit of a deadline for the gallery submission. So ample opportunity for you to look at the past 395 photobook reviews that are available on this site. Use... Continue Reading →
Portfolio Reviewer at LACP Exposure 2016
Susan Burnstine, a Portfolio Reviewer for LACP Exposure 2016 I will be among the 19 Portfolio Reviewers, joining Susan Burnstine, Aline Smithson, Julia Dean, Kirk Pederson, Sarah Lee, Chris Davies to name only a few, for the Los Angeles Center of Photography's (LACP) "Exposure 2016" event being held at the end of July at Santa... Continue Reading →
My take-away from Photo Book Independent
copyright the photographers, 2016 Douglas Stockdale A quick shout out of thanks to all of the photobook photographers & artist at Photo Book Independent. Above is a photo of my book acquisitions, trades & gifts. Not in any particular order, these include: Aline Smithson's Self & Others, published by The Magenta Foundation (lucky me, I... Continue Reading →
Brad Temkin – Rooftop
Copyright 2015 Brad Temkin Photographer: Brad Temkin (born & resides Chicago, IL) Publisher: Radius Books (USA) Essays: John Rohrbach, Steven Peck, Roger Schickedantz Text: English Hardcover with glued boards and accompanying perfect-bond booklet (essay and list of plates), Lucite slipcase, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David Chickey and David Skolkin Notes: The rooftops... Continue Reading →
Curatorial walk thru at Photo Book Independent
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 →
Judging – Photobook Independent submissions
2016 Photobook Independent judging panel As I announced last month, I was added to the judging panel as a photobook specialist for the Photobook Independent book competition. The judging occurred yesterday up in Los Angeles and it was an interesting event as well as a pretty daunting task in my opinion. I can not really... Continue Reading →
Photobook Competition update: I have been added to the judging panel
PhotoBook Independent. I am very honored, as well as excited, to announce that I have been added to the judging panel for the PhotoBook Independent phototographic book competition! So how cool is that? I will be joining Rudi Bianchi (photographic collector), Marissa Caichiolo (Curator and Executive Director, Building Bridges Art Exchange), Chris Davis (Publisher, Fabrik... Continue Reading →
Published Photobook Competition announced
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 →
LA Art Book Fair – coming soon to SoCal
The LA Art Book Fair will again be at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and will be another delightful maze of rooms with amazing displays of photobook and zines. This event has always been punctuated with some wonderful finds for me. From Printed Matter: Printed Matter presents the fourth annual LA Art Book Fair, from... 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 →
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