The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photolucida 2008 Critical Mass winners - published 2009 From the nice folks at Photolucida: Andy Freeberg's Guardians, Céline Clanet's Máze and Priya Kambli's Color Falls Down...three rich visual perspectives from an American photographer in Russia, a French photographer in Lapland, and an American photographer with roots in India. All three gorgeous books, sure to make... Continue Reading →
Just in: Open Call for Entries: Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair Within the past decade, zines and self-published books have established a significant presence in the contemporary art world, with many artists and independent publishers primarily focused on this medium. The Camera Club of New York's Conversations Series... Continue Reading →
The results are now in and being announced for the two competitions at the 3rd International FotoBuch (PhotoBook) Festival recently held in Kassel, Germany. Here are the judges comments for three photobook Dummy Prize winners: The first prize was awarded to the Berliner Werner Amann for his book design American. Using light and also intensely expressive images, the photographer achieved to capture a... Continue Reading →
I was just alerted to another PhotoBook festival, Fotobuch Tage (English: PhotoBook Days), the first of which will be held in Hamburg Germany from June 4th- 6th. Thank you Edi Weitz! From the festival organizers: The Photobook Days 2010 are honoring the independence of photobooks by dedicating this festival to it. The lead organizer is the association Freundeskreis... Continue Reading →
One photobook festival that I recently missed, and would have enjoyed attending, was the 3rd International FotoBuch (Photobook) Festival in Kassel, Germany, that ran from May 13-16. I was in Euope on assignment outside Rome that week, but this is not like a game of horseshoes, I was not close enough! I am trying to obtain a list of the 2009-10 recommended books... Continue Reading →
Photo-eye News Blast: Welcome to the Best Photobooks of 2009. Continuing where photo-eye left off last year, they've expanded this long photo-eye tradition to include top 10 photobook lists from a group of prominent photographers, bookmakers, editors, publishers and critics (NOTE: This wonderful list includes yours truly, Douglas Stockdale this year!). Below you'll find a... Continue Reading →
As another twist on the current discussions about the Future of PhotoBooks, another new venue (okay, Blog) is sprouting wings, a joint venture between blogsters Hester Keijser of mrs. deane & Jorg Colberg of Conscientous for a blog dedicated to aiding the distribution of dyi books & zines for sale, titled The Independent Photo Book. I am not sure how this will play... Continue Reading →
I just wanted to provide a very quick update on the ongoing crowd-sourcing discussion about the Future of PhotoBooks being moderated by Miki Johnson on the Resolve blog, in which I provided my thoughts about The Future of PhotoBooks. I have provided a follow-up on The PhotoBook for the Innovative PhotoBooks for 2009 that I reviewed. To date on the... Continue Reading →
I recently received a news flash from the used book portal AbeBooks regarding the three most expensive photobooks sold through them in 2009, which are impressive sales figures: 1. Sumo by Helmut Newton - $10,867 Limited edition of 10,000 and this copy is signed by the German-born fashion photographer. This massive photography book measures 20 x 28... Continue Reading →
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