I just received the catalog for the Swann Auction Galleries May 14th Photographic Literature & Fine Photographs auction that will occur on May 14, 2009 in NYC. As always, it provides a pulse on the "collectibility" of photobooks. I have already provided some details on the photobook gem of this auction, a complete set of the Edward... Continue Reading →
Edward S. Curtis complete volume at Swann Auction Galleries
Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. Volumes 1-20 The photographic book(s) that will be the center piece at the May 14, 2009 Swann Auction Galleries is going to be lot 11 going up for bid at 10:30 AM, a complete volume... Continue Reading →
Nick Waplington – Double Dactyl
Double Dactyl photographs copyright of Nickolas (Nick) Waplington, courtesy of Trolly Books This is a self titled book with an interesting twist and probably elaborating will add some insights into Waplington's creative body of work. In poetry theory a dactyl refers to a unit of rhythms that has three syllables with the emphasis on the first, thus... Continue Reading →
Photolucida Critical Mass publications
One of potential opportunities of participating in Photolucida's Critical Mass juried event is becoming published, as the top three photographers will be rewarded with a book. For the person who scores the highest, their book will be in hardcover, not softcover. All of the books are the same size of 8 1/2 x 10", although... Continue Reading →
Photography.Book.Now call for entries
Beth Dow "In the Garden" 2008 Photography.Book.Now Grand Prize Winner The 2009 Photography.Book.Now self-publishing book competition is now open, with more information here. The lead book juriest for this will Darius Himes, co-founder of Radius Books, who was a judge in the 2008 competition. The grand prize will be again, $25,000.00, which is probably why there... Continue Reading →
Barack Obama – photographic books
One of the interesting aspects of the pending Presidential inaguration of Barack Obama, is the growing number of books about him that are now being published. One segement of these new books are the photographic books, which interesting enough, are becoming very quickly available through the Print on Demand (POD) press. Almost as quick as the web, these books can... Continue Reading →
Photo-eye – Best of 2008
I had missed the Photo-eye best of 2008 list, but it was brought to my attention at photo l.a. by Jeffery Ladd, who made one of the lists, (but alas I did not). So check this out and follow the various matrix of links to the various best of 2008 books lists, a ton of recommended books to... Continue Reading →
Photo l.a. update
Last Friday I had an opportunity to attend photo l.a., which is a wonderful opportunity to see a broad spectrum of photographs, but also see the most currently published books and sometimes meet the photographers who created them. Thus, I have a large pile of new books on the nightstand;- ) I did have an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
Muse-ings with Atherton – Few books from 2008
First, if you have not noticed, Tim Atherton is back writing his blog muse-ings again, so welcome back Tim! Second, he just posted an interesting article about a few books for 2008, that is worth a read. Third, I had hoped to have an article in conjunction with Jonathan Brown at Leadapron for some recommendations for 2008,... Continue Reading →
Errata Editions at photo l.a.
Speaking of Jeffery Ladd, I just received a note from him that he will be at the Schaden booth at photo l.a. along with the four new books that he recently published through his Errata Editions. So if you are in the L.A. area January 9-11th, 2009, drop by and introduce yourself, much like I expect to do on Friday. Best... Continue Reading →
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