The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Jurek Wajdowicz (born in Cracow, Poland; lives in New York City) Publisher: EWS Press, New York, NY; © 2017 Hardback, sewn binding; illustrated cover; 72 pages, paginated, full color; 7 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches (20 x 30 cm); printed in the USA Photobook Designer: Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios Notes: Letting go of one’s... Continue Reading →
NY Art Book Fair Printed Matter, Inc. presents THE NY ART BOOK FAIR September 21-23, 2018 Preview: Thursday, September 20, 6-9pm Purchase your preview ticket here. Printed Matter Members receive free entry to the preview. Please present your membership card at the door. To join as a Member, click here. Free entrance HOURS AND... Continue Reading →
FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo The annual 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo will recognize a documentary photographer whose project demonstrates courage and commitment in addressing a violation of human rights, a significant injustice or an assault on human dignity. The selected project will be published as part of a series... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • I met Melissa Lazuka while reviewing her portfolio at the LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography) EXPOSURES 2018 event last July during which we spent time with two of her artist books, Song of Cicadas and Fly Away, both of which I thought were brilliant. We mostly discussed the challenges... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Todd Weaver (born in Kansas City, Missouri; lives in Los Angeles, California) Publisher: Self-published; © 2018 Essays: Devendra Banhart; Rodrigo Amarante Text: English Hardcover book, sewn, cloth-bound, debossed cover with tipped-in illustration; 212 paginated pages; 9 ¼ x 11 ¾ inches; printed in the USA by Dual Graphics Photobook designer: Todd Weaver Notes: ... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale * I am always amazed when an artist attempts to define an internal personal feeling, whether is it is a dazzling sense of excitement or a gloomy sense of dread, that they are able to convey those feeling with visual images that seem to connect for me in regard to those... Continue Reading →
Michael Kolster - Take Me to the River Photographer: Michael Kolster (born Milwaukee, WI, resides Brunswick, ME, USA) Publisher: George Thompson Publishing (USA) 2016 Essays: Michael Kolster, Alison Norström and Matthew Klingle Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, tri-tone (black & white) lithography, including 10 gatefolds, printed at ESB, Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Judy Dater (born in Hollywood, CA; lives in Berkeley, CA) Publisher: Marymount Institute Press and TSEHAI Publishers, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA; © 2018 Essays: Teresa de Vroom (Foreword); Judy Dater (“Only Human”); Marilyn Symmes (“The Portrait Within”); Gloria Williams Sander (“The Archaeology of a Photograph”); Donna Stein (“Looking Back”) Text: English Linen-bound... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Cat Gwynn (born in Glendale, CA; lives in Los Angeles) Publisher: Red Bird Books, Los Angeles, CA; © 2017 Essays: Notes by Cat Gwynn; Quotes Text: English Hardcover, sewn; 136 pages, paginated; color photographs; 10 ¼ x 10 inches; printed in Canada Photobook Designer: Kathy Martens Notes: Occasionally I have written about the value... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Yehlin Lee (born and lives in Taipei, Taiwan) Publisher: Akaaka Art Publishing, Kyoto, Japan; © 2017 Afterword: Yehlin Lee Text: Japanese, Chinese, English Hardback, sewn, with debossed illustrated cover; 118 unpaginated pages with 76 color photographs; 26 x 26 cm (10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches); printed and bound in Japan by Live... Continue Reading →
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