The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Max Sher - Palimpsests, Copyright 2018 Photographer: Max Sher, born St Petersburg (then Leningrad), resides Moscow (RU) Published by Ad Marginem with support from Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany/Russia), 2018 Essays: Kate Bush, Maxim Trudolyubov, Nuria Fatykhova Text: Russian, English Hardcover book, embossed cloth over boards, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by IPK Pareto-Print, Russia Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This is a slim volume with a series of understated, elegant images framed with an expansive amount of classic white margins. The photographs are a combination of toned and hand colored silver gelatin photographs in which the subjects appear to be only casually related without a real sense of a... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Saskia Groneberg (born in Munich; lives in Munich and Berlin, Germany) Publisher: Edition Taube, Munich and Zurich; © 2017 Essay: Thomas Seelig Text: German and English Hardback, thread-stitched; 76 pages, unpaginated; 21.5 x 29.5 cm; printed by Longo A.G., Bozen/Bolzano, Italy Photobook Designers: Saskia Groneberg and Jonas Beuchert Notes: Studying this photobook, one... Continue Reading →
A Place Both Wonderful and Strange, Edited by Gustavo Aleman Artists/Photographers with essays; Anna Beeke, Carl Bigmore, Melissa Catanese, Salvi Danes, Cristina De Middel, Enrico Di Nardo + Valentina Natarelli, Antone Dolezal, Philippe Fragniere, Jason Fulford, Rory Hamovit, Sara Palmieri, Sarah Walker Publisher: Fuego Books, 2017 (book is not dated) Afterword: David Company Text: English... Continue Reading →
Hannes Wanderer -- Photo Courtesy of and © Nathaniel Grann We are very sad to note the untimely death this month of Hannes Wanderer, publisher of Peperoni Books, as well as proprietor of 25books, a bookstore on Brunnenstrasse in Berlin. Hannes was a very special and unique person. He was totally committed to the... Continue Reading →
War is only Half the Story – 10 years of the Aftermath Project, Edited by Sara Terry & Teun Van Der Heijden, Copyright 2018 Director/Founder/sustaining editor; Sara Terry (resides in Los Angeles, CA, USA) Photographers: various, all copyrights apply to the photographers Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (Manchester, UK) Introduction: Sara Terry, essays by Donald Weber, Clare Cavanagh, poems... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop Los Angeles Center for Photography Next month, October 7th and 14th, I will be repeating my popular two-day workshop in conjunction with the Los Angeles Center for Photograph (LACP). This workshop focuses on the fundamental development of a book; understanding the artists intent and how that then translates into a book object... Continue Reading →
Let Me Fall Again, Julia Borissova, Copyright 2018 Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-Published: St Petersburg, Russia Essay, Julia Borissova Text: Russian, English Stiffcover book, handsewn binding, stitching, inserts, gate-folds, First edition of 239, hand-made in Russia Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: It was not until I had a chance to spend time... Continue Reading →
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 →
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