The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Book dummy #2, Middle Ground, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale For those on the left coast next week, I am very happy to be speaking on "PhotoBooks as Art" for the Photographic and Digital Artist Group (PADA) at the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7 pm. For non-members there is a... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Charles-Frédérick Ouellet (born in Chicoutimi; lives in Québec City, Canada) Publisher: Les Éditions du renard, Montréal, Canada; © 2017 Text: Poem “Dompter le naufrage” by Fabien Cloutier Language: French Illustration: Frédérik Lévesque Hardback, sewn; 108 pages with 55 images, paginated; 9 x 10.5"; printed in Canada by Deschamps Impression; edition of 500 and special... Continue Reading →
The Tenth Photobook Festival in Kassel, Germany, will feature an interesting collaborative workshop on editing photographs in preparation for photobook publication, “From the Theory to the Book.” It will be led by Valentina Abenavoli, who is also a successful publisher of photobooks (AKINA Books). The description of this English-language workshop states in part: FROM... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • New York City has always held a special place in the hearts and minds of the world. The New York of the mid-1940s through the 1950s had its own unique atmosphere. One of the busiest metropolitan areas, it was characterized by neighborhoods with distinct characteristics and a somewhat more leisurely... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Lynn Alleva Lilley (born Silver Spring, MD & resides Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Published by Eriskay Connection, 2017, the Netherlands Text: English Poems: Samih al Qasim, Jane Hirshfield Stiff cover fine canvas, sewn & glued binding, four-color lithography, printed by Jos Morree (Fine Books) Photobook designer: Rob van Hoesel Lithography: Sebastiaan Hanekroot (Colour & Books) Notes: I... Continue Reading →
Judy Dater, Only Human, Santa Monica, February 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend Gerry Clausing and I took a small road trip from Orange County to Santa Monica for the Classic Photographs exhibition event. It is appearing that this will one of the few photographic exhibition events in Southern California with Photo l.a. and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Donald Weber (Toronto, Canada & resides in Amsterdam, The Nederland’s) http://donaldweber.com/ Microscopy: Donald Weber and Kevin Robbie Published by Polygon, Nederland, copyright 2018 https://shop.donaldweber.com/products/war-sand Essay by Larry Frolick, Kevin Robbie and Donald Weber Text: English, French, German Stiff covers, map insert, perfect bound (sewn & glued), block trim, four-color lithography, D-day Glossary, printed by... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Daidō Moriyama (born in Okeda, Osaka, and lives in Tokyo, Japan) Editor: Mark Holborn Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY; © 2017 Essay: “The Headlights in My Eyes” by Mark Holborn Language: English Sewn hardback with illustrated slipcase; 230+ images, of which some 50 are in color; 424 pages, paginated sections; printed and... Continue Reading →
Interesting Photobooks for 2017 selection by TPBJ staff This weekend we were treated with a little surprise as we received notice that this photobook website was selected as one of the top twenty photobook sites on the web. Okay, not bad! Then I read a little further and found out that not only are we... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • War. I don’t understand it and fortunately I have not had to experience it, although I live on an old WW2 bombing range, but that’s another story. Louie Palu in his new multi-media publication (can we really call this a photobook?) Front Towards Enemy provides a version of a photo-documentary... Continue Reading →
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