The Epilogue, Laia Abril & book design by Ramon Pez In conjunction with Art Book LA 2017, there will be two photobook workshops occurring on back to back weekends. One workshop lead is by the team of Ramon Pez and Michael Brown, sponsored by Magnum, which is being held at LACP and the other workshop... Continue Reading →
Left Coast PhotoBook News: LA ART BOOK FAIR 2017
LA Art Book Fair coming soon to the Left Coast! February 24 – February 26, 2017 Preview: Thursday, February 23, 2017, 6–9 pm Location: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA: The Geffen Contemporary is located at 152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 This is the fifth annual LA Art Book Fair (which I missed... Continue Reading →
Left coast photobook news: Ruscha at OCMA
Every Building on the Sunset Strip copyright 1966 Ed Ruscha Currently OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art) is exhibiting Pop Art Design and included are a few works by Ed Ruscha, but probably the most interesting to those who enjoy photobooks is a very long display of Ed Ruscha’s 1966 Every Building on the Sunset Strip.... Continue Reading →
Nancy Baron – Palm Springs > The Good Life Goes On
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Palm Springs has been a geographical and cultural mecca (not only for Southern Californians) since the early twentieth century, a place where a variety of endeavors have had the freedom to unfold. Especially in our time, both celebrities and others consider this desert city a notable attraction, an informed center... Continue Reading →
David Carol – No Plan B
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This monograph of David Carol’s photographs recaps twenty-three years of candid and ironic black and white street photography and is a visual testament to his love of this medium. He has been fortunate to have a career as working photographer, but these are his personal out-takes of situations that momentarily... Continue Reading →
Claire Felicie – Only The Sky Remains Untouched
Copyright 2016 Claire Felicie Photographer: Claire Felicie (born Breda, NL, resides Amsterdam, NL) Self-published (the Nederland) Essays: Claire Felicie Text: English Stiffcover book, sewn binding, quad-color (2 blacks, dark grey, warm grey) lithography by Colour and Books, printed in the Nederland Photobook designer: Sybren Kuiper ( -SYB- ) Notes: Claire Felicie has undertaken a daunting task of investigating the... Continue Reading →
Barbara Kyne – By Fire
Photographer: Barbara Kyne (born Hoboken, NJ; resides Oakland, CA) Publisher: Self-published, © 2015 Essay: “On Contemplation and Perception” by Barbara Kyne Text: English Stiff cover book with 32 pages, not numbered; 10 duotone photographs; 8.75 x 7.25". Marketed by Norfolk Press and by the photographer. Photobook Designer: Yon Sim Notes: By Fire is... Continue Reading →
Young-hwan Choi – BABEL
Copyright 2014 Young-hwan Choi Photographer: Young-hwan Choi (born & resides in Seoul, South Korea) Self-Published (South Korea) Essays: Young-hwan Choi, Dong-sun Jin, Sang-yong Shim Text: Korean & English Stiffcover book with tipped in image, perfect binding, four-color lithography, printed by Photonet in South Korea Photobook designer: Photonet, South Korea Notes: Choi’s self-published photobook BABEL is a tall, thin collection... Continue Reading →
Daniel Alexander & Andrew Haslam – When War is Over
Copyright 2016 Daniel Alexander & Andrew Haslam Photographer: Daniel Alexander (born Edinburgh, Scotland, resides London, UK) Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK) Essay: Daniel Alexander Text: English Hardcover book with embossed cover, inserts, multiple gatefolds, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Daniel Alexander Notes: Towards the end of World War I in 1917, the United Kingdom made a decision... Continue Reading →
Ara Oshagan – Mirror
Book review by Douglas Stockdale - Ara Oshagan and his self-published photobook Mirror uses a documentary style to create a predominately black and white diary of the Gor Mkhitarian band but with an unusual twist; he incorporates technology that allows the viewer to scan the appropriate interior pages and link up the related music on... Continue Reading →