The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Jacek Fota (Warsaw, Poland) Publisher: Fundacja Centrum Architektury, Warsaw, Poland 2015. Co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw Essays: Introduction by Agnieszka Rasmus-Zgorzelska / Interviews by Milena Rachid Chebab Language: English (English edition, 430 copies); there is also a Polish edition. Hardcover book with 112 pages, not numbered; 70 color photographs numbered and captioned... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria published by Edizioni Punctum, now in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Just announced by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University that the Indie Photobook Library (iPL) has been just incorporated into their collection. The collection includes more than 2,000 photobooks from around the world along with related ephemera, archives of the... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Yanina Shevchenko Photographer: Yanina Shevchenko (born: Russia – resides: Barcelona, Spain) Publisher: The Velvet Cell (London, Taipei) Essays: Yanina Shevchenko Text: English Stiffcover book, saddle-stitch binding, four-color lithography, printed in Taiwan Photobook designer: Velvet Cell Graphics Notes: In America a “road-trip” in which one wants get up-close and personal with the land is usually by accomplished... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Arion Gabor Kudasz Photographer: Arion Gabor Kudasz (born, Hungary and resides in Budapest) Publisher: Magyar Fotografusok Haza Nonprofit Kft (Hungary) Essays: Arion Gabor Kudasz, Gabriella Uhl, Emese Kudasz Text: Hungarian, English Stiffcover book, sewn naked binding, four-color lithography, printed in Budapest, with poster Photobook designer: Nora Demeczky Notes: A complex and layered personal photographic project that investigates... Continue Reading →
Hello photobook friends, Regretfully no photobook review will be published this week as I am in the midst of curating a potential photographic exhibition and under a bit of a deadline for the gallery submission. So ample opportunity for you to look at the past 395 photobook reviews that are available on this site. Use... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Lisa Elmaleh Photographer: Lisa Elmaleh (b. Miami, FL & resides in West Virginia, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press Essays: Ann McCary Sullivan & Lisa Elmaleh Text: English Hardcover book with wrap around cover with interior pocket, Smyth-sewn binding, interior booklet saddle stiched, lithography, without captions or pagination, printed in Richmond, VA Photobook designer: Andrew Fedynak and Lisa... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Julia Borissova Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-published by the artist, signed and numbered edition of 100 Essays: Julia Borissova, Alexander Fokin Text: English Hardcover book, hand-sewn naked binding, digital printing in Russia Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: Julia Borissova in her recent artist book, Dimitry, investigates the Russian Tsar Dimitry... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Susan Burnstine Photographer: Susan Burnstine (b. Chicago, IL & resides Los Angeles, CA, USA) Publisher: Damiani Editore (Italy) Essays: Text by Del Zogg, Chantel Paul, Susan Burnstine Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Biography, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Masumi Shibata Notes: Susan Burnstine’s second photobook Absence of Being is a collection of... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Rania Matar Photographer: Rania Matar (b. Lebanon – resides Boston, MA, USA) Publisher: Damiani (Italy) Essays: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Louis Lowry, Kristen Gresh Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in photo, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions and pagination, Plates, printed by Grafiche Damiani in Italy Photobook designer: Jesse Holborn, Design Holborn Notes:... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 (Steidl Edition) Robert Adams Photographer: Robert Hickman Adams, Ph.D. (b. Orange, NJ – resides USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) (first published by Colorado Associated University Press, 1974) Essays: John Szarkowski & Robert Adams Text: English Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, pagination and captions, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Paul Weaver... Continue Reading →
