While I was reviewing some recent photobooks, I realized that I have been using some book design and publishing jargon that may not be as well known to photographers and readers of photobooks. I think for many folks, the book printer (and bindery) may be a black-box; photographs and essays go in one side and... Continue Reading →
Book Fair this Sunday in Santa Monica – updated
Book Fair and print sale for emerging photographer/artists Which includes yours truly, me! I will be there with my artist book Pine Lake as well as my Ciociaria Limited Edition book + print set (both versions), and trade copies of Ciociaria to purchase and be signed. I will also have a framed limited edition photograph... Continue Reading →
Mateusz Sarello – Swell
Copyright Mateusz Sarello 2013 published by Instytut Kultury Wizualnej After receiving Mateuszu Sarello’s photobook Swell, I was immediately struck by the many possibilities being offered up by his book’s ingenious and well executed design that metaphorically works with Sarello's photographic. This has resulted in a beautifully conceived and photographed book. Very simply, his is a story... Continue Reading →
Carolyn Drake – Two Rivers
Copyright Carolyn Drake 2013 self-published Carolyn Drake has self-published a very interesting book this year, titled Two Rivers. This excellent and creative book has garnered a number of insightful reviews that discuss this body of work much better than I, so I am going to defer to others as to how this book came to... Continue Reading →
Massimo Vitali – Natural Habitats
Copyright Massimo Vitali 2011 published by Steidl Massimo Vitali’s Natural Habitats was one of the larger photobooks in overall size and mass published by Steidl in 2010, which is a nice match up with the large format photographs that Vitali works with. I had access to inspect some of Vitali press images, two of which... Continue Reading →
Jefferson Hayman – I’ll Find Another One Prettier Than You
Photographs copyright Jefferson Hayman 2012 published by Ampersand Gallery and Fine Books This is a smaller stiff-cover book that utilizes the print on demand technology; hence the binding is tight and creates restrictions in opening and reading the book’s contents. As such, this is not a book that the interior pages will lay flat, which... Continue Reading →
Mitch Epstein – New York Arbor
Copyright Mitch Epstein 2013 published by Steidl Mitch Epstein’s recent photobook New York Arbor is a slight departure from his earlier photographic work, most recent of which is American Power (2009) and Berlin (2011), also published by Steidl. Although New York Arbor was photographed with his trademark 8 x10” view camera, the film and resulting... Continue Reading →
Le PhotobookFest – Paris November 15 – 17, 2013
Since I was soooo busy with finishing Pine Lake, my artist book, I neglected to provide some updates on other events such as Le PhotobookFest which will be occurring this coming weekend in conjunction with Paris Photo. The Le PhotobookFest will be at a different venue, L'Ancienne Imprimerie/Picture Tank, 19 rue Bisson 75020 Paris, than the... Continue Reading →
Photobook Reviews
Photograph copyright Jane Alt For the past couple of months I have been pretty self-absorbed in getting my own artist photobook Pine Lake published. While developing the book dummy, I did not anticipate how much band width would be consumed in producing the 25 copies of this hand made book. Essentially my last photobook review... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale – Pine Lake
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale self-published Limited Edition Artist Book I am very thrilled to announce the publication of my hand-made artist book Pine Lake. Thus post is not intended to be a book review, as I need to let others provide more objective assessments. This is just a blatant self promotion. Pine Lake... Continue Reading →
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