The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Marc Feustel, copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 This is the second in my series of my conversations with PhotoBook enthusiast during my lay-over in Paris. Marc Feustel is a very interesting guy and a delightful conversationist, and I highly recommend his thoughtful reviews of photobooks that are available on his blog, Eye Curious. Although my intent was to obtain his insight on Kiyoshi... Continue Reading →
Mathieu Lambert, copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 I had a nice opportunity to discuss photobooks, personal projects and life with Mathieu Lambert this afternoon. The light Paris rain did drive us indoors for a couple of hours, but that was fine as we quickly found a nice bottle of Pinot Noir. Afterwards we moved out to the nice cushions... Continue Reading →
Copyright Dayanita Singh 2010 courtesy Steidl Reading Dayanita Singh’s recent photobook Dream Villa is a wonderful exclamation point on why I enjoy my own night photography; the process can evoke from an otherwise seemingly ordinary landscape a very mysterious narrative. Similar to when the extended durations of photographic exposures can alter the plastic reality of time, the... Continue Reading →
Copyright Gina LeVay 2009 courtesy powerHouse Books You could say that Gina LeVay had to “get down and dirty” to photograph the miners who create the underground tunnels for New York City. This is a mash-up of those who are involved in the tunneling, affectionately called Sandhogs, and the environmental context of where their efforts... Continue Reading →
Photolucida 2008 Critical Mass winners - published 2009 From the nice folks at Photolucida: Andy Freeberg's Guardians, Céline Clanet's Máze and Priya Kambli's Color Falls Down...three rich visual perspectives from an American photographer in Russia, a French photographer in Lapland, and an American photographer with roots in India. All three gorgeous books, sure to make... Continue Reading →
Just in: Open Call for Entries: Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair Within the past decade, zines and self-published books have established a significant presence in the contemporary art world, with many artists and independent publishers primarily focused on this medium. The Camera Club of New York's Conversations Series... Continue Reading →
Copyright Suan Anderson 2009, courtesy powerHouse books Susan Anderson’s photobook High Glitz, The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants is a series of formal portraits of young girls who participate in beauty pageants that have been exclusively tailored for them. These pageants are unique to the United States. Anderson chooses to focus her lens on the resulting... Continue Reading →
copyright Olaf Otto Becker, 2009 courtesy Hatje Cantz Verlag Olaf Otto Becker’s Above Zero is a beautiful documentary style narrative about the melt water of Greenland’s ice cap. Becker investigates the annual melt water that occurs each summer. It might seem that finding the presence of running water on top of snow and ice to... Continue Reading →
The results are now in and being announced for the two competitions at the 3rd International FotoBuch (PhotoBook) Festival recently held in Kassel, Germany. Here are the judges comments for three photobook Dummy Prize winners: The first prize was awarded to the Berliner Werner Amann for his book design American. Using light and also intensely expressive images, the photographer achieved to capture a... Continue Reading →
Copyright Alamo & Costello 2010, courtesy Dark Lark Press The 2010 World Cup has just started in South Africa and there will be many pubs, sports bars, taverns, and assorted watering holes where fans will be hoisting a few brews and cheering their favorite team and players on to victory. The fan support at The... Continue Reading →
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