The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn 2008 copyright Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith's book The Bridge Project was chosen as the Themed Category Winner of Blurb's Photography.Book.Now 2008 book competition. It is a beautiful book and an equally wonderful urban landscape project. Smith states that he was closely associated with Joel Meyerowitz's World Trade Center Archive and his use of color and... Continue Reading →
An excellent opportunity to see a broad and interesting selection of fine photographic books is to attend one of the many photography fairs or book exhibitions. So put on your planning calendar photo l.a., which will be in Santa Monica (LA County) January 9-11th, 2009 (Friday to Sunday). photo l.a. is the 18th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition.... Continue Reading →
Copyright, Man Ray, 2008, Taschen I recently picked up a Man Ray book published by Taschen (published 2008) as part of their Special Icon series. I could almost afford not to as the new price was $7.99 USD at Borders. And this is a hardcover book with slip cover no less. Wow! This small book (7-5/8 x 5-3/4)... Continue Reading →
Yucatan Passages, copyright 2004 Robert Hansen We have the opportunity to follow Robert Hansen as he travels, photographs and experiences Southern Mexico in his large hardbound book Yucatan Passages published by the Laguna Wilderness Press in 2004. Hansen's black and white photographs are beautifully conceived and executed. The landscape of the ancient Mayan landscape is well seen and balanced with the contemporary... Continue Reading →
In the Garden, Beth Dow, Blurb 2008 Beth Dow's In The Garden, was the 2008 grand prize winner of the recent Blurb Photography.Book.Now juried book competition. Dow had developed her large format book based on the Plantium Palladium prints from her photographs made in formal English and Italian gardens. This book probably does represent some of the best in self-publishing book design utilizing... Continue Reading →
In Passing, Second Edition, by Douglas Stockdale, self-published (Blurb) 2008 Yes, yours truely just published the second edition of In Passing the series of road side memorials that I photographed from late 2005 - 2007. Twenty of the photographs from the series were published in LensWork Magazine (#74 Jan-Feb 2008). Earlier this year that I had self-published the... Continue Reading →
Ben Roberts, One More Night, Self-published, Blurb 2008 This book review is one part photograph project published by Ben Roberts, One More Night, and another part an assessment of self-publishing and Blurb's new 100 lb paper. The bottom like I like both parts! But first the London club scene of Ben Roberts. This small, tight hardcover book with the... Continue Reading →
If you are in NYC, an interesting exhibit about Book Dummies is taking place at the ICP (International Center of Photography) through December 27th, 2008. From the exhibit: Book Dummies is an exhibition that gives insight into the process of making a photo book. It reveals the many layers of the process, and gives a step-by-step... Continue Reading →
East of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1971 copyright David Plowden Last year in 2007 a retrospective book was published about David Plowden's photographs Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photograph with an introduction by Steve Edwards and published by W. W. Norton. Initially I thought that this book by Plowden was going to be easy to review. It is beautifully... Continue Reading →
On October 20th, 2008, the Lucie Awards were presented in NYC. And of course the catagory of interest to us was the Book Publisher catagory. And the results are (drum roll, please): BOOK PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR - And the winner is 21st Editions | Jamie Baldridge - The Everywhere Chronicles Presented by Amy Arbus, Photographer... Continue Reading →
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