John Gossage, San Diego, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale I have been following John Gossage’s photographic book publication career for some time and when I noted that he would be at the Medium Festival in San Diego, it seemed like a really great time to discuss his book making and publishing background. We have traded messages... Continue Reading →
Lea Habourdin – Survivalists
Artist: Lea Habourdin (born Lille & resides Paris, FR) Published by Fuego Books, Murcia (ES) copyright 2017 Text: English, French, Spanish Stiff cover with French-fold over-covers, sewn & glued binding, four-color lithography, Edition size: 500, printed by Artes Graficas Palermo (ES) Photobook designer: Jorge Fernandez Puebla Notes: Regretfully in today’s political climate with two mentally unstable... Continue Reading →
Interesting Photobooks of 2017 (plus a few from 2016)
Interesting Photobooks of 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale As in years past, we have been providing a short list of photobooks we have found interesting, whether it was the photographic content, concept of the project, the book’s design or production qualities; and most interesting when it was a delightful combination of all of these book elements.... Continue Reading →
Duane Michals – Portraits
Photographer: Duane Michals (born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; resides in New York City) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, © 2017 Essays and commentary: Duane Michals Text: English Hard cover with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color printing; 176 numbered pages; 178 captioned photographs with additional notes and commentary; 12x10 inches; printed and bound in China... Continue Reading →
Paweł Jaszczuk – Everything You Do Is A Balloon
Photographer: Paweł Jaszczuk (born in Warsaw, Poland; lives and works in Warsaw and Tokyo, Japan) Publisher: Lieutenant Willsdorff, Bordeaux, France, © 2016 Essay: Sophie Knight Text: English Hard cover with sewn binding and black nylon hosiery wrapper; four-color offset printing; 74 pages, not numbered; 44 images; 6x9 inches; printed in Poland by Drukarnia Klimiuk, Warsaw... Continue Reading →
Matthew Thompson – Camino
Photographer: Matthew Thompson (born Fullerton, California, USA; resides Ostrava, Czech Republic) Publisher: Self-published, Ostrava, Czech Republic, © 2017 Essays: Introduction by the photographer Text: English and Spanish Sewn hard cover with dust jacket; 112 numbered pages; 54 images; four-color lithography; 15x21 cm; edition of 500; printed by Printo, CZ Photobook designer: Jiří Šigut – Concept,... Continue Reading →
Brandon Thibodeaux – In That Land of Perfect Day
Photographer: Brandon Thibodeaux (born Beaumont & resides Dallas, TX) Published by Red Hook Editions: Brooklyn, NY copyright 2017 Text: English Hardcover, clothbound, gold leaf embossed, sewn binding, quad-tone (two for black and two for grey shades) printing, printed & bound by Wilco Art Books (Amersfoort, Netherlands) Photobook designer: Heijdens Karwei, Teun van der Heijden Color Management &... Continue Reading →
Frank Cancian – Lacedonia – An Italian Town, 1957
Photographer: Frank Cancian (born Stafford Springs, CT and lives in Irvine, CA) Self-Published (350): Irvine, CA, second edition copyright 2017 Essays: Franco Arminio, Rocco Pagnatiello and Frank Cancian Text: English Stiff cover, perfect bound glued binding, digital lithography, printed by Hemlock Printers (Canada) Photobook designer: Doug daSilva Notes: As an anthropologist by training and a photographer... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale – Guide to Self-Publishing an Indie Artist Book
Author and Principal Photographer: Douglas Stockdale (born Butler, PA; resides Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) Publisher: Self-published; first edition, first printing of 400; copyright © 2017 Text: English Stiff-cover saddle-stitched book of 40 numbered pages with 14 images on several types of paper; 7.5x9 inches; full-color digital lithography, printed by Dual Graphics, Brea, California; $19.95 plus shipping... Continue Reading →
Chris Mottalini – Land of Smiles
Photographer: Chris Mottalini (born Buffalo, NY & resides Brooklyn NY, USA) Self-Published: Corgi Editions (E: 350): Brooklyn, NY copyright 2017 Text: English & Thai Stiff cover with French folds, Japanese folded pages and cold-glue binding, four-color lithography, printed in Belgium by Die Keure Photobook designer: Remake Design (Mike Dyer) Notes: Chris Mottalini’s recently self-published photobook Land... Continue Reading →