The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Cat Gwynn (born in Glendale, CA; lives in Los Angeles) Publisher: Red Bird Books, Los Angeles, CA; © 2017 Essays: Notes by Cat Gwynn; Quotes Text: English Hardcover, sewn; 136 pages, paginated; color photographs; 10 ¼ x 10 inches; printed in Canada Photobook Designer: Kathy Martens Notes: Occasionally I have written about the value... Continue Reading →
Artist: Cathy Immordino (born Eden Prairie, MN & resides Los Angeles, CA) Self-Published, USA, 2017 Text: English Soft cover, hand printed & PVA binding, leporello design, cyanotype printing, Edition 20 Artist book concept & designer: Cathy Immordino Notes: In Lewis Carol’s fantasy novel Through the Looking Glass, the reader embarks on a curious journey that takes... Continue Reading →
LES (Lower East Side) Foto Book Fair LOCATION Foley Gallery 59 Orchard Street New York, New York 10002 HOURS July 21 | 11am - 7pm July 22 | 12pm - 6pm
Photographer: Yehlin Lee (born and lives in Taipei, Taiwan) Publisher: Akaaka Art Publishing, Kyoto, Japan; © 2017 Afterword: Yehlin Lee Text: Japanese, Chinese, English Hardback, sewn, with debossed illustrated cover; 118 unpaginated pages with 76 color photographs; 26 x 26 cm (10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches); printed and bound in Japan by Live... Continue Reading →
Photographer: David Lynch (born in Missoula, Montana; lives in Los Angeles, California) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY in association with Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris; © 2017; published in the United States in June 2018 Cloth-bound hardback with transparent printed dust cover; 240 unpaginated pages with 125 black-and-white and color photographs;... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Simon Roberts (born & resides Great Britain) Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK, 2017 Text: English Introduction by David Chandler and essays by A L Kennedy, Alex Vasudevan, Carol Ann Duffy, David Matless, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Ian Jeffrey, Irenosen Okojie, Nikesh Shukla and Tristram Hunt. Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, detailed captions, pagination, printed by... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Family mysteries and family secrets, how does one investigate these and then subsequently report their findings? What if there is no collaboration; those who could speak to what occurred are no longer among us, then how does one know really with certainty what the "truth", a slippery slope at best,... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • This innovative artist book by Douglas Stockdale brings to mind the parable “Before the Law” by Franz Kafka, in which a man is confronted by what seems to be an overwhelming obstacle and fails to overcome it, even though he could have, as we who are the readers readily understand.... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Christoph Oeschger (born and living in Zürich, Switzerland) Publisher: cpress, Zürich, Switzerland; © 2017 Essay: Léopold Lambert Text: English Softcover, naked-stitched binding with transparent dust cover; 140 pages, non-paginated, with 1060 photographs; 16x26 cm; edition of 600 copies; printed by Graphius, Ghent, Belgium Photobook Designers: Christof Nüssli, Christoph Oeschger, Chiara Zarotti Notes: Over... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Anthony Hernandez (born Los Angeles & resides Los Angeles & Idaho) Published by Silas Finch, NY, USA, 2016 Text: English Printed chipboard over cloth end sheets, sewn binding, tri-tone black & white lithography, printed by Studley Press, Dalton, MA (USA) Photobook designer: Kevin Messina Notes: A monograph of Anthony Hernandez’s earliest body of work... Continue Reading →
