The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright 2016 Members of the Bronx Photo League Photographers: Bronx Photo League (Bronx, NYC) Publisher: Bronx Documentary Center Editions, Bronx, NY Essays: Mike Kamber, Ed Murphy Text: English & Spanish Hardcover book, linen covers with tipped in image, sewn binding, 93 Black & white photographs, duo-tone printing with spot varnish, captions, member biographs, printed by Fort Orange... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Carol Golemboski Photographer: Carol Golemboski (b. Shreveport, Louisiana – resides outside Denver, CO) Publisher: Flash Powder Projects Essay: Shirley Jackson Text: English Hardcover book, embossed cover, duo-tone printing, Smyth sewn binding, captions, printed by EBS, Verona, Italy Photobook designer: Jordan Swartz Notes: Golemboski’s monograph of intricate manipulated photographs investigate nostalgia, loss and impermanence. The manipulated prints... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale & Gerhard Clausing Our report (Gerhard Clausing, Contributing Editor, and myself) from last Saturday’s LA Art Book Fair 2017. As in the past this Fair can be overwhelming and it is truly difficult to see the entire Fair in one day, least to have emphasis on just the photographic books. It... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing John Loengard is a photojournalist with many decades of experience. As part of his distinguished career with Life magazine and beyond, he has photographed many notables and others along the way. Thus one will find among the 135 photographs in this volume some interesting shots of singers such as the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Paula Bronstein (American, lives in Bangkok, Thailand) Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, 2016 Essays: Foreword by Kim Barker / “Afghan Women” by Christina Lamb / Afterword by Paula Bronstein Text: English Hardcover cloth-bound book with 228 numbered pages, 114 color images with captions; sewn binding, printed in China. Louann Atkins Temple Women and... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Barbara Kyne Photographer: Barbara Kyne (b. Hoboken, New Jersey – resides. Oakland, CA) Publisher: Daylight Books (USA) Essays: Barbara Kyne, Susan Griffin, Jasmine Moorhead Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Index, printed in China Photobook designer: Ursula Damm Notes: Barbara Kyne and her partner Fran Lowe have property in Mariposa, located... Continue Reading →
Photo Book Independent 2016 judging, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale Just announced; the 2017 International Photographic Book Competition in conjunction with Photo Independent. Submissions are now being accepted. Important; the deadline for the 2017 Photobook Competition is March 15, 2017. Entries must be received (in hand) no later than April 1, 2017 for judging. The clock... Continue Reading →
The Epilogue, Laia Abril & book design by Ramon Pez In conjunction with Art Book LA 2017, there will be two photobook workshops occurring on back to back weekends. One workshop lead is by the team of Ramon Pez and Michael Brown, sponsored by Magnum, which is being held at LACP and the other workshop... Continue Reading →
LA Art Book Fair coming soon to the Left Coast! February 24 – February 26, 2017 Preview: Thursday, February 23, 2017, 6–9 pm Location: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA: The Geffen Contemporary is located at 152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 This is the fifth annual LA Art Book Fair (which I missed... Continue Reading →
Every Building on the Sunset Strip copyright 1966 Ed Ruscha Currently OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art) is exhibiting Pop Art Design and included are a few works by Ed Ruscha, but probably the most interesting to those who enjoy photobooks is a very long display of Ed Ruscha’s 1966 Every Building on the Sunset Strip.... Continue Reading →
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