Copyright 2015 Jamey Stillings Photographer: Jamey Stillings (born Springfield, MO, resides Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: Jamey Stillings, Robert Redford, Anne Wilkes Tucker and Bruce Barcott Text: English Hardcover book with printed belly-band, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions, line drawing, printed in Germany Photobook designer: David Chickey Notes: While driving north on I-15 from... Continue Reading →
Kenneth Josephson – The Light of Coincidence
Photographs Copyright 2016 Kenneth Josephson Photographer: Kenneth Josephson (born Detroit, MI, resides IL, USA) Publisher: University of Texas, Austin (USA) Essays: Gerry Badger and Lynne Warren Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, includes List of Plates, Chronology, Exhibition History & listing of Collections, printed in China Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This thick, retrospective monograph... Continue Reading →
Judging – Photobook Independent submissions
2016 Photobook Independent judging panel As I announced last month, I was added to the judging panel as a photobook specialist for the Photobook Independent book competition. The judging occurred yesterday up in Los Angeles and it was an interesting event as well as a pretty daunting task in my opinion. I can not really... Continue Reading →
Sara J. Winston – Homesick
Copyright 2015 Sara J. Winston Photographer: Sara J. Winston (born & resides New York, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press (USA) Short Story: Ani Katz Text: English Stiffcover book with Wire-O binding with fold back covers, four-color lithography, printed in Richmond, VA (USA) Photobook designer: Sara J. Winston & Andrew Fedynak Notes: Winston’s book title hints at a state of mind and... Continue Reading →
The Aftermath Project – WAR is Only Half the Story – Volume VIII
Copyright 2015 the photographers Photographers: Philippe Dudouit (Switzerland), Olga Ingurazova (Russia), Luca Locatelli (Italy), Diana Markossian (USA), Javad Parsa (Iran) Publisher: The Aftermath Project (USA) Essays: Sara Terry and the photographers Text: English Stiff-cover book with hand stamp, sewn binding with hand applied butcher tape on the spine, four-color lithography, printed in the United States Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
Tim Richmond – Last Best Hiding Place
Copyright 2015 Tim Richmond Photographer: Tim Richmond (born England, resides Somerset, UK) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essay: Jorg Colberg Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Mark Tappin (London) Notes: Richmond’s opening one-line statement summarizes his body of work; “Places, like people, can seem alone, filled with melancholy”. As an English photographer, he investigates... Continue Reading →
Chris Killip – In Flagrante Two
Copyright 2015 (2016) Chris Killip Photographer: Christopher David “Chris” Killip (born; Douglas, Isle of Man, resides Boston, MA, USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: the book is without any essays, but does include an index of photographs at the conclusion. Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, with index of photographs, printed in Germany Photobook... Continue Reading →
Ron Jude – Lago
Copyright 2015 Ron Jude Photographer: Ron Jude (born Los Angeles, resides Eugene, OR, USA) Publisher: MACK (London) There are no essays, pagination or captions Text: English Hardcover book with embossed and printed linen cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany by Optimal Media Photobook designer: Ron Jude with Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine Notes: Although not stated in Ron Jude’s... Continue Reading →
Photobook Competition update: I have been added to the judging panel
PhotoBook Independent. I am very honored, as well as excited, to announce that I have been added to the judging panel for the PhotoBook Independent phototographic book competition! So how cool is that? I will be joining Rudi Bianchi (photographic collector), Marissa Caichiolo (Curator and Executive Director, Building Bridges Art Exchange), Chris Davis (Publisher, Fabrik... Continue Reading →
Ralph Gibson – Political Abstraction
Copyright 2014 Ralph Gibson Photographer: Ralph Gibson (born Los Angeles, resides NYC, USA) Publisher: Lustrum Press (USA) (Distributed: University of Texas Press, Austin) Essays: Ralph Gibson Text: English Hardcover book with dust cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This is Gibson’s first stated foray into digital photography and the book is also meant to be an... Continue Reading →