The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Gerhard Clausing • When you first hold this large loose-leaf book project in your hands, the sheer impact of its size and its images is overwhelming. We get that same feeling when we are overwhelmed by incessant appeals on all our “entertainment” media which are our constant companions – on phones, television, etc.... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Some 25 years ago, the group of people known as the Uyghurs, a large ethnic minority in China, primarily of the Islamic faith, were still relatively unencumbered by much outside control. Since then the Chinese government has imposed many procedures on these people that have received international criticism. In 1998,... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • The Australian photojournalist Michael Coyne is most interested in supplying us with ample documentation of how people cope in these rapidly changing times, and he does so with huge amounts of photographic acumen and investigative and personal enthusiasm. Since the end of the 20th century, he has been traveling and... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Small towns, villages, rural areas – the ‘provinces’ – are the backbone of any country, and they always cover large areas. So it is in Poland, and the Dędeks, Jacenty and Kasia, spent more than six years capturing life as it was found there. Naturally, the result is a weighty... Continue Reading →
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