copyright Jacquie Maria Wessels 2010 published by Voetnoot Publishing (Amersterdam) There are two really large genres in photography; one of which is the landscape (an investigation of where) and the other portraiture (an investigation of who). Of growing interest to me is where these two intersect, which is the case in both title and content... Continue Reading →

Copyright Jerry Spanoli 2012 published by Steidl Jerry Spanoli’s second photobook “American Dreaming” is a cryptic, layered and complex book, which in the wake of the recent NSA operational leaks from Edward Snowden, this book now appears almost prophetic. The subject of Spanoli’s book is the years of the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm), although... Continue Reading →

Copyright Thodoris Tzalavras 2010 published by Book ex Machina Thodoris Tzalavras’s photobook titled Nicosia in Dark and White is a haunting story about an abandoned place, a place that represents a victim. It is a place where time seems to have stopped, yet obvious that nature continues to takes its course reclaiming the man-built structures and... Continue Reading →

Copyright James Clancy 2012 published by Bohland & Schremmer Verlag, Berlin As in James Clancy previous photobook, Border Country, he investigates a man-built place that has been abandoned and subsequently being reclaimed. He documents those things which constitute traces of past memories to narrate a metaphoric story about change and preservation. His subject for Sudgelande... Continue Reading →

Gina Genis copyright 2013 self-published Gina Genis has decided to take on a photographic odyssey, to photograph everyone in the small village of Idyllwild which is perched up in the mountains overlooking the Los Angeles basin. She has determined that to be entirely inclusive of this community, it will take her perhaps 14 years and... Continue Reading →

Copyright Nicolas Hosting 2012 Published by Etudes Books; number 3 in a series. Nicolas Hosteing has assembled a complex photobook to explore the concept of fiction and as a result, raised essential similar questions as to what is reality. The book’s title, Matador, immediate creates images of the Spanish bullfighter killing a bull. The bullfighter... Continue Reading →

Copyright 2012 Michal Chelbin, published by Twin Palms Publishers This book is a collection of portraits of inmates who are being held in various prisons located in the Soviet Union, six in the Ukraine, one in Russia. The three kinds of prisons Chelbin photographed for this project were for men, women and boys. As such,... Continue Reading →

Copyright 2012 Lise Sarfati published by Twin Palms Publishers A few years ago while in Paris I made a visit to one of my favorite used photobook stores on the rue de L’anceinne Comedie and while talking with the owner, Clement, I asked his recommendations for French photobooks which might be under the radar. One of the... Continue Reading →

Copyright 2013 Brian Griffin published by Editions Bessard   At first, the cover image was vexing; why an individual might be photographed with his head “cut-off”? Then serendipity in the timing of my recent review of the Tall Poppy Syndrome by Amy Stein and Stacy Arezou Mehrfar. This individual represents a successful business leader, thus he is a... Continue Reading →

Copyright Bernhard Fuchs 2009 published by Koenig Books In Bernhard Fuchs Roads and Paths, the vacant roads and byways of a rural region of Austria create lyrical metaphors for various aspects of life’s journey. Fuchs creates a sense of ambiguity at the moment of exposure; whereas the viewer is not certain if they are looking... Continue Reading →