The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Lynn Alleva Lilley (born Silver Spring, MD & resides Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Published by Eriskay Connection, 2017, the Netherlands Text: English Poems: Samih al Qasim, Jane Hirshfield Stiff cover fine canvas, sewn & glued binding, four-color lithography, printed by Jos Morree (Fine Books) Photobook designer: Rob van Hoesel Lithography: Sebastiaan Hanekroot (Colour & Books) Notes: I... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Gerard Boyer (born in L'Ametlla de Mar, Spain; lives in Tarragona, Spain) Publisher: Fuego Books, Murcia, Spain; © 2011-2016 by Gerard Boyer Texts: Quotes in Catalan, Spanish, and English Zine-style, naked-bound and glued, with stiff printed wrap; 22.6 x 32 cm; 64 pages; edition of 500; printed in Spain by CeGe Photobook Design and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Nancy Rexroth (born Arlington, VA & resides Cincinnati, OH, USA) University of Texas Press, Austin First University of Texas Press Edition: copyright 2017 Text: English Essays: Nancy Rexroth (1977, 2016), Mark L. Power (1977, 2016), Anne Wilkes Tucker, Alec Soth Hard cover with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Robert Lyons (born Malden, MA & resides in Portland, OR and Berlin, Germany) Published by Zatara Press (250): Richmond, VA USA copyright 2017 Text: English Hardcover, Leporello design with glued binding, four-color lithography, printed by Wanderer Drucker, Germany Photobook designer: Zatara Press Notes: The ephemeral nature of life is inclusive of the final days, something that... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Brandon Thibodeaux (born Beaumont & resides Dallas, TX) Published by Red Hook Editions: Brooklyn, NY copyright 2017 Text: English Hardcover, clothbound, gold leaf embossed, sewn binding, quad-tone (two for black and two for grey shades) printing, printed & bound by Wilco Art Books (Amersfoort, Netherlands) Photobook designer: Heijdens Karwei, Teun van der Heijden Color Management &... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Brenda Moreno (born, Mexico City & resides Mexico & Spain) Publisher: Witty Kiwi, Italy, copyright 2017 Text: Spanish & English Essay: Carmen Dalmau Stiff cover, die-cut with French folds, sewn and glued binding, four-color off-set, printed by Artes Graficias Palermo (Spain) Photobook designer: Brenda Moreno & Paolo Berra Notes: Brenda Moreno’s photobook B to B... Continue Reading →
Artist: Alla Mirovskaya (born & resides Moscow, RU) Self-Published & Limited Edition (100): Moscow (RU) copyright 2016 Text: English & Russian Stiff cover with glued printed panels, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Moscow (RU) Photobook designer: Alla Mirovskaya Notes: I will have to admit that lately I have become fascinated with artist books that utilize vernacular... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Barbara Peacock (b. Waltham, MA – resides Portland, ME) Publisher: Bazan Photo Publishing (Brooklyn, NY) copyright 2016 Essays: Barbara Peacock, Ernesto Bazan Text: English Embossed linen hardcover with tipped in photograph, sewn binding, four-color lithography, list of photographs, printed by Puritan Capital (New Hampshire) Photobook designer: Kevin Sweeney Notes: Barbara Peacock documented her own hometown of 30... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Photobooks that present their images in a loose format, i.e., not permanently bound and sequenced but changeable, are still the exception. One such successful work was David Alan Harvey's 2012 project entitled (based on a true story), dealing with life in Rio, with real and imagined storylines. That innovative volume... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Ellen Korth, (b. The Hague, Netherlands – resides Deventer (Netherlands) & Nordhorn (Germany) Publisher: Self-published, Deventer (Netherlands), copyright 2016 Interviews by: Ellen Korth, Sybren Kuiper Text: Netherlands, English & German Seven (7) Stiff-cover books in slip-case, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by Fine Books Weesp (Jos Morree) in Netherlands Photobook designer: Sybren Kuiper ( -SYB-... Continue Reading →
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