The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: Frank Cancian (born Stafford Springs, CT and lives in Irvine, CA) Self-Published (350): Irvine, CA, second edition copyright 2017 Essays: Franco Arminio, Rocco Pagnatiello and Frank Cancian Text: English Stiff cover, perfect bound glued binding, digital lithography, printed by Hemlock Printers (Canada) Photobook designer: Doug daSilva Notes: As an anthropologist by training and a photographer... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Chris Mottalini (born Buffalo, NY & resides Brooklyn NY, USA) Self-Published: Corgi Editions (E: 350): Brooklyn, NY copyright 2017 Text: English & Thai Stiff cover with French folds, Japanese folded pages and cold-glue binding, four-color lithography, printed in Belgium by Die Keure Photobook designer: Remake Design (Mike Dyer) Notes: Chris Mottalini’s recently self-published photobook Land... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Tymon Markowski (born Kraków & resides Bydgoszcz, Poland) Self-Published & Print Edition (400), Limited Edition (100): Bydgoszcz, Poland, copyright 2017 Text: English & Polish Hard cover, Leporello (Concertina) layout, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by Chromapress (Bydgoszcz, Poland) Photobook designer: Katarzyna Kubicka Editor: Joanna Kinowska Notes: Tymon Markowski’s self-published photobook Flow is a book design that conceptually... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Alejandro Cartagena (born Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic & resides Monterrey, Mexico) The Velvet Cell: Berlin (Germany) copyright 2017 Essays by Ximena Peredo Text: English Pair of books; hard cover, embossed exposed boards, sewn and taped binding, and a stiff cover, saddle stitch, both four-color lithography, Edition of 450, signed and numbered, printed in Taiwan Photobook... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Harvey Benge’s The Month Before Trump is a collection of photographs made in the United States, specifically San Francisco and New York in October 2016, the month before the presidential elections. As a New Zealander who spends equal time between Auckland and Paris, he provides a sophisticated outsider’s eye which... 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 →
Photographer: Manca Juvan (b. & resides Ljubljana, Slovenia) Publisher: ZRC Publishing Essays: Manca Juvan, Sasa Petejan, Urska Strle Text: English (Slovene e-book edition is available) Hardcover book with slip-cover, ring binding, four-color lithography, split pages, Fascist internment timeline, printed at optimal media, Germany Photobook designer: Prapesa (Sara Badovinac & Peter Zabret) Notes: The opening photographs are... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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