The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Max Sher - Palimpsests, Copyright 2018 Photographer: Max Sher, born St Petersburg (then Leningrad), resides Moscow (RU) Published by Ad Marginem with support from Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany/Russia), 2018 Essays: Kate Bush, Maxim Trudolyubov, Nuria Fatykhova Text: Russian, English Hardcover book, embossed cloth over boards, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by IPK Pareto-Print, Russia Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
War is only Half the Story – 10 years of the Aftermath Project, Edited by Sara Terry & Teun Van Der Heijden, Copyright 2018 Director/Founder/sustaining editor; Sara Terry (resides in Los Angeles, CA, USA) Photographers: various, all copyrights apply to the photographers Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (Manchester, UK) Introduction: Sara Terry, essays by Donald Weber, Clare Cavanagh, poems... Continue Reading →
FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo The annual 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo will recognize a documentary photographer whose project demonstrates courage and commitment in addressing a violation of human rights, a significant injustice or an assault on human dignity. The selected project will be published as part of a series... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Family mysteries and family secrets, how does one investigate these and then subsequently report their findings? What if there is no collaboration; those who could speak to what occurred are no longer among us, then how does one know really with certainty what the "truth", a slippery slope at best,... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Anthony Hernandez (born Los Angeles & resides Los Angeles & Idaho) Published by Silas Finch, NY, USA, 2016 Text: English Printed chipboard over cloth end sheets, sewn binding, tri-tone black & white lithography, printed by Studley Press, Dalton, MA (USA) Photobook designer: Kevin Messina Notes: A monograph of Anthony Hernandez’s earliest body of work... Continue Reading →
Artist: Laia Abril (born & resides Barcelona, Spain) Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK, 2018 Text: English Hard cover, sewn binding, four-color and duotone lithography, printed by Grafiche dell’Artiere, Bologna (IT) Photobook designer: Laia Abril, Ramon Pez Notes: The extended title of Laia Abril’s new book is A History of Misogyny, Chapter One, On Abortion and... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Michael Dalton (born Marshfield, MA & resides in MA) Published by Peperoni Books, Berlin, DE copyright 2017 Text: English Hard cover book, sewn, printed by Wanderer, Germany Photobook designer: Kiran Puri Notes: I was fortunate to share a table at the Medium Festival in San Diego last October adjacent to one that Michael Dalton was... Continue Reading →
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 →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • War. I don’t understand it and fortunately I have not had to experience it, although I live on an old WW2 bombing range, but that’s another story. Louie Palu in his new multi-media publication (can we really call this a photobook?) Front Towards Enemy provides a version of a photo-documentary... 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 →
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