The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This monograph of David Carol’s photographs recaps twenty-three years of candid and ironic black and white street photography and is a visual testament to his love of this medium. He has been fortunate to have a career as working photographer, but these are his personal out-takes of situations that momentarily... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Claire Felicie Photographer: Claire Felicie (born Breda, NL, resides Amsterdam, NL) Self-published (the Nederland) Essays: Claire Felicie Text: English Stiffcover book, sewn binding, quad-color (2 blacks, dark grey, warm grey) lithography by Colour and Books, printed in the Nederland Photobook designer: Sybren Kuiper ( -SYB- ) Notes: Claire Felicie has undertaken a daunting task of investigating the... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Daniel Alexander & Andrew Haslam Photographer: Daniel Alexander (born Edinburgh, Scotland, resides London, UK) Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK) Essay: Daniel Alexander Text: English Hardcover book with embossed cover, inserts, multiple gatefolds, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Italy Photobook designer: Daniel Alexander Notes: Towards the end of World War I in 1917, the United Kingdom made a decision... Continue Reading →
Book review by Douglas Stockdale - Ara Oshagan and his self-published photobook Mirror uses a documentary style to create a predominately black and white diary of the Gor Mkhitarian band but with an unusual twist; he incorporates technology that allows the viewer to scan the appropriate interior pages and link up the related music on... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 David Taylor Photographer: David Taylor (resides Tucson, Arizona) Publisher: Radius Books (Santa Fe) Essays: Claire C. Carter, Daniel D. Arreola, William L. Fox, Rebecca Senf (interview) Text: English, Spanish Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Document section (essay, maps, articles, Plate details), printed in Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David Chickey, David Taylor Notes: This photobook is an investigation... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Kenneth O’Halloran Photographer: Kenneth O’Halloran (born Corofin, Country Clare, resides Dublin, Ireland) Self-published (Ireland) Essay: Presidential Announcement speech, 2015 Text: English Hardcover book with printed belly-band, sewn binding, four-color lithography, edition of 500, printed by Mirex, Gdansk (Poland) Photobook designer: Mac & Ken Notes: This documentary style project occurred in Los Angles on Hollywood Boulevard in the summer... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Alex Van Gelder (residing Paris, France) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, © 2015 Essays: Foreword by Hans Ulrich Obrist: “Ever Louise” / Introduction by Alex Van Gelder Text: English Hardcover book with 112 pages, not numbered; 81 color photographs without captions; sewn binding; cloth cover with dust jacket, printed and bound in... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Yanina Shevchenko Photographer: Yanina Shevchenko (born: Russia – resides: Barcelona, Spain) Publisher: The Velvet Cell (London, Taipei) Essays: Yanina Shevchenko Text: English Stiffcover book, saddle-stitch binding, four-color lithography, printed in Taiwan Photobook designer: Velvet Cell Graphics Notes: In America a “road-trip” in which one wants get up-close and personal with the land is usually by accomplished... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Rania Matar Photographer: Rania Matar (b. Lebanon – resides Boston, MA, USA) Publisher: Damiani (Italy) Essays: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Louis Lowry, Kristen Gresh Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in photo, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions and pagination, Plates, printed by Grafiche Damiani in Italy Photobook designer: Jesse Holborn, Design Holborn Notes:... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 (Steidl Edition) Robert Adams Photographer: Robert Hickman Adams, Ph.D. (b. Orange, NJ – resides USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) (first published by Colorado Associated University Press, 1974) Essays: John Szarkowski & Robert Adams Text: English Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, pagination and captions, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Paul Weaver... Continue Reading →
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