The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Palm Springs has been a geographical and cultural mecca (not only for Southern Californians) since the early twentieth century, a place where a variety of endeavors have had the freedom to unfold. Especially in our time, both celebrities and others consider this desert city a notable attraction, an informed center... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Young-hwan Choi Photographer: Young-hwan Choi (born & resides in Seoul, South Korea) Self-Published (South Korea) Essays: Young-hwan Choi, Dong-sun Jin, Sang-yong Shim Text: Korean & English Stiffcover book with tipped in image, perfect binding, four-color lithography, printed by Photonet in South Korea Photobook designer: Photonet, South Korea Notes: Choi’s self-published photobook BABEL is a tall, thin collection... 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 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 →
Copyright 2014 Terry Brown & Gordon Stettinius Photographic collaborators: Terry Brown (resides Richmond, VA) & Gordon Stettinius (resides Richmond, VA) USA Publisher: Candela Books (Richmond, Virginia) Essays: Dr. Manuel Moore, Terry Brown, Gordon Stettinius Text: English Hardcover book, embossed and tipped-in image, sewn binding, four-color lithography, index, printed by Worth Higgins & Associates, Richmond, VA Photobook designer: Sarah... Continue Reading →
Hello photobook friends, Regretfully no photobook review will be published this week as I am in the midst of curating a potential photographic exhibition and under a bit of a deadline for the gallery submission. So ample opportunity for you to look at the past 395 photobook reviews that are available on this site. Use... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Lisa Elmaleh Photographer: Lisa Elmaleh (b. Miami, FL & resides in West Virginia, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press Essays: Ann McCary Sullivan & Lisa Elmaleh Text: English Hardcover book with wrap around cover with interior pocket, Smyth-sewn binding, interior booklet saddle stiched, lithography, without captions or pagination, printed in Richmond, VA Photobook designer: Andrew Fedynak and Lisa... 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 2014 Christoph Lingg Photographer: Christoph Lingg (b. Schoppernau – resides Vienna, Austria) Publisher: Editions Aufbruch (Austria) Essays: Christoph Lingg, Diana Vinding Text: English, Deutsch Hardcover book with wood veneer (8 options to choose from), sewn binding, four-color lithography (black and white images), pagination and geographical chapters, Reading List, printed in Czech Republic, covers produced and bound by... Continue Reading →
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