The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright 2016 Sara Terry Photographer: Sara Terry (b. Detroit and resides in Los Angeles, USA) Self-Published: 10 (X) Editions Text: English Hardcover artist book (boards with hand stamp and hand inscription on cover) with elastic belly band, leporello interior design, pigment ink prints with clear corner stays, hand-printed, limited edition book of 10. Photobook designer: Sara Terry Notes: Sara... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Kurt Simonson Photographer: Kurt Simonson (born St Paul, MN, resides Long Beach CA, USA) Publisher: Flash Powder Projects (USA) Essay by George Slade, Poem by Franz Wright Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, multiple gate-folds, tipped-in tri-fold page, four-color lithography, printed by Bigger Dot in South Korea Photobook designer: Kurt Simonson, David Bram, Jennifer Schwartz Notes: Kurt Simonson’s... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Brad Temkin Photographer: Brad Temkin (born & resides Chicago, IL) Publisher: Radius Books (USA) Essays: John Rohrbach, Steven Peck, Roger Schickedantz Text: English Hardcover with glued boards and accompanying perfect-bond booklet (essay and list of plates), Lucite slipcase, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David Chickey and David Skolkin Notes: The rooftops... Continue Reading →
The schedule for talks, book signings and curatorial discussions has just been posted for Photo Book Independent, a part of Photo Independent later this month in LA (Hollywood) I am honored to have an opportunity to provide two curatorial walk-through's to discuss the photobooks that were recently juried-in for the book competition as well as those that are... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Sara J. Winston Photographer: Sara J. Winston (born & resides New York, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press (USA) Short Story: Ani Katz Text: English Stiffcover book with Wire-O binding with fold back covers, four-color lithography, printed in Richmond, VA (USA) Photobook designer: Sara J. Winston & Andrew Fedynak Notes: Winston’s book title hints at a state of mind and... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 the photographers Photographers: Philippe Dudouit (Switzerland), Olga Ingurazova (Russia), Luca Locatelli (Italy), Diana Markossian (USA), Javad Parsa (Iran) Publisher: The Aftermath Project (USA) Essays: Sara Terry and the photographers Text: English Stiff-cover book with hand stamp, sewn binding with hand applied butcher tape on the spine, four-color lithography, printed in the United States Photobook designer:... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Tim Richmond Photographer: Tim Richmond (born England, resides Somerset, UK) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essay: Jorg Colberg Text: English Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Mark Tappin (London) Notes: Richmond’s opening one-line statement summarizes his body of work; “Places, like people, can seem alone, filled with melancholy”. As an English photographer, he investigates... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Ron Jude Photographer: Ron Jude (born Los Angeles, resides Eugene, OR, USA) Publisher: MACK (London) There are no essays, pagination or captions Text: English Hardcover book with embossed and printed linen cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany by Optimal Media Photobook designer: Ron Jude with Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine Notes: Although not stated in Ron Jude’s... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Ralph Gibson Photographer: Ralph Gibson (born Los Angeles, resides NYC, USA) Publisher: Lustrum Press (USA) (Distributed: University of Texas Press, Austin) Essays: Ralph Gibson Text: English Hardcover book with dust cover, sewn binding, four-color lithography Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This is Gibson’s first stated foray into digital photography and the book is also meant to be an... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Alessandra Kila Photographer: Alessandra Kila (born Reggio di Calabria, IT, resides: London UK) Publisher: Paper Tiger Books (London) Poems: Alessandra Kila Text: English Stiff-cover book with French folds and elastic strap closure, loose binding, concertina insert four-color off-set, printed in UK by Jigsaw Colour in a numbered addition of 300 Photobook designer: Laura Braun Notes: Kila’s investigating... Continue Reading →
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