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 →
My take-away from Photo Book Independent
copyright the photographers, 2016 Douglas Stockdale A quick shout out of thanks to all of the photobook photographers & artist at Photo Book Independent. Above is a photo of my book acquisitions, trades & gifts. Not in any particular order, these include: Aline Smithson's Self & Others, published by The Magenta Foundation (lucky me, I... Continue Reading →
Brad Temkin – Rooftop
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 →
Curatorial walk thru at Photo Book Independent
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 →
Jamey Stillings – The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar
Copyright 2015 Jamey Stillings Photographer: Jamey Stillings (born Springfield, MO, resides Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) Essays: Jamey Stillings, Robert Redford, Anne Wilkes Tucker and Bruce Barcott Text: English Hardcover book with printed belly-band, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions, line drawing, printed in Germany Photobook designer: David Chickey Notes: While driving north on I-15 from... Continue Reading →
Kenneth Josephson – The Light of Coincidence
Photographs Copyright 2016 Kenneth Josephson Photographer: Kenneth Josephson (born Detroit, MI, resides IL, USA) Publisher: University of Texas, Austin (USA) Essays: Gerry Badger and Lynne Warren Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, includes List of Plates, Chronology, Exhibition History & listing of Collections, printed in China Photobook designer: not stated Notes: This thick, retrospective monograph... Continue Reading →
Judging – Photobook Independent submissions
2016 Photobook Independent judging panel As I announced last month, I was added to the judging panel as a photobook specialist for the Photobook Independent book competition. The judging occurred yesterday up in Los Angeles and it was an interesting event as well as a pretty daunting task in my opinion. I can not really... Continue Reading →
Sara J. Winston – Homesick
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 →
The Aftermath Project – WAR is Only Half the Story – Volume VIII
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 →
Tim Richmond – Last Best Hiding Place
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 →