The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright Teller 2010 courtesy of Trolley Ltd I have the nice opportunity to review Issue #1 of the new magazine out of Great Britain published by Trolley Books, the editorial brainstorm of Katherine Hunt and Ruby Russel. This stiffcover magazine is a wonderful read. From the publisher is this overview: Teller, a magazine of stories. Stories told... Continue Reading →
Copyright Andrej Krementschouk 2009 courtesy Kehrer Verlag In the Thomas Wolfe book, aptly titled You Can’t Go Home Again, in which the title comes from the finale of the novel when protagonist George Webber realizes, "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's... Continue Reading →
Coyright Vicki Topaz 2009 courtesy Kehrer Verlag In his foreword to William Wylie’s photobook Route 36, the poet and essayist Merrill Gilfillan states, “It seems continually necessary to reassert that landscape study and its reflective arts are anything but passive disciplines, that civilization in a sustaining, daily sense emerges most surely from good relations with one’s surroundings... Continue Reading →
Copyright Lucy Hilmer 2010 courtesy of the artist Over a period of twenty one years, Lucy Hilmer in partnership with her husband, daughter and many long stem roses, created a series of black and white photographs. These photographs were subsequently printed as postcards and mailed to family and friends to celebrate Valentines Day, an American holiday of love and... Continue Reading →
Copyright Henry Horenstein 2010 - courtesy Pond Press Henry Horenstein is investigating the many small clubs and theaters that recently have become known as places for the performance of neo-burlesque for his latest photobook titled Show. In the United States the neo-burlesque’ roots dates back to the period of vaudeville, when the multi-act format performances were... Continue Reading →
Copyright Hellen van Meene 2009, courtesy Schirmer/Mosel Dazed and Confused may be an apt subtitle to Hellen van Meene’s 2009 Tout va Disparitre. The usual blank look of most of her young subjects seems to underlie their lack of understanding of why they are being staged as they are and subsequently photographed. The ensuing editing... Continue Reading →
Copyright Danielle Mericle, 2008 courtesy A-Jump Books Mericle's narrative of the white herd of deer in the Seneca Army Depot of Central New York State presents an ecological paradox; a story about restoration and hope. As part of the back story, the Seneca Army Depot is a major environmental pollution site resulting from the disposal of... Continue Reading →
Copyright estate of Kiyoshi Suzuki courtesy Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht, copyright 2008 In 1972 Kiyoshi Suzuki self-published his first photobook, Nagare no uta, which is known by the English translation Soul and Soul. Suzuki passed away in 2000 after self-publishing eight photobooks between 1972 and 1998. In 2008 Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht (Groningen, The Nederlands) created a retrospective photobook of Suzuki’s photobooks, titled Kiyoshi Suzuki,... Continue Reading →
Copyright the artist and respective estates 2010 co-published by Harry Ransom Center and University of Texas Press In 1963 the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas, Austin made a wonderful investment by purchasing one of three photographic collections amassed by Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. It was, and probably still is, considered one the largest and finest... Continue Reading →
Copyright Henrik Malmstrom 2010 courtesy the photographer The self-published photobook by Henrik Malmstrom, On Borrowed Time, documents the final months, days and hours of his sister’s passing has really touched me. I found it difficult to write this review, having carried this book with me to Europe and back twice, picking it up often, but then... Continue Reading →
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