It is about this time of year that the various publishers, photographers and photobook collectors gather in wait to see which of the photobooks will be singled out as a "Best of 2010" on somebody's (or hopefully many) of the lists that are published by photobook reviewers (including yours truly), magazines, bloggers and other indicators of public opinion.... Continue Reading →
Erik van der Weijde – Der Baum
Copyright Erik van der Weijde 2010 courtesy 4478ZINE and the artist In Germany in the 1910’s and into the early 1930’s a series of books were published by Karl Robert Langewiesche by his publishing house Verlag Langewiesche Nachfolger. In the late 1920’s Langewiesche came up with the idea of creating inexpensive books to bring culture and self-improvement to... Continue Reading →
Kerim Aytac – To See Here
Copyright Kerim Aytac To See Here 2010 Straightline Press, courtesy of the artist. I have found Kerim Aytac’s recent photobook, To see Here, as ambiguous and minimal as his background story; “street photography that questions the value of the subject”. The book is an adaption of his project Nothing to See Here, which is about looking and what... Continue Reading →
Charles Grogg – After Ascension and Descent
Copyright Charles Grogg 2010 self-published and courtesy of the artist Charles Grogg’s first self-published first photobook After Ascension and Decent is a series of photographs that poses questions and subsequent elicits a narrative about connections. Frequently Grogg manipulates his Black and White photographs, where as digital photographs may have manipulated and altered the content, Grogg will actually alter the surface... Continue Reading →
Mark John Ostrowski – Amerikana
Copyright Mark John Ostrowski 2010 Macula de plata, courtesy of the photographer Amerikana – concerning or characteristic of America, its civilization, or its culture; broadly, this is typical of America. In a series of photographs, many of which are frequently paired, Mark John Ostrowski provides a series of photographs that places doubt on the ability of any one,... Continue Reading →
Henrik Saxgren – Unintended Sculptures
Copyright Henrik Saxgren 2009, courtesy Hatje Cantz Verlag and photo-eye Henrik Saxgren recent photobook Unintended Scupltures is wonderful reminders why in the rush of my daily life that I need to occasionally take time to pause and just observe. He shares with us that located amongst the various and assorted debris of our day to... Continue Reading →
Japan A Self Portrait – Photographs 1945 – 1964
Copyright the photographers 2004 published by Editions Flammarion, Paris It was my good fortune to meet up with Marc Feustel, consulting editor and photo-blogger (Eye Curious) in Paris last July to discuss photobooks, Japanese photography and a photobook that he conceptualized, developed and edited; Japan, A Self Portrait: Photographs 1945 – 1964. This was not the... Continue Reading →
Christoph Lingg – Shut Down
Copyright Christoph Lingg 2007 courtesy Edition Aufbruch E.U. The beautiful industrial landscape photographs of Christoph Lingg are in stark contrast to the general malaise that appears to be infecting the many industrial sites in his photobook Shut Down; Industrial Ruins in the East. It is evident that Lingg has traveled extensively searching for a specific type of... Continue Reading →
The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans
Copyright the estate of Frederick Evans 2010 courtesy J. Paul Getty Museum and photo-eye The retrospective monogram, The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans, curated by Anne Lyden, complemented by Hope Kingsley’s essay, provides a wonderful tribute to this renowned English photographer (b. 1853, d. 1943, England). Evans was an active photographer from the early 1880’s... Continue Reading →
in-public – Ten Years of in-public
copyright the photographers 2010, courtesy of in-public To celebrate the ten year existence of the on-line group of photographer affiliated with in-public, they have self-published a collection of their photographs. Each of the 20 photographers that participate with the group has the opportunity to select 10 photographs of their work in conjunction with a brief biographic interview.... Continue Reading →
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