The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Hans Hickerson · It is a good sign when you start looking at a book and cannot put it down. That is what happened to me with Luis Corzo’s photobook, Pasaco, 1996. Corzo uses photos and texts, in English and Spanish, to tell the story of his and his father’s kidnapping for ransom... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • The press release for this photobook states, “Vanishing is an unforgettable depiction of how beauty and brutality coexist in the hearts of men and beasts.” I would go even further: Vanishing is the definitive depiction of the range from every imaginable positive daydream through the weightiest nightmares possible, from the... Continue Reading →
Review by Brian Arnold · The earthIs made of earthAnd I like that stuff Adrian Mitchell, “Stufferation” It’s hard to fully describe the complexity that abounds in flowers drink the river, a book of photographs by Pia-Paulina Guilmoth, published by Stanley/Barker and designed by Ramel-Luzoir. It is a rich and compelling story about personal... Continue Reading →
Review by Brian O’Neill · Stephen Voss is a photojournalist. You may have seen his work and portraits in Newsweek, Time, The Washington Post Magazine, and more. As a critic and collector of photobooks, I have a few books by photojournalists on my shelves. Perhaps you do too. They often follow a familiar format of,... Continue Reading →
Text and photo essay by Hans Hickerson · Along with other art book publishers, the Printed Matter Art Book Fair at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena hosted some four dozen photobook publishers this year, plenty to keep a photobook pilgrim busy for a couple of days. Looking at photobooks can be an... Continue Reading →
Review by Brian O’Neill · Climate change, and various aspects of it, from forest fires, to drought, to adaptive landscaping and technologies, as well as oil extraction, have become more and more common within the world of fine art and documentary photography. Often, photographic projects oriented around climate change take an approach to human stories... Continue Reading →
Review by Hans Hickerson · A time, a place, and a point of view all meet in a photograph. The time and place can be obvious, but the point of view part can get complicated, as it involves technical, artistic, and personal considerations that are in turn themselves the product of times and places. The... Continue Reading →
We are pleased that six reviews dealing with photography and our relationship with our environment are featured as a part of Ann Mitchell’s Showcase, THINKING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, just published: https://www.thinkingaboutphotography.com/photobook-environment "Whether they journey to the world’s last truly wild places - or the wild spaces found outside their door, all these projects celebrate and honor... Continue Reading →
Review by Hans Hickerson · Looking at Zach Callahan’s photobook Exhaust, the three words that occurred to me were simple, focused, and convincing. Let me explain the simple part first. There are 36 color photographs, one to a page spread. Ten or so are portraits where the subject is engaging the photographer directly, and in... Continue Reading →
Review by Brian Arnold · “Know yourself not your role, it’s hellishly hard.” Shere Hite When Shere Hite applied for a doctoral program at Columbia University, she wanted to study with acclaimed scholar Jacques Barzun. She was inspired by the elder scholar’s approach to history and was eager to learn from him. Unfortunately,... Continue Reading →
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