The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Book review by Douglas Stockdale - Ara Oshagan and his self-published photobook Mirror uses a documentary style to create a predominately black and white diary of the Gor Mkhitarian band but with an unusual twist; he incorporates technology that allows the viewer to scan the appropriate interior pages and link up the related music on... Continue Reading →
LACP Introduction to Photo Book Design, photo Douglas Stockdale The early-bird registration discount of 20% for my Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop that I will be leading next April over two weekends will be ending midnight this Saturday, December 17th. This creative workshop is sponsored by Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). So if... Continue Reading →
photo-eye Santa Fe NM 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale One of the pleasures of our recent Thanksgiving road trip to Santa Fe was visiting the photo-eye book store. After the first visit, I had to return for a second visit as there were holiday deals to take advantage of. The photo-eye bookstore is pretty unique in... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria published by Edizioni Punctum, now in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Just announced by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University that the Indie Photobook Library (iPL) has been just incorporated into their collection. The collection includes more than 2,000 photobooks from around the world along with related ephemera, archives of the... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Alex Van Gelder (residing Paris, France) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, © 2015 Essays: Foreword by Hans Ulrich Obrist: “Ever Louise” / Introduction by Alex Van Gelder Text: English Hardcover book with 112 pages, not numbered; 81 color photographs without captions; sewn binding; cloth cover with dust jacket, printed and bound in... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2013 Yanina Shevchenko Photographer: Yanina Shevchenko (born: Russia – resides: Barcelona, Spain) Publisher: The Velvet Cell (London, Taipei) Essays: Yanina Shevchenko Text: English Stiffcover book, saddle-stitch binding, four-color lithography, printed in Taiwan Photobook designer: Velvet Cell Graphics Notes: In America a “road-trip” in which one wants get up-close and personal with the land is usually by accomplished... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Lisa Elmaleh Photographer: Lisa Elmaleh (b. Miami, FL & resides in West Virginia, USA) Publisher: Zatara Press Essays: Ann McCary Sullivan & Lisa Elmaleh Text: English Hardcover book with wrap around cover with interior pocket, Smyth-sewn binding, interior booklet saddle stiched, lithography, without captions or pagination, printed in Richmond, VA Photobook designer: Andrew Fedynak and Lisa... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Rania Matar Photographer: Rania Matar (b. Lebanon – resides Boston, MA, USA) Publisher: Damiani (Italy) Essays: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Louis Lowry, Kristen Gresh Text: English Hardcover book with tipped in photo, sewn binding, four-color lithography, captions and pagination, Plates, printed by Grafiche Damiani in Italy Photobook designer: Jesse Holborn, Design Holborn Notes:... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2014 Christoph Lingg Photographer: Christoph Lingg (b. Schoppernau – resides Vienna, Austria) Publisher: Editions Aufbruch (Austria) Essays: Christoph Lingg, Diana Vinding Text: English, Deutsch Hardcover book with wood veneer (8 options to choose from), sewn binding, four-color lithography (black and white images), pagination and geographical chapters, Reading List, printed in Czech Republic, covers produced and bound by... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Susan S. Bank Photographer: Susan S. Bank (b. Portsmouth, NH and resides in both Philadelphia, PA & Portsmouth, NH USA) Publisher: Brilliant Press, Exton (PA) Essays: Susan S. Bank, John T. Hill Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, List of Plates, printed by Brilliant Press in USA Photobook designer: Jesse... Continue Reading →
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