The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Copyright 2015 Mara Dani Photographer: Mara Dani (born in Brindisi and resides in Bari, Italy) Self-published Essays: Gian Luigi Sylos Labini and Alessandro Crilillo Text: Italian and English Hardcover book with exposed boards and spine, belly band and elastic band closure, two-color offset printing with sewn binding, various papers, pagination and captions, printed by Presso Grafica... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2016 Sara Terry Photographer: Sara Terry (b. Detroit and resides in Los Angeles, USA) Self-Published: 10 (X) Editions Text: English Hardcover artist book (boards with hand stamp and hand inscription on cover) with elastic belly band, leporello interior design, pigment ink prints with clear corner stays, hand-printed, limited edition book of 10. Photobook designer: Sara Terry Notes: Sara... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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