Just a quick note that the Frankfurt Book Fair will be starting in a couple of weeks, which runs from October 14th - 18th, in Frankfurt Germany. This year, China is the guest of honor, and more information can be found here. There is a Hall dedicated for photography, Hall 4 which I know some publishers... Continue Reading →
Chris Jordan – Running the Numbers
Copyright Chris Jordan 2009 courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery and Prestel Verlag In the Old Testament of the Bible, there are the numerous stories of the Prophets who have an unpopular message for their leaders and the masses, messages that most would prefer to ignore in order to not disrupt their current enjoyable life style. Likewise... Continue Reading →
New York Art Book Fair
I should probably mention that the New York Art Book Fair is quickly coming upon us. Here are some details: 2009 NY Art Book Fair Presented by Printed Matter, the Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, and independent artist/publishers presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art publications The Fair... Continue Reading →
Sebastiao Salgado
Copyright Sebastiao Salgado 2006 courtesy Thames & Hudson Sebastiao Salgado has been frequently labeled a humanist photographer with the documentary story telling capability of W. Eugene Smith. This Thames and Hudson book Sebastiao Salgado helps to support these attributes. It is a nice compact book that covers a sampling of Salgado’s photographs made during his... Continue Reading →
Imogen Cunningham – Capturing Spirit
Imogen Cunningham, Self portrait 1913, copyright of the Imogen Cunningham Trust, courtesy of Cavallo Point Lodge In 2008 Cavallo Point Lodge published their photobook on Imogen Cunningham (b. 1883 – d. 1976), titled Capturing Spirit in conjunction with their exhibition of her photographs, titled Celebrating Imogen. I was not aware of any Cunningham books that... Continue Reading →
Noorderlicht publishing – Stichting Aurora Borelais
A collection of PhotoBooks from Noorderlicht 16 Photofestival 2009 in Groningen, NL It was a nice opportunity to attend Noorderlicht 16 Photofestival in Groningen yesterday with Martin Doonan, a fellow photo/blogger from The Hauge, who took the train up to join me. We did the whole thing in a day, as well as meet with Djana Eminovic who... Continue Reading →
Chris Shaw – Life as a Night Porter
Copyright Chris Shaw, 2006 courtesy Twin Palms Publishers Over a ten period that Chris Shaw worked the night shift at a number of hotels, he also carried his camera and created a photographic notebook of his experiences. He photographed those he worked with and those who came to frequent the hotels, especially those who also "worked"... Continue Reading →
William Eggleston – Paris
William Eggleston, Paris, copyright 2009 courtesy Steidl, http://www.steidl.com William Eggleston’s recent book Paris, published by Steidl and commissioned by Foundation Cartier, is a collective body of work that comprises his oeuvre of color drawings and recent Paris photographs. Similar to Ben Shahn, Charles Scheeler, Diego Rivera, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha, Eggleston has... Continue Reading →
Photography.Book.Now winners announced
Black Sea of Concrete by Rafal Milach, Photograhy.Book.Now grand prize winner Blurb has just announced the winners of their 2009 Photography.Book.Now book competetion, with all of the winners and honorable mentions found here. The grand prize winner is a professional photographer from Warsaw, Rafa Milach and his book Black Sea of Concrete. Milach edited the work and... Continue Reading →
Kevin Bubriski – Pilgrimage
Review by Douglas Stockdale * A pilgrimage is a journey made by individuals to either a special place that has moral significance or a holy place. I think of the photo documentation of scared sites by Linda Connor in her photobook Odyssey, with its emphasis on the sacred sites, for which the Odyssey was a destination... Continue Reading →
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