The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
By Douglas Stockdale - At one point in her life, Amanda was living in two different cultural landscapes, San Francisco, California (telephone area code 415) while she was working on her MFA at San Francisco Art Institute and her home in Quebec, Canada (telephone area code 514). These are two very different geographical locations on... Continue Reading →
Copyright Walter Iooss 2008 courtesy Time Inc. Home Entertainment Walter Iooss started making his mark in sports photography in the 1960’s capturing the dynamic pulse and intensity of many of American’s iconic sports events; football, basketball, golf, boxing and baseball. As a staff photographer at Sports Illustrated, he has over 300 covers on this renown... Continue Reading →
As another twist on the current discussions about the Future of PhotoBooks, another new venue (okay, Blog) is sprouting wings, a joint venture between blogsters Hester Keijser of mrs. deane & Jorg Colberg of Conscientous for a blog dedicated to aiding the distribution of dyi books & zines for sale, titled The Independent Photo Book. I am not sure how this will play... Continue Reading →
I just wanted to provide a very quick update on the ongoing crowd-sourcing discussion about the Future of PhotoBooks being moderated by Miki Johnson on the Resolve blog, in which I provided my thoughts about The Future of PhotoBooks. I have provided a follow-up on The PhotoBook for the Innovative PhotoBooks for 2009 that I reviewed. To date on the... Continue Reading →
I recently received a news flash from the used book portal AbeBooks regarding the three most expensive photobooks sold through them in 2009, which are impressive sales figures: 1. Sumo by Helmut Newton - $10,867 Limited edition of 10,000 and this copy is signed by the German-born fashion photographer. This massive photography book measures 20 x 28... Continue Reading →
Copyright Riitta Paivalainen, 2009 courtesy Kehrer Verlag In Imaginary Meetings, the eight year retrospective of the young Finnish photographer Riitta Paivalainen, I have found some very delightful and thoughtful conceptual photographs. This book is an accumulation of a number of projects that Paivalainen has created, building on a similar theme utilizing similar subjects, advancing her ideas... Continue Reading →
Copyright Harry Cock 2006, courtesy Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht Omstreken (Environs) is the title for the twenty-five year retrospective of Dutch photojournalist Harry Cock. The Dutch word is used to indicate the area and localities that are surrounding you, a fitting description of the territory for Cock’s focus. Similar to Gunnar Smoliansky who photographed his local Swedish surroundings for the... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright of Stefan Heyne 2009, courtesy of Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg The title of Stefan Heyne’s recent photobook “The Noise; The Exposure of the Uncertain” is perplexing. The three accompanying essays that have translated from the original German to English only provide a little assistance. In an attempt to understand the accompanying photographs, I am digressing... Continue Reading →
I have been thinking about my list of Best PhotoBooks for 2009, and I am in sort of a quandary. The implication is that this list would be for the books that were published in 2009, but the fact is that many interesting books published in 2008 took a while before I could acquire them. And I have... Continue Reading →
Copyright Todd Oldham, Bedrock City, 2008, courtesy AMMO books I have been thinking about Joerg Colberg's post about a lack of "cutting edge" photobooks, while I am working on my list of best photobooks in 2009. Joerg states "...there isn't much of a variety in photo books...the format itself is so conservative". I think that for... Continue Reading →
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