Copyright Todd Hido, Marianne Mueller, Alec Soth, Abner Nolan 2008 (2009) courtesy TBW Books and photo-eye TBW Books is providing selected photographers with a unifying theme for an annual publication of four books co-published as a set. For the Subscription Series #2, the four photographic artists, Marianne Mueller, Noon, Todd Hido, Ohio, Alec Soth, Sheep, and... Continue Reading →
Laurent Chardon – Tangente
Copyright Laurent Chardon 2010 Courtesy Les éditions Poursuite Laurent Chardon stated that as young man he was fascinated by the photographs of Mongolia and in the winter of 2002, he had an opportunity to investigate the memories of his youth, as well as the current culture. It may not have been the experience that he had... Continue Reading →
Le Bal – Editions Poursuite
Benjamin Diguerher copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Yesterday evening was the Editions Poursuite book signing event at Le Bal (Paris), part of a weekly book signing event that Sebastian Arthur Hau, Director of Le Bal Books, is hosting at his bookshop and exhibition gallery. It was a nice occasion and I had the opportunity to meet two of the... Continue Reading →
Teller – A magazine of stories
Copyright Teller 2010 courtesy of Trolley Ltd I have the nice opportunity to review Issue #1 of the new magazine out of Great Britain published by Trolley Books, the editorial brainstorm of Katherine Hunt and Ruby Russel. This stiffcover magazine is a wonderful read. From the publisher is this overview: Teller, a magazine of stories. Stories told... Continue Reading →
Andrej Krementschouk – No Direction Home
Copyright Andrej Krementschouk 2009 courtesy Kehrer Verlag In the Thomas Wolfe book, aptly titled You Can’t Go Home Again, in which the title comes from the finale of the novel when protagonist George Webber realizes, "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's... Continue Reading →
Vicki Topaz – Silent Nests
Coyright Vicki Topaz 2009 courtesy Kehrer Verlag In his foreword to William Wylie’s photobook Route 36, the poet and essayist Merrill Gilfillan states, “It seems continually necessary to reassert that landscape study and its reflective arts are anything but passive disciplines, that civilization in a sustaining, daily sense emerges most surely from good relations with one’s surroundings... Continue Reading →
Lucy Hilmer – My Valentines
Copyright Lucy Hilmer 2010 courtesy of the artist Over a period of twenty one years, Lucy Hilmer in partnership with her husband, daughter and many long stem roses, created a series of black and white photographs. These photographs were subsequently printed as postcards and mailed to family and friends to celebrate Valentines Day, an American holiday of love and... Continue Reading →
Henry Horenstein – Show
Copyright Henry Horenstein 2010 - courtesy Pond Press Henry Horenstein is investigating the many small clubs and theaters that recently have become known as places for the performance of neo-burlesque for his latest photobook titled Show. In the United States the neo-burlesque’ roots dates back to the period of vaudeville, when the multi-act format performances were... Continue Reading →
Hellen van Meene – Tout va Disparaitre
Copyright Hellen van Meene 2009, courtesy Schirmer/Mosel Dazed and Confused may be an apt subtitle to Hellen van Meene’s 2009 Tout va Disparitre. The usual blank look of most of her young subjects seems to underlie their lack of understanding of why they are being staged as they are and subsequently photographed. The ensuing editing... Continue Reading →
Danielle Mericle – Seneca Ghosts
Copyright Danielle Mericle, 2008 courtesy A-Jump Books Mericle's narrative of the white herd of deer in the Seneca Army Depot of Central New York State presents an ecological paradox; a story about restoration and hope. As part of the back story, the Seneca Army Depot is a major environmental pollution site resulting from the disposal of... Continue Reading →