The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Bruce Davidson: Central Park in Platinum Verso Limited Editions, an imprint of Santa Barbara-based Serbin Communications, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Lucie Award for Book Publisher of the year for their publication of Bruce Davidson: Central Park in Platinum, which I had earlier reviewed here. From the press release: Renowned portrait photographer Joyce Tenneson... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Gunnar Smoliansky 2008 courtesy Steidl The 55 year photographic oeuvre of Gunnar Smoliansky captured in One Picture at a Time, illustrates how this famous Swedish native continues to mine his local cultural landscape, constantly revealing the subtle nuances that have taken him a lifetime to discover. He has not veered far from his... Continue Reading →
I recently acquired the Summer 2009 issue of Source Magazine, a beautiful magazine which is not widely distributed within the United States, as I had to obtain my copy directly from Dublin, Ireland, where it is published. I had received it shortly after obtaining a copy of Volume 2 of The Aftermath Project. From a physical... Continue Reading →
Copyright Sandra Lousada 2009 courtesy Frances Lincoln Limited While reading Sandra Lousada’s retrospecitive monograph, Public Faces Private Places, I am impressed with the intimate and sensitive portraits that she has been capturing for the last fifty years. Her subjects are predominately the public figures of the United Kingdom, both in their roles as actors and... Continue Reading →
Copyright Bill Westheimer 2009 An emotional trigger is when one experiences an event or in the presence of an object, there is an immediate recall of memories of past events and related emotions. Triggers can be diverse, such as a whiff of a particular perfume may recall visits with a favorite Aunt or perhaps the first dance with a future spouse. The trigger may also recall a traumatic event or a... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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, 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 →
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 →
