The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Photographer: KayLynn Deveney (born Albuquerque, New Mexico; resides in Northern Ireland and New Mexico [summers]) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg & Berlin, Germany; © 2015 Essays: KayLynn Deveney, Jean Valjean Vandruff, Hank Stuever Text: English Cloth-bound sewn hardcover; 128 numbered pages, 62 full-color illustrations; 20x24 cm, printed in Germany Designer: KayLynn Deveney and Kehrer Design Notes: The... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Shane Lavalette (b. Burlington, VT – resides Syracuse, NY) Publisher: Lavalette, Syracuse (NY), copyright 2016 Essay: Tim Davis Text: English Clothbound hardcover book, embossed with tipped in image, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Lithuania Photobook designer: Lavalette Notes: Shane Lavalette’s photobook is resulting from an earlier commission by the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Klaus Pichler (Austrian, lives and works in Vienna) Publisher: Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, Switzerland, © 2016 Essay and quotes: Compiled and edited by Clemens Marschall Text: German or English (translated by Charlotte Maconochie and Clemens Marschall Hardcover book, sewn binding; 250 unnumbered pages; 120 color photographs; German and English editions; including 100/96 pages of... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Palm Springs has been a geographical and cultural mecca (not only for Southern Californians) since the early twentieth century, a place where a variety of endeavors have had the freedom to unfold. Especially in our time, both celebrities and others consider this desert city a notable attraction, an informed center... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • This monograph of David Carol’s photographs recaps twenty-three years of candid and ironic black and white street photography and is a visual testament to his love of this medium. He has been fortunate to have a career as working photographer, but these are his personal out-takes of situations that momentarily... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 David Taylor Photographer: David Taylor (resides Tucson, Arizona) Publisher: Radius Books (Santa Fe) Essays: Claire C. Carter, Daniel D. Arreola, William L. Fox, Rebecca Senf (interview) Text: English, Spanish Hardcover book, sewn binding, four-color lithography, Document section (essay, maps, articles, Plate details), printed in Verona, Italy Photobook designer: David Chickey, David Taylor Notes: This photobook is an investigation... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 (Steidl Edition) Robert Adams Photographer: Robert Hickman Adams, Ph.D. (b. Orange, NJ – resides USA) Publisher: Steidl Verlag (Germany) (first published by Colorado Associated University Press, 1974) Essays: John Szarkowski & Robert Adams Text: English Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, pagination and captions, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Paul Weaver... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Aapo Huhta Photographer: Aapo Huhta (born & resides Finland) Publisher: Kehrer Verlag (Germany) Essay: Jenny Hollowell Text: English Hardcover book, folded text insert, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in Germany Photobook designer: Aapo Huhta & Heikki Kaski Notes: The context of Huhta photographs is ambiguous, obviously investigating a stark, urban landscape, although stated to be New York City;... Continue Reading →
Review by Douglas Stockdale • Baron investigates an eccentric, if not at times surreal, city and the lifestyle of a smattering of equally eccentric citizens located in the arid desert of Southern California. She is drawn to the unique desert architecture which spawn the mid-century designs built to stylishly survive the intense arid heat before... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2015 Dave Jordano Photographer: Dave Jordano (born Detroit, MI, USA resides Chicago IL, USA) Published & copyright: 2015 Publisher: powerHouse Books Essays: Nancy Watson Barr, Dawoud Bey, Sharon Zukin Text: English Hardcover book with dust jacket, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed in China Photobook designer: Sam Silvio, Edited by Meg Handler Notes: The residents of a region... Continue Reading →
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