The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Artist: Julia Borissova (born Talinn, Estonia, resides St. Petersburg, RU) Self-published, 2015 (second edition of 300, 2017) Essays: Julia Borissova Text: English & Russian Linen hardcover with tipped in photographs, handmade sewn binding, Leporello format with one four-panel gate-fold and two three-panel gate-folds, digital lithography, printed St. Petersburg, RU Photobook designer: Julia Borissova Notes: In the... Continue Reading →
Artist: Alice Q. Hargrave (born & resides Chicago, IL) Publisher: Daylight Books (North Carolina, USA) copyright 2016 Interview: Alice Hargrave & Kendra Paitz, Essay by Allison Grant Text: English Hardcover with sewn binding, four-color lithography, index, printed by Ofset Yapimevi (Turkey) Photobook designer: Ursula Damm Notes: I have found Alice Hargrave’s photobook Paradise Wavering to be complex,... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Roger Ballen (born in New York City, NY; resides in Johannesburg, South Africa) Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London; © 2016 Essays: Preface by Roger Ballen; introduction by Colin Rhodes Text: English Hardcover with dust jacket, sewn binding; 192 numbered pages; 90 monochrome captioned photographs; printed in China; 17.5x25 cm Notes: On April 22,... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Photobooks that present their images in a loose format, i.e., not permanently bound and sequenced but changeable, are still the exception. One such successful work was David Alan Harvey's 2012 project entitled (based on a true story), dealing with life in Rio, with real and imagined storylines. That innovative volume... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Christian Nilson (born Lerum, Sweden; resides Zürich, Switzerland) Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich, Switzerland, © 2016 Essay: Jon Bollmann Text: English and German Cloth-bound sewn hardcover with debossed circles and cut holes; 96 numbered pages, four-color lithography, 67 images, not captioned; 19.5×26.5 cm, printed in Germany Photobook Designer: Greger Ulf Nilson Notes: The essay by... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Ellen Korth, (b. The Hague, Netherlands – resides Deventer (Netherlands) & Nordhorn (Germany) Publisher: Self-published, Deventer (Netherlands), copyright 2016 Interviews by: Ellen Korth, Sybren Kuiper Text: Netherlands, English & German Seven (7) Stiff-cover books in slip-case, sewn binding, four-color lithography, printed by Fine Books Weesp (Jos Morree) in Netherlands Photobook designer: Sybren Kuiper ( -SYB-... 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 →
Copyright 2016 Carol Golemboski Photographer: Carol Golemboski (b. Shreveport, Louisiana – resides outside Denver, CO) Publisher: Flash Powder Projects Essay: Shirley Jackson Text: English Hardcover book, embossed cover, duo-tone printing, Smyth sewn binding, captions, printed by EBS, Verona, Italy Photobook designer: Jordan Swartz Notes: Golemboski’s monograph of intricate manipulated photographs investigate nostalgia, loss and impermanence. The manipulated prints... Continue Reading →
Every Building on the Sunset Strip copyright 1966 Ed Ruscha Currently OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art) is exhibiting Pop Art Design and included are a few works by Ed Ruscha, but probably the most interesting to those who enjoy photobooks is a very long display of Ed Ruscha’s 1966 Every Building on the Sunset Strip.... Continue Reading →
Photographer: Barbara Kyne (born Hoboken, NJ; resides Oakland, CA) Publisher: Self-published, © 2015 Essay: “On Contemplation and Perception” by Barbara Kyne Text: English Stiff cover book with 32 pages, not numbered; 10 duotone photographs; 8.75 x 7.25". Marketed by Norfolk Press and by the photographer. Photobook Designer: Yon Sim Notes: By Fire is... Continue Reading →
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