The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
copyright 2005 Nick Brandt published by Chronicle Books First let me say, I am not a big fan of "animal" books. But this is not photographic book of animals in the usual sense. Oh, yes, Brandt does show us many of the wild animals of East Africa, but in a very different context than the normal safari document. There... Continue Reading →
Time Out, 2005 copyright of Julie Blackmon, courtesy Radius Books At first glance, Blackmon's photographs are super real observations of a large knit family on the edge of total chaos and about to go out of control. In others words real life with families and real children. Whether her photographs really are direct observations or a constructed reality they connect with the... Continue Reading →
Copyright 1987 Joel Sternfeld; 1994 stiff-cover edition published by Chronicle Books in conjunction with The Friends of Photography I will first have to admit that I like Joel Sternfeld's urban landscape photographs thus discussing his first book, "American Prospects" , will be a relatively easy task for me. Sternfeld photographs the urban landscape in a similar vein as... Continue Reading →
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