The Contemporary Photobook Magazine
Review by Gerhard Clausing • This photobook is the fourth volume of Nick Brandt’s epic series The Day May Break, and presents its most urgent and intimate chapter yet. Brandt turns his focus toward one of the most extreme settings of climate and humanitarian crisis: the arid deserts of Jordan, where displaced Syrian families navigate... Continue Reading →
Review by Hans Hickerson • In Maria Elisa Ferraris’ Aqua we witness the wild, terrible, awesome, raw, relentless power of water. In 34 spectacular photographs it rises, falls, lifts, pushes, pounds, churns, heaves, hammers, roils, boils, breaks, surges, slams, crashes, smashes, thunders, roars, and rages. It comes at you and doesn’t stop. The images in... Continue Reading →
We are very pleased that six reviews dealing with the water theme are featured as a part of Ann Mitchell's Fall Showcase, THINKING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, just published: https://www.thinkingaboutphotography.com/photobook-journal-water Please take a look! The reviews included are: I Just Wanna Surf by Gabriella Angotti-Jones --- Review by Douglas Stockdale Forgotten Seas by Tanja Engelberts --- Review... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Would you agree that images which come from the heart appeal to you the most? Then you are in the right place to survey the superb visions of artist-photographer Adger Cowans. He has been very modestly producing first-class images for decades, and lately has also received more of the accolades... Continue Reading →
Review by Gerhard Clausing • Peter Hujar was a photographer who chronicled the cultural scene of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. He was also known for his magical ways in photographing animals, as well as for his focus on what was then called ‘figure studies.’ He seemed unwilling or unable to play... Continue Reading →
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