Category: Books

  • Ten Years with the FARC — Blind Magazine

    Ten Years with the FARC — Blind Magazine

    Ten Years with the FARC — Blind Magazine

    The Colombian photographer Federico Rios Escobar spent a decade in the Colombian jungle with the FARC.

    via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/ten-years-with-the-farc/

    In his book Verde, published by Raya Editorial, Federico Rios Escobar chronologically lays out his images from his life in the jungle: “I have lost track of the number of times I hung my hammock and took it down. It was my home in the jungle for many years, whether it was cold or hot, rain or shine. I was in it when sick, and it was my refuge in moments of anxiety. Some nights, I looked toward the sky with desperation and fear. Other nights I fell asleep confident in the hope of peace.” Federico followed the guerrillas on their journeys, through moments of tension and joy; he photographed families, budding loves, mothers, and their children. He documented the daily life of these women (40% of FARC fighters were women) and men who, round the clock, lived on high alert. In particular, he took portraits of the four guerrilla fighters who survived from the creation of the movement.

  • The Craft of Photography | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    The Craft of Photography

    The Craft of Photography

    via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-craft-of-photography/

    In my own teaching, I often describe photographs as gifts: they are given to you if you’re able to spot and then take them. This book is a gift. If this (or any other) article spotted it, all that’s left for you is to take it.

  • A Photographer’s Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis

    A Photographer's Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis

    A Photographer’s Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis

    Philip Montgomery shares the stories behind nine images in his new photobook “American Mirror.”

    via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/philip-montgomery-unflinching-portrait-of-america-in-crisis/

    As Patrick Radden Keefe writes in American Mirror, “Montgomery’s photographs capture the reality of Americans in crisis, in all our flawed, tragic, ridiculous glory.” Here, we look at the stories behind nine of Montgomery’s iconic photographs.

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – The Golden City: Mimi Plumb’s Portrait of a Changing San Francisco

    Juxtapoz Magazine - The Golden City: Mimi Plumb's Portrait of a Changing San Francisco

    Juxtapoz Magazine – The Golden City: Mimi Plumb’s Portrait of a Changing San Francisco

    Mimi Plumb used to live on the edges of the city where the rents were cheap. Nearby, on the summit of the hill, were folded layers of radiolarian cher…

    Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/the-golden-city-mimi-plumb-s-portrait-of-a-changing-san-francisco/

    Plumb’s life was marked by nights out dancing at the Crystal Pistol in the Mission, or listening to a punk polka band at the Oasis. Neil, the clarinet player, wore faux leather naugahosen, with spikes protruding from his head. Sometimes they played pool at Palace Billiards. At the Exotic/Erotic Ball, a bird man and a nurse hid in the corners. A steely-eyed silver man in his tuxedo stared back at Plumb from behind his mask, the camera flash shining a light on him.

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Tamara Reynolds: The Drake

    Juxtapoz Magazine - Tamara Reynolds: The Drake

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Tamara Reynolds: The Drake

    Every city has a shadow. Every town has a Drake. For four years Tamara Reynolds immersed herself in the lives of the people existing just above surviv…

    Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/tamara-reynolds-the-drake/

    Every city has a shadow. Every town has a Drake. For four years Tamara Reynolds immersed herself in the lives of the people existing just above survival on one square block in the shadows of the Drake Motel in Nashville, Tennessee. Although the historic motel has a storied past with rumored visits by Elvis Presley and as a popular location for film shoots with stars such as River Phoenix and Dolly Parton, in The Drake Reynolds turns her lens on those less known living with addiction on the margins of society.

  • Rian Dundon and the Lost and Found Story of his Book Changsha — Blind Magazine

    Rian Dundon and the Lost and Found Story of his Book Changsha — Blind Magazine

    Rian Dundon and the Lost and Found Story of his Book Changsha — Blind Magazine

    Over six years, photographer Rian Dundon photographed life in the city of Changsha in central China. But upon the publishing of the resulting book in 2012, the publisher folded, leaving the fate of the undistributed books unknown for most of the next decade.

    via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/rian-dundon-and-the-lost-and-found-story-of-his-book-changsha/

    Over six years, photographer Rian Dundon photographed life in the city of Changsha in central China. But upon the publishing of the resulting book in 2012, the publisher folded, leaving the fate of the undistributed books unknown for most of the next decade.

  • Alex Harris: Our Strange New Land – LENSCRATCH

    Alex Harris: Our Strange New Land - LENSCRATCH

    Alex Harris: Our Strange New Land – LENSCRATCH

    Alex Harris’ new book, Our Strange New Land (co-edited with Margaret Sartor), looks to reframe the question “How do you tell the story of the American South?” Based in Durham, North Carolina, Harris knows it’s a region with a complicated history; a legacy marred by hatefulness and prejudice. But it’s also the home of the

    via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/01/alex-harris-our-strange-new-land/

    Alex Harris’ new book, Our Strange New Land (co-edited with Margaret Sartor), looks to reframe the question “How do you tell the story of the American South?” Based in Durham, North Carolina, Harris knows it’s a region with a complicated history; a legacy marred by hatefulness and prejudice. But it’s also the home of the Blues and folk and Country music. Of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner, Po’ Boys and hush puppies. In Harris’ work, there is a modern light cast on the historical shadow of the Southern story, one that shines through the people who live there. Photographing on the sets of forty-two independent films depicting the South, Harris used the “make-believe land” of a film set to reimagine how the American South might be rendered.

  • Top 10 (+1) Photobooks of 2021 | 1000 Words

    1000 Words | Top 10 Photobooks of 2021

    1000 Words | Top 10 Photobooks of 2021

    As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases from 2021 – selected by Editor in Chief, Tim Clark, with words from Assistant Editor, Alex Merola.

    via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/top-10-2021/

    As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases from 2021 – selected by Editor in Chief, Tim Clark, with words from Assistant Editor, Alex Merola.

  • Top 10 (+1) Photobooks of 2021 | 1000 Words

    1000 Words | Top 10 Photobooks of 2021

    1000 Words | Top 10 Photobooks of 2021

    As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases from 2021 – selected by Editor in Chief, Tim Clark, with words from Assistant Editor, Alex Merola.

    via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/top-10-2021/

    As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases from 2021 – selected by Editor in Chief, Tim Clark, with words from Assistant Editor, Alex Merola.

  • Publisher’s Spotlight: Kehrer Verlag – LENSCRATCH

    Publisher's Spotlight: Kehrer Verlag - LENSCRATCH

    Publisher’s Spotlight: Kehrer Verlag – LENSCRATCH

    This month is all about books on Lenscratch. In order to understand the contemporary photo book landscape, we are interviewing and celebrating significant photography book publishers, large and small, who are elevating photographs on the page through design and unique presentation. We are so grateful for the time and energies these publishers have extended to

    via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/12/publishers-spotlight-kehrer-verlag/

    Kehrer Verlag is among the world’s leading publishers of photo books. Founded in 1995 by Klaus Kehrer, it is also one of the few independent publishing houses in Germany. In addition to photography, further focal points include contemporary art, art of the 17th through the 20th centuries, and international sound art.
 Over the years, numerous Kehrer publications have been nominated for and honored with international book awards. Under the same roof as the publishing house, the Kehrer Design team looks after the entire production chain of the publications. Each book is the unique result of close cooperation with the respective partners: photographers, artists, authors, museums, and cultural institutions. The connecting element is the high creative and technical quality of Made in Germany.

  • Has America Been Pushed Beyond Repair? | Blind

    Has America been pushed Beyond Repair?

    Has America been pushed Beyond Repair?

    Photographer Ken Light spent ten years crisscrossing America for his latest book, Course of the Empire. He came of age in the 1960s and believed in America. But after a decade photographing the country, the state of America and the stories of those he met make him wonder if it is an empire in decline.

    Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3934-has-america-been-pushed-beyond-repair-en

    Photographer Ken Light spent ten years crisscrossing America for his latest book, Course of the Empire. He came of age in the 1960s and believed in America. But after a decade photographing the country, the state of the United States and the stories of those he met make him wonder if it is an empire in decline.

  • ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer – The New York Times

    ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer

    ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer

    Ann Marks’s biography is a fascinating overview of the “photographer nanny” whose work has kept critics, lawyers and scholars busy since it was discovered after her death in 2009.

    Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/books/review-vivian-maier-developed-ann-marks.html

    If a picture were still worth a thousand words, we’d know more than enough by now about Vivian Maier, the so-called photographer nanny whose vast trove of images was discovered piecemeal and not fully processed, in all senses of the word, after her death at 83 in 2009, just as the iPhone was going wide.

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Apiary: The Dark Underbelly of a Town in the British Isles

    Juxtapoz Magazine - Apiary: The Dark Underbelly of a Town in the British Isles

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Apiary: The Dark Underbelly of a Town in the British Isles

    Robin Friend’s second book Apiary continues to explore the surreal and sinister haunting of the British landscape he first depicted in his series Bast…

    Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/apiary-the-dark-underbelly-of-a-town-in-the-british-isles/

    Robin Friend’s second book Apiary continues to explore the surreal and sinister haunting of the British landscape he first depicted in his series Bastard Countryside, with an apocalyptic, nocturnal series flirting with notions of democracy and resistance.

  • David Butow Chronicles the Trump Presidency in “Brink” – PhotoShelter Blog

    David Butow Chronicles the Trump Presidency in “Brink” – PhotoShelter Blog

    Freelance photojournalist David Butow crossed my radar in 2018 when his photo of then-Senator Jeff Flake went viral. The intensity of emotion combined with the near perfect placement of people in the frame made it an instant classic – so much so that Time magazine had him describe how he came to capture it. David…

    via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/12/david-butow-chronicles-the-trump-presidency-in-brink/

    Freelance photojournalist David Butow crossed my radar in 2018 when his photo of then-Senator Jeff Flake went viral. The intensity of emotion combined with the near perfect placement of people in the frame made it an instant classic – so much so that Time magazine had him describe how he came to capture it. David subsequently reached out to me over Twitter, and we finally had a chance to sit down for some coffee a few months ago where he shared his recent book project.

  • Favorite Photobooks of 2021 – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture

    Favorite Photobooks of 2021 - Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture

    Favorite Photobooks of 2021 – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture

    39 curators, artists, editors and other photography experts reveal their personal favorite photobooks from 2021 — a delightfully diverse list of great recommendations

    via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-favorite-photobooks-of-2021

    This list is testimony to the unwavering creativity of artists, designers and publishers across the world who made this year a great one for new photobooks. To find some gems, we reached out to curators, artists, editors and other photography experts, and asked for their personal favorites of the year. We were delighted to receive 39 heart-felt recommendations that range from meditative and poetic, to academic, novelistic, visionary, conceptual, and those that feel absolutely essential.

  • 2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Photo Books – PhotoShelter Blog

    2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Photo Books - PhotoShelter Blog

    2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Photo Books – PhotoShelter Blog

    When people think about gifts for photographers, gear is king. But the gear a photographer chooses to use or not use is about as personal as the work they make. And let’s face it, even when you find out the photographer in your life is a Canon person and not a Nikon fan, your eyes…

    via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/12/2021-holiday-gift-guide-photo-books/

    Take a look at our 2021 list of book recommendations and feel free to leave your own in the comments below!

  • Robert Nickelsberg’s Unpublished Images of the Civil War in El Salvador | Blind

    Robert Nickelsberg’s Unpublished Images of the Civil War in El Salvador

    Robert Nickelsberg’s Unpublished Images of the Civil War in El Salvador

    In a forthcoming book, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg revisits his archive of El Salvador’s civil war to shed new light on the conflict and its consequences.

    Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3932-robert-nickelsbergs-unpublished-images-of-the-civil-war-in-el-salvador-en

    In a forthcoming book, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg revisits his archive of El Salvador’s civil war to shed new light on the conflict and its consequences.

  • A Conversation With 10×10 Photobooks | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    A Conversation With 10×10 Photobooks

    A Conversation With 10×10 Photobooks

    via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/conv-10×10/

    Lederman and Yatskevich are two of the driving forces behind 10×10 Photobooks, a non-profit with a focus on the photobook. I spoke with Lederman and Yatskevich after the release of What They Saw (before the announcement of the PhotoBook Awards). The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

  • Chizu history | Blind

    Chizu history

    Chizu history

    If you ask photobook aficionados what the ‘greatest’ photobook of all time is, there will be a whole bunch of answers. In this poll, The Americans by Robert Frank got the most votes, Ravens by Masahisa Fukase and New York by William Klein were up there, and somewhere in the top ten, you’ll find Chizu (also known as The Map), by Kikuji Kawada.

    Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3907-chizu-history-en

    If you ask photobook aficionados what the ‘greatest’ photobook of all time is, there will be a whole bunch of answers. In this poll, The Americans by Robert Frank got the most votes, Ravens by Masahisa Fukase and New York by William Klein were up there, and somewhere in the top ten, you’ll find Chizu (also known as The Map), by Kikuji Kawada.

  • My Father Was a Black Photojournalist When There Were So Few – The New York Times

    The writer Aisha Sabatini Sloan and her father, a photojournalist, wrote a book together, “Captioning the Archives.”