Category: Books
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Must Read: The Photographs That Got Away From Famous Shooters
Must Read: The Photographs That Got Away From Famous Shooters Photographs Not Taken is a book about photography in which there is not a single photograph. It’s a collection of essays by 62 photographers about the ones that got away: the images – burned to memory and conscience – that, for one reason or another,…
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This is Real Art release first book and it’s a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton
Shibuya–Adam Hinton This is “Shibuya–Adam Hinton” by This is Real Art on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/40997390 This is Real Art have carved out a reputation for quality creativity across advertising, design and branding, but late last week they moved into new territory with…
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Photographs Not Taken: A Chapter by Tim Hetherington
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/19/photographs-not-taken/#1 A new book, Photographs Not Taken, conceived and edited by photographer Will Steacy compiles personal essays written by more than 60 photographers about a time when they didn’t or just couldn’t use their camera.
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Irina Rozovsky – One to Nothing
Link: LPV Magazine One to Nothing depicts an Israel we do not see on the news. These images go beyond politics: they do not defend a side or critique the conflict. Here, Israel is seen in an unexpected light, a mythological backdrop to the age long struggle between man and the dusty, sun bleached landscape…
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The most disgusting trading cards ever made: exclusive Boing Boing preview!
The most disgusting trading cards ever made: exclusive Boing Boing preview! (All images copyright 2012 The Topps Company, Inc., used by permission.) My kids and I have become deeply engrossed with the book Garbage Pail Kids, a fond look at the Topps bubblegum trading cards… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/the-most-disgusting-trading-ca.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 My kids and I have become…
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photo-eye Book Reviews: True Norwegian Black Metal
photo-eye Book Reviews: True Norwegian Black Metal True Norwegian Black Metal. By Peter Beste. Published by Vice, 2009. True Norwegian Black Metal Reviewed by Tom Leininger _____… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/03/photo-eye-book-reviews-true-norwegian.html I am not an expert on Norwegian Black Metal. This review will deal strictly with the book True Norwegian Black Metal, as I read and processed…
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Fabrik Jakob Tuggener
Link: La Lettre de la Photographie Jakob Tuggener’s Fabrik, published in Zurich in 1943, is considered to be a milestone in the history of photography books. The series of 72 photographs in this Photo Epos of Technology is oriented toward the expressionist aesthetic of the silent movie. It imparts a sceptical view of the destructive…
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From Argentina to Cambodia, Picturing the Disappeared
From Argentina to Cambodia, Picturing the Disappeared In this week’s issue, Francisco Goldman writes about the forced disappearance of as many as thirty thousand people by the military junta that ruled … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/03/the-disappeared.html?currentPage=all Gervasio Sánchez’s book “Disappeared” explores the nightmare of forced disappearance not just in South America but around the…
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20 Now: Contemporary Photographers
Link: La Lettre de la Photographie 20 Now: Contemporary Photographers is a book that presents 20 western photographers to South East Asia. From Adam Fuss to David Hilliard’s Panoralic photography, the book shows different approaches and ideas to the medium of contemporary photography.
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A Brief, Photographic History of Republished Books
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/02/27/a-brief-photographic-history-of-republished-books/#1 Reprints of older photobooks, commonly known as second editions, have been one way for newer generations of photographers and students of photography to become familiar with and learn from artists who came before them. Books have served me by informing and…
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Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography
Link: Feature Shoot Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography celebrates the nexus of these two phenomena in a one-of-a-kind collection that features more than two hundred works by more than forty postwar artists and photographers. Thematically grouped into topics ranging from the rise of celebrity culture, suburbia and dystopia, avant-garde architectural landscape…
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Eric Tabuchi: FAT ( A French American Trip)
Eric Tabuchi: FAT ( A French American Trip) Eric Tabuchi has just released a new book, FAT, A French American Road Trip, published by Matmos Press in Montreal. It’s a wonderful collection of images that bring humor to the idea of our globalized world, where the homoginization of cultural landmarks via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/02/eric-tabuchi-fat-french-american-trip.html Eric is…
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A Closer Look — The Place We Live
A Closer Look — The Place We Live from the book The Place We Live A few weeks ago my pal Jonathan Blaustein wrote a ” non-review ” of Robert Adams’ The Place We Live ,… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/02/closer-look-place-we-live.html But by God, I can’t stop picking up The Place We Live, and it’s my turn to write…
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A Closer Look — Is This Place Great Or What
A Closer Look — Is This Place Great Or What from Is This Place Great or What From Aperture and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Is This Place Great Or What by Brian Ulrich is the pub… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/02/closer-look-is-this-place-great-or-what.html From Aperture and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Is This Place Great Or What by Brian…
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Close Inspection: Magnum Contact Sheets
Close Inspection: Magnum Contact Sheets No document gives greater insight into how a photographer shoots and edits than a contact sheet—the direct print, from a roll or negatives, where a film … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/01/magnum-contact-sheets.html?currentPage=all No document gives greater insight into how a photographer shoots and edits than a contact sheet—the direct print,…
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Things I Learned About Self-Publishing, by Self-Publishing by Kramer O’Neill
Things I Learned About Self-Publishing, by Self-Publishing by Kramer O’Neill Eric’s Note: I am pleased to have street photographer Kramer O’Neill share in this guest blog post his experiences about self-publishing two of his books. It is an incredibly difficult … via ERIC KIM: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/01/things-i-learned-about-self-publishing-by-self-publishing-by-kramer-oneill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EricKimStreetPhotographyBlog+%28Eric+Kim+Street+Photography+Blog%29 I am pleased to have street photographer Kramer O’Neill share in this…
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Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide
Link: Foto8 Pieter Hugo resolved to visit, ‘photographing and contemplating’ the sites of Rwanda’s carnage. The results of that journey are now published as Rwanda 2004: Vestiges of a Genocide offering, he writes, “a glimpse of what I saw there before the reburials took place.”
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A by Greg Halpern
Link: LPV Magazine A few weeks ago I went to Dashwood books for the first time to pick up three books that I’d eventually giveaway to our 2011 subscribers. While browsing the inventory I found Halpern’s A. There was no way I couldn’t page through it. After I closed the book I decided to buy…
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New Postcards From America Limited Edition Photography Book
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/26/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/#1 The Postcards from America box book, in a signed edition of 500, is available exclusively at www.postcards.magnumphotos.com
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Leon Borensztein’s ‘American Portraits’
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/13/leon-borenszteins-american-portraits/#1 More often than not, some of the best observers of places are those not originally from there. Leon Borensztein was born in Poland, settled in Israel and emigrated only later in life to the U.S. in 1977. But unlike de Tocqueville…